GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[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

[zOU]

Hello,

I'm running 2x  GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer on a D-Link DUB-H7 (3A) connected to a Raspberry Pi2 running Minera/cgminer-gekko.

i regularly get 1 miner stopping working. (always the same)

It looks up (green LED), but no flashing white LED and minera reports it as dead.

I have to either unplug/plug the stick or disconnect the USB hub and power it off/on and reconnect it.

I'm using --compac-freq 210 (1x 11.91Gh/s, 1x 10.97Ghs/s), V set at +/- 0.75.

I did not have this behavior on the Belkin F4U018-BLK with a 2.5A power supply that I used before yesterday.

[philipma1957]

Hello,

I'm running 2x  GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer on a D-Link DUB-H7 (3A) connected to a Raspberry Pi2 running Minera/cgminer-gekko.

i regularly get 1 miner stopping working. (always the same)

It looks up (green LED), but no flashing white LED and minera reports it as dead.

I have to either unplug/plug the stick or disconnect the USB hub and power it off/on and reconnect it.

I'm using --compac-freq 210 (1x 11.91Gh/s, 1x 10.97Ghs/s), V set at +/- 0.75.

I did not have this behavior on the Belkin F4U018-BLK with a 2.5A power supply that I used before yesterday.

so you are asking for the hub to run 2 sticks and a rasp pi?


and you wonder why a 3amp hub fails
but a 2.5 amp hub succeded?

the rasp pi is a picky piece of gear it likes usb2 more then usb3  and it does not like all usb2 hubs.

the belkin is a usb 2


read amazon negative reviews on your dlink

http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B0000B0DL7/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0&reviewerType=all_reviews&formatType=all_formats&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1

[zOU]

so you are asking for the hub to run 2 sticks and a rasp pi?


and you wonder why a 3amp hub fails
but a 2.5 amp hub succeded?

the rasp pi is a picky piece of gear it likes usb2 more then usb3  and it does not like all usb2 hubs.

the belkin is a usb 2


read amazon negative reviews on your dlink

http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B0000B0DL7/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0&reviewerType=all_reviews&formatType=all_formats&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1

The hub doesn't run the Raspberry Pi...(I didn't get what you mean, my apologies) , the RPI runs on it's own power supply and the HUB has its own too.

This hub is recommended here specifically and it is a USB2 hub (I did some research before, I'm not a complete newbie although I can be distracted )

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253749.0
(although this is for BE, not the GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer, but it is on the RPI)

All (well most) review from this year are positive.
The bad reviews are really old.... so they may have been some change in design. (and on top of that, my trust of internet Amazon's reviews is very low...)

[zOU]

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 .

Getminera.com ?

[notlist3d]

so you are asking for the hub to run 2 sticks and a rasp pi?


and you wonder why a 3amp hub fails
but a 2.5 amp hub succeded?

the rasp pi is a picky piece of gear it likes usb2 more then usb3  and it does not like all usb2 hubs.

the belkin is a usb 2


read amazon negative reviews on your dlink

http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B0000B0DL7/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0&reviewerType=all_reviews&formatType=all_formats&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1

The hub doesn't run the Raspberry Pi...(I didn't get what you mean, my apologies) , the RPI runs on it's own power supply and the HUB has its own too.

This hub is recommended here specifically and it is a USB2 hub (I did some research before, I'm not a complete newbie although I can be distracted )

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253749.0
(although this is for BE, not the GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer, but it is on the RPI)

All (well most) review from this year are positive.
The bad reviews are really old.... so they may have been some change in design. (and on top of that, my trust of internet Amazon's reviews is very low...)

Depending on how the hub is set up some do backfeed and turn the RPI on though powered usb.  The RPI can be a little picky even on usb 2.

Usb 3 you can count on not working.  Usb 2 is not guaranteed to work with RPI.  If you google you will see some still have problems with RPI. 

[zOU]

Well we'll see how it goes

I have a couple of 10ports USB hub used for other mining HW.
(+ the 7ports belkin and a dlink 7 ports USB3 (which is kinda disqualified because of that))
I'll give them a shot.

My goal is to run the 6 gekkominers, 3 U3, 1 BFL 30Ghs and 4 block erupters on the RPI.
So lots of fun ahead finding the correct hub + mining SW combination