The ones that give me this message are hot.
Are there other ones running? If yes, it can´t be the drivers.Tried to run them with 100 MHz? That helps sometimes to reinitialize them.
Where do you get the message? Is it inside the running cgminer?
Topic: GekkoScience 2Pac/Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 61. (Read 177300 times)
November 27, 2017, 02:22:58 PM
Tried to run them with 100 MHz? That helps sometimes to reinitialize them.
Where do you get the message? Is it inside the running cgminer?
November 27, 2017, 02:06:14 PM
I get "failed usb_init" for 2 devices. Reinstalled drivers, unplugged - same message. The ones that give me this message are hot. Are they dead?
Edit: running cgminer.exe -n shows me all devices. What now?
Edit: running cgminer.exe -n shows me all devices. What now?
Anyone?
November 27, 2017, 01:47:16 PM
I've been lurking around these here at the forum for some time, but this is now the moment when I finally actually have one. 
This is also my first time mining with the BM1384 chips, since I never owned a S5.
This is also my first time mining with the BM1384 chips, since I never owned a S5.
November 27, 2017, 01:39:54 PM
HagssFIN, I cant believe that you have only just discovered these 
I thought you wouldve been the first to snap one up and give it a go.
I thought you wouldve been the first to snap one up and give it a go. November 27, 2017, 11:56:17 AM
What a great little stick this is! 
I finally bought one unit from Eyeboot.
It is a 'seconds' unit, so it might not be able to run at all frequency settings,
but I'm ok with running it at low frequency setting 100Mhz in the computer USB 3.0 port.
so it fits my needs nicely.
It is really easy to setup this with zadig winusb driver and pre-compiled cgminer archive by vh. Thank you!
I pointed the 10-11Gh/s hash rate to solo.ckpool to see if I get lucky.
Very sturdy design and I like the blinky LED lights.
I already bought a second one, since I'm planning to give one as a christmas present and keep one myself.
Eyeboot has a good deal still valid in this Cyber Monday.
Sorry if this post is kind of off topic.
Click for a bigger picture.
I finally bought one unit from Eyeboot.
It is a 'seconds' unit, so it might not be able to run at all frequency settings,
but I'm ok with running it at low frequency setting 100Mhz in the computer USB 3.0 port.
so it fits my needs nicely.
It is really easy to setup this with zadig winusb driver and pre-compiled cgminer archive by vh. Thank you!
I pointed the 10-11Gh/s hash rate to solo.ckpool to see if I get lucky.
Very sturdy design and I like the blinky LED lights.
I already bought a second one, since I'm planning to give one as a christmas present and keep one myself.
Eyeboot has a good deal still valid in this Cyber Monday.
Sorry if this post is kind of off topic.
Click for a bigger picture.
November 27, 2017, 12:29:32 AM
Ok hive-mind, so I've been monitoring stick temps for a few days, taking a measure from the upper chip. Set to 250mhz @ 1.4v with an average workload of 27Gh/s, Temp probe on heat-sink is reading @50C/122F, and IR Thermometer on the board from 8" reading @70C/158F. Am I doing damage? Cooling is a 200MM Coolermaster fan on top, Gskill ram cooler from either side. I feel this may be too hot. Thoughts?
November 25, 2017, 08:16:44 PM
Went several pages deep from 1 and 55 hoping I didn't have to read all... After your reply, I started in the middle and found 2 posts quickly...
Here's an informative one if any more noobs show up with the same question. "how do I set frequency individually for each gekkoscience 2pac usb miner" Hopefully google picks this up for anyone else.
Here's an informative one if any more noobs show up with the same question. "how do I set frequency individually for each gekkoscience 2pac usb miner" Hopefully google picks this up for anyone else.
For all those that are having issues with some sticks going zombie, you should check the troubleshooting / Q&A from the OP.
If you have followed the instructions (voltage adjutment etc) and you still have the zombie issue, continue reading (Windows only).
Important
By following the instructions below, you will end up using one instance of cgminer for each stick.
[1] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder (let's call it list-devices.bat)
[2] Run it and you should see something like this
[3] Write down the bus number (in my case 4) and each device ID (in my case 10, 12 and 14)
[4] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the first stick with the following
[5] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the second stick with the following
[6] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the third stick with the following
[7] Repeat until you cover all devices
[8] Please note the --usb 4:14 added at the end of the command line which instructs cgminer to use only the device found on bus 4 with ID 14 (see step 3).
Final notes:
- my 3 sticks were running fine most of the time but every 2-3 days one of them was going zombie
- with this setup I'm running fine @ 200 Mhz since the 6th of July (0 HW errors, no zombies)
- the hub I use is the Plugable USB 2.0 version
HTH,
anorganix.
If you have followed the instructions (voltage adjutment etc) and you still have the zombie issue, continue reading (Windows only).
Important
By following the instructions below, you will end up using one instance of cgminer for each stick.
[1] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder (let's call it list-devices.bat)
Code:
@echo off
TITLE 2Pac - list devices
cgminer -n
pause
[2] Run it and you should see something like this
Code:
[2017-07-11 20:00:08.577] USB all: found 13 devices - listing known devices
.USB dev 0: Bus 4 Device 12 ID: 10c4:ea60
[...some more info here...]
.USB dev 1: Bus 4 Device 10 ID: 10c4:ea60
[...some more info here...]
.USB dev 2: Bus 4 Device 14 ID: 10c4:ea60
[...some more info here...]
[2017-07-11 20:00:08.578] 3 known USB devices
Press any key to continue . . .
[3] Write down the bus number (in my case 4) and each device ID (in my case 10, 12 and 14)
[4] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the first stick with the following
Code:
@echo off
TITLE BTC - solo (ckpool) - 2Pac #1
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://de.ckpool.org:3333 -u YOUR-USERNAME -p x --gekko-2pac-freq YOUR-DESIRED-FREQ --suggest-diff YOUR-DESIRED-DIFF --usb 4:10
pause
[5] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the second stick with the following
Code:
@echo off
TITLE BTC - solo (ckpool) - 2Pac #2
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://de.ckpool.org:3333 -u YOUR-USERNAME -p x --gekko-2pac-freq YOUR-DESIRED-FREQ --suggest-diff YOUR-DESIRED-DIFF --usb 4:12
pause
[6] Create a batch file in the cgminer folder for the third stick with the following
Code:
@echo off
TITLE BTC - solo (ckpool) - 2Pac #3
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://de.ckpool.org:3333 -u YOUR-USERNAME -p x --gekko-2pac-freq YOUR-DESIRED-FREQ --suggest-diff YOUR-DESIRED-DIFF --usb 4:14
pause
[7] Repeat until you cover all devices
[8] Please note the --usb 4:14 added at the end of the command line which instructs cgminer to use only the device found on bus 4 with ID 14 (see step 3).
Final notes:
- my 3 sticks were running fine most of the time but every 2-3 days one of them was going zombie
- with this setup I'm running fine @ 200 Mhz since the 6th of July (0 HW errors, no zombies)
- the hub I use is the Plugable USB 2.0 version
HTH,
anorganix.
November 25, 2017, 07:43:42 PM
I would bet that question has been asked and answered at least six times already.
Also, you could try adjusting the voltage slightly higher on the one so it can keep up. Pretty sure that sort of thing is mentioned in the first post.
Also, you could try adjusting the voltage slightly higher on the one so it can keep up. Pretty sure that sort of thing is mentioned in the first post.
November 25, 2017, 07:26:35 PM
Is there a way to set each frequency individually? 3rd unit gets HW at 225, but when I set it to 215, it kicks the crap out of the other 2 with 0 HW. The other 2 ran better at 225...
November 24, 2017, 07:35:02 PM
Did you try re-booting your computer, and power cycling your hub? Are your Hub USB ports metering out correctly, are they providing enough voltage, and amperage to satisfy the requirements laid out in the chart? Tried a different USB port? Are the stick voltage and clock speed set to within the chart specs? Did you try re-initialising the stick at lower values 100hmz @ lowest voltage setting? Do you get a system detect on the stick? Did you try re-installing drivers with Zadig? These seem to be the usual suspects with trouble-shooting these puppies!
Your hub fell over!?! That must have been one hell of a file transfer!!!!
Your hub fell over!?! That must have been one hell of a file transfer!!!!
Lol, the fall was spectacular. its a relatively cheap 2.0 usb amazon basics hub. kinda light weight to begin with.
BUT
I rebooted and power cycled, not sure about metering, voltage, amperage though. Ive tried different ports, the cgminer.conf is set to the basic example.conf layout i didnt change anything but the user, url and pass I tried --gekko-2pac-freq 100 and I was just trying to figure out the usbtest.py script. I was going to run autogen.sh again but havent yet. Thanks for the helpful qs!
Edit: Can the hub work one second and fail the next? I dont have time to order a better one. its supposed to be 5v/4a and I'm running one stick on a raspberry pi
November 24, 2017, 07:06:32 PM
Did you try re-booting your computer, and power cycling your hub? Are your Hub USB ports metering out correctly, are they providing enough voltage, and amperage to satisfy the requirements laid out in the chart? Tried a different USB port? Are the stick voltage and clock speed set to within the chart specs? Did you try re-initialising the stick at lower values 100hmz @ lowest voltage setting? Do you get a system detect on the stick? Did you try re-installing drivers with Zadig? These seem to be the usual suspects with trouble-shooting these puppies!
Your hub fell over!?! That must have been one hell of a file transfer!!!!
Your hub fell over!?! That must have been one hell of a file transfer!!!!
November 24, 2017, 05:00:08 PM
My readout:
'5s):0.000 (1m):0.000 (5m):0.000 (15m):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s
A:0 R:0 HW:0 WU:0.0/m
Connected to us-east.stratum.slushpool.com diff 128 with stratum as user chiefk
Block: 57d74115... Diff:1.35T Started: [20:51:02.247] Best share: 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SB management [P]ool managementettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.846] No devices detected!
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.846] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.847] Probing for an alive pool
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.919] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 2048
[2017-11-24 20:44:02.848] Network diff set to 1.35T
[2017-11-24 20:44:34.456] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 409
[2017-11-24 20:44:34.457] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2017-11-24 20:45:04.611] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 128
[2017-11-24 20:45:04.612] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] GekkoScience detect (1:11) failed to initialise (inco
rrect device?), resetting
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] failed usb_init
[2017-11-24 20:51:02.247] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block at height 4959
40'
Cgminer wont recognize my 2pac and I've followed the q&a!
'[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] GekkoScience detect (1:11) failed to initialise (inco
rrect device?), resetting
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] failed usb_init'
This was me unplugging the inactive 2pac.
Plugging it back in did nothing.
Any clues here?
'5s):0.000 (1m):0.000 (5m):0.000 (15m):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s
A:0 R:0 HW:0 WU:0.0/m
Connected to us-east.stratum.slushpool.com diff 128 with stratum as user chiefk
Block: 57d74115... Diff:1.35T Started: [20:51:02.247] Best share: 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SB management [P]ool management
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.846] No devices detected!
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.846] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.847] Probing for an alive pool
[2017-11-24 20:44:01.919] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 2048
[2017-11-24 20:44:02.848] Network diff set to 1.35T
[2017-11-24 20:44:34.456] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 409
[2017-11-24 20:44:34.457] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2017-11-24 20:45:04.611] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 128
[2017-11-24 20:45:04.612] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] GekkoScience detect (1:11) failed to initialise (inco
rrect device?), resetting
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] failed usb_init
[2017-11-24 20:51:02.247] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block at height 4959
40'
Cgminer wont recognize my 2pac and I've followed the q&a!
'[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] GekkoScience detect (1:11) failed to initialise (inco
rrect device?), resetting
[2017-11-24 20:46:03.025] failed usb_init'
This was me unplugging the inactive 2pac.
Plugging it back in did nothing.
Any clues here?
November 24, 2017, 01:46:39 PM
I've tried unplugging my 2pac after it failed to be detected. P it worked once last night where it hadn't been mining Nd the hotplug detected it. It just started mining but my hub fell over after I'd tried redirecting the output to a file for a project I'm doing on it and now it recognizes that the 2pac is plugged in in the usb management section, but leaves it inactive. I don't know where I went wrong here or why it no longer detects the chips. Any tips?
November 24, 2017, 11:20:55 AM
If by "ckolivas already compiled cgminer.exe" you mean stock cgminer, not the one linked in the first post of this thread which has drivers for this device, it's no wonder you can't get stuff to work.
Because the answer to almost every question is "read the first post".
Read the first post
Read the first post.
Because the answer to almost every question is "read the first post".
Read the first post
Read the first post.
November 23, 2017, 12:15:40 PM
plan to buy one of the 7 port hubs that was listed... but my next question comes to setting freq to 200...
i currently run an artic usb fan... pretty nifty little thing i do say so
i am using ckolivas already compiled cgminer.exe i have tryed to write a couple different config files to no avail
after i write the config file it makes cgminer not respond and must be closed...any helpful tips on what i am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated
Arctic USB fan is fine. You just need to adjust it so that it blows through the heat sink from the top.i currently run an artic usb fan... pretty nifty little thing i do say so
i am using ckolivas already compiled cgminer.exe i have tryed to write a couple different config files to no avail
after i write the config file it makes cgminer not respond and must be closed...any helpful tips on what i am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated
I´m working on linux but doesn´t the cgminer.exe use the same options as the linux version?
Try starting it with the command cgminer.exe --gekko-2pac-freq 200
November 23, 2017, 10:08:52 AM
i know with (--gekko-2pac-freq 150)
But i will start automatic only with the command ./cgminer
not with ...../cgminer -o stratum+tcp://bch.viabtc.com:3333 -u XXXXXXX -p x --gekko-2pac-freq 150
OK, done. I managed it myself.
edit.. -> cgminer.conf
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://bch.viabtc.com:3333",
"user" : "yourname",
"pass" : "x"
}
]
,
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"api-allow" : "W:0/0",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "2",
"scan-time" : "60",
"worktime" : true,
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"icarus-options" : "115200:1:1",
"gekko-2pac-freq" : "150"
}
But i will start automatic only with the command ./cgminer
not with ...../cgminer -o stratum+tcp://bch.viabtc.com:3333 -u XXXXXXX -p x --gekko-2pac-freq 150
OK, done. I managed it myself.
edit.. -> cgminer.conf
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://bch.viabtc.com:3333",
"user" : "yourname",
"pass" : "x"
}
]
,
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"api-allow" : "W:0/0",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "2",
"scan-time" : "60",
"worktime" : true,
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"icarus-options" : "115200:1:1",
"gekko-2pac-freq" : "150"
}
November 23, 2017, 09:42:48 AM
Hello Friends, im new here.
Can anyone help me please.
I need Gekko 2pac config with 150mhz for "cgminer.conf" i will start only with Command ->>> ./cgminer
i use RasPi 3 with respbian strech.
Can anyone help me please.
I need Gekko 2pac config with 150mhz for "cgminer.conf" i will start only with Command ->>> ./cgminer
i use RasPi 3 with respbian strech.
Put (--gekko-2pac-freq 150) at the end of the command prompt when you start cgminer. You can do 175/200 etc if your USB hub can handle it. Hopefully that answered your question.
Make sure you have a fan on the 2pac when overclocking they get hot.
November 23, 2017, 07:10:28 AM
Hello Friends, im new here.
Can anyone help me please.
I need Gekko 2pac config with 150mhz for "cgminer.conf" i will start only with Command ->>> ./cgminer
i use RasPi 3 with respbian strech.
Can anyone help me please.
I need Gekko 2pac config with 150mhz for "cgminer.conf" i will start only with Command ->>> ./cgminer
i use RasPi 3 with respbian strech.
November 22, 2017, 11:57:40 PM
ok. so got my first 2pac stick. using a sabrent 4 port 3.0 hub with power supply .
i had the miner working and it was never at the hash rate of 15gh/s always below and very sparatic like 40mh/s to 3-9gh/s only hit 9 gh/s a few times. my computer had done an update over night while it was mining... well long story short it quit working... did i do some thing on my end? is my hub not strong enough or maybe its over powered? now cgminer displays gsd 0: found 7:3
gsd 0: tx:4 00 00 11
gsd 0: rx bytes(0):
device serial gs- 10016325 not responding
any helpful tips or did i break it lol
Oh just for the record.... on slushpool mining with the single 2pac i found 161k shares... have not seen anyone above or near that... what you think? lol
windows 7 ck built cgminer
no idea how to write code
so come to find out that device had an issue and was not in working condition i had the miner working and it was never at the hash rate of 15gh/s always below and very sparatic like 40mh/s to 3-9gh/s only hit 9 gh/s a few times. my computer had done an update over night while it was mining... well long story short it quit working... did i do some thing on my end? is my hub not strong enough or maybe its over powered? now cgminer displays gsd 0: found 7:3
gsd 0: tx:4 00 00 11
gsd 0: rx bytes(0):
device serial gs- 10016325 not responding
any helpful tips or did i break it lol
Oh just for the record.... on slushpool mining with the single 2pac i found 161k shares... have not seen anyone above or near that... what you think? lol
windows 7 ck built cgminer
no idea how to write code
The good news is i have recieved my replacement and finally got it working... come to find out i was having hub issues as others had posted. thank you all for the information and hub refferal i plan to buy one of the 7 port hubs that was listed... but my next question comes to setting freq to 200...
i currently run an artic usb fan... pretty nifty little thing i do say so
i am using ckolivas already compiled cgminer.exe i have tryed to write a couple different config files to no avail
after i write the config file it makes cgminer not respond and must be closed...any helpful tips on what i am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated
November 22, 2017, 06:02:47 PM
I get "failed usb_init" for 2 devices. Reinstalled drivers, unplugged - same message. The ones that give me this message are hot. Are they dead?
Edit: running cgminer.exe -n shows me all devices. What now?
Edit: running cgminer.exe -n shows me all devices. What now?
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