Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread - page 95.

crypto_curious

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Quote from: supercyberbob on October 16, 2021, 05:30:22 PM

Quote from: crypto_curious on October 15, 2021, 11:59:10 PM

Quote from: supercyberbob on October 15, 2021, 05:03:52 PM

My HDMI output has stopped working. I've tried restarting the TV it's connected to. I even tried a new HDMI cable before finding this thread. My problem now is that I cannot log into my dashboard using the IP address on my laptop - it's telling me the password is incorrect. Any ideas?

You can try login via ssh. User is futurebit and password futurebit123.

I'm sorry, what is ssh?

It's a Linux console login method. If you don't know how to use it, you will be better off just re-flashing your SD card. Just reflash it and start over, save your password this time

Image links you will find on first page of this thread.

heslo

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Quote from: supercyberbob on October 16, 2021, 05:30:22 PM

Quote from: crypto_curious on October 15, 2021, 11:59:10 PM

Quote from: supercyberbob on October 15, 2021, 05:03:52 PM

My HDMI output has stopped working. I've tried restarting the TV it's connected to. I even tried a new HDMI cable before finding this thread. My problem now is that I cannot log into my dashboard using the IP address on my laptop - it's telling me the password is incorrect. Any ideas?

You can try login via ssh. User is futurebit and password futurebit123.

I'm sorry, what is ssh?

Secure Shell. It's a command line interface access to the device, remotely. Use something like Putty to log in and use the IP address for the device you want to access along with the log in credentials. It's pretty easy to access

supercyberbob

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Quote from: crypto_curious on October 15, 2021, 11:59:10 PM

Quote from: supercyberbob on October 15, 2021, 05:03:52 PM

My HDMI output has stopped working. I've tried restarting the TV it's connected to. I even tried a new HDMI cable before finding this thread. My problem now is that I cannot log into my dashboard using the IP address on my laptop - it's telling me the password is incorrect. Any ideas?

You can try login via ssh. User is futurebit and password futurebit123.

I'm sorry, what is ssh?

heslo

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Quote from: vintag386 on October 16, 2021, 11:09:57 AM

I haven't seen any more mention of when Lightning Node will be available. When can we expect that to be a part of the build?

This is what I'm hanging for too! Any updates?

vintag386

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I haven't seen any more mention of when Lightning Node will be available. When can we expect that to be a part of the build?

crypto_curious

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Quote from: supercyberbob on October 15, 2021, 05:03:52 PM

My HDMI output has stopped working. I've tried restarting the TV it's connected to. I even tried a new HDMI cable before finding this thread. My problem now is that I cannot log into my dashboard using the IP address on my laptop - it's telling me the password is incorrect. Any ideas?

You can try login via ssh. User is futurebit and password futurebit123.

supercyberbob

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Quote from: jstefanop on July 27, 2021, 11:36:01 PM

Quote from: 02EX on July 27, 2021, 10:56:01 PM

Quote from: jstefanop on July 27, 2021, 08:14:58 PM

Quote from: 02EX on July 27, 2021, 08:08:47 PM

Just did update and reboot and miners show inactive ?
1. stopped node
2. stopped miners
3. verified both where not active
4. started update on Web dashboard
5. updated in 2 min all went good.
6. started miners all going good as you can hear the fans spool up.
7. PROBLEM dashboard shows NO hashrate, NO Watts, status showing all 4 units inactive with no info, pool status inactive
-front red led slow flashing on all units, orange/yellow lights on bottom of all units flashing, all units green light flashing and also the other solid green,
- login into Slushpool account and it shows active hashrates no issues on that end
8. stopped miner and node and confimed it stopped
9. clicked on reboot, system rebooted everything the same as above miners workings confirmed in slushpool but all in showing inactive on web dashboard.

Any suggestions and anyone else with this issue?
And no issues with internet connection

Update should have taken way longer than two minutes. Sounds like it did not complete all the way. Try re-flashing SD card and re-doing the update and see if you have the same issue.

*UPDATE*
Re-flashed SD card using (balenaEtcher) and removed SSD so not to lose my synced blocks. Rebooted just the full node unit on its own. Unit booted up but lost HDMI output signal to monitor (has happen before). Work around to shut down unit nicely is to grab my laptop and login in thru router IP address dashboard and shut down unit. To get the HDMI working again it seem that you have to not only shut down the unit in the dashboard but ALSO (at least for me) have turn off the power supply too. HDMI output working again, shutdown miner and unit. Reinstalled SSD. Powered up all 4 units. Verified miners and node dashboard info working and correct, all good. Turned off miners and node, tried the update again (updated completed in 3min 17sec) reset pool info and all is back to normal.
Thanks Jstefanop

Cool, yea must have been a bad/corrupted build on the UI during the update. Will probably switch to pre-built releases in the future instead of doing updates this way since it’s more prone to random errors.

FYI getting hdmi to work if your monitor loses signal usually works if you just power on/off the monitor.

My HDMI output has stopped working. I've tried restarting the TV it's connected to. I even tried a new HDMI cable before finding this thread. My problem now is that I cannot log into my dashboard using the IP address on my laptop - it's telling me the password is incorrect. Any ideas?

V3XED

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Quote from: jeyzeus on October 12, 2021, 11:15:49 PM

Quote from: cd1177 on October 12, 2021, 07:52:07 PM

My full unit and 2 standards have ran great for a couple months. couple restarts here and there. today they quit hashing and it won't let me log into the dashboard. i powered them down and back on, still nothing and it's not hashing. the red lights are all blinking like normal though? ideas?

when you power everything down, are you also closing firefox / the web browser? i noticed that sometimes if i leave it open and reboot, it will try to open the previous tab I had open upon turning the computer back on. if you had it on /stop then it might be getting stuck there.

try closing all the windows prior to turning it off so it starts a "fresh" session upon reboot. idk if that would fix the issue but i had something similar and hilariously that actually fixed it.

May or may not be relevant... but in troubleshooting my own slew of issues I did have the following realization...

If anything causes them to powercycle, they often rejoin your network at a new/unique IP address (or they can, depending on your router setup).
So, if your accessing these over the internet, verify they have not moved to a new IP address!

02EX

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Quote from: jstefanop on October 14, 2021, 01:47:09 PM

Quote from: 02EX on October 13, 2021, 07:21:35 PM

Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

Is that 7 Standards on one Full unit? We have not event tested that many internally Cheesy

Yes jstefanop, that is 7 standard units running through a USB hub to 1 Full unit. Grin

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Quote from: 02EX on October 13, 2021, 07:21:35 PM

Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

Is that 7 Standards on one Full unit? We have not event tested that many internally Cheesy

crypto_curious

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Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 07:44:46 PM

Quote from: 02EX on October 13, 2021, 07:21:35 PM

Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

Any opinion on the USB hub to use?

Any hub will do, even USB 1.0, power is not transported via USB connection but data only at low bandwidth rate, no powered hub necessary.

02EX

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Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 07:44:46 PM

Quote from: 02EX on October 13, 2021, 07:21:35 PM

Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

Any opinion on the USB hub to use?

This is the one I used from amazon thats in the picture link above. *iDsonix USB 3.0 Hub, 7-Port 12V / 2A Powered USB Hub with Individual Switches 5Gbps High Speed Transfer BC1.2 (5V2.4A) Fast Charge USB Splitter

I did find that even if I unplugged the power for the USB hub it did not effect the communication or hash rate of the units.

dwight-satx

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Quote from: 02EX on October 13, 2021, 07:21:35 PM

Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

Any opinion on the USB hub to use?

02EX

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Quote from: dwight-satx on October 13, 2021, 01:05:41 PM

I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

Yes you can.

https://ibb.co/s9S5NVc

dwight-satx

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I have a Full Unit that I'm running one Standard unit off of right now. I'm planning on adding one more but if I use a USB hub can I add more then TWO Standard units to the Full Unit?

dWiGhT

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Quote from: mutatrum on October 10, 2021, 03:25:29 PM

Quote from: rosic1 on October 08, 2021, 07:46:38 AM

Can anyone recommend a good PSU to use to run 2 LTC and 2 BTC miners? Right now I'm using the Futurebit power supplies and one blew up on me so I'm looking to replace and consolidate.

I'm running 3 BTC hash boards on balanced mode on a be quiet! Dark Power 12 750W, in single rail mode. I mainly selected on modularity and number of cables. It had enough cables to power the 3 boards, so with one extra cable I could add one more hash board, it's not close to max power.

Perfect, exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you!

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Quote from: cd1177 on October 12, 2021, 07:52:07 PM

My full unit and 2 standards have ran great for a couple months. couple restarts here and there. today they quit hashing and it won't let me log into the dashboard. i powered them down and back on, still nothing and it's not hashing. the red lights are all blinking like normal though? ideas?

when you power everything down, are you also closing firefox / the web browser? i noticed that sometimes if i leave it open and reboot, it will try to open the previous tab I had open upon turning the computer back on. if you had it on /stop then it might be getting stuck there.

try closing all the windows prior to turning it off so it starts a "fresh" session upon reboot. idk if that would fix the issue but i had something similar and hilariously that actually fixed it.

cd1177

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My full unit and 2 standards have ran great for a couple months. couple restarts here and there. today they quit hashing and it won't let me log into the dashboard. i powered them down and back on, still nothing and it's not hashing. the red lights are all blinking like normal though? ideas?

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Quote from: jstefanop on May 28, 2021, 07:43:53 PM

Quote from: achtung082 on May 28, 2021, 07:31:28 PM

Quote from: jstefanop on May 28, 2021, 06:48:18 PM

Quote from: achtung082 on May 28, 2021, 01:54:44 PM

Have two issues.

1) Can only set one pool.

2) All but 1 of my units have stopped working after trying to change the the miner settings. I have tried setting eco, balanced and even advanced with power from min to 45%. Only One unit will work when I make these changes but the rest will not function at all. Even the main controller will not function with no unit connected and shows the default config with default pool.

Update: I was able to now get some units working again by connecting each one to the USB 1 port and booting the units individually. All but 1 of the units are now working. I will try connect the still bad unit to a PI and run it on its own.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Start them up and leave them be for 10-15 minutes. They will start up eventually. As long as you see the front LED start flashing slowly it will show up in the dashboard.

Solid RED led after startup and one flashing green led on the board, on the last unit that will not run, seems to be bricked.

If I connect this unit to the full unit/controller nothing loads on the miner page and the page defaults back to original default page, shows slushpool, no stats load.

Ok if it does not start flashing at all when you do stop or restart on the miner dashboard then that means the system does not see it at all. Shoot an email to us by replying to your order email and well go over some other troubleshooting steps.

I just received the full unit with power and a standard unit with power -- i'm having this exact issue and could really use help. The full unit with power started up with Red LED flashing, and showed up quickly on the dashboard, no issues. When i started up the standard unit with its own power source, the red LED light never flashed, it only came on solid, and the fan never started up. On the back side, there's a solid red light and one green small flashing light, but there's no fan going and it never appeared on the dashboard. I am not at all (at ALL) technically savvy, and i'm afraid to do anything with this standard unit over concerns of interrupting or killing the main unit that is working . If ya'll have any advice or could provide specific action steps I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

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Quote from: CIVIoney on October 11, 2021, 11:56:37 AM

FAQ

Q: I updated the system and now my Apollo won't boot
A: DO NOT UPDATE THE OS THROUGH THE SYSTEM UPDATE PROMPTS Even though the Apollo is a full linux desktop, its still an embedded system with multiple system level changes to make it work with our proprietary hardware attached to it. If you do a system level OS update these will be whipped and you will end up with a bricked system, requiring a full SD card reflash using the stock image. Any system/kernel level updates will issue here with updated SD card images.

Hi Everyone,

I recently bought a FutureBit Apollo BTC. Upon setting up, I was prompted to do updates and I didn't think anything of it and proceeded. It seems I immediately bricked my new system Sad

This is my first venture into mining so I'm quite a bit bummed at the moment. Although I'm more tech savvy than the average person, I don't have the knowledge on how to fix this. Could anyone help me understand how to do a full SD card reflash using the stock image in order to get back to working order?

Appreciate anyone's guidance.

Apollo BTC SD Card Image/OS Download and Install

Folder for all Apollo BTC Image Releases: https://mega.nz/folder/ZlxnwYZb#ZN77cDAcXa6dN_2QKSdT_Q

Release 7/31/21

d6f820869268383883db4741dcfcade8f57ad1a1c20c359fd7a3015c78ffe3dd apollo-btc_310721.img.xz

-Updated Apollo UI to latest 0.3.1
-Image no longer wipes SSD if it detects it has already been formatted
-Added additional swap memory to prepare for Lightning network/block explorer apps
-System level fixes/tweaks for stability

Initial Release 5/14/21

c5dfeb7812e43df64fac2fd4dbc929ec7c78f6df513bed0d8aba81a6573bec7e apollo-btc-14-05-21.img.xz

SD Card Flash Instructions:

Download image linked above, verify SHASUM is correct
Decompress the image (should have just a .img extension when its done full size ~7GB when decompressed)
Use an easy cloner tool like etcher (etcher.io) or dd etc if your know what your doing
Insert SD card in your computer, select the the decompressed apollo.img file, and select the SD card you inserted
Flash away...this will return your SD card back to stock state

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