I do agree very much! With that being said, I have a feeling you’re trying to get your hands on some different algorithms other than sha256 in the future! I’ll be the first one to grab if that’s the case:P

And with what I said earlier, I don’t mean a literal controller... I should’ve said “ease of use” and “extra features” rather than specifying them just like futurebit which is extremely user friendly for those non techies. But I don’t mind the way Terminus is built. It is sexy af and it works well no problems on my side.

@sidehack

Thanks to Eyeboot, I finally received a perfectly working Terminus R606! It’s nice and very quiet running at 700GH/s +- 100. Now, it’s just very hard looking for a very easy step by step instructions to setup on my Raspberry Pi 4. I’ve looked into pages of forums and I just couldn’t find one...


Also, is there any chance that the R606 is being “upgraded” to work more like the Futurebit Apollo LTC miner?

A full node working within the miner and even with its very own controller and software preinstalled. How about a wifi?

That would be massively beautiful if it could come with those features.

Any future plans???

Wow! I should’ve known about Raspberry Pi 4(RPi4)!

I do think the RPi4 is the culprit to my problem. I had my RPi4 plugged in WITH its very own PSU before and read a few forums and websites saying it’s okay to plug in a RPi in the 5V USB port. So I thought it was okay to unplug the PSU powering RPi4 and just directly plug RPi4 to the R606 for convenience but then 10-30 minutes later, it suddenly shut off with just the fan rolling.

And thank you so much! I’ll send back the R606 as soon as I can for repairs.

At least we now know this so others don’t get the same problem. Although I do hate being the rat test subject.

Yes, I have already sent them a message about the situation and awaiting for a response.

If it is a problem with the 5V circuit, is it a “quick” fix with a few soldering tools and electrical parts?

I haven’t opened it up of course so warranty(if there’s any) wouldn’t be affected. I’m just curious if it would be something doable so it could cut us both a slack for both savings and time. I appreciate your offer! I will look forward to it if there’s no way I can do anything about it! Thank you so much! God bless!

BTW, I did have my Raspberry Pi 4 attached to its 5V USB port with no additional power but only the 200W 12V PSU powering it. Perhaps that’s the problem? I just don’t see how that would connect...?

All lights go off and I even made sure by letting it sit for about 1-3 hours. Only the fan is spinning... it’s not inertia; it’s power coming off of the r606 from 200W 12V PSU.

Thanks for quick response! I’ve been following R606 for a few months now deciding if I should buy it as a hobby miner but then this happens... what would you recommend me do at this point?

Hello! I created this account so I can ask some questions about my R606.

I preordered a R606 and it just came October 5, 2019.

I was so excited to get my hands on it until I realized I received a dud and I’m quite pi**ed off.

I plugged in my 200W 12V PSU barrel jack into my R606.

While looking for ways to make it work in CGMiner, my R606 suddenly shut down after 30 minutes with only the fan running. The blinky white light turned off, and the three red lights also turned off. Once in a while, it turns back on for a few seconds(usually 1-10seconds) and immediately turns back off. When it turns on for 1-10 seconds, it mines normally at a range of 250GHs. Fan works normally with zero issues.

I can mine normally with my newpac.

I preordered my R606 from a website called “eyeboot.”

Is there any way I can fix this? Is there anyway I can send to a location to get it fixed or replaced? Eyeboot store is in Hong Kong so shipping it back would be costly. Although, I don’t mind to ship it within US.
I really don’t want this to turn into a $300 + $48 shipping waste.
Can anyone help please?