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@@ -227,3 +227,34 @@ The serial number of X6500s is usually found on a label applied to the ATX
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power connector slot. If yours is missing, devices seen by the system can be
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displayed by starting bfgminer in debug mode. To get a simple list of devices,
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with the debug output shown, you can use: bfgminer -D -d? -T
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+ZTEX FPGA Boards
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+----------------
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+http://www.ztex.de sells two boards suitable for mining: the 1.15x with 1 FPGA and the 1.15y with 4 FPGAs.
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+ZTEX distributes their own mining software and drivers. BFGMiner has full support for these boards. To get
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+started, you'll need to install the Java JDK version 6 or later.
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+
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+--- Windows ---
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+Upon first powering up and connecting the board via USB, windows will attempt and fail to find the
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+appropriate drivers. To load the initial firmware on the board, you'll need the EZ-USB FX2 SDK from here:
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+http://www.ztex.de/downloads/#firmware_kit. Extract the firmware kit and use the driver within libusb-
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+win32/ztex.inf. Windows should now recognize the board and you're ready to program it. Grab the latest
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+miner jar from http://www.ztex.de/btcminer/#download and program the appropriate dummy firmware for your
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+board. The command should look something like (for a single FPGA board):
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+
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+java -cp ZtexBTCMiner-120417.jar BTCMiner -m p -f ztex_ufm1_15d.ihx -s 01-02-01
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+
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+At this point, you're ready to mine with ZTEX's miner. However, if you'd like to use BFGMiner, you'll have
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+to swap the USB drivers. The BFGMiner compatible WinUSB drivers for the board can be generated with this
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+tool: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwdi/files/zadig/. Basic usage instructions for Zadig can be found
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+here: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/Zadig. Once Zadig generates and installs a WinUSB driver,
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+ensure everything is working by running:
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+
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+bfgminer -D -d? -T
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+
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+You should see something like this in the output:
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+[2013-01-22 20:19:11] Found 1 ztex board
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+[2013-01-22 20:19:11] ZTX 0: Found Ztex (ZTEX 0001-02-01-1)
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+
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+Now you're ready to mine. It's usually useful to mine with the -D -T options and watch for ZTEX related
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+messages.
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