Quote from: Searing on January 12, 2016, 08:20:25 AM

Quote from: tolip_wen on January 11, 2016, 07:52:49 PM

Quote from: adaseb on January 10, 2016, 10:24:36 AM

Anyone know if the Jupiter controller will work with the Neptune? Are the data cables also the same ?

Yes, they work fine if you load the correct firmware.

The controller never changed between Oct and Nov hoopiter.

For future reference, Searing has no clue, he just likes to hear himself talk and get his advertisement/sig more posts.
I would also point out that he easily could have a clue.
He has been given answers to most of the current questions but he is too busy talking to listen.

YMMV

well I'm not gonna slam you for helping me...but has anyone tried this with an OCT jupiter/saturn/mercury ..they do not work with a NOV Jupiter cubes etc (mix/match)

that is my question as well...I have an OCT Jupiter Board...but to be safe ..someone should at least TRY this first with an LCD and the GUI with NO cubes and see
on ideally 1st a Neptune board in question..then next likely is the NOV jupiter board (last run) then perhaps my OCT Jupiter or others like saturn/mercury boards?

if it kinda works before tossing a Titan cube to sacrifice to the ASIC gods .....with this OCT Jupiter board

I agree it SHOULD work....at least as a test with the LCD and the GUI with no cubes to start...but again ideal would be with a neptune controller 1st imho

THAT is the main issue...i have a clone bridge coming..got it as a spare (miners are 14.5 months old orig titan warranty was 90 days sooooooo seemed prudent
with 2 titans and the 'possiblity' that is the missing piece to the controller problem ..a complete clone hardware work about

supposedly have the proper pi (nov 2014) as a spare also ...according to knc tech staff at that time (assuming they know zip) raspberry pi B+ 512mb model

just trying to help ....don't like the way i say or do such ...big whoop....at least I'm trying to ask some questions on this (ie will clone bridge work on neptune 6 port board?)

anyway thanks for the confirmation ..I will take it as help from you....no issues...BUT some confirmation of HAS SOMEONE ACTUALLY DONE THIS YET would be nice

If so I will gladly try to be the crazy 2nd guy to do so...even on my Oct Jupiter board....(the bridge clone is in the mail)

anyway thanks for the input ..if you have further info as to who has done this already shoot it out here as well for all of us....

Disclaimer: I don't claim a Titan controller will work with a Mercury,Saturn,Jupiter, or Neptune or vice-versa.

I do state as fact from my own eyes that Merc,Sat,Hoop,Nepturd controllers are ALL the same hardware.
The only 'functional' difference between Oct&Nov 28nm ASICs was the change to Ericsson DC/DC converters.
The same controller works equally on either.
You MUST have correct firmware on the controller to handle this change on the ASIC PCB.
Oct. firmware will not work with Nov. ASICs but Nov. firmware _IS_ backwards compatable with the Oct. ASICs.
This is documented in the code kfc publicly posted.
They provide everything but the source code for the FPGA, but they do provide a working compiled image.
I never tested it but I recall from browsing the code that a Nepturd controller prolly works fine with either OCT or Nov 28nm ASICs also.
I also seem to recall posts saying it was an all or nothing proposition.

I run some nepturd cubes with an Oct Saturn controller HW reflashed with newest firmware.

The whole point of putting an FPGA on a controller between a PC(Pi or BBB) and the ASIC is that it _IS_ a "Field Programmable Gate Array".
There is no reason to think kfc would abandon one of the few good design choices they made.

Since you have both BTC and Titan controllers why not simply look at the forkin part number printed on the PCB?
Even if it is a different part # it has the same FPGA mounted on it.
Look for numbers etched in the copper specifically, new paint does not a new circuitboard make.

Occham's Razor says kfc is too cheap to have made any changes to a working PCB design.
I'd further speculate that they created the bridge board to AVOID having to change the controller in any way.

YMMV