Quote from: sandor111 on March 16, 2014, 07:50:54 PM

Quote from: Pistachio on March 16, 2014, 07:37:31 PM

Quote from: sandor111 on March 16, 2014, 06:55:19 PM

Good news everyone! Stable firmware for LightningAsic controllers is underway, it should be ready for public in the coming week and it will be possible to upgrade (from v1, v2, v2.1..) by uploading it to the upload page. The firmware .bin will be released for public, but it is compatible only with LightningAsic controllers. Upgrading from factory Tp-link 703N will not work and it might brick your Tp-link, so don't even try!

It has some awesome features:

Stripped, custom compiled OpenWrt (controller's OS) image optimized for size and speed
Stability is heavily emphasized and guaranteed! No more random reboots or crashes
Custom compiled cpuminer OC, frequency selectable up to 1200 MHz. We have tested it for 48 hours straight at 950 MHz (405 Kh/s) and without hardware errors! (see #1)
Advanced miner monitoring and management
Option to auto power cycle miners when one of the miners is stuck, this is done software wise and it has the same effect as unplugging, and plugging in the USB cable! (see #2)
Up to 10 miners per controller, replacing the 32MB RAM chip with 64MB will double that figure

note #1: depends on miner hardware
note #2: this will only work if the USB/hub is powered by the controller, you must not supply power to the USB hub.

BTC or dual mining is removed in the firmware for a multitude of reasons, BTC mining on GC3355 is unstable and wasteful.

If this doesn't want to make you pull out the LA controller out of the trash, I don't know what will...
For questions or feature requests, please PM me, not Jack. Donations (1AMsjqzXQpRunxUmtn3xzQ5cMdhV7fmet2) are gladly accepted, and will be put towards improving the firmware even more.

Can you confirm that this will be better than the recent 2.0.7 version of wiibox? I have been getting better stability with the wiibox controllers than LightningASIC V1 controllers.

Also, none of my USB hubs work without external power. Will this somehow fix this?

I am sure that it will be faster than Wiibox. It uses cgminer, which is too heavy for those little controllers.
Not sure about your USB hub, but some may not work without external power. Personally I am using some cheap 6 10-port hub which does that and works perfectly fine.

Hi, I appreciate your work on improving the LightningASIC controller, but your advice just burned two of my miners. I tried out a non-powered USB hub as you suggested and fried two 5chip miners. I could smell the burning plastic. Now, one will light up red only and the other will not respond at all. I cannot get a controller or PC to register either miner.

I am posting this as a warning on trying non-powered hubs hooked to a LightningASIC controller. Do so at your own risk.

Edit: I should note these were two Gold Beta models with the white buttons. If anyone knows how to fix these, please let me know.