GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[toptek]

would it still work with CGminer if that is the case ? and why not with BFG ?. i can post logs once again with screen shots if needed, of everything, i have tried , I even tried for about three days after i got the stick before i said anything. if it works with CG with out issue is the stick bad ? if so can i get it replaced . not sure i want to thu shipping , sorry not being rude, I think I'm being really cool, I want it to work with BFG and gonna keep trying , just getting a little annoyed, right now .I keep getting the feeling, I'm wrong, every time i hear Batch 1 works and Batch 2  for me, not sure why it doesn't for you , it's like they don't believe me or I'm making it up .

That image i tried,I'd  rather make my own . he set it up different, then i do and the new version or you all fork works better to me, then the first one or seems to.

it's not worth the trouble to return either, to me , i feel better knowing i help out by not returning it so you can keep going but at this point it just how annoying it's getting . and not that it doesn't work either .

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[sidehack]

Does it enumerate in cgminer-gekko? If so, what gets displayed? The only thing I can think of is if the data flashed to the CP2102 isn't quite right, corrupted or something. It'd still work in stock cgminer as a U3, but probably wouldn't be recognized in cg-gekko or BFG.

[toptek]

compac 1 is batch one the top one is batch two that's with my build of minera using a CB2 or cubieboard 2. i know the first batch has lot of error's but that's know big deal i have it set at --compac-freq 175 even under the command line  I see the same thing. why i think it's my hub those hard ware errors just started with batch 1. if you want the bfg  screenie i will post it and that is with cgminer-gekko-rev2, i guess i can recompile version one of gminer-gekko and see if the hard ware error go down on batch one , I'm gonna try my new Hub first then say, Maybe. batch one had no hard error till i got batch 2 but i don't care about b1 i can fix that. I'm all most sure my Hub  is the Problem.

[hedgy73]

Some crappy photos:

Very nice buddy only just catching up with this thread thats one cool enclosure .

What are the inline digital voltmeters?

[toptek]

Hers what minera log shows as you can see it shows compac not what U3 would show if it was doing that ?.

Code:

 [2015-12-31 16:10:56.784] Accepted 5d377a26 Diff 703/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:12:30.373] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block

 [2015-12-31 16:15:33.393] Accepted 58d87e29 Diff 738/512 COMPAC 1 

 [2015-12-31 16:16:43.804] Accepted 2536829b Diff 1.76K/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:18:16.776] Accepted 03be51ee Diff 17.5K/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:18:34.064] Accepted 1d90f0d4 Diff 2.22K/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:18:41.726] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block

 [2015-12-31 16:20:40.959] Accepted 7e2cdd4c Diff 519/512 COMPAC 1 

 [2015-12-31 16:23:34.238] Accepted 18de5ba3 Diff 2.63K/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:31:03.905] Accepted 68ff1fe7 Diff 624/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:32:01.793] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block

 [2015-12-31 16:32:41.883] Accepted 5acc9cad Diff 722/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:33:19.443] Accepted 7266e591 Diff 573/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:34:48.998] Accepted 77ba6f4a Diff 547/512 COMPAC 0 

 [2015-12-31 16:38:39.003] Accepted 734f0aa4 Diff 568/512 COMPAC 0 

[sidehack]

I'd actually rather see the cgminer screen, which gives me the name, serial number, and hashrate info.

[cavaliersrus]

if your wanting to run bfgminer the new minera works with latest bfgminer

i did this for my raspberry pi and it is working just fine

[toptek]

I'd actually rather see the cgminer screen, which gives me the name, serial number, and hashrate info.

ok , the new hub came sane thing BFG only see one and CG sees both but with b1 and bfg no hard ware error at all . so i guess I use both cg and bfg just run them separate on two different hubs and the same PI type.

i need a few mins and I'll post that screen , remember like i said before it's really no big deal not like it's a 1000 $ miner then it would be but i won't give up , it's fun.

[toptek]

if your wanting to run bfgminer the new minera works with latest bfgminer

i did this for my raspberry pi and it is working just fine

i have it running on a Rpi Rpi b+ rpi 2 , banana pi , cubieboard 1 and 2 and sent back a firefly i just bought it wasn't what i thought, i had minera running on with bfg 5.4.1. and 3 other boards i don't use much i for get the names they are in a box some place .all custom built minera images.

Code:

  cgminer version 4.9.2 - Started: [2015-12-31 17:54:41.495]
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 (5s):13.92G (1m):11.10G (5m):6.894G (15m):3.095G (avg):10.87Gh/s
 A:1024  R:0  HW:1  WU:151.7/m
 Connected to stratum.mining.eligius.st diff 512 with stratum as user 13Xb4Rvqoe
 Block: 69f01520...  Diff:104G  Started: [17:57:31.231]  Best share: 1.53K
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [U]SB management [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 0: COMPAC 10000279: 200MHz                  | 13.92G / 10.87Gh/s WU:151.7/m
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2015-12-31 17:54:39.543] Started cgminer 4.9.2
 [2015-12-31 17:54:40.494] Probing for an alive pool
 [2015-12-31 17:54:40.720] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 512.0
 [2015-12-31 17:54:41.497] Network diff set to 104G
 [2015-12-31 17:54:46.498] API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (13)
 [2015-12-31 17:56:32.268] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2015-12-31 17:56:59.650] Accepted 57af420d Diff 747/512 COMPAC 0
 [2015-12-31 17:57:31.231] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2015-12-31 17:59:37.079] Accepted 2af14d48 Diff 1.53K/512 COMPAC 0

if you want it with both sticks let me know .

[Biodom]

You don't need hidapi for the Compac driver.

does not matter i could not get bfgminer to work with unbuntu 12.04 nor lbuntu 15.04 either

so no idea how to do such..no real instructions i can find....the ones i got for bfgminer at the previous post(s) came up errors etc on the install

so probably should just forget it ..this was with me NO installing hidapi etc


I've got a couple of raspberry pi's can't be any worse trying to get it on them (both versions whichever folk recommend the pi B+ 512 and the new pi B 1mb version)

hell ...silly me ....I thought it would be easy to just load either bfgminer or cgminer on my unbuntu 12.04 compaq evo n800v laptop

but seems a NO GO ...


so anyway ..is there a link someone can point me to with an SD image of minera or some such that is running some gekko 8gh usb sticks?

otherwise as a newbie I'm at a loss ...just following the install instructions don't seem to get me anyplace

Dude...if you want to use pi and bfgminer, just follow this  EXACTLY and it should work (it worked for me for both pi zero and pi2 revB):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOLDrSiI_ic
follow the video or the following commands
in text:

In pi terminal window:

Step 1: Update to latest Version (here and elsewhere issue one command at the time, then issue next command when prompted[at the prompt])

Code:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade

Step 2: Install Libraries

Code:

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev autoconf automake libtool pkg-config screen

Step 3: Get BFGMiner

Code:

git clone git://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
cd bfgminer 

Step 4 Configure the Software for Compiling (here and elsewhere you would have to answer Y to several questions)

Code:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make
exit

Step 5 Reboot pi (with everything connected and under power)

Code:

reboot

or sudo reboot


Step 6:Run BFGMiner
(stay in the bfgminer software[cd bfgminer takes care of this] then use below command changing caps to your settings.)

Code:

cd bfgminer
screen -S Mining ./bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://POOL.com:PORT -u USER -p PASSWORD

Example in Eligius and Burger address

Code:

screen -S Mining ./bfgminer -o stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr_yoursticksname -p x

yoursticksname=whatever you want, but try to be simple (OPstick would suffice)

when it is mining Q (on the keyboard) to quit (when you want to restart), then make sure you are still in bfgminer directory.

[sidehack]

I'm assuming that's the "batch 1" Compac? 279 puts it in the first half; any "batch 2" will have a serial number greater than about 480.

[toptek]

 

Code:

 cgminer version 4.9.2 - Started: [2015-12-31 19:15:25.967]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (5s):8.748G (1m):4.647G (5m):1.223G (15m):428.2M (avg):8.726Gh/s
 A:0  R:0  HW:22  WU:93.7/m
 Connected to stratum.mining.eligius.st diff 512 with stratum as user 13Xb4Rvqoe
 Block: 8c472f8d...  Diff:104G  Started: [19:15:25.969]  Best share: 110
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [U]SB management [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 0: COMPAC 10000779: 150MHz                  | 8.331G / 8.673Gh/s WU: 93.7/m
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2015-12-31 19:15:23.428] Started cgminer 4.9.2
 [2015-12-31 19:15:24.966] Probing for an alive pool
 [2015-12-31 19:15:25.188] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 512.0
 [2015-12-31 19:15:25.969] Network diff set to 104G

it might be bad ? that it i had them mixed in minera .i had to start it at 150 down from 200 to stop the hard ware error from going up to fast.I see why you wanted to see that screen from CGminer.

[sidehack]

What's the core voltage on that guy? To run 200MHz reliably it should be 640mV or higher.

[Biodom]

Biodom - I don't know how to forum very well. What kind of 2.0 bridge are your using?  I think mine is an iogear I got from frys.com like 1.5 years ago.  I'll see about the superbag, glad to know your git it to work  at least the pi is recognizing the stick over usb  I can't even use kbd or mouse on 3.0!!; (but RaspNicBit works fine??!?!)

Thanks!!!

I used cheap Sabrent usb 2.0 as a bridge and connected keyboard, mouse, kanex usb to ethernet adapter (got it at microcenter; it is only needed for pi zero, no need for it if you use pi2) and Superbpag usb 3.0 powered hub to it. i used either kootek 5V 2.5A powersupply or canakit 2.5A powersupply for zero and pi2. Make sure that superbpag is powered, otherwise sticks will suck so much power that pi restarts.
I used sabrent specifically because rasp pi description said NOT to use usb 3.0 with keyboard and mouse (something about slow devices).
sabrent:
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-4-Port-Individual-Switches-HB-UMLS/dp/B00BWF5U0

[toptek]

What's the core voltage on that guy? To run 200MHz reliably it should be 640mV or higher.

it sets to --compac-freq 200 up from 150 and no hard waree error now i adjusted what you said i had them mixed up i marked each stick so i know which is which, BFG still doesn't like it but it is more stable  with CG, i won't  give up. I never touched any hardware settings on the stick i guess that's why so many errors so fast my bad  in my defense thu not a excuse i did read that but don't like adjusting what i don't understand to well , i do now . now to figure out why no bfg . and batch one works prefect. i did know the stick i thought was b1 i would have to adjust .

 

Code:

cgminer version 4.9.2 - Started: [2015-12-31 19:45:05.581]
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 (5s):11.15G (1m):11.86G (5m):7.411G (15m):3.309G (avg):11.40Gh/s
 A:0  R:0  HW:0  WU:158.8/m
 Connected to stratum.mining.eligius.st diff 512 with stratum as user 13Xb4Rvqoe
 Block: 4a5f8392...  Diff:104G  Started: [19:46:56.686]  Best share: 444
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [U]SB management [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 0: COMPAC 10000779: 200MHz                  | 9.578G / 11.37Gh/s WU:158.8/m
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2015-12-31 19:45:02.944] Started cgminer 4.9.2
 [2015-12-31 19:45:04.580] Probing for an alive pool
 [2015-12-31 19:45:04.905] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 512.0
 [2015-12-31 19:45:05.031] Network diff set to 104G
 [2015-12-31 19:46:32.676] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2015-12-31 19:46:56.686] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block

[sidehack]

779 is definitely from "batch 2". Strange that its voltage was set low. Every stick we've run out got tested at 200MHz, so the voltage was set to 640-650mV by either Novak or I before sending out. Maybe someone messed with it? Looks pretty good now.

[toptek]

779 is definitely from "batch 2". Strange that its voltage was set low. Every stick we've run out got tested at 200MHz, so the voltage was set to 640-650mV by either Novak or I before sending out. Maybe someone messed with it? Looks pretty good now.

no not really now it worked for maybe two mins the hard errors shot up to 774 and then it died . it still works , i know more of what i have to do now . i won't give up and won't return it . it fun time now just getting it right .

thanks some what . but no lie i have yet to touch any hard ware setting, i'd rather use Software for me that's easier if I over clock my PC or video cards i use Soft ware . it's cool


Thanks and even if it bad don't worry about it, it's not a hundred or more bucks i d say some thing then . no no one has messed with it in my house .

fixed the dead stick thing it over heated i put a fan on it, now it's running great, but not in BFG. no big deal .

cya.

[Biodom]

779 is definitely from "batch 2". Strange that its voltage was set low. Every stick we've run out got tested at 200MHz, so the voltage was set to 640-650mV by either Novak or I before sending out. Maybe someone messed with it? Looks pretty good now.

i thought (mistakenly) that default was 225mhz. Anyway, all of my sticks (five batch1 and 4 batch 2) had wiper on ~10pm and worked fine at ~11gh on usb 3.0, which, of course, can support 650mv. I tried to turn one stick wiper to 12pm and issued

--set compac:clock=250

, but somehow it did not work in that bfgminer did not "jump"on it-said no sticks recognized.
i don't want to mess the whole thing up, so tried only with one stick.

OT: still trying to double boot my Windows 8.1 PC with either Debian or Linux-this UEFI thingie-what nonsense! i learned to completely disable safeboot and fast boot, but then UEFI stick does not work, only CD works, and then computer completely crashes in the end and debian partition is unavailable (grub does not load). Decided to just basically backup PC (1gb external Toshiba is just $54.99 from Microcenter), then disable all safeboot/fastboot, leave just legacy and try for the last time plus use boot repair stick (as I saw grub partition, but for some stupid reason it won't load). If it would not work, last resort is just to buy cheap win7 off the ebay and proceed from there.

[sidehack]

toptek - you cannot overclock these with software only. You have to manually turn up the voltage in order to get higher clock rates to work. Provided it stays cool, you cannot break the stick by turning the voltage up too high. If you somehow do, and it's not the result of something like running it at full power with no heatsink and the ASIC melts off, I'll fix it. If you get a stick that doesn't work or misbehaves right out of the box, I'll fix it. But to determine what's misbehaving about it - whether it's grounds for warranty repair or just some misconfiguration, you have to be willing to do some hardware diagnosis and tweaking.

Biodom - stock USB power setting is actually about 610mV 150MHz. That's what I was testing with and assumed what they were shipping set to, but after a while I found out Novak was setting them higher and testing with 200MHz before packing to ship. So that's what the "default" is for a factory-fresh stick. I told Luke-Jr that 150MHz was the "default" setting but I think he built the driver off U3, which defaults to 225MHz, so he just left it set there. Try 250MHz with cgminer-gekko instead of BFG. I don't know if BFG ramps up frequency or not, but cgminer-gekko does which saves a bit of burst juice when the stick initializes. The stick might trip itself up and not initialize properly at full speed under BFG, but cgminer-gekko shouldn't have that problem.

[toptek]

toptek - you cannot overclock these with software only. You have to manually turn up the voltage in order to get higher clock rates to work. Provided it stays cool, you cannot break the stick by turning the voltage up too high. If you somehow do, and it's not the result of something like running it at full power with no heatsink and the ASIC melts off, I'll fix it. If you get a stick that doesn't work or misbehaves right out of the box, I'll fix it. But to determine what's misbehaving about it - whether it's grounds for warranty repair or just some misconfiguration, you have to be willing to do some hardware diagnosis and tweaking.

I know ,i was saying i wasn't taking the stick over defaults and id rather soft ware oc if i do ,  and the only thing i do OC is my PCs for games, i still play WoW and it's a nice PC/s i have three PC  i built and keep them upgraded with new parts as needed or as they come out and are good enough to replace the old ones,some new released gear is shit, so, i don't upgrade to it, till it is improved more .  and also sense you all tested it before it was shipped, i have no idea how it got out of adjustment, and no one in my house would, i didn't do it, i assumed  it came  with default setting which broke the first rule of PC 101 or anything all ways make sure don't assume. if i had fully made sure i would not be here explaining or asking :") . other wise forget it, i won't return it . if it was over a 100 bucks i would . i got it working with CG you did your part, ID rather use BFG . I am very willing to TS stuff  if it seems I'm not there are reason for that i all ways  do and will be willing to, it's others that are not so i end up being a ass and don't want to be.i did say i don't like doing it if i don't understand it fully by that i meant i will i need to read or study it more till i understand what is being said then i know it better then most who know it now etc etc. I love tweaking stuff but i have no skills for most hard ware tweaking at the hard ware level but will do it and i know the risk , i have messed up a few S5 and PC tiring different hard ware modes. and other stuff over the years .


 cgminer version 4.9.2 - Started: [2015-12-31 23:51:53.142]
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 (5s):10.68G (1m):11.46G (5m):11.11G (15m):10.63G (avg):11.01Gh/s

Code:

 A:8192  R:0  HW:6  WU:153.7/m
 Connected to stratum.mining.eligius.st diff 512 with stratum as user 13Xb4Rvqoe
 Block: 18ba3354...  Diff:104G  Started: [00:28:57.977]  Best share: 14.7K
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 [U]SB management [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 0: COMPAC 10000779: 200MHz                  | 10.12G / 11.01Gh/s WU:153.7/m
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 [2016-01-01 00:07:30.260] Accepted 63cf83ca Diff 657/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:11:04.171] Accepted 750dc7aa Diff 560/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:14:36.069] Accepted 47783eb2 Diff 917/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:15:40.287] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2016-01-01 00:17:59.933] Accepted 20b360d1 Diff 2K/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:18:13.302] Accepted 39bebcfd Diff 1.14K/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:18:31.315] Accepted 29da2caf Diff 1.57K/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:20:01.399] Accepted 2273b5f7 Diff 1.9K/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:22:15.125] Accepted 1ccaeb1c Diff 2.28K/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:22:30.787] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2016-01-01 00:28:57.977] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
 [2016-01-01 00:29:15.502] Accepted 604a67ec Diff 681/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 00:29:33.650] Accepted 46a7c508 Diff 928/512 COMPAC 0

 cgminer version 4.9.2 - Started: [2016-01-01 01:13:19.687]
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 (5s):22.91G (1m):22.15G (5m):12.68G (15m):5.455G (avg):21.71Gh/s

With both sticks using minera both are very stable now ty for the help. The API error is a bug, kanoi confirmed it was here http://x2t.com/422544 for anyone interested the fix is here http://x2t.com/422545
 

Code:

A:1536  R:0  HW:2  WU:303.3/m
 Connected to stratum.mining.eligius.st diff 512 with stratum as user 13Xb4Rvqoe
 Block: 6eb005d3...  Diff:104G  Started: [01:13:19.689]  Best share: 963
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 [U]SB management [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 0: COMPAC 10000279: 200MHz                  | 12.69G / 11.01Gh/s WU:153.4/m
 1: COMPAC 10000779: 200MHz                  | 13.01G / 10.73Gh/s WU:149.9/m
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 [2016-01-01 01:13:16.356] Started cgminer 4.9.2
 [2016-01-01 01:13:16.357] Loaded configuration file /var/www/minera/conf/miner_
conf.json
 [2016-01-01 01:13:18.686] Probing for an alive pool
 [2016-01-01 01:13:18.895] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 512.0
 [2016-01-01 01:13:19.689] Network diff set to 104G
 [2016-01-01 01:13:19.689] API: ignored invalid IPv4 address '--api-listen --api
-allow W:127.0.0.1/24' (as ::ffff:--api-listen --api-allow W:127.0.0.1)
 [2016-01-01 01:13:24.691] API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (15)
 [2016-01-01 01:15:04.643] Accepted 7c0145ee Diff 528/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 01:16:26.305] Accepted 5e2ba3b2 Diff 696/512 COMPAC 0
 [2016-01-01 01:16:40.619] Accepted 441118e0 Diff 963/512 COMPAC 1

I knew i would have to adjust one of the sticks and what happen was i got them mixed up, they are  marked now so i know which stick is which batch if I had not mixed them up i don't think id be here explaing my self sigh . MY bad I take blame for that .

cya