What miner do you have?  If your using a NewPac then what Hub do you have?  Sounds like your Hub may not be supplying enough power.  I would doubt that the Pi would supply enough power for a stick miner.  Be careful not to overload it, the Pi that is.

I would still try it in the command line.  I seem to remember that advanced options aren't supported in the config file.  I have never used the config file as it was always causing problems for people.  I like to keep it simple.

Well, I don't know of any tutorial.  The CGMiner thread has all of this info, but it is very long and may be difficult finding the correct info.  I think there is a USB readme too.

I used to run multiple instances of CGMiner for different devices on different pools.  But I have never run two different versions of CGMiner on the same machine.  I'm not sure if that would cause an issue or not.

Since your devices work fine in their proper CGMiner instance, I think I would suggest trying to run on a Linux box or Pi 4 and compile the latest version for all of your devices.  Sidehack's devices will definitely run better on Linux.

Edit:  On your 4.11.1 add the command line "--usb BAS:0, ICA:0". That should disable the Jalapeno and the Block Erupter  or whatever it is.


Do you mean an ASIC Miner USB Block Erupter?  Or something else?  I have never heard of a Block disruptor??

Ditch the config file altogether.  Many of the advances switches aren't supported.  Plus it hard to see what you are really doing.  Just use the command line switches and create a .bat file when you get it right.


I thought I was pretty sure the Jalapeno was JAL:2.  Again it has been a while so I could be wrong I guess.  Do you have all those other miners too?  Just put in what you need.

Edit: Nope you're right  it's "--usb BAS:2, ICA:19" or whatever number you have of BE's.

When you build vh's CGminer just enable the icarus interface.  Unless your using Windoze, I guess.

As for CGMiner trying to initialize miners in the wrong instance check the readme's on telling it to not to use one type of miner.  I think it was something like -jal:0 but i can't remember for sure now.  It's been over five years since I used my block erupters and Jalapeno.  But the info is in the readme's and on ck's CGMiner thread.

I don't think its fair to count planned outages.  Even if it did run a little over time.

I don't remember the other outage.  I appreciate your clarifications.  Still a great record.

Yep, I don't know of a single time the pool has went down since 2015 when I started here.  The worst was recently when all but two nodes dropped off.  I have since put all nodes in my failover list.  I still have a solo pool at the end of that list too.  This is the most reliable pool I've ever experienced.  Knock on wood!

Yep, that's what he has said in this thread.  Won't work for failover purposes when mining PPLNS on kano.is.

Starting to feel like old times.

Thanks Biffa!

Also don't use a USB Hub, go straight into the PC.  Mine wouldn't go over 200Mhz when I used a Hub.

If it was 4650 Sats then I was going to say it was part of the FUD campaign to increase block size.  I guess I should have just suggested that  in the first place.  But obviously that isn't the case here.

What was the amount?

If you are running on Windoze plug in both units and run zadig and make sure both are using the WinUSB driver.

The highest frequency you really want to go is 750Mhz.  Some units will go higher but will consume allot more power for very little hash rate gain.  I have one unit that will do 1Ths at voltage level 5.  Why set it to voltage level 7 or the same 1Ths?

I would shoot for 750Mhs at voltage level 5 or 6.  But try them all and see where your unit falls.  It's pretty rare to have to go to voltage level 7.  But each unit is a little different.

That's my suggestion anyway.

The miners will peak at a certain power level and frequency combination.  You usually want to achieve your target hash at the lowest power consumption possible.  It's good to use a power meter as well.  If you start at the high end you will be consuming more power than necessary for a given hash rate.

Never too late to start!

Both.  First at Power Level 4 set your frequency target to, say 725Mhz, and see what it autotunes to.  Then bump it up to Voltage Level 5 and start over, repeat until you find the sweet spot you want to run at.  You need to make sure you have a power supply that can support that though.  The 8Amp block can't supply power to the level of what the unit can do, most likely.  I use an ATX P/S to power my units.

Glad you got everything up and running.

I had to look over the web page several times to make sure I wasn't misreading it, since folks usually post here right away.

Anyway, Block by mjstrand at what looks like 55Ths.

Great Job!

Um, Block?!?  Has 21 confirms.

Just what the light codes might be telling you on the device.

Sounds like you need to contact your supplier.