GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[sidehack]

Have you read through the first page of this thread?

BFG doesn't require WinUSB driver, and for the hundredth time 5.4.2 doesn't use hex for the frequency.

The cgminer-gekko Windows download is missing about an 8MB DLL file that can be copied over from a stock cgminer download or elsewhere. That info's in here too.

If your stick is set at 0.5V that means it's broken. It should probably be set more like 0.65V, and the entire adjustment range is from 0.55 to 0.8

[Ariaumbra]

Thank you, didnt know that the miner is missing files.
About the voltage im not sure exaclly how its set there was a picture at the first coupke of pages with the blue and red lines ive set it as the blue line. I will try to measure it or just set it in between the blue and the red then it should be 0.65v or ill find a way to meassure it all tho stock setup of voltage wasnt as the picture showed i guess if its broken windows woukdnt show it in the devices. I think it should work now

[sidehack]

If it picks up in cgminer-gekko but doesn't mine (or spits only errors), start turning the voltage knob clockwise to increase the voltage. At some point it should level out. Take a moment to go over the troubleshooting tips in the first post.

[gt_addict]

So I've finally got my raspi3 up and running with some rboxs connected. Managed to get cgminer-gekko working and it's picking up the gekko but for some reason it won't hash above 250m I've got enough power going to it through a Y cable connected to a powered hub and a buck converter connected to a 12v breakout board. The blurple (blue/purple) led will flash a couple of times and the amps will rise to around 0.9a then fall and stop hashing. Once it's going at 250m it pulls 1.3a @ 4.83v.

Even set at 255m it won't have any of it. I have noticed that the green led pulses slightly when I try and go above 250m.

Is all this related to the raspi as I have had it upto 275m on Windows with only minor problems.

[aarons6]

So I've finally got my raspi3 up and running with some rboxs connected. Managed to get cgminer-gekko working and it's picking up the gekko but for some reason it won't hash above 250m I've got enough power going to it through a Y cable connected to a powered hub and a buck converter connected to a 12v breakout board. The blurple (blue/purple) led will flash a couple of times and the amps will rise to around 0.9a then fall and stop hashing. Once it's going at 250m it pulls 1.3a @ 4.83v.

Even set at 255m it won't have any of it. I have noticed that the green led pulses slightly when I try and go above 250m.

Is all this related to the raspi as I have had it upto 275m on Windows with only minor problems.

sounds like you need to turn the voltage pot up just a tad..

[gt_addict]

Voltage is set to the 12oclock position so around .75v when it was running it yesterday at 250m it didn't have a single reject or hw error. Just wouldn't start to hash when I turned the voltage up. Almost like it needed a jump start even though it has plenty of power.

[zyzzyva]

Voltage is set to the 12oclock position so around .75v when it was running it yesterday at 250m it didn't have a single reject or hw error. Just wouldn't start to hash when I turned the voltage up. Almost like it needed a jump start even though it has plenty of power.

What kind of USB hub are you using? Raspis are very picky about hubs. They usually only work with USB 2.0 hubs, although the Superbpag 3.0 hubs seem to be the one exception.

[gt_addict]

The hub is a dlink h7 which from research works with the raspi. It's got the rboxs hooked up to it aswell and it's being powered directly from the 5v line on the psu. I'm starting to think my little gekko is just getting tired. I just want to play with it and push it as far as it can. Previously it's been upto 300m and ran for a few hours until I tried to up it slightly and then it would only run back at 250m. It's had plenty of cooling on it so that's not a problem.

[zyzzyva]

The hub is a dlink h7 which from research works with the raspi. It's got the rboxs hooked up to it aswell and it's being powered directly from the 5v line on the psu. I'm starting to think my little gekko is just getting tired. I just want to play with it and push it as far as it can. Previously it's been upto 300m and ran for a few hours until I tried to up it slightly and then it would only run back at 250m. It's had plenty of cooling on it so that's not a problem.

I've used DLink H7's with Raspis in the last and they've worked like champs, so I agree that your hub probably isn't the problem. My next suggestion would be to check out the voltage and power draw, but you seem like you know more about that than I do. It could just be the gekko; most of mine run great at 300MHz, but I do have a couple that start getting pretty flaky above 200-225 no matter how I tweak them.

[gt_addict]

The hub is a dlink h7 which from research works with the raspi. It's got the rboxs hooked up to it aswell and it's being powered directly from the 5v line on the psu. I'm starting to think my little gekko is just getting tired. I just want to play with it and push it as far as it can. Previously it's been upto 300m and ran for a few hours until I tried to up it slightly and then it would only run back at 250m. It's had plenty of cooling on it so that's not a problem.

I've used DLink H7's with Raspis in the last and they've worked like champs, so I agree that your hub probably isn't the problem. My next suggestion would be to check out the voltage and power draw, but you seem like you know more about that than I do. It could just be the gekko; most of mine run great at 300MHz, but I do have a couple that start getting pretty flaky above 200-225 no matter how I tweak them.

I think that's what I've got. She's an early bitshopper one #10000031 and even sidehacks own one is #51. Probably had updated components along the way and run a bit smoother. She's currently running at 225m and she's comfortable. I might buy another one and see how she goes. Maybe a "true" green gekko if I can get one from somewhere.

[TheMinex]

In few days I should recieve the Stick from bitshopper.de.
Idea is to use it in one of the blackarrow X1's usb (eventually undervolted), and I'm not a linux expert. 
Cgminer version is 4.4.2 and the task is controlled by bamc (black arrow manager software) under debian, I don't know if is a good idea to upgrade cgminer 'cause the integration with bamc.
Should I simply go to install bfg to control only GekkoSience miner and let cgminer do only present task with the minion

[notlist3d]

In few days I should recieve the Stick from bitshopper.de.
Idea is to use it in one of the blackarrow X1's usb (eventually undervolted), and I'm not a linux expert. 
Cgminer version is 4.4.2 and the task is controlled by bamc (black arrow manager software) under debian, I don't know if is a good idea to upgrade cgminer 'cause the integration with bamc.
Should I simply go to install bfg to control only GekkoSience miner and let cgminer do only present task with the minion

You might look into a Raspberry PI.   Honestly I think it's one of the best way's to control them you have a very low wattage controller for them.  You can make a reliable lotto or fun mining machine for the compac's very easily with a LOT of documentation.  It is what I have used with a powered USB hub.

I'm not sure your going to find the level of documentation for a X1 I personally have not owned one.   As a "not a linux expert." the guides with a RPI I think you will find very helpful to say the least.  And there are a ton of projects you can use a RPI for if you ever stop using it for some reason.   So not a bad thing to have.

[TheMinex]

In few days I should recieve the Stick from bitshopper.de.
Idea is to use it in one of the blackarrow X1's usb (eventually undervolted), and I'm not a linux expert. 
Cgminer version is 4.4.2 and the task is controlled by bamc (black arrow manager software) under debian, I don't know if is a good idea to upgrade cgminer 'cause the integration with bamc.
Should I simply go to install bfg to control only GekkoSience miner and let cgminer do only present task with the minion

You might look into a Raspberry PI.   Honestly I think it's one of the best way's to control them you have a very low wattage controller for them.  You can make a reliable lotto or fun mining machine for the compac's very easily with a LOT of documentation.  It is what I have used with a powered USB hub.

I'm not sure your going to find the level of documentation for a X1 I personally have not owned one.   As a "not a linux expert." the guides with a RPI I think you will find very helpful to say the least.  And there are a ton of projects you can use a RPI for if you ever stop using it for some reason.   So not a bad thing to have.

Yep, this is plan B, but it won't be easy control X1 with raspberry. That way I'll have 2 controllers and in best case scenario 1 psu.
X1 has its own rockchip integrated controller and a not so bad psu. So assuming I want to run it, unless its 0,75W/Ghs, I got a controller and psu already powered that could handle the super-stick. I'll however first would give a try

[glitchgod]

iIm running unbuntu 16.04 desktop in virtualbox.
I followed the guide posted on page three and seem to be running except for this Err:0
Any tips ?

Below is a screenshot of what i see.
https://i.imgur.com/8eN1vze.png

[update]
Noticed after about 2 mins i see a message saying
"Hotplug: Gekkoo added COMPAC 2"

that number after compac keeps going up.

Any ideas?

What step did i miss?

[sidehack]

Does the green LED ever flash white?

[glitchgod]

yes very very briefly and not repeating just once then solid green says error then flashes white once more and so on

[update]

i went and turned off the hotplug setting and now i see

"Accepted (random number/letters) Diff 11/8 COMPAC 0"

still get err:0

[sidehack]

Well, at least it's accepting shares. Let it run for a few minutes then put up another screenshot of cgminer.

[glitchgod]

https://i.imgur.com/FM4OT7S.png

It accepts and just error out after 10 secs

hmmm

any ideas?

[sidehack]

Normally with a reported WU that low it'd be sending a bunch of errors, but I don't see any. 150MHz should be 8.25GH and about 115 WU, so I really don't know what's going on. What's it plugged into? Is your hub underpowered? You might try turning the voltage down, rotate the setting counterclockwise about one eighth turn and see if that helps. That's behavior I haven't really seen before.

[glitchgod]

well since its just the one and is mostly meant for testing my program out on. my Dell laptop with USB 2.0

I did swap the Gekko in every port and restarted Ubuntu and found no difference


always gets err:0


Does gekko at stock require a hub (did i miss that requirement somewhere) ?

[downgrading Ubuntu to see if fixed]