GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[irritant]

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

do you have a raspberry pi laying around you could try to test on linux there, also maybe try BFG but it shouldn't matter imo
linux deals with usb a lot better methinks

[philipma1957]

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

do you have a powered hub?



you could also turn the power pot higher

+ pretend the + is the setting on your pot right now. call that 12 oclock  twist the pot clockwise from 12 to 1 oclock

this will boost voltage a fraction higher that may work.

the + is  the phillips screw on the voltage pot see bottom right of photo

[notlist3d]

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

do you have a raspberry pi laying around you could try to test on linux there, also maybe try BFG but it shouldn't matter imo
linux deals with usb a lot better methinks

The driver is a pain on some windows install.  Some it works perfect... others it's a battle.   Try debian on USB drive if you have nothing else.

But most likely you will want to order a RPI.  It will save on electricity a lot to run a RPI vs a entire computer.  

[Luke-Jr]

You shouldn't need to (and shouldn't!) do anything special with drivers on Windows, if you use BFGMiner.

[philipma1957]

You shouldn't need to (and shouldn't!) do anything special with drivers on Windows, if you use BFGMiner.

yes to confirm LukeJr I got bfgminer 5.4 to work on windows 7

[dukebox_1st]

Thanks Irritant, AJRGale and Sloopy. I've ran zadiag as admin and started a cmd prompt as administrator and started the bat file from there without success. I've also tried 2 different USB ports on 2 different computers with the same result. I did read the remainder of the thread and didn't notice anyone with the same issue, Google didn't bring back much either so I was hoping it was something so obvious nobody previously needed to ask!

do you have a raspberry pi laying around you could try to test on linux there, also maybe try BFG but it shouldn't matter imo
linux deals with usb a lot better methinks

The driver is a pain on some windows install.  Some it works perfect... others it's a battle.   Try debian on USB drive if you have nothing else.

But most likely you will want to order a RPI.  It will save on electricity a lot to run a RPI vs a entire computer.  

Thanks to everyone that replyed. I've tried it with BFGMiner today and it's working successfully!

Notlist3d: I do have a raspberry pi available, but i have a HP Microserver running 24/7 with windows on which i'm planning to run the compac on which is why i was battling with getting it working on windows so much!

[sidehack]

I'll check with Novak about it, but I have an idea. The bitshopper Compac has slightly different "firmware" that cgminer uses to detect it, and it's possible we forgot to put it in cgminer-gekko since that was written about two months before bitshopper Compacs existed. I've got one of them should be on the way we can test with, so that might get updated. Luke-Jr actually generated that "firmware" for us (for both versions of the stick) so it makes sense he would remember to check for both.

[Luke-Jr]

I'll check with Novak about it, but I have an idea. The bitshopper Compac has slightly different "firmware" that cgminer uses to detect it, and it's possible we forgot to put it in cgminer-gekko since that was written about two months before bitshopper Compacs existed. I've got one of them should be on the way we can test with, so that might get updated. Luke-Jr actually generated that "firmware" for us (for both versions of the stick) so it makes sense he would remember to check for both.

BFGMiner quite intentionally ignores the given Manufacturer string, and never checks it.
I wouldn't want hardware to lie about who made it just to workaround software requirements.

As long as the Product string contains the words "Compac" and "Bitcoin", BFGMiner should pick it up.

[stef942]

Hi, i can't modify frequency of my stick, i'm on ubuntu with bfgminer and whatever --set compac:clock i enter, it changes nothing the stick is stuck at 12.48 ghs.
Do i have to enter frequency in hexadecimal or in decimal numbers?
thks for your help

[sidehack]

Try the search function. That question has been asked and answered in this thread a couple times already. The answer will depend a bit on whether you're using BFG 5.3 or 5.4

[dukebox_1st]

Hi, i can't modify frequency of my stick, i'm on ubuntu with bfgminer and whatever --set compac:clock i enter, it changes nothing the stick is stuck at 12.48 ghs.
Do i have to enter frequency in hexadecimal or in decimal numbers?
thks for your help

My experience is that BFG 5.4 allows the setting in decimal. You can also change it within BFG 5.4 while it is running. I'm not at home at the moment, but i believe it is under (M)ange Devices and then (C)lock speed.

[zOU]

Try the search function. That question has been asked and answered in this thread a couple times already. The answer will depend a bit on whether you're using BFG 5.3 or 5.4

Better, it's in the very first post !

Note that for bfgminer you have to use the hex value for a given clock rate, whereas for cgminer you specify the clock rate in MHz.
A table of values to use in BFGminer is as follows:
        { 100,          0x0783 },
        { 106.25,       0x0803 },
        { 112.5,        0x0883 },
        { 118.75,       0x0903 },
        { 125,          0x0983 },
        { 131.25,       0x0a03 },
        { 137.5,        0x0a83 },
        { 143.75,       0x1687 },
        { 150,          0x0b83 },
        { 156.25,       0x0c03 },
        { 162.5,        0x0c83 },
        { 168.75,       0x1a87 },
        { 175,          0x0d83 },
        { 181.25,       0x0e83 },
        { 193.75,       0x0f03 },
        { 196.88,       0x1f07 },
        { 200,          0x0782 },
        { 206.25,       0x1006 },
        { 212.5,        0x1086 },
        { 218.75,       0x1106 },
        { 225,          0x0882 },
        { 231.25,       0x1206 },
        { 237.5,        0x1286 },
        { 243.75,       0x1306 },
        { 250,          0x0982 },
        { 256.25,       0x1406 },
        { 262.5,        0x0a02 },
        { 268.75,       0x1506 },
        { 275,          0x0a82 },
        { 281.25,       0x1606 },
        { 287.5,        0x0b02 },
        { 293.75,       0x1706 },
        { 300,          0x0b82 },
        { 306.25,       0x1806 },
        { 312.5,        0x0c02 },
        { 318.75,       0x1906 },
        { 325,          0x0c82 },
        { 331.25,       0x1a06 },
        { 337.5,        0x0d02 },
        { 343.75,       0x1b06 },
        { 350,          0x0d82 },
        { 356.25,       0x1c06 },
        { 362.5,        0x0e02 },
        { 368.75,       0x1d06 },
        { 375,          0x0e82 },
        { 381.25,       0x1e06 },
        { 387.5,        0x0f02 },
        { 393.75,       0x1f06 },
        { 400,          0x0f82 },
        { 412.5,        0x1006 },
        { 425,          0x0801 },
        { 437.5,        0x1105 },
        { 450,          0x0881 },
        { 462.5,        0x1205 },
        { 475,          0x0901 },
        { 487.5,        0x1305 },
        { 500,          0x0981 },

[stef942]

thks for your reply so i think i dont have the latest version of bfgminer, i'm on 5.2.0.13-g487bbfa .
im new on ubuntu, how can i update bfgminer to the latest version? thks for your help.

[zOU]

Google says:

Ubuntu: apt-get install bfgminer

But sudo apt-get update will update everything

[stef942]

if it was so simple, i will not ask for help 

i tried:

apt-get update
apt-get install git autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev
git clone git://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer.git
cd bfgminer
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

but still on the same version 

 

[sidehack]

You might look for a BFG-specific support thread for software installation problems.

[Mikestang]

Better, it's in the very first post !

The first post has errors, I have pointed them out in this thread a few times.  For one thing, none of the hex values should have the leading 0 on them.

5.2.0 bfgminer does not support the compac stick (in may enumerate as a U3, though, I can't remember).

5.3.0 supports the compac stick, but you have to use --set cbm:clock=<hex value>, or you can use RPC pgaset (I posted in this thread and bfg support thread about that).

5.4.0 supports the compac stick and --set compac:clock.

[hedgy73]

Does anyone know if there's a guide to setting up a Raspberry Pi as a controller anywhere please?

I've got my sticks and powered hub on route and would like to run them from a Pi model B I've already got. I haven't used one before as a controller so really don't know where to start .

[Jake36]

Google says:

Ubuntu: apt-get install bfgminer

But sudo apt-get update will update everything

sudo apt-get update  (will check repositories against the list of packages that are installed, to see if updates are available and updates the list)

apt-get upgrade  (will do the upgrades from the updated list above)

apt-get dist-upgrade (does the same as apt-get upgrade, but it also handles the dependencies, so it might remove obsolete packages or add new ones)

[Jake36]

Does anyone know if there's a guide to setting up a Raspberry Pi as a controller anywhere please?

I've got my sticks and powered hub on route and would like to run them from a Pi model B I've already got. I haven't used one before as a controller so really don't know where to start .

If you need to put the operating system on the SD card

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md

After SD card is made, if you want to use cgminer-gekko, these should work

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1173963.msg12468048#msg12468048