AntMiner Manual Last updated: 8/30/2016 Page 2 of 10 Contents Overview ........................... 3 Features ............................. 3 Power Supply..........................4 Connect to Miner ........................5 Miner Configuration ........................7 Pool Setting ........................7 Frequency Modification ....................8 Miner Status ..........................8 System Configuration and status ....................
Page 3 of 10 1 Overview The AntMiner R4 with 8.6th/s is Bitmin’s newest iteration. The Antminer R4 uses the fully custom made, state of the art BM1387 chip powered by ultra-low power 16nm technology. The R4 is tested and configured prior to shipping to make your setup as easy and seamless as possible.
Page 4 of 10 3 Power Supply Each AntMiner R4 has 6 PCI-e connectors for +12V/15A DC STABLE input on hash boards and 1 PCI-e connector on the controller, all the 7 PCI-e connectors are required. Do not connect more than one PSU to the same hash board to prevent possible damage and instability.
AntMiner Manual Last updated: 8/30/2016 Page 5 of 10 4 Connect to Miner Step 1. The default DHCP network protocol distributes IP addresses automatically. Please download IPReporter.zip (only supported by Windows) from minerlink.com, then please follow the below steps to find out the IP of the miner. 1.
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AntMiner Manual Last updated: 8/30/2016 Page 6 of 10 3. Check your PC, you’ll see the IP address showing in the pop-up window. Step 2. Enter the IP address provided into your WEB browser and proceed to login using ‘root’ for both the username and password.
Password- This is the password for your selected worker. Comment: 5.1.1 The AntMiner R4 can be set up with three mining pools, with decreasing priority from the first pool (pool 1) to the third pool (pool 3). The pools with low priority will only be used if all higher priority pools have gone offline.
5.2 Frequency Modification You are able to modify the frequency value through ‘Miner Configuration->Advanced Settings’. The default frequency for the AntMiner R4 is 600M. 6 Miner Status You can check the operating status of your miner on ‘Miner Status’ page.
AntMiner Manual Last updated: 8/30/2016 Page 9 of 10 7 System Configuration and status 7.1 System Upgrading You can upgrade the miner’s firmware on the ‘System > Upgrade’ page. ‘Keep setting’ is chosen by default and should be enabled if you want to keep your current settings. You should deselect this option if you are trying to return the miner to default settings.
AntMiner Manual Last updated: 8/30/2016 Page 10 of 10 7.2 Password Modification The AntMiner login password can be changed on the ‘System->Administration’ page. Once modified, press ‘Save and Apply’ to save the new password. 7.3 Software Version You can check which version of the software you are currently running on the ‘System > Overview’ page.
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