Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 76. (Read 268027 times)

Not sure if the one in your link will work or not. The power input/output is lower, the Superbpag that I know works good with the Pi2B and sticks is this one http://www.amazon.com/Superbpag-Portable-Charger-Transfer-Samsung/dp/B013OK10YM

That one is rated 5V 14A 70Watt, the one you linked to is only rated at 5V 2A 10Watt.

tried that link, you actually got a usb 3 hub working on a RPI cool. i have yet to get one to work .I know some do but finding it can cost a lot over time.

This one http://www.amazon.com/Superbpag-Port-Cable-Charger-Black/dp/B00W4X3DAA or this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RM5OF70?psc=1, I'll buy it after Xmass   .

Is support for this being planned for mainline cgminer? I had a look at your cgminer driver and it seems the driver was completely split off from the icarus driver(icarus in cgminer is a catch-all for certain types of devices such as this) I think the correct way to do this is to do conditional device checks within the icarus driver rather than have a completely separate driver.

First of all I took offense to you trashing Luke. There isn't any reason to say anything bad about a person who has created so much for us to mine. And when he isn't busy he does make time to answer our questions.

I'm using  Bfgminer 5.4.0 and 5.4.1 succesfully with 2 compacs.
a compac in my computer on a pci usb card. May  I suggest trying to plug it into the back of your computer's usb port. I don't use zadig as Luke has taken care of everything for us. (even bfgminer 4.0 for Avalon nano works)

Try using bfgminer without a hub and use this from a .bat file

bfgminer -S compac --set compac:clock=150
"E:\Emergency low disk\Downloads\bfgminer-5.4.0-win64\bfgminer-5.4.0-win64\bfgminer.exe" --config bfgminer.conf --set compac:clock=150


bfgminer.conf

{
  "pools": [
    {
      "url": "stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333/#skipcbcheck",
      "user": "worker",
      "pass": "x"
    }
  ],
  "api-port": "4028",
  "failover-only": true,
  "api-listen": true,
  "api-allow": "W:127.0.0.1/32",
  "expiry": "120",
  "log": "5",
  "queue": "1",
  "scan-time": "60",
  "temp-hysteresis": "3",
  "compac:clock": "1150",
  "compac:freq": "150"
}

Hub: Superbpag
I used default settings (did not specify any settings)
sticks jumped to ~11Gh ea from the get go
maybe your bfgminer does not have all recent updates?
just delete the bfgminer directory and redownload everything
i used the instructions here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOLDrSiI_ic
to the letter


for eligius specifically, I used

what hub , mine only works with batch 1 and it's USB 2 , i tried not just with RPI, i tried with cubie boards or that type ARM cpu and rpi. i just got a cubie board 2 today im gonna give a shot and have a new firefly coming , I love those little PC , once i can afford one i may buy one of top end new cudie boards that just came out .

what setting are you using . my stick is seen, it start blinking all most right a way but then nothing else even after i let it set for 20 mins , as i said id rather use BFG but CG will do as well, what ever it takes .

I have batch 2 working fine on bfgminer using pi 2 version B (via usb 3.0 powered hub-Superbpag)
pi "jumped" on sticks in a a fraction of a second-they basically started blinking as soon as all connections and commands were there.
However, I tried initially to connect batch 2 stick direcly to pi 2 USB slot and this did not work for some reason (maybe these slots are underpowered?), but i only gave it a few seconds to try.

tried a good 20 minutes to get it to work with bfgminer..


compiled cgminer-gekko and it worked on the first try.




this was plugged into the front usb port on the pc.. no hub.

Batch 2 is exactly the same as Batch 1. All the ASICs and PCBs and heatsinks were all bought at the same time, and used the same BOM for every batch (with one exception - changing the diode on the LED flash circuit). The only reason we split up manufacturing was buying all the rest of the parts for 1000 units was out of reach. The firmware or whatever you want to call it what gets pushed to the CP2102 also didn't change, except that each stick gets a unique serial number. So "batch 2" sticks are the same as "batch 1" sticks except the serial number is greater than about 480. I don't know why that would make a difference.

found it


but it doesn't work either, so i think the new batch was made different and BFG needs a update to it ?.

the above settiings work with batch one but not with batch 2 for me .

Was wondering if anyone else has batch 2 working with BFG ?. I guess, I should have asked.  


Thanks AJ .

for the code, it's been a long while sense Ive had to use in any form.


BTW it does see it, but it won't show any hashing with BFG, shows it in BFG as 0 and  it acts like it is hashing but it's not . i even run it on eligius.st , by it self to test it . nothing ever showed up. it gets warm etc . but this is only happens with BFG . i can use  cgminer. .

batch 2 with windows 10,  no point in posting any more shots with a PI or others ways, i tried, it shows the same results with  5.3 to 5.4.1. .



last post about it,  asking more if there is a issue and show what i tried, it doesn't really mater much which software miner I use, I always root for the under dog (BFG in tihs cae ),but will do what i have to, too make it work for me . or did i get one  of those sticks with a mind of it's own and it uses what it wants to .

 it does work there is nothing wrong with it that i see , in fact it works better then the first one, i bought before it  .if it is bad, i will or would thrash it any way , i only bought it to help support .) .

I cant say here, I don't have a good SD card reader to add a new OS on my RPi-b.. all o know is there is only ~150mA available to them ports without bypassing poly-fuses.

 gekko-CGminer will work with both batches, if I compile it in minera or command line.


the
Is actually


the argument should be the same as -S?
just brushing up on my BFGMiner right now..
 

Just asking !! anyone having issue getting the latest batch to work with BFG 5.3 to 5.4.1 direct to the PI or in windows ?. by direct i mean plugging into the PI it self . I have tried all different setting with BFG without a hub with a Hub, it just won't pick it up with BFG , BFG will pick up the first stick, i bought, or batch 1, if that was batch 1.

 gekko-CGminer will work with both batches, if I compile it in minera or command line.

IS there a setting or was it made different this time around and bfg sees batch 2 different ?.
just wondering, i can use gekko-CGminer. other wise !!!.

used these setting in windows with the right driver for BFG , on a few different PI types including a RPI2 and RPI b and RPI with different Os's etc .



The only other setting i haven't tried is


forgot how to use that .

even did


there was one other way to use


what i meant by " The only other setting i haven't tried is "

I'm wondering if there was part of the solder pad/track lifted with it, or if there is a via busted under it..

The big'n is a capacitor. If it's not connected properly your output voltage probably won't be stable and could tank briefly during ASIC initialization. I can probably fix it for you, but as hackable as these sticks are "I broke this while hacking it" isn't really covered under the warranty so you'd have to at least pay shipping.

So putting the heatsink on the final miner i somehow lifted one side of the yellow resister. I attempted to solder it back down however it wont mine it is seen (green light) + shows up in the USB devices. the vcore still reads correctly. i am stumped. i am thinking its too much solder increasing the resistance.

I just used some leftover TG-7. overkill but i had it on hand

I have the 10 slot Ankers running sticks from a pc but not a pi. Perhaps this is one of the many USB 3.0 hubs the pi's dont like .

Yes, those wires are for vcore readings.  They don't actually connect to the motherboard though, just my voltmeter.  I still had some thermal paste (cooler master and arctic silver) left over from when I built my pc.  Those bitmain chips are tiny compared to a cpu, you don't need much.

I was also thinking of getting one of those fan controllers/displays that fit in your drive bay to monitor temp and fan speed, or one with a custom display that would also display the hash rate and best share, but those will have to wait until one of our 'lottery stickets' comes through.

.earl

I kinda doubt he's pushing anything to cgminer git, but he was going to be doing a bit of work on cgminer-gekko this weekend. Adding bitshopper stick support, if nothing else. Until some of the Icarus overlap stuff is taken care of, there's no way driver-gekko would be offered to the main build.

Are the Orange and Yellow/Orange and Black wires in the first picture soldered directly to your sticks? Are those monitoring your vCore?

Another question, why kind of thermal interface material are you using? Thanks for posting the pics, that is a great idea to put these inside the PC case.