Topic: GekkoScience 2Pac/Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 81. (Read 177300 times)

Read the 1st post here...
The sticks require a driver that Minera does not have. You need CGminer with driver from vh.

Hello guys, I need some help as i just got started into bitcoin mining as a hobby (with a GekkoScience 2 Pac miner).

I had setup a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, running the latest version of Minera based on the youtube guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQndxAfk-hM . The initial setup of Minera is fine, however Minera is unable to detect the miner and the hashing speed is 0. The miner is a steady bright white colour, and Minera log is as follows:

 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.522] Started cgminer 4.10.0
 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.523] Loaded configuration file /var/www/minera/conf/miner_conf.json
 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.689] No devices detected!
 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.690] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.690] Probing for an alive pool
 [2017-08-22 17:22:44.121] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 2048
 [2017-08-22 17:22:44.691] Network diff set to 923G
 [2017-08-22 17:22:49.691] API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (11)
 [2017-08-22 17:23:11.251] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 409
 [2017-08-22 17:23:11.252] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2017-08-22 17:23:41.195] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 128
 [2017-08-22 17:23:41.196] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2017-08-22 17:26:47.850] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block at height 481616

Appreciate if someone could help, thanks!

Dang, really? I figured ckpool would be a big hit.

pool.ckpool.org:3333 needs to hit a block for you to be paid.

http://ckpool.org/

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ckpoolorg-closed-1876330

as of now they have never ever hit one.

Got it working now.

https://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2017/08/20/gumana.jpg
https://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2017/08/20/bot.jpg

Is there a way to change the font color of the cgminer? For instance ACCEPTED is green, REJECTED is red.

When do I get payout? Even though it is small. Im only running 1 2pac usb.

The command I use to run:

Thanks a lot.

Hi again. I did like it all says at that first post.
I get to the part where it should start minning but i get message that there is no any devices.
I try hot plugin, I try USB Management and output say
0 usb devices, 0 enabled, 0 disabled, 0 zombie.
Please can some one tell me, the bigest noob ever, what should I do.

Thank you very very much

I'm using external USB HUB with self power 900mA.

Now I notice that there is one error:
Fatal JSON error in configuration file.
Configuration file could not be used.

Can I use 90w 20v hub ?

If you don't mind waiting you can find them even cheaper on ali express

 I purchased a Drok from Amazon but there are cheaper meters out there all the way down to $6US

Great info. Thank you.


Where from?

 I don't see so well close up anymore and I hate taking my glasses on and off so I got one of these -



I fire up one stick at a time with cgminer at the frequency I need and adjust as required using sidehack's chart



 Works great and easier on the eyes.

I notice
Thank you, Ill try that and get back with results.

You apparently did *not* read everything about these...
The sticks run only on CGminer -- BFG does not have the needed driver. See the 1st post here for the info you need.

Hi all!
I'm the total noob on mining and I watch and read all instruction.
Finally I got Rasperry Pi 3 Model B and USB self power hub and GeckoScience 2PAC BM1384 USB Bitcoin SHA25 15GH miner
After reading instruction I install BFGMINER and set up all accounts needed for mining.
When I start
i got message
 NO DEVICE FOUND: Press M and + to add
When I try M and + it say no devices again, puting auto or all doesn't change a thing

Please can someone help me to solve this problem.
Thank you!

Something else that helps serve as a marker:
If you have a good magnifier you will see that the wiper (the part that turns, has the tiny cross in it) also has a short flat area. That flat is in line with 1 arm of the phillips screwdriver cross.

Anywho, to run my sticks @ 200MHz I have that flat up at the top (top being the USB plug) and tipped just slightly past the horizontal maybe 5 degrees.

edit: looking at that clock pic on mine the flat would be a line from the 11:15 tick to the 1:15 tick marks.

I was pm'd today so
a photo may help  .  the photo is more clear  I think there was a less then perfect explanation on my part.




I should have used a clock and stuck with 1/12  turns to adjust.  so forget the ⅛ idea and just think 1 hour or 1/12 turns then  test stick.   1 full turn resets volts   so tiny adjustments and make sure you realize how far you moved it  each time.

Thanks, I ended up using a second PI to run the single miner at 125 while the other 4 are running at 225 currently. All running with no HW errors.
I set the voltages to 1.4 +- 0.05. It's kinda sensitive and difficult to get 2 digits of precision on the voltage.

There's tricks with running two instances of cgminer with a different frequency for each one and limiting which sticks each instance enumerates.

No, these were 5 new ones, not seconds.
My meter showed 1.36 and I bumped it to 1.49. It now runs stable at 125, but the others work up to 200 before showing any HW issues.
Ive still not located any notes on running 2 frequencies yet on the same cgminer.
Got through the first half of the thread so far.

That's weird. Stock setting is about 1.26 and they're tested, twice, to run stable at 100MHz at that voltage.

Unless you're talking about the seconds I sold last month, I don't remember who bought them all. If that's the case, then yeah they would have gone out with voltages up to 1.40. That's why they were discounted.

In any case, there's no performance guaranteed past stock specs.