Just wanted to pop in and Say thanks for the amazing piece of hardware. Just picked up a Newpac to test out and it works flawlessly. Waiting on a Rpi and a hub to arrive. Once they do I hope to have the setup powered completely with solar and batteries.Then scale up newpacs as budget allows. Looking forward to the next iteration of newpac if one is in the works!!
Also I think ill be building a sensor system to monitor the temp of each miner i get running with DS18B20 one wire sensors, would attaching them to the side of the heatsink with a thermal pad give an accurate enough reading? should I use something to totally encase the sensor to the side of the heatsink(hotglue, or something) so the fans/passing air dont mess with the reading? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 35. (Read 61906 times)
May 27, 2020, 04:09:30 PM
May 26, 2020, 05:44:54 PM
This might have been said before, but I don't feel like going through all 82 pages. Is there a way to find the temperature of the mining chips on the newpac? I am currently running them at 450 freq with no issue, but I want to check to make sure the temperatures are ok. Just touching them the are cool, but I am wondering if there is a more in-depth way.
You don’t have to read 82 pages. Just go to the top of the page for this thread and enter “temp” in the search box and follow the linked results. Appears there are a few different numbers you can go buy. I find the best way to measure temp is with an infrared temperature gun. They are under $100 USD, but luckily I got one through work for my job. My opinion is if the heat sink on your NewPac is cool to the touch, you have nothing to worry about.
May 24, 2020, 10:53:14 PM
This might have been said before, but I don't feel like going through all 82 pages. Is there a way to find the temperature of the mining chips on the newpac? I am currently running them at 450 freq with no issue, but I want to check to make sure the temperatures are ok. Just touching them the are cool, but I am wondering if there is a more in-depth way.
May 23, 2020, 05:52:35 PM
So after some testing, I changed physical USB ports on PC, changed USB cable, and reduced to 4 from 5 sticks as after inspecting 1 of the sticks it looked like a cap or diode on board was touching solder blobs.(removed just to see if it was what is causing issue). However it hasn't stopped but runs alot longer without fully shutting down on 4 sticks. I setup logging and this is what triggered shutdown after running for almost 12hrs without issue other than random resets.
I Don't understand the coding, if someone could shed some light.
Code:
[2020-05-23 15:41:46.154] 14: GSH 14 - usb failure (-1)
Assertion failed!
Program: C:\Users\Myke\Desktop\NewPac Miner\cgminer-4.11.1-windows-gekko\cgminer.exe
File: os/poll_windows.c, Line 145
Expression: fd != NULL
[2020-05-23 15:41:46.171] GSH 14 failure, disabling!
[2020-05-23 15:41:51.206] WTF WRLOCK ERROR ON LOCK! errno=0 in usbutils.c _usb_transfer():3701
[2020-05-23 15:41:51.206] WTF WRLOCK ERROR ON LOCK! errno=34 in usbutils.c _usb_transfer():3701
[2020-05-23 15:41:51.206] WTF WRLOCK ERROR ON LOCK! errno=0 in usbutils.c _usb_transfer():3701
[2020-05-23 15:41:52.223] Shutdown signal received.
I Don't understand the coding, if someone could shed some light.
May 22, 2020, 11:46:02 AM
Os2sam,
Yea, I figured that out real quick.. I used to be a information security specialist and networking specialist many moons ago. This is just something new to me and I'm of course learning, but thank you for your help as well!
Thanks again,
Cole
Yea, I figured that out real quick.. I used to be a information security specialist and networking specialist many moons ago. This is just something new to me and I'm of course learning, but thank you for your help as well!
Thanks again,
Cole
May 22, 2020, 11:39:24 AM
Os2sam,
I just tried to add the --gekko-newpac-boost and it won't open the cmd window
I just tried to add the --gekko-newpac-boost and it won't open the cmd window
That is not a valid command. ASIC Boost is enabled by default. There are only commands to throttle it or disable it if need be.
May 22, 2020, 11:38:34 AM
Sidehack,
Thanks for clarifying that! I have been sitting here over a week looking at this command prompt trying to figure out what all these abbreviations and numbers mean. As far as I know, it is creating Bitcoins, so I'm happy there, but it would be a lot cooler if I knew what kind of algorithms are we calculating and for what?
Thanks again,
Cole
Thanks for clarifying that! I have been sitting here over a week looking at this command prompt trying to figure out what all these abbreviations and numbers mean. As far as I know, it is creating Bitcoins, so I'm happy there, but it would be a lot cooler if I knew what kind of algorithms are we calculating and for what?
Thanks again,
Cole
For that device, it means it's showing 2 functional BM1387 chips, and ASICBoost is working, and it's bearing the serial number 34928.
May 22, 2020, 11:35:21 AM
Hey 419! Thanks for the reply. I bought these from you guys actually and I got 5 more coming in today or tomorrow! So I'll have a total of 6 soon. I had did everything from the front page and I already got one stick running. I built my command line myself and got my stick to mine fine. My Questions are; how to put more than one stick in the command lines in the .BAT file. Also, I don't see a '+' symbol at the end of my miner name in cgminer. How do I enable this?
Thanks,
Cole
Thanks,
Cole
As to what the others have said, your up and running with AsicBoost correctly, as you add more units to your build, make sure you run zadig driver update with all the new units plugged in. Once they have the USB driver, cgminer will pick them up on the next startup without adding anything extra to your command line.
May 22, 2020, 11:26:14 AM
For that device, it means it's showing 2 functional BM1387 chips, and ASICBoost is working, and it's bearing the serial number 34928.
May 22, 2020, 11:10:23 AM
Os2sam,
I just tried to add the --gekko-newpac-boost and it won't open the cmd window, I took the command out and it opened again so I take it that my pool doesn't support it. I'm using Slush Pool. as for the extra sticks, good to know. I was a little confused to how to set the clock speeds for each one.
0: GSH 10034928: BM1387:02+ is what I'm showing, not to sure what this all means haha, I'm barely new to this so I'm learning as I go.
Thanks,
Cole
I just tried to add the --gekko-newpac-boost and it won't open the cmd window, I took the command out and it opened again so I take it that my pool doesn't support it. I'm using Slush Pool. as for the extra sticks, good to know. I was a little confused to how to set the clock speeds for each one.
0: GSH 10034928: BM1387:02+ is what I'm showing, not to sure what this all means haha, I'm barely new to this so I'm learning as I go.
Thanks,
Cole
May 22, 2020, 10:59:30 AM
My Questions are; how to put more than one stick in the command lines in the .BAT file. Also, I don't see a '+' symbol at the end of my miner name in cgminer. How do I enable this?
You don't do anything to your command line. Just plug in more miners and CGMiner will add it in automagically.
The + shows up after the number of chips. Such as:
"0: GSI 10040114: BM1387:12+"
If the plus isn't there then your pool may not support ASIC Boost.
May 22, 2020, 10:44:48 AM
Hey 419! Thanks for the reply. I bought these from you guys actually and I got 5 more coming in today or tomorrow! So I'll have a total of 6 soon. I had did everything from the front page and I already got one stick running. I built my command line myself and got my stick to mine fine. My Questions are; how to put more than one stick in the command lines in the .BAT file. Also, I don't see a '+' symbol at the end of my miner name in cgminer. How do I enable this?
Thanks,
Cole
Thanks,
Cole
May 22, 2020, 07:59:55 AM
How would I type the command to use the boost? Also, how would I add other sticks to the command?
The current build we use for cgminer (posted on the front page, or downloaded from your supplier) have these automatically tuned on by default now. Unless you are having a problem that requires this to be turned down or off, no additional switches are required.
If you look at your cgminer window, you can see that AsicBoost is enabled by the + symbol at the end of the miner name.
May 21, 2020, 11:32:09 PM
How would I type the command to use the boost? Also, how would I add other sticks to the command?
May 20, 2020, 10:01:56 PM
Thanx for that info. I will search this thread for the info on my OS. I may consider setting up a RaspberryPI 4 to run script. will be less issues I'm sure.
May 20, 2020, 09:35:57 PM
The two square bare pads above center on the stick will get you voltages across the two chips.
A lot of sticks now are tested at the factory using GS hubs and run for 24 hours at 200MHz, usually 7 to a hub. The fact you're running Windows 10 and it's having trouble when the hub is full, I'd bet it's an OS thing similar to the issues folks had running R606 on Windows 10. VH put in some testing options to help people with setups like that, and the diagnostic dialogue is recorded somewhere in this thread.
A lot of sticks now are tested at the factory using GS hubs and run for 24 hours at 200MHz, usually 7 to a hub. The fact you're running Windows 10 and it's having trouble when the hub is full, I'd bet it's an OS thing similar to the issues folks had running R606 on Windows 10. VH put in some testing options to help people with setups like that, and the diagnostic dialogue is recorded somewhere in this thread.
May 20, 2020, 08:29:31 PM
Thank You @419mining. I am in process now starting adding sticks 1 by 1 and monitoring. Will keep yo posted. So far 1 stick ran 8 hrs without errors.
On a side note. How can I measure voltage changes using potentiometer adjustments? Not saying I will adjust it, but just curious what to watch as far as changes while adjusting voltage adjustment screw.
On a side note. How can I measure voltage changes using potentiometer adjustments? Not saying I will adjust it, but just curious what to watch as far as changes while adjusting voltage adjustment screw.
May 20, 2020, 11:27:25 AM
its hard to say, trial and error are you best option, if one stick works fine, add a second, then a third and so on till you find a combination that causes the issue your seeing. It may be a bad miner unit, a bad port on the hub, a bad usb cable or even a bad network connection. zombies are often caused by missing nonce restarts, and missing nonce restarts are often caused by the individual chips (there are 2 on each unit) either A, not getting enough power, or B not responding in a timely manner to cgminers request for work. This can be caused by data interruptions anywhere along the chain because of bad equipment or even just overloaded equipment.
Once you isolate the issue, we can work at finding the cause of the issue and correct it. it may be as simple as using a different USB port on the PC or replacing a USB miner that interrupting the data flow but thats a step later. First, we have to find the cause, then we find the solution.
Once you isolate the issue, we can work at finding the cause of the issue and correct it. it may be as simple as using a different USB port on the PC or replacing a USB miner that interrupting the data flow but thats a step later. First, we have to find the cause, then we find the solution.
May 20, 2020, 11:09:25 AM
I have 5 sticks all together, all plugged into 2-5 port 1 has fan. At 100 it Zombies and resets, zombies again and resets, then on 3rd time it will shut down. I tried on 200mhz and 300mhz and same result. My single stick test seems to be running fine currently, has been online with no issue for 3 hrs now. It is set at 300mhz with 69 gh/s and seems stable. Unfortunate I’m not in front of it to take thermals. Probably 36 degrees C. They never seem to go much above this. Will attempt to use another method of measuring later. Any insite to what may be cause of Zombie with 5 sticks @419mining?
May 20, 2020, 10:42:35 AM
I re-read the announcement post and it says 5 Watts not 5 Amps. My bad.
But, it would still be a good test. If one works reliably then add one at a time.
But, it would still be a good test. If one works reliably then add one at a time.
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