Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 103. (Read 268015 times)

Try the search function. That question has been asked and answered in this thread a couple times already. The answer will depend a bit on whether you're using BFG 5.3 or 5.4

Note that for bfgminer you have to use the hex value for a given clock rate, whereas for cgminer you specify the clock rate in MHz.
A table of values to use in BFGminer is as follows:
        { 100,          0x0783 },
        { 106.25,       0x0803 },
        { 112.5,        0x0883 },
        { 118.75,       0x0903 },
        { 125,          0x0983 },
        { 131.25,       0x0a03 },
        { 137.5,        0x0a83 },
        { 143.75,       0x1687 },
        { 150,          0x0b83 },
        { 156.25,       0x0c03 },
        { 162.5,        0x0c83 },
        { 168.75,       0x1a87 },
        { 175,          0x0d83 },
        { 181.25,       0x0e83 },
        { 193.75,       0x0f03 },
        { 196.88,       0x1f07 },
        { 200,          0x0782 },
        { 206.25,       0x1006 },
        { 212.5,        0x1086 },
        { 218.75,       0x1106 },
        { 225,          0x0882 },
        { 231.25,       0x1206 },
        { 237.5,        0x1286 },
        { 243.75,       0x1306 },
        { 250,          0x0982 },
        { 256.25,       0x1406 },
        { 262.5,        0x0a02 },
        { 268.75,       0x1506 },
        { 275,          0x0a82 },
        { 281.25,       0x1606 },
        { 287.5,        0x0b02 },
        { 293.75,       0x1706 },
        { 300,          0x0b82 },
        { 306.25,       0x1806 },
        { 312.5,        0x0c02 },
        { 318.75,       0x1906 },
        { 325,          0x0c82 },
        { 331.25,       0x1a06 },
        { 337.5,        0x0d02 },
        { 343.75,       0x1b06 },
        { 350,          0x0d82 },
        { 356.25,       0x1c06 },
        { 362.5,        0x0e02 },
        { 368.75,       0x1d06 },
        { 375,          0x0e82 },
        { 381.25,       0x1e06 },
        { 387.5,        0x0f02 },
        { 393.75,       0x1f06 },
        { 400,          0x0f82 },
        { 412.5,        0x1006 },
        { 425,          0x0801 },
        { 437.5,        0x1105 },
        { 450,          0x0881 },
        { 462.5,        0x1205 },
        { 475,          0x0901 },
        { 487.5,        0x1305 },
        { 500,          0x0981 },

Hi, i can't modify frequency of my stick, i'm on ubuntu with bfgminer and whatever --set compac:clock i enter, it changes nothing the stick is stuck at 12.48 ghs.
Do i have to enter frequency in hexadecimal or in decimal numbers?
thks for your help

I'll check with Novak about it, but I have an idea. The bitshopper Compac has slightly different "firmware" that cgminer uses to detect it, and it's possible we forgot to put it in cgminer-gekko since that was written about two months before bitshopper Compacs existed. I've got one of them should be on the way we can test with, so that might get updated. Luke-Jr actually generated that "firmware" for us (for both versions of the stick) so it makes sense he would remember to check for both.

The driver is a pain on some windows install.  Some it works perfect... others it's a battle.   Try debian on USB drive if you have nothing else.

But most likely you will want to order a RPI.  It will save on electricity a lot to run a RPI vs a entire computer.  

You shouldn't need to (and shouldn't!) do anything special with drivers on Windows, if you use BFGMiner.

do you have a raspberry pi laying around you could try to test on linux there, also maybe try BFG but it shouldn't matter imo
linux deals with usb a lot better methinks

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

Hello all,

I'll preface this post with a small disclaimer - I haven't mined since the GPU days and the Compac is my first ASIC. The solution to the problem therefore is probably really obvious!

Today i received my bitshopper.de version of Sidekick and Novak's compac. I've installed Zadiag and changed the driver to WINUSB and i've rebooted (oh so many times!). I'm running Novak's CGminer from the first page of this thread. I'm using the bat file included as administrator on windows 7 and also windows 8. Currently i'm using the bat file as is (i'm aware that it is linked to Novak's bitcoin address) and i've also tried dropping the fequency to 100mhz. I've tried different USB ports, inserting/removing the compac at different times before/when CGminer is running, two computers and have had the miner through my USB doctor currently which is showing 5.03V and 0.19amp draw.

Essentially CGMiner reports no miners, but on looking through the USB menu and listing the devices it does find it as "Bus 2 Device 3 ID: 10c4:ea60 bitshopperde Compac BM1384 Bitcoin miner". CGMiner then reports "USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have privilege to access - GEK device 2:3", and then Gekho detect <2:3> failed to initialise" I'm guessing the second error is due to the first.

Is anyone able to advise? Help is much appreciated.

Hello all,

I'll preface this post with a small disclaimer - I haven't mined since the GPU days and the Compac is my first ASIC. The solution to the problem therefore is probably really obvious!

Today i received my bitshopper.de version of Sidekick and Novak's compac. I've installed Zadiag and changed the driver to WINUSB and i've rebooted (oh so many times!). I'm running Novak's CGminer from the first page of this thread. I'm using the bat file included as administrator on windows 7 and also windows 8. Currently i'm using the bat file as is (i'm aware that it is linked to Novak's bitcoin address) and i've also tried dropping the fequency to 100mhz. I've tried different USB ports, inserting/removing the compac at different times before/when CGminer is running, two computers and have had the miner through my USB doctor currently which is showing 5.03V and 0.19amp draw.

Essentially CGMiner reports no miners, but on looking through the USB menu and listing the devices it does find it as "Bus 2 Device 3 ID: 10c4:ea60 bitshopperde Compac BM1384 Bitcoin miner". CGMiner then reports "USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have privilege to access - GEK device 2:3", and then Gekho detect <2:3> failed to initialise" I'm guessing the second error is due to the first.

Is anyone able to advise? Help is much appreciated.

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run as administrator?

Hello all,

I'll preface this post with a small disclaimer - I haven't mined since the GPU days and the Compac is my first ASIC. The solution to the problem therefore is probably really obvious!

Today i received my bitshopper.de version of Sidekick and Novak's compac. I've installed Zadiag and changed the driver to WINUSB and i've rebooted (oh so many times!). I'm running Novak's CGminer from the first page of this thread. I'm using the bat file included as administrator on windows 7 and also windows 8. Currently i'm using the bat file as is (i'm aware that it is linked to Novak's bitcoin address) and i've also tried dropping the fequency to 100mhz. I've tried different USB ports, inserting/removing the compac at different times before/when CGminer is running, two computers and have had the miner through my USB doctor currently which is showing 5.03V and 0.19amp draw.

Essentially CGMiner reports no miners, but on looking through the USB menu and listing the devices it does find it as "Bus 2 Device 3 ID: 10c4:ea60 bitshopperde Compac BM1384 Bitcoin miner". CGMiner then reports "USB init, open device failed, err -3, you don't have privilege to access - GEK device 2:3", and then Gekho detect <2:3> failed to initialise" I'm guessing the second error is due to the first.

Is anyone able to advise? Help is much appreciated.