Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 58. (Read 61906 times)

Don't use the 3 b+.   You will need the Raspberry Pi 4.    But these instructions work the same on both units.

The reason for the Pi 4 is because there are issues with the Pi 3 b+ and earlier models using only 1 Bus lane for all networking traffic.  So the ethernet/internet, all usb ports etc shared only 1 bus lane which created bottlenecks.  So the miners wouldn't run up to full speed and some would simply crash and the miner would stop working.

The Pi 4 has multiple bus lanes so there is no longer that bottleneck many of us experienced before.  And with you having so many miners I would highly recommend the Pi 4 over any of the prior Pi models.  And the 2gb Ram models will work fine as a controller.  I am using a Pi 4 with 2gb of ram to control my 2 R606's, 4 Newpacs and 2 futurebit moonlanders without any issues.

I have a 4gb Pi version that I just tinker with and often use as a desktop replacement.

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As for the script, the miner works with both newpac and R606.   Here is the script setup that I run with my newpac and R606s combined:


In the above example I'm using them to mine Litecoin Cash.  I would suggest breaking this out into two separate mining windows for the newpac and r606 since you are adding the other miners as well.  Until you are fully stable.  Just so if you have to make tweaks to the frequency of the R606's you don't have to drop the newpacs and so on.  So some of the miners are still running / connected.   I have mine all in one miner as I've already tweaked and have it set where I want it.

Once you have your Pi 4's, I recommend using the NOOBs flavor of their operating system.  It's just easier/quicker to get configured.  And once up and running you can run the following commands to get your Pi setup where you can remote desktop into it from any windows pc or laptop.

First you will want to set the Pi to boot to login screen instead of straight into desktop.  Click on your raspberry start menu at top left, go to preferences and then Pi Configuration.  This is a very lite gui version of the main config.   On the first tab you should see boot to desktop as Pi or something similar and it's checked.  Just uncheck it.  Ok or Apply and then open a console and do the following:



Then you can just remote desktop into your Pi's IP address.   And you will also want to change your Raspberry Pi's machine name if you are going to run more than 1 on your home network.  As sometimes they will clash.  I ran into that issue as I had my mining pi, pi-hole server (that one is a 3 b+) and my tinker one all with the same host name     To change them do the following:

• option 2 - Network Options
• N1 - Host Name

Then select finish when you are done changing the host name then reboot the Pi.

Hello, looks like great info. I’m getting some Pi3b+'s to run my setup of two R606, six Newpac’s, one 2Pac and twelve Rockminers. Is the guide above suitable for all these devices (forget the Chinese knock-offs for now) or are there slight differences in the command line coding for R606 compared the above for Newpac’s?

Cheers

it was every 1 second but it was performing well so i turned freq back down to 550 guess i cant be at the 1 th rate.

Flashing means temp sensor. Is it flashing every 1 second, or about every 5? Every 5 should indicate an issue with the temp sensor, but every 1 second is an overheat condition.

Flashing power level lights *might be* the overheat warning.  I would shut down till you hear from Sidehack.  Search through the thread as a couple others had issues with the batch 1 units.

here is a question. My miner lights are not staying on the current setting (setting 6) instead it flashes 6 then it flashes 1 - it has been doing this for about an hour. it is currently hashing at about 874.6 gh/s at 643.75 freq (which is the freq I have it set to in cg miner)

so the question is this: why is it the setting changing? or is it even? and should I have any concern?

Shipping from UK is not cheap, but if your willing to cover shipping costs, we will warranty it. Send me a PM with your shipping information and we will get your some cost numbers for shipping it to and from.

First question, who's the seller? Second question, why didn't you buy from a reputable dealer like 419mining or MineFarmBuy? (MinersSupply is no longer an approved dealer)

If none of the builders are able to assist, then as an alternative you could do this to rig the unit for cooling.  Remove the front usb fan.  And replace with this:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IJ2J2K0  for front/back air flow.  And plug the usb cable into one of your free usb ports on your hub/machine.  These units pull about the same airflow as the artic fans that come with these units.  And are also very quiet.  I have these same fans mounted at the rear of my units for additional cooling.

....provided there isn't anything else broke with the unit.  419Mining and MinersSupply MineFarmBuy have been great to work with.  You could reach out to any of them and see if they can help.  Good luck.

Hello all

Help needed as fleaBay strikes again! My second R606 arrived today and the fan doesn't work (although it looks like it correctly plugged onto the board) and the USB port sheared off whilst testing different cables.  I did not use excessive force.  The seller wont accept a return so can someone please PM for their address if willing to repair?  I will cover ALL costs including shipping from/to the UK, obviously any parts/repair and beer tokens

@sidehack...the Rockminer's use a modified version of cgminer 4.10.0 as the official 4.10.0 used for my 2Pac's won't recognize them.  They are serialized and appear like this RM 01000046.  The rest of the interface appears to work the same.  Would you like one sent for analysis?  They are on an inferior level of 10/10 when compared side by side to a 2Pac or NewPac.

Can anyone help repair my R606's fan and usb connector please? 

Regards 

they copied your design.. fucken Chinese.

Curious how that U10 looks exactly like my 2Pac. Do they have unique serial numbers or did they just steal my configs straight across like TTBit did? I've not seen one in person.

The instructions I wrote up will work on either Pi 3  or Pi 4.   If you are using a Pi 4, after installing your OS and doing the basic updates (sudo apt-get update then once completed sudo apt-get upgrade -y)  you may want to update the kernel to 64 bit.  Those steps are on page 58.

Page 28  instructions that I wrote up for setting up the miners on a pi --->   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053833.540

Also you don't have to put the Pi 4 to 64 bit right away.  If you want you can do those steps afterwards when you are more comfortable with using the system.  The miner will work just fine either way, it has no bearings on the miner if it's 32 or 64 bit.   This portion of the upgrade is mainly looking at future use of the Pi, especially if you plan to do other things with the device while it's mining.

Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me.  I'll gladly help where I can.

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And yes the pi4 is suitable for cgminer.  I'm running x2  R606, x4 Newpacs and x2 Futurebit Moonlanders without issue.  The Gekko hub is connected to a usb2.0 slot and my R606's are connected to the usb3.0 slots.

Screen Print:  https://ibb.co/mGJTJ3n

Also you may be able to run all of the miners off the Pi 4.  It's more of a trial and error at this stage.  If with all of your miners you still run into clashes then x2 Pi 4's should be enough.  Also the Pi 4 is practically idle for the most part as a controller, so power usage from the Pi itself from what I've  measured has been around 2 watts.  If I try to run a CPU miner on the Pi 4 it'll bump up to 5 watts of total usage off the controller.  Not bad.  

Can someone please link me to the correct fourm page to setup cgminer on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ or 4 please?  I need a super basic noob guide!

I want to split my overall set-up from a Win7 laptop to at least x2 Pi's or ditch the laptop and just run as many Pi's as needed to keep things separate.  Is the Pi4 suitable for cgminer 4.11.1 as it has USB3.0 or is it better to stick with Pi3B+ with it's x4 USB2.0?

I have x12 Rockminer U10's (dont...!), x12 2Pacs and x4 Newpacs which all run very smooth on my laptop with x3 GS hubs and different cgminer versions/instances.  The issues arise when I add the x2 R606's, hence the standalone Pi requirement.  I intend to run x2 R606's from x1 Pi (maybe x2), x4 NewPacs from a separate Pi and the BM1384's from my laptop.  Any future BM1387 additions will be added to that existing Pi or another one added.  I will also mount this set-up in a Hyrda II/III style server case with bequiet silent wings 3 (powered from the GS hubs) for sexiness and overall mobility.  Once I've mastered the programming, I should be flying!

Regards all

Hello - Can someone explain what the two numbers in parentheses (47:94) after the plateau numbers are? I've found explanation for everything else in the CGMiner display but this. Thanks!

USB management Pool management Settings Display options Quit
0: GSH 10033649: BM1387:02+ 200.00MHz T:200 P:200 (47:94)  |  100% WU:100% | 42.34G / 45.23Gh/s WU:631.9/m
1: GSH 10033593: BM1387:02+ 200.00MHz T:200 P:200 (47:94)  | 99.5% WU: 99% | 45.65G / 44.91Gh/s WU:627.4/m[/s]

thanks! will give that a spin

to be sure - this is my command line would go when adding the freq change?


edit: yes that is what I need to do in the command line - I am on setting 4 with freq set to 750 - i will post results here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-terminus-r606-5180588

CGMiner for the R606 auto adjusts to the best performance for each voltage level and frequency combination.

Just set your Frequency to 750 and start on voltage level 4 and see where it settles at, it will most likely be below 750Mhz.  Then move up to the next voltage level and restart  CGminer.  Repeat for each voltage level.  Document what your miner does at each voltage level and then use the combination you like the best.

ooh gotcha - I misunderstood then. I apologize. its on setting 7 with 550 mhz and running between 723 to 777 gh/s - overall average is 704.8 gh/s but its only been running 16 mins - I will give it some more time to get a more accurate average.


edit: is there any reference as to what the advantages/disadvantages are of each setting? and what is the freq range that we can attempt to use without breaking the r606?

The button adjusts voltage in hardware only. Frequency is a software setting and so has to be set via command line.

got my replacement today and its been running about 5 mins now will update if I have any issues.

running it with the following command line for now

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://bch.viabtc.com:3333 -u MoparMiningLLC.003 -p x --api-listen --api-allow W:0/0

will look at changing the freq via command line later, as it seems that no matter what setting I set with the buttons it stays at 550 mhz on all 7 settings.