Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread - page 11.

almartins

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Quote from: VictorGT on June 19, 2020, 07:03:06 PM

Quote from: VictorGT on April 09, 2019, 05:08:25 PM

Quote from: VictorGT on February 01, 2019, 02:16:00 PM

Quote from: drakedave on February 01, 2019, 04:46:29 AM

Great thank you so much jstefanop for all the work !
Here is a feature request for next update :

For example, I'd like to have the possibility to set the miner on balanced mode from 07:00PM to 07:00 AM and on another mode for another amount of time set in hours.

What do you think ?

This would be very nice... By night (cheaper electricity) FULL MODE, by day ECO mode... Please jstefanop, think about it...

People (like me) with high electricity prices need this. And this will be a new feature no other ASIC has (pro miners don't need this, but hobby/home miners need it). Sure you are trying to build a "different miner" Wink

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Don't forget this, please. Not sure if easy to add this feature. I have kwh price about 0,10 € with sunlight. About 0.05 € by night. You know Wink

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I emphasize that this option is very important.

vsc-miner

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@jstefanop

Are full LTC nodes getting any rewards for validating transactions? maybe a silly question or already answered before. Thanks

VictorGT

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Quote from: VictorGT on April 09, 2019, 05:08:25 PM

Quote from: VictorGT on February 01, 2019, 02:16:00 PM

Quote from: drakedave on February 01, 2019, 04:46:29 AM

Great thank you so much jstefanop for all the work !
Here is a feature request for next update :

For example, I'd like to have the possibility to set the miner on balanced mode from 07:00PM to 07:00 AM and on another mode for another amount of time set in hours.

What do you think ?

This would be very nice... By night (cheaper electricity) FULL MODE, by day ECO mode... Please jstefanop, think about it...

People (like me) with high electricity prices need this. And this will be a new feature no other ASIC has (pro miners don't need this, but hobby/home miners need it). Sure you are trying to build a "different miner" Wink

.

Don't forget this, please. Not sure if easy to add this feature. I have kwh price about 0,10 € with sunlight. About 0.05 € by night. You know Wink

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iDisturbia

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Quote from: jarvisparvis on June 18, 2020, 09:22:00 AM

Ive had my batch 1 since day 1 and has always been a sturdy little machine with relatively few glitches. Since upgrading the MCU to enable node support ive had problems.
I have a feeling its because the MCU runs hot and causes problems i.e network disconnects and then the machine fails. It seems to happen when the MCU hits 45 degrees at about 1hour even in ECO.

Tried with out node and still no luck, downgraded to image 1.29 and still the same. Finally replaced the original MCU and every things fine again obviously with out node support though.

So now running back on 1.29 image with original batch 1 MCU and its running sweet even in turbo mode the MCU bearly reaches 27 degrees. Compared to the Masternode version which runs upto 45 degrees and then glitches the machine.

Is this something software could fix i.e change the parameters to let the MCU run hotter if thats what is does, or make it run cooler.

Thanks sticking to no maternode batch 1 setup until further advice.

Any device running additional background / foreground services requires additional resources.

Apollo is a small device with an absolute min amount power (RAM, CPU etc). So running it as node pushes it even further - plus higher temp.

I ran mine with node for a while (batch 2) and noticed was getting more invalid shares than before! It was also running a little hotter. So, I stopped it.

Certainly if it was making some amount of respectable LTC, I would take one for the team of giant LTC miners for sure!!

Those who mine like 50+ LTC / day, they should purchase as many Apollo as Futurebit can produce and run their own nodes to help secure the LTC world!

jarvisparvis

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Ive had my batch 1 since day 1 and has always been a sturdy little machine with relatively few glitches. Since upgrading the MCU to enable node support ive had problems.
I have a feeling its because the MCU runs hot and causes problems i.e network disconnects and then the machine fails. It seems to happen when the MCU hits 45 degrees at about 1hour even in ECO.

Tried with out node and still no luck, downgraded to image 1.29 and still the same. Finally replaced the original MCU and every things fine again obviously with out node support though.

So now running back on 1.29 image with original batch 1 MCU and its running sweet even in turbo mode the MCU bearly reaches 27 degrees. Compared to the Masternode version which runs upto 45 degrees and then glitches the machine.

Is this something software could fix i.e change the parameters to let the MCU run hotter if thats what is does, or make it run cooler.

Thanks sticking to no maternode batch 1 setup until further advice.

torynfarr

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Quote from: jstefanop on June 11, 2020, 04:14:02 PM

Quote from: torynfarr on June 11, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

After a power outage this past Monday, the miner on my Apollo will no longer start. The node starts just fine, but the miner is offline and fails to start... with no error messages displayed when I attempt to start it. I've tried fully shutting down the Apollo, disconnecting the power, and powering it back on - but the miner never starts (only the node starts).

My Apollo (and the official PSU) is on a pretty hefty surge protector, so I don't think it sustained electrical damaged. (Plus, it seems unlikely that electrical damage would leave the Apollo partially functional like this).

My guess is that the issue was caused by it failing to shutdown properly during the outage (during which time the power flickered on and off several times).

Any ideas? Do I need to reimage the SD card and start over?

I'm running Apollo Web v0.1.0 beta.

Yea if the power went in an out multiple times the SD card probably got corrupted. A re-image should fix it.

Yep, re-imaged the SD card and the problem was solved! Thanks for the advice! "ComEd... you owe me 0.01 LTC for a day or two of lost mining!" 😉

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Quote from: torynfarr on June 11, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

After a power outage this past Monday, the miner on my Apollo will no longer start. The node starts just fine, but the miner is offline and fails to start... with no error messages displayed when I attempt to start it. I've tried fully shutting down the Apollo, disconnecting the power, and powering it back on - but the miner never starts (only the node starts).

My Apollo (and the official PSU) is on a pretty hefty surge protector, so I don't think it sustained electrical damaged. (Plus, it seems unlikely that electrical damage would leave the Apollo partially functional like this).

My guess is that the issue was caused by it failing to shutdown properly during the outage (during which time the power flickered on and off several times).

Any ideas? Do I need to reimage the SD card and start over?

I'm running Apollo Web v0.1.0 beta.

Yea if the power went in an out multiple times the SD card probably got corrupted. A re-image should fix it.

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Quote from: torynfarr on June 11, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

After a power outage this past Monday, the miner on my Apollo will no longer start. The node starts just fine, but the miner is offline and fails to start... with no error messages displayed when I attempt to start it. I've tried fully shutting down the Apollo, disconnecting the power, and powering it back on - but the miner never starts (only the node starts).

My Apollo (and the official PSU) is on a pretty hefty surge protector, so I don't think it sustained electrical damaged. (Plus, it seems unlikely that electrical damage would leave the Apollo partially functional like this).

My guess is that the issue was caused by it failing to shutdown properly during the outage (during which time the power flickered on and off several times).

Any ideas? Do I need to reimage the SD card and start over?

I'm running Apollo Web v0.1.0 beta.

if the node is working - I would leave the usb drive alone as it stand now, and just try re-imaging the sd card.

torynfarr

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After a power outage this past Monday, the miner on my Apollo will no longer start. The node starts just fine, but the miner is offline and fails to start... with no error messages displayed when I attempt to start it. I've tried fully shutting down the Apollo, disconnecting the power, and powering it back on - but the miner never starts (only the node starts).

My Apollo (and the official PSU) is on a pretty hefty surge protector, so I don't think it sustained electrical damaged. (Plus, it seems unlikely that electrical damage would leave the Apollo partially functional like this).

My guess is that the issue was caused by it failing to shutdown properly during the outage (during which time the power flickered on and off several times).

Any ideas? Do I need to reimage the SD card and start over?

I'm running Apollo Web v0.1.0 beta.

2FastMiner

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Just checked on mine today. Completely shut down. No fan. No blinking lights. Not mining. It was down almost 12 hours. No idea why. Could someone be remotely shutting it down for malicious reasons?

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Quote from: mickeykool on June 03, 2020, 02:28:01 PM

Heads up for those that have the node running on your apollo. I have not checked mine in weeks but today I went to check on the node and etc. For some reason it stopped but my miner was still working. Not sure how long it was offline.

mines at 28 days but still shows online. but it is a good idea to check regularly.

mickeykool

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Heads up for those that have the node running on your apollo. I have not checked mine in weeks but today I went to check on the node and etc. For some reason it stopped but my miner was still working. Not sure how long it was offline.

Fenboy

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I would like to remote access my 2x Apollo’s. What ports do I need to forward?

Thanks

jstefanop

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Can you send a screenshot of the error to [email protected] and well help you out there.

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Quote from: jstefanop on May 31, 2020, 03:27:41 PM

Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 30, 2020, 06:12:15 AM

Quote from: RazerBlade on May 29, 2020, 02:47:52 PM

Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 29, 2020, 10:36:32 AM

I'm getting this error.

ECONREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028

I've turned on port forwarding. Port 9333 (port forwarding works on a server I'm running with Litecoin core Node.)
I've turned on UPnP.
Ive flashed the operating system twice.
I've formatted the usb drive twice and set it up with the Litecoin directory and contents.

When I start the node, the gear just spins and never starts the node.

Any Ideas?

I have the same error this morning, and that's because i put false info in the pool adress. When i put good info, i restart the Apollo, and every thing run fine. But i'm a newbie on this Apollo, so wait a confirmation.

The miner works perfect. It’s the node that isn’t working.

If you trying to access it right after boot you might see this. Come back in an hour or two and the node should have fully loaded.

Waited 13 hours after reboot and still did’nt work.

jstefanop

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Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 30, 2020, 06:12:15 AM

Quote from: RazerBlade on May 29, 2020, 02:47:52 PM

Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 29, 2020, 10:36:32 AM

I'm getting this error.

ECONREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028

I've turned on port forwarding. Port 9333 (port forwarding works on a server I'm running with Litecoin core Node.)
I've turned on UPnP.
Ive flashed the operating system twice.
I've formatted the usb drive twice and set it up with the Litecoin directory and contents.

When I start the node, the gear just spins and never starts the node.

Any Ideas?

I have the same error this morning, and that's because i put false info in the pool adress. When i put good info, i restart the Apollo, and every thing run fine. But i'm a newbie on this Apollo, so wait a confirmation.

The miner works perfect. It’s the node that isn’t working.

If you trying to access it right after boot you might see this. Come back in an hour or two and the node should have fully loaded.

Robertanu3

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Quote from: RazerBlade on May 29, 2020, 02:47:52 PM

Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 29, 2020, 10:36:32 AM

I'm getting this error.

ECONREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028

I've turned on port forwarding. Port 9333 (port forwarding works on a server I'm running with Litecoin core Node.)
I've turned on UPnP.
Ive flashed the operating system twice.
I've formatted the usb drive twice and set it up with the Litecoin directory and contents.

When I start the node, the gear just spins and never starts the node.

Any Ideas?

I have the same error this morning, and that's because i put false info in the pool adress. When i put good info, i restart the Apollo, and every thing run fine. But i'm a newbie on this Apollo, so wait a confirmation.

The miner works perfect. It’s the node that isn’t working.

RazerBlade

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Quote from: Robertanu3 on May 29, 2020, 10:36:32 AM

I'm getting this error.

ECONREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028

I've turned on port forwarding. Port 9333 (port forwarding works on a server I'm running with Litecoin core Node.)
I've turned on UPnP.
Ive flashed the operating system twice.
I've formatted the usb drive twice and set it up with the Litecoin directory and contents.

When I start the node, the gear just spins and never starts the node.

Any Ideas?

I have the same error this morning, and that's because i put false info in the pool adress. When i put good info, i restart the Apollo, and every thing run fine. But i'm a newbie on this Apollo, so wait a confirmation.

Robertanu3

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I'm getting this error.

ECONREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028

I've turned on port forwarding. Port 9333 (port forwarding works on a server I'm running with Litecoin core Node.)
I've turned on UPnP.
Ive flashed the operating system twice.
I've formatted the usb drive twice and set it up with the Litecoin directory and contents.

When I start the node, the gear just spins and never starts the node.

Any Ideas?

2FastMiner

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Ever since I upgraded to the new full node firmware, my Apollo like to shut itself down for no apparent reason. It's only happened twice but it never happened before the full node firmware update. Has anyone else experienced this?

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