GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 31.

AgentRuan

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Quote from: sidehack on July 12, 2016, 05:26:49 PM

If compac-freq is an unrecognized option or the stick enumerates as an AU3, you're not actually using cgminer-gekko. I'm assuming you paid some attention to my last post?

Also, one good thing to do when you have a problem is search within this thread. It's been around for a year and it's over a hundred pages long so it's very very likely that your problems have already been seen and resolved. Multiple times.

Oh. whoops. That last one didn't post from awhile ago. The thing currently works great! I'm not sure why that took so long to post.
Thank you very much for the help though!

sidehack

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If compac-freq is an unrecognized option or the stick enumerates as an AU3, you're not actually using cgminer-gekko. I'm assuming you paid some attention to my last post?

Also, one good thing to do when you have a problem is search within this thread. It's been around for a year and it's over a hundred pages long so it's very very likely that your problems have already been seen and resolved. Multiple times.

AgentRuan

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Now it's being weird again. Command prompt opens for a second after i open up the .bat file and then, the command prompt disappears. I took a screenshot of it and it says cgminer.exe: --compac-freq: unrecognized option.

I have no clue why...

gt_addict

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On the cgminer screen you should see "compac 10000~~~" (~ is another number, basically the stick identifier). Next that you should see the hashrate in GHs. If it shows zero or an "m" after the number then unplug it while cgminer is running and plug it in again. It will say "hotplug compac" it should then start hashing, if not unplug and replug again. Sometimes it can take a few attempts.

AgentRuan

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Hmmm... It's working now... sort of... But what exactly does it mean when it says "Stratum from Pool 0 requested work restart?"
My thing isn't quite mining. It's just... Saying that...
Does mining start after a while? Should i take out my usb and plug it in until it does something else?

AgentRuan

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Figured it out... I used to be a Linux user... so... I think you know what happened. I added an extra "./" to the .bat file...
It now works perfectly.
Thank you all so much for the help! I truly appreciate it!
Guess I'm not completely hopeless after all xD

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Quote from: AgentRuan on July 12, 2016, 04:45:22 PM

Quote from: cavaliersrus on July 12, 2016, 04:41:52 PM

run your bat then unplug and plug in your usb sometimes that helps

Doesn't work. Since the command prompt just turns off in less than a second after i turn it on.

post your bat file in here again i suspect something is wrong in the bat file

ok seems like you posted something earlier

./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u AgentRuan.worker1 -p x --compac-freq 150

change that to

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u AgentRuan.worker1 -p x --compac-freq 150

AgentRuan

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Quote from: cavaliersrus on July 12, 2016, 04:41:52 PM

run your bat then unplug and plug in your usb sometimes that helps

Doesn't work. Since the command prompt just turns off in less than a second after i turn it on.

sidehack

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Quote from: AgentRuan on July 12, 2016, 04:33:52 PM

I'm hopeless at this, aren't I? Sad

The short and not very polite answer is, pretty much. But the stick is meant as a learning tool; you're now being forced to learn some new things.

Please note a couple posts up where it's said:

Quote from: gt_addict on July 12, 2016, 04:12:15 PM

The tar.bz file is for building it yourself (on raspi usually). You would need the zip file on the first page of the thread. Then do as sidehack has said and copy the zlib.dll file from the standard cgminer (in the mining software section of the forum). Copy that over to the gekko version, run zadig to change the drivers on the cp2102 uart controller to winusb, then run the bat file.

This will solve about half your problems.

The other half are the "./" at the start of your command line in the batch file - that's a linux-specific thing (telling the command prompt to look for the program in the current folder instead of searching system-default paths) and isn't necessary for Windows.

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run your bat then unplug and plug in your usb sometimes that helps

AgentRuan

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Quote from: gt_addict on July 12, 2016, 04:23:35 PM

It's in there trust me I had to do the same thing. Search every folder within the main cgminer (standard version) and copy it over to the gekko version.

So, currently, what I have done so far is:
1. Plug in my new GekkoScience Compact BM1384 StickMiner into my powered USB 2.0 port of my MSI GP60 Laptop
2. Went to the first post and downloaded the gekkoscience.com/misc/cgminer-gekko.tar.gz file
3. Extracted the file onto my desktop
4. Got the original CGMiner and got the zlib.dll file and directly copied and pasted it into the file that's gekkoscience.com/misc/cgminer-gekko.tar.gz file
5. Opened the file and created a new word document within the file
6. typed in ./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u AgentRuan.worker1 -p x --compac-freq 150
7. saved the file as start.bat as all documents
8. deleted the old, useless word document
9. Double clicked the bat filed labelled start.
10. The command prompt thing goes on and immediately disappears. At first, I didnt' know what it said until i took a screenshot, which says "." is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

I'm hopeless at this, aren't I? Sad

gt_addict

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It's in there trust me I had to do the same thing. Search every folder within the main cgminer (standard version) and copy it over to the gekko version.

AgentRuan

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Quote from: gt_addict on July 12, 2016, 04:12:15 PM

The tar.bz file is for building it yourself (on raspi usually). You would need the zip file on the first page of the thread. Then do as sidehack has said and copy the zlib.dll file from the standard cgminer (in the mining software section of the forum). Copy that over to the gekko version, run zadig to change the drivers on the cp2102 uart controller to winusb, then run the bat file.

Sorry for sounding stupid... But... What's a zlib.dll file? I went through the files of the original CGMiner and the closest thing I found was a folder called lib...

gt_addict

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The tar.bz file is for building it yourself (on raspi usually). You would need the zip file on the first page of the thread. Then do as sidehack has said and copy the zlib.dll file from the standard cgminer (in the mining software section of the forum). Copy that over to the gekko version, run zadig to change the drivers on the cp2102 uart controller to winusb, then run the bat file.

sidehack

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Copy the zlib dll from a stock Windows cgminer folder into the cgminer-gekko folder and try again. Assuming you've installed the libusb driver for the stick as well (probably via Zadig)?

AgentRuan

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Quote from: gt_addict on July 12, 2016, 04:02:12 PM

Are you using a Windows computer or Linux based?

I'm using a Windows 8.1 MSI GP60 Laptop. Is the coding made for Linux?

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Are you using a Windows computer or Linux based?

AgentRuan

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Quote from: sidehack on July 12, 2016, 03:55:10 PM

From the first post:

Quote from: novak@gekkoscience on September 08, 2015, 03:47:28 AM

=========
=How to Run=
=========

GekkoScience cgminer:

./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr --compac-freq 150
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=Voltage Adjustment=
==============
In order to get the best performance out of your stickminer, you'll want to adjust voltage. The compac does not support software voltage adjustment, it is actually a hardware setting. Voltage is set by a small potentiometer (you'll see a screw which can be turned) right next to the USB jack. Turning the screw clockwise increases voltage; counter-clockwise decreases it.

There is no voltage setting in the command line. There is a frequency setting.

Thank you so much for helping me

I'm fairly new to the world of BitCoin and I'm not exactly a computer whizz.
I have downloaded the gekkoscience.com/misc/cgminer-gekko.tar.gz file in the first original post, plugged in my GekkoScience stick, added a new word document to the file labelled start.bat, and saved the file. Inside the file is
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u AgentRuan.worker1 -p x --compac-freq 150
However, when I try to run it, the commandprompt-like thing pops up and disappears before i can read it.
Maybe my computer is failing to detect the USB?

gt_addict

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You will need to set the freq in the bat file aswell.

--compac-freq 150

Would be a good place to start. If you want to go higher get a mains powered USB hub, a Y splitter cable (female end for the gekko, two males ends for two ports on the hub). That way the gekko will get enough power without burning out your USB port on your computer Wink

You can change the "150" to whatever number you want (the higher you go the more power it needs and you will need to adjust the voltage potentiometer on the stick itself), my gekko will go upto 300 on the setup I've got but is happy/stable at 250-260.

sidehack

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From the first post:

Quote from: novak@gekkoscience on September 08, 2015, 03:47:28 AM

=========
=How to Run=
=========

GekkoScience cgminer:

./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr --compac-freq 150
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============
=Voltage Adjustment=
==============
In order to get the best performance out of your stickminer, you'll want to adjust voltage. The compac does not support software voltage adjustment, it is actually a hardware setting. Voltage is set by a small potentiometer (you'll see a screw which can be turned) right next to the USB jack. Turning the screw clockwise increases voltage; counter-clockwise decreases it.

There is no voltage setting in the command line. There is a frequency setting.

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