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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ KnCminer's Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.
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AVALON
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-Currently, Avalon boards are supported only by connecting them directly (or via
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+Currently, Avalon boards are best supported by connecting them directly (or via
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a hub) to a regular PC running BFGMiner. It is also possible to install the
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OpenWrt packages of BFGMiner to the Avalon's embedded controller, but this is
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not a simple task due to its lack of available flash space.
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@@ -19,31 +19,23 @@ First, add the -S option specifying the avalon driver specifically. For example,
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-S avalon:\\.\COM9
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-Next, use the --avalon-options copying the command as used by the internal
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-router used by the Avalon. eg:
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---avalon-options 115200:24:10:45:282
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-The values are baud : miners : asic count : timeout : frequency.
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-Baud:
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-The device is essentially hard coded to emulate 115200 baud so you shouldn't
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-change this.
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-Miners:
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-Most Avalons are 3 module devices, which come to 24 miners. 4 module devices
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-would use 32 here.
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-Asic count:
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-Virtually all have 10, so don't change this.
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-
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-Timeout:
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-This defines how long the device will work on a work item before accepting new
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-work to replace it. It should be changed according to the frequency (last
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-setting).
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-It is possible to set this a little lower if you are trying to tune for short
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-block mining (eg p2pool) but much lower and the device will start creating
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-duplicate shares.
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+Next, use the --set-device option to provide the device configuration.
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+If you are translating options from --avalon-options (cgminer and older versions
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+of BFGMiner), note the values are baud:miner_count:asic_count:timeout:clock.
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+
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+ baud=N The device is essentially hard coded to emulate 115200 baud,
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+ so you shouldn't change this.
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+ miner_count=N Most Avalons are 3 module devices, which come to 24 miners.
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+ 4 module devices would use 32 here.
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+ asic_count=N Virtually all have 10, so don't change this.
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+ timeout=N This defines how long the device will work on a work item
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+ before accepting new work to replace it. It should be changed
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+ according to the frequency (last setting). It is possible to
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+ set this a little lower if you are trying to tune for short
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+ block mining (eg p2pool) but much lower and the device will
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+ start creating duplicate shares.
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+ clock=N This is the clock speed of the devices. Only specific values
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+ work: 256, 270, 282 (default), 300, 325, 350 and 375.
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Sample settings for valid different frequencies (last 2 values):
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34:375
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@@ -54,19 +46,6 @@ Sample settings for valid different frequencies (last 2 values):
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47:270
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50:256
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-Frequency:
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-This is the clock speed of the devices. Only specific values work, 256, 270,
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-282 (default), 300, 325, 350 and 375.
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-If you use the full curses based interface with Avalons you will get this
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-information:
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-AVA 0: 22/ 46C 60%/2400R
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-The values are:
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-ambient temp / highest device temp set fan % / lowest detected fan RPM.
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-Check the API for more detailed information.
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BFSB, MEGABIGPOWER, AND METABANK BITFURY BOARDS
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Luke Dashjr