GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[sidehack]

Yeah, I was mostly poking sport. I don't remember the 500-odd computers I built for the computer shop I worked for but I do remember the 15 or so of my own during that time. Folks who got in on GPU rigs in a big way could easily have more than 15 machines at any one point. I got to mining way too late (discovered bitcoin on April 28, 2013) so I had advanced to a single GPU rig about the same time USB Block Erupters were selling for $50 a pop.

Anyways, back to the subject. I actually hadn't thought about PAE. Should that matter if you use a 32-bit linux anyway?

[Mikestang]

I don't have much of a memory, I have to write everything down I need to do or I'll forget, I always have little post-it notes on my desk or in my car.  I couldn't tell you what I ate last weekend, let alone what cpu is in my 10+ year old computer.  

Anyways, back to the subject. I actually hadn't thought about PAE. Should that matter if you use a 32-bit linux anyway?

In my rudimentary understanding of it I don't think it should matter, but I don't know, I guess that's part of what I need to figure out.

I found this page: http://superuser.com/questions/320992/how-to-check-if-pae-is-enabled-windows-7-32-bits, I'll run through the suggestions and see what's what with my cpu, from what I read I believe my old XP box is PAE enabled.

[Mikestang]

running bfg 5.3.0 win64 and getting a lot of
CBM 0: Comms error (werr=1)

Finally, someone else with my same Comms error!

You said it "evens out" after a while, but I suspect that it's just your difficulty gets adjusted from 1000 (bfg standard) down to single digits for 1 stick and so you start seeing submitted shares on the screen rather than just the Comms error.  I see about 1 Comms error every 30 seconds.

How long will yours run with the errors, have you had the sticks going for days?  Mine seem to hash just fine despite the error, however, after long enough (about 24 hours or less or so I've noticed) the Coms errors take over completely!  The sticks still appear to be hashing, as evidenced by the numbers and flashing leds, but pool side shows 0 hash coming through.  Meanwhile an endless stream of Comms errors is floating through the bfg window, multiple each second, rather than the one or two errors every minute.

[Meech]

After failing to get my Pi mining on my usb 3.0 hub I switched to a Live Usb of Linux Mint on my windows netbook.  Installed Bfgminer and all is well except it seems 2 compacs share the same com but are hashing away.  Man those leds are badass!  Can't wait to get a few more.  Will try again later and report with more info.....hope I can sleep with my light show!  BADASS!

[notlist3d]

After failing to get my Pi mining on my usb 3.0 hub I switched to a Live Usb of Linux Mint on my windows netbook.  Installed Bfgminer and all is well except it seems 2 compacs share the same com but are hashing away.  Man those leds are badass!  Can't wait to get a few more.  Will try again later and report with more info.....hope I can sleep with my light show!  BADASS!

Happy you got it to work.  The RPI's really are picky on powered usb hubs.   Linux seems to really help.

I have not tried bfgminer on them.  How do you like it compared to cgminer?

[Meech]

After failing to get my Pi mining on my usb 3.0 hub I switched to a Live Usb of Linux Mint on my windows netbook.  Installed Bfgminer and all is well except it seems 2 compacs share the same com but are hashing away.  Man those leds are badass!  Can't wait to get a few more.  Will try again later and report with more info.....hope I can sleep with my light show!  BADASS!

Happy you got it to work.  The RPI's really are picky on powered usb hubs.   Linux seems to really help.

I have not tried bfgminer on them.  How do you like it compared to cgminer?

Haven't tried Cgminer on these sticks yet but I will try later.  I always have used Bfgminer on sticks since the erupter days and Cgminer on my scrypt rigs. 

[notlist3d]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

[Meech]

Couldn't figure it out.  Almost no info on setup or config.  Drove me nuts but looks like a nice interface.

[valkir]

Hum I get this : COMPAC 0 attempted reset got err:(0) LIBUSB_SUCCESS any idea? Im using gekko cgminer

[SlimePuppy]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

I'm running the copy of Minera with cgminer-gekko that edonkey built (linked in the OP) on a Raspberry Pi 2 to run Compacs.  edonkey has it all configured - burn the image, boot the Pi, and it works.  I've used Minera to manage Compacs and GAW Fury but haven't used U3s.

[Meech]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

I'm running the copy of Minera with cgminer-gekko that edonkey built (linked in the OP) on a Raspberry Pi 2 to run Compacs.  edonkey has it all configured - burn the image, boot the Pi, and it works.  I've used Minera to manage Compacs and GAW Fury but haven't used U3s.

Yes.  Did that but got to the password screen...whats the password or login info for first run?

[SlimePuppy]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

I'm running the copy of Minera with cgminer-gekko that edonkey built (linked in the OP) on a Raspberry Pi 2 to run Compacs.  edonkey has it all configured - burn the image, boot the Pi, and it works.  I've used Minera to manage Compacs and GAW Fury but haven't used U3s.

Yes.  Did that but got to the password screen...whats the password or login info for first run?

The default password for Minera is:  minera

When/if one SSHs into the box, cgminer runs under account minera with password minera

[bmoscato]

did you turn pot from +  12 oclock   to 1 oclock   some sticks (I have 20)  want a touch more power.
if the + is at 1 oclock move to 2 oclock
if the + is at 2 oclock move to 3 oclock

the turn is clockwise

Thanks, this worked perfectly for me.

[notlist3d]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

I'm running the copy of Minera with cgminer-gekko that edonkey built (linked in the OP) on a Raspberry Pi 2 to run Compacs.  edonkey has it all configured - burn the image, boot the Pi, and it works.  I've used Minera to manage Compacs and GAW Fury but haven't used U3s.

Yes.  Did that but got to the password screen...whats the password or login info for first run?

The default password for Minera is:  minera

When/if one SSHs into the box, cgminer runs under account minera with password minera

With edonkey's build do you have to SSH to start it?  Or will it allow you to start it through minera locally?

[Jake-R]

I am thnking of buying two of these sticks. Does MultiMiner support them? Can you really mine without a fan?

[alh]

One of my 3 Compac sticks no longer will hash. It worked at one time, but now it will only identify and respond, but when it tries to hash, it doesn't work. This is on a variety of ports, different hubs, different platforms (RPi, Win7) and using both cgminer and bfgminer (not all combinations of the preceding). I think I tried adjusting a "smidge" clockwise, but also no effect.

Will I damage it if I turn it too much clockwise? I 'd like to know if I have been just too timid in my adjustments, and would like to know if it's safe to be more aggressive. This is all at 125 MHz or 150 MHz, so I am not trying to optimize anything in terms of efficiency or speed, I just want to know if I get it to hash again.

Thanks for your suggestions and thoughts.

[SlimePuppy]

I am new to Minera and have been looking at it for fun.  Has anyone been able to use it to control compacs, and U3's?

I was just wondering if it is a pain or easy.  Appreciate anyones who can share their experience if they have tried it.

I'm running the copy of Minera with cgminer-gekko that edonkey built (linked in the OP) on a Raspberry Pi 2 to run Compacs.  edonkey has it all configured - burn the image, boot the Pi, and it works.  I've used Minera to manage Compacs and GAW Fury but haven't used U3s.

Yes.  Did that but got to the password screen...whats the password or login info for first run?

The default password for Minera is:  minera

When/if one SSHs into the box, cgminer runs under account minera with password minera

With edonkey's build do you have to SSH to start it?  Or will it allow you to start it through minera locally?

edonkey's package is all set.  The only thing you'll have to do is change pool info, which you can do from the web interface once the machine boots.  He built a toaster - plug it in and it works.

You can always SSH in and run cgminer directly if you want.  The Pi has a default account (user: pi  password: raspberry), and there's the minera/minera account that cgminer's running under by default.  But it's debian based, so it's fully controllable at the command line like a 'regular' *nix box.

[celes8]

hooray i got it working on osx:

https://i.imgur.com/GLUmBMp.jpg

[Jake-R]

hooray i got it working on osx:

Nice! What software are you mining with?

[celes8]

sorry i actually mis spoke, I shouldve written mac with cgminer


It's on bootcamp, but Ive run nanofurys in OSX without much issue, but i dont want to download/set up xcode on this setup.