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Are all those available frequencies safe to run without more cooling? I have no option to measure but "beast" gets pretty hot when I try to kiss it goodnight @796 or more (room temp. never exceeds 20C/70F)...
I'd be interested to know that too. I backed my three down to 700 but the heatsink on the non-fan side is still too hot to touch for more than a few seconds. I have a temp gun, what's a safe temp to shoot for? |
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Linux question - Once the new driver is released for Pis, what specifically do we need to type to install and use it?
depends on the way how it is released. you dont need to "install" a precompiled binary - just download, maybe extract and use it as soon as link to new binarys are here i'll help you out  Greetings - Astrali This way you could compile it on your own - but i guess thats not the best opinion for a linux starter. git clone -b futurebit2_driver https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer
sudo apt-get install libevent-dev
cd bfgminer
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-scrypt --enable-futurebit
make
1 will download the bfgminer source
2 will install some dependencies to compile bfgminer (maybe you need some more - we can fix it together - or a little google will help)
3 enter bfgminer directory
4 run automatic script ..
5 configure the source code to use scrypt algo and include the futurebit driver as well (i didnt excluded other mining hardware! takes longer to compile but more devices will work)
6 compile the sourcecode
Thanks as always Astrali! I'm definitely a linux starter, so I'll wait for the link to the new binaries, but once they're released I'll take you up on that offer for help! |
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Linux question - Once the new driver is released for Pis, what specifically do we need to type to install and use it?
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1 arrived with a bent fan casing, clipped the piece off and its loud, but oh well. Found a similar sunon fan to replace the GSD fan with. Trying different overclock settings in the .bat file. For now --set MLD:clock=750 on a 2amp each port hub I found on amazon. 3.5Mh/s so far, probably time to adjust the hardware next.  I don't think 750 is an option... "Please note that this version of the miner has a fixed list of frequencies available to use below. List of available frequencies: 384, 450, 480, 540, 576, 600, 612, 625, 636, 648, 660, 672, 684, 700, 720, 744, 756, 768, 796, 832, 852, 876, 900, 924, 954" |
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how to log out & leave the pi mining.
Anyone have a good method for this?
Install screen. Then once you log in run screen which will just give you a new shell. Anything you have running in screen will remain running if you get disconnected. When you have to reconnect just run screen -r and you'll be right back in your previous session. Or just use vnc - it's installed by default on with Raspian, you just have to enable it. You can even control your Pi remotely with it. |
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I wrote earlier that I was struggling to getting my ML2s to be recognised by my Vista PC when connected via an eyeboot hub. I did get some good support from someone at eyeboot, I will test out the feedback but in the meantime I bought a deadcheap 2nd hand win10 laptop and now all (6) ML2s are hashing away at 4.5Mh/s at 795Mhz and default pot settings. I did add two external cheap USB fans to keep the temps under control, the heatsink gets pretty hot at these settings without extra cooling. So in all I am quite happy now.
Of course as the global hashrate is exploding and the LTC price being under pressure as everyone seems to jump on BTC the LTC returns are rapidly diminishing, so I wish I had bought the max number of ML2s the hub can handle. But with the 6 I am just below 30Mh/s which is nice, for now. In a month or two it is probably another story...
I'm not sure where you're located, but Holybitcoin has them in stock and shipping in 24 hours if you wanted to pick up some more. I just bought a third myself. |
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I just noticed that my speeds on litecoinpool.org are in kH/s (I'm currently getting 8.6-8.7 kH/s with two sticks) - isn't that 1,000 times slower than the 8.6-8.7 MH/s I should be getting, or am I understanding it incorrectly?
It's right for me, here's the math: 1 kH/s is 1,000 hashes per second (sometimes mistakenly written KH/s). 1 MH/s is 1,000,000 hashes per second. edit: I see you say 8.6-8.7kH - mine shows 4,542kH/s for one stick right now.. Did you mean something different maybe 8600kH/s? That is what I would expect for 8.6MH/s. You're absolutely right, I misread the comma as a decimal point. I'm getting 8.6-8.7 thousand kH/s, or 8.6-8.7 MH/s. Thanks for the help! |
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I just noticed that my speeds on litecoinpool.org are in kH/s (I'm currently getting 8.6-8.7 kH/s with two sticks) - isn't that 1,000 times slower than the 8.6-8.7 MH/s I should be getting, or am I understanding it incorrectly?
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so i got my pluggable usb hub and now im running all 8.. unfortunately they only run for about 3 to 5 minutes until they ALL stop blinking and need to be restarted..  I am surprised no one has said you most likely have a usb hub that is unable to provide enough current per usb port but that is not the issue as I have 4 running on a usb hub powered by the 25 amp 5v rail and I have the same issue, I have checked the core and mem voltages ~0.75-0.81v and 0.89-0.92v mem its not power related on my side.. these hubs have been powering 8 v1 moonlanders for almost a year. they now only have 3 v2 each.. so they should have plenty of power. I have two running well on that same hub, maybe try it with two so you can at least see for sure if it's a power issue. |
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just pluged moonlander to my hub .. result is this: dmesg
[883937.626649] usb 1-1.4.3: new full-speed USB device number 12 using dwc_otg
[883937.750380] usb 1-1.4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=10c4, idProduct=ea60
[883937.750411] usb 1-1.4.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[883937.750428] usb 1-1.4.3: Product: FutureBit Moonlander 2
[883937.750443] usb 1-1.4.3: Manufacturer: FutureBit
[883937.750459] usb 1-1.4.3: SerialNumber: 94a1af1f3e0be711a14ffe5433cb487a
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 067b:0600 Prolific Technology, Inc. IDE Bridge
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x UART Bridge / myAVR mySmartUSB light
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0a05:7211 Unknown Manufacturer hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0483:5740 STMicroelectronics STM32F407
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
device is detected by dmesg - but i cant find it in lsusb - bfgminer wont find it as well.This line seems to be the moonlander - after i pluged 2 - i got this line twice. Bus 001 Device 012: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x UART Bridge / myAVR mySmartUSB lightStill - BFGminer wont find it. missing something, or maybe my high quality hub?  Greetings - Astrali my "special" hub can handle 2 (with 3A) on windows and works fine. problem seems to be my raspberry If it helps troubleshoot, I used your instructions on my Pi 3 and my two sticks are hashing perfectly. The only changes I made were to start with: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade before I cut and pasted your instructions and to change: ./start_moonlander.sh to ./start_moonlander2.sh in the last step. Good luck, and thanks again for all the help! |
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Im working on a fix to keep the alive automatically. The current dead/restart logic is bugged in bfgminer, so I'm going to implement it directly in the driver. Should have a new release out in the next few days.
Awesome! I'm having this same problem and I'm looking forward to the update! Again, you're an incredibly awesome person! Agreed, thanks for making these sticks! Really looking forward to the update as well, it'd be great if they could restart on their own. Assuming ample power (I'm only running two of them off the Plugable hub), what are the optimal settings for the frequency and core voltage? On the stock settings I'm getting between 3-3.5 MH/s each stick. 756 is what I have found to be the optimal balance between hashrate and power on these chips. 756 runs fine at about .7v, so you can turn core voltage down a bit, and turn down memory voltage as low as your ASIC can handle (~.75-. for best power draw. Check out my tuning guide in OP on how to fine tune these using --benchmark flag. Sounds like just changing the frequency to 756 in the code should be probably work without messing with the hardware screws? I'd rather just start with that. |
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Im working on a fix to keep the alive automatically. The current dead/restart logic is bugged in bfgminer, so I'm going to implement it directly in the driver. Should have a new release out in the next few days.
Awesome! I'm having this same problem and I'm looking forward to the update! Again, you're an incredibly awesome person! Agreed, thanks for making these sticks! Really looking forward to the update as well, it'd be great if they could restart on their own. Assuming ample power (I'm only running two of them off the Plugable hub), what are the optimal settings for the frequency and core voltage? On the stock settings I'm getting between 3-3.5 MH/s each stick. |
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Can anyone help with using Minera with a Moonlander2 USB stick and a Pi 3b? I know how to get Minera on the Pi and access it via it's IP on my computer, but is it just plug and play or are there additional steps after that?
I guess I need to "just copy the bfgminer to the minera custom folder.. it needs to be renamed to bfgminer-futurebit2" - can someone give me kind of a step-by-step of what to type in to do that? |
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Can anyone help with using Minera with a Moonlander2 USB stick and a Pi 3b? I know how to get Minera on the Pi and access it via it's IP on my computer, but is it just plug and play or are there additional steps after that?
At the very least you would need to replace the bfgminer binaries it generates with my supplied RPi binaries (just copy over bfgminer executable). After I get the next version out that fixes some bugs ill probably be able to merge it into main branch. just copy the bfgminer to the minera custom folder.. it needs to be renamed to bfgminer-futurebit2 Thanks guys! I'm a real beginner with Linux, can someone give me kind of a step-by-step of what to type in to do that? Thanks as always for all the help. |
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Can anyone help with using Minera with a Moonlander2 USB stick and a Pi 3b? I know how to get Minera on the Pi and access it via it's IP on my computer, but is it just plug and play or are there additional steps after that?
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Can anyone help with using Minera with a Moonlander2 USB stick and a Pi 3b? I know how to get Minera on the Pi and access it via it's IP on my computer, but is it just plug and play or are there additional steps after that?
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Hello,
I will preface the following statement by saying that I am a 100% newbie to mining and know just about enough about computers to make myself dangerous, but also know that I'm a Hands On type learner and must dive in and try things. So on to my question:
I got my 4 Moonlander2s in the mail last week and hadn't had much of a chance to toy with them until today. I followed the set up instructions, downloaded the drivers and other software and got them up and running in no time flat. I ran them for about 15 mins and they were all hashing like crazy, it was then I realized that there was one very important step left out of the set up, at least for noobs like me; Where and how does one edit the file to insert our own personal user name, password, and wallet address for the distribution of the his/her share of the block reward?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to point me in the right direction.
Steve
Check out Astrali's instructions on the first page, you want the part where you use nano. |
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your problem is usb speed.. try upping the worker difficulty.. i found if you have it too low, say 64 or 128 and multiple sticks... they get jammed up after awhile.
also minera has a restart option. it works great.
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How do you get them to run on Minera? I know how to get Minera on a Pi, but is it just plug and play from there?
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Anyone got theirs from Holybitcoin yet?
Yes. I got mine on Friday or Saturday I think. I'm on the east coast in a major metro area. Cool, thanks crushed. Hopefully mine will get here soon. |
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Anyone got theirs from Holybitcoin yet?
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