PiMiner

[jnelson]

I just set up a RPi to mine BANNED. Having some difficulty with PiMiner.py

When I run it, I get

$ sudo python PiMiner/PiMiner.py &
[1] 2681
$ Traceback (most recent call last):
File "PiMiner/PiMiner.py", line 30, in <module>
b = lcd.button()
AttributeError: 'Adafruit_CharLCDPlate' object has no attribute 'button'

Since I haven't had the chance to add Python to my list of known languages, I'm at a bit of a loss.

Any help?

[adafruit_support_rick]

Have you modified PiMiner.py at all? I don't see that statement at line 30. There is a similar statement at line 69, but it invokes 'buttons()', which is a legal attribute.

[jnelson]

It was failing to find the network, so I removed that code for the time being.

So I change the line as suggested and
$ sudo python PiMiner/PiMiner.py &
[1] 2681
pi@bcminer1 ~ $ Traceback (most recent call last):
File "PiMiner/PiMiner.py", line 30, in <module>
b = lcd.buttons()
AttributeError: 'Adafruit_CharLCDPlate' object has no attribute 'buttons'

Makes no difference.

[adafruit_support_rick]

Very strange. Adafruit_CharLCDPlate defines 'buttons' at line 458:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Ra ... CDPlate.py

[jnelson]

Intriguing. My copy of that file only has 437 lines. I'll download that and install it tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Mind you, the copy I have I got from the link provided in the tutorial.....

[jnelson]

So, after cloning https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Ra ... n-Code.git to my little miner, my initial issue has been resolved.

Went back and looked. Did not find that link anywhere in Adafruit's PiMiner Raspberry Pi BANNED Miner tutorial. Perhaps it should be added. The link I did find was from building the display itself.

Anyway, now it is hanging at connecting to cgminer. I'm using, at the moment, cgminer-4.4.2. cgminer itself is working, as mining is occurring. Perhaps there is a config option I need to set.

[adafruit_support_rick]

I'll look into the tutorial. Not sure about the hang - I'lll have to ask somebody about that.

[jnelson]

As an update, it was a configuration issue, sort of.

From the README
api-listen Enable API, default: disabled

It would seem that the opposite of "disabled" is "true". Somewhat non-obvious.

In any case, it's all working now.

[adafruit_support_rick]

Glad you found it!

[fsteddie]

Hello,

I too followed the tutorial and got the same results. I also cloned the git repository in this help file and I also have the hanging "connecting to cgminer" when I rebooted the Pi.... What was the fix? I cannot find the instance where I need to enable the api in any of the files. Could you be more specific as to which file you enabled the API?

[adafruit_support_mike]

The 'api-listen' item should be in the file cgminer.conf