Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 125. (Read 268015 times)
September 16, 2015, 11:54:22 AM
I'm not sure on linux, but on Windows you'll need to re-Zadig them. With the device string and serial number changed, they won't be automatically covered by the base driver install for an unmodified CP2102. I've run a few on my test steup with stock 4.9.2 without trouble.
September 16, 2015, 11:45:53 AM
I got it the regular cgminer 4.9.2 to work on rasparian. Im using one of the test ones and a review one. I was able to use enable icarus and run those that way. Not sure if final production model will work with that or if it will want to run on compac. I should know in a day or two when I get my production one.
Should work just fine up to frequency 250, see the first post. That's what sidehack usually plugs them in on to make sure they light up.
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novak
With production model can I run it with icarus on normal cgminer 4.9.2? (Like I'm currently doing on the review unit)? Or does it need to run as compac?
September 16, 2015, 11:13:51 AM
I got it the regular cgminer 4.9.2 to work on rasparian. Im using one of the test ones and a review one. I was able to use enable icarus and run those that way. Not sure if final production model will work with that or if it will want to run on compac. I should know in a day or two when I get my production one.
Should work just fine up to frequency 250, see the first post. That's what sidehack usually plugs them in on to make sure they light up.
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novak
September 16, 2015, 07:39:37 AM
Your stick is going out today, and probably delivered tomorrow given the proximity.
Sounds great thank you for the update. I do appreciate it.
That means I should be able to test RPI with it pretty easy. I think I will try raspbian first see how it goes, then minera as a second option.
With all my playing around with the Pi and raspbian, you don't need to install the libjansson-dev (either cgminer or raspbian has already got a version in it).
Will be interested in seeing if you get it to read/write the cgminer.conf file, I'm still working/trying to figure it out, while I wait on a few things before I start cranking the power up some.
Well, I just thought of something I haven't tried yet. Going for another test...LOL.
I got it the regular cgminer 4.9.2 to work on rasparian. Im using one of the test ones and a review one. I was able to use enable icarus and run those that way. Not sure if final production model will work with that or if it will want to run on compac. I should know in a day or two when I get my production one.
Problem I ran into was the RPI model b did not like my powered hub. It works fine with windows, and debian on a pc but the RPI was not a fan. So going to try minera and see what it does.
Check to see if the hub is back feeding power to the Pi, by putting a small piece of tap on pin 1 either in the usb cable or the Pi slot. Or if you got a cheap wire laying around, that you don't mind cutting, cut the red wire and see if it helps.
Also if it's a usb 3.0, the Pi's don't like them, you can try plugging the 3.0 hub into a 2.0 hub pluged into the Pi.
As of right now I have 2 on debian. I did have to run cgminer as root or it did not detect them. (Im on a live usb of debian).
But as of right now raspberry pi I'm not a big fan of. Just old laptop with full debian is beating the heck out of it.
September 15, 2015, 11:34:36 PM
Your stick is going out today, and probably delivered tomorrow given the proximity.
Sounds great thank you for the update. I do appreciate it.
That means I should be able to test RPI with it pretty easy. I think I will try raspbian first see how it goes, then minera as a second option.
With all my playing around with the Pi and raspbian, you don't need to install the libjansson-dev (either cgminer or raspbian has already got a version in it).
Will be interested in seeing if you get it to read/write the cgminer.conf file, I'm still working/trying to figure it out, while I wait on a few things before I start cranking the power up some.
Well, I just thought of something I haven't tried yet. Going for another test...LOL.
I got it the regular cgminer 4.9.2 to work on rasparian. Im using one of the test ones and a review one. I was able to use enable icarus and run those that way. Not sure if final production model will work with that or if it will want to run on compac. I should know in a day or two when I get my production one.
Problem I ran into was the RPI model b did not like my powered hub. It works fine with windows, and debian on a pc but the RPI was not a fan. So going to try minera and see what it does.
Check to see if the hub is back feeding power to the Pi, by putting a small piece of tap on pin 1 either in the usb cable or the Pi slot. Or if you got a cheap wire laying around, that you don't mind cutting, cut the red wire and see if it helps.
Also if it's a usb 3.0, the Pi's don't like them, you can try plugging the 3.0 hub into a 2.0 hub pluged into the Pi.
September 15, 2015, 09:43:46 PM
Your stick is going out today, and probably delivered tomorrow given the proximity.
Sounds great thank you for the update. I do appreciate it.
That means I should be able to test RPI with it pretty easy. I think I will try raspbian first see how it goes, then minera as a second option.
With all my playing around with the Pi and raspbian, you don't need to install the libjansson-dev (either cgminer or raspbian has already got a version in it).
Will be interested in seeing if you get it to read/write the cgminer.conf file, I'm still working/trying to figure it out, while I wait on a few things before I start cranking the power up some.
Well, I just thought of something I haven't tried yet. Going for another test...LOL.
I got it the regular cgminer 4.9.2 to work on rasparian. Im using one of the test ones and a review one. I was able to use enable icarus and run those that way. Not sure if final production model will work with that or if it will want to run on compac. I should know in a day or two when I get my production one.
Problem I ran into was the RPI model b did not like my powered hub. It works fine with windows, and debian on a pc but the RPI was not a fan. So going to try minera and see what it does.
September 15, 2015, 07:40:11 PM
Your stick is going out today, and probably delivered tomorrow given the proximity.
Sounds great thank you for the update. I do appreciate it.
That means I should be able to test RPI with it pretty easy. I think I will try raspbian first see how it goes, then minera as a second option.
With all my playing around with the Pi and raspbian, you don't need to install the libjansson-dev (either cgminer or raspbian has already got a version in it).
Will be interested in seeing if you get it to read/write the cgminer.conf file, I'm still working/trying to figure it out, while I wait on a few things before I start cranking the power up some.
Well, I just thought of something I haven't tried yet. Going for another test...LOL.
September 15, 2015, 07:18:50 PM
Well my RPI came about 20 minutes before 7 so most of the day I did not get it. Now trying to get initial install. Will let you know how it goes.
September 15, 2015, 06:41:43 PM
try a little turn on the power pot say it is in this position + the top is at 12 oclock rotate clockwise to 1 oclock
This solved my errors. Sticks now running smoothly at 225Mhz, and hashing at about 12gigs.
EDIT: Pushed it up to 300Mhz with another small turn of the power pot. That's the most I want to push them for now. But doing 15gh a stick now.
make sure it has fans at that speed.
September 15, 2015, 06:41:07 PM
i am drawing about 91 Watts at the wall with my 2 USB fans and the 9 sticks and the pi running of the power supply
September 15, 2015, 06:12:45 PM
try a little turn on the power pot say it is in this position + the top is at 12 oclock rotate clockwise to 1 oclock
This solved my errors. Sticks now running smoothly at 225Mhz, and hashing at about 12gigs.
EDIT: Pushed it up to 300Mhz with another small turn of the power pot. That's the most I want to push them for now. But doing 15gh a stick now.
September 15, 2015, 05:59:19 PM
I have 2 USB fans blowing on them but next time i get my laser temp thermometer I can check that for you
September 15, 2015, 05:29:37 PM
I'm using the Gekko build of cgminer. I used Zadig on a Win7 machine to install the correct drive. When I start the bat file, I get a "No valid hashes for over 10 secs, attempting to restart" then I get a "LIBUSB_SUCCESS" but there is no hash going on. I've tried 2 different machines and am getting the same error.
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
when I messed around with my sticks the only time I got that (libusb_success and 0 hashes) was when the voltage was too low for the frequency. tweaked the voltage pot a bit and it would fire up.
novak build on win32
September 15, 2015, 04:56:53 PM
Quick Update on MY progress
I have 9 Compacs Running 281.25mhz on a EyeBoot USB hub with 60AMP power supply running on Raspberry Pi 2 I am up to 138GH
I have 9 Compacs Running 281.25mhz on a EyeBoot USB hub with 60AMP power supply running on Raspberry Pi 2 I am up to 138GH
How hot do they seem to get running at the 281 for a period of time? It seems like they would get kinda hot.
Thanks for sharing nice to see it.
September 15, 2015, 04:26:48 PM
Quick Update on MY progress
I have 9 Compacs Running 281.25mhz on a EyeBoot USB hub with 60AMP power supply running on Raspberry Pi 2 I am up to 138GH
I have 9 Compacs Running 281.25mhz on a EyeBoot USB hub with 60AMP power supply running on Raspberry Pi 2 I am up to 138GH
September 15, 2015, 03:27:29 PM
I'm using the Gekko build of cgminer. I used Zadig on a Win7 machine to install the correct drive. When I start the bat file, I get a "No valid hashes for over 10 secs, attempting to restart" then I get a "LIBUSB_SUCCESS" but there is no hash going on. I've tried 2 different machines and am getting the same error.
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
yeah this happens way too much.
what is your powered hub?
how many sticks are you running?
back it down to one stick.
try a little turn on the power pot say it is in this position + the top is at 12 oclock rotate clockwise to 1 oclock
Also windows can be really picky with zadig, I've noticed that for most hardware I have to hotplug it while cgminer is running for it to start mining. I've gotten exactly that error if I install zadig and then run cgminer, but it starts mining if I hotplug it.
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novak
September 15, 2015, 03:20:53 PM
When they leave my bench, they've successfully lit up directly from a Windows laptop port and stock cgminer 4.9.2 at 150MHz. Novak flashes the CP2102 and before they get bagged for shipping they've successfully lit up and submitted a 512+ share off a powered hub and cgminer-gekko at 200MHz on a Debian 7 box.
September 15, 2015, 02:42:56 PM
I'm using the Gekko build of cgminer. I used Zadig on a Win7 machine to install the correct drive. When I start the bat file, I get a "No valid hashes for over 10 secs, attempting to restart" then I get a "LIBUSB_SUCCESS" but there is no hash going on. I've tried 2 different machines and am getting the same error.
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
yeah this happens way too much.
what is your powered hub?
how many sticks are you running?
back it down to one stick.
try a little turn on the power pot say it is in this position + the top is at 12 oclock rotate clockwise to 1 oclock
No powered hub. It is running directly into a computer.
1 stick
Power pot turned.
Now getting ~7 gh/s at 150 frequency.
September 15, 2015, 02:30:51 PM
I'm using the Gekko build of cgminer. I used Zadig on a Win7 machine to install the correct drive. When I start the bat file, I get a "No valid hashes for over 10 secs, attempting to restart" then I get a "LIBUSB_SUCCESS" but there is no hash going on. I've tried 2 different machines and am getting the same error.
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
yeah this happens way too much.
what is your powered hub?
how many sticks are you running?
back it down to one stick.
try a little turn on the power pot say it is in this position + the top is at 12 oclock rotate clockwise to 1 oclock
September 15, 2015, 12:42:51 PM
I'm using the Gekko build of cgminer. I used Zadig on a Win7 machine to install the correct drive. When I start the bat file, I get a "No valid hashes for over 10 secs, attempting to restart" then I get a "LIBUSB_SUCCESS" but there is no hash going on. I've tried 2 different machines and am getting the same error.
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
bat file code:
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1JiWuyX94wrCr7JhkAn7x5qNMCEef1KhqX.Chris_Sabianstick --compac-freq 150
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