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@@ -251,43 +251,41 @@ and the 1.15y with 4 FPGAs. ZTEX distributes their own mining software and
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drivers. BFGMiner has full support for these boards, as long as they have at
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least the "dummy" mining bitstreams installed on them.
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-If your boards do not have a mining bitstream yet:
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-First, install Java JDK version 6 or later.
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---- Windows ---
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+If your boards do not have a mining bitstream yet, you must first, install
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+ZTEX's BTCMiner (requires Java JDK version 6 or later) and install one.
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+=== WINDOWS NOTE ===
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Upon first powering up and connecting the board via USB, windows will attempt
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and fail to find the appropriate drivers. To load the initial firmware on the
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board, you'll need the EZ-USB FX2 SDK from here:
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http://www.ztex.de/downloads/#firmware_kit
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Extract the firmware kit and use the driver within libusb-win32/ztex.inf.
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-Windows should now recognize the board and you're ready to program it. Grab
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-the latest miner jar from http://www.ztex.de/btcminer/#download and program the
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-appropriate dummy firmware for your board. The command should look something
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-like (for a single FPGA board):
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-java -cp ZtexBTCMiner-120417.jar BTCMiner -m p -f **FILENAME** -s 01-02-01
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+Windows should now recognize the board and you're ready to program it.
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+=== END OF WINDOWS ===
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+Grab the latest miner jar from http://www.ztex.de/btcminer/#download and program
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+the appropriate dummy firmware for your board. The command should look
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+something like (for a single FPGA board):
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+ java -cp ZtexBTCMiner-120417.jar BTCMiner -m p -f **FILENAME** -s 01-02-01
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For ZTEX 1.15x boards, the dummy bitstream filename is ztex_ufm1_15d.ihx
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For ZTEX 1.15y boards, the dummy bitstream filename is ztex_ufm1_15y.ihx
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-At this point, you're ready to mine with ZTEX's miner. However, if you'd like
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-to use BFGMiner, you'll have to swap the USB drivers. The BFGMiner compatible
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-WinUSB drivers for the board can be generated with this tool:
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+=== WINDOWS NOTE ===
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+To mine using BFGMiner, you'll have to swap the USB drivers. The BFGMiner-
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+compatible WinUSB drivers for the board can be generated with this tool:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwdi/files/zadig/
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Basic usage instructions for Zadig can be found here:
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https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/Zadig
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Once Zadig generates and installs a WinUSB driver, ensure everything is working
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by running:
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-bfgminer -D -d? -T
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+ bfgminer -D -d? -T
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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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-If you have installed a dummy bitstream, you will now need to copy the correct
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-main mining bitstream to BFGMiner's "bitstreams" directory. This are usually the
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-same as the dummy bitstream filename, but with a number added to the end.
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-Now you're ready to mine. It's usually useful to mine with the -D -T options
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-and watch for ZTEX related messages.
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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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+=== END OF WINDOWS ===
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+If you have installed a dummy bitstream, you will now need to copy the main
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+mining bitstream where BFGMiner can find it. This are usually the same as the
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+dummy bitstream filename, but with a number added to the end. Extract the
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+ZtexBTCMiner-120417.jar file using any unzip utility, and look for the proper
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+*.ihx and *.bit files (the latter will be inside the 'fpga' directory of the
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+jar). Copy them to BFGMiner's "bitstreams" directory, and you're ready to start
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+mining.
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Luke Dashjr