Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread

[Buddy_hell]

struggling now. Got the screen command to work and worked out how to reconnect ot the screen etc, but get a bfgminer not found error.......

guessing something went wrong in the process, any tips?

andy

[fonzerrellie]

I just received my device, followed the instructions... No device found...   I'm seeing people with "no device found" on here so I checked my recent windows updates (running windows 7 x64) which one should I roll back ? the only ones I'm seeing are MSE security updates, and a "monthly quality rollup" ??

does the device need to be in a special powered USB hub or are the regular USB's on mobo and case good enough?

seems to be a solid chip, will be extremely happy to get it hashing and plan to buy a few more

[jstefanop]

I just received my device, followed the instructions... No device found...   I'm seeing people with "no device found" on here so I checked my recent windows updates (running windows 7 x64) which one should I roll back ? the only ones I'm seeing are MSE security updates, and a "monthly quality rollup" ??

does the device need to be in a special powered USB hub or are the regular USB's on mobo and case good enough?

seems to be a solid chip, will be extremely happy to get it hashing and plan to buy a few more

Make sure you downloaded the UART driver from silicon labs. To check if that loaded correctly go to your devices panel and you should see it under a COM device...otherwise something is going on with the silicon labs driver.

[Finless]

I just received my device, followed the instructions... No device found...   I'm seeing people with "no device found" on here so I checked my recent windows updates (running windows 7 x64) which one should I roll back ? the only ones I'm seeing are MSE security updates, and a "monthly quality rollup" ??

does the device need to be in a special powered USB hub or are the regular USB's on mobo and case good enough?

seems to be a solid chip, will be extremely happy to get it hashing and plan to buy a few more

Make sure you downloaded the UART driver from silicon labs. To check if that loaded correctly go to your devices panel and you should see it under a COM device...otherwise something is going on with the silicon labs driver.

I got mine running on the new Windows update using the older generic silicon labs drivers.  
Uninstall the drivers and re-install these from the web site  v6.7.5.
They will no longer be listed in device manager under COM ports and "moonlander2".  
They will be listed as Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge (COMx)

Bob

[Finless]

Sucks the difficulty of Litecoin has gone up so much.
When I started I January with 2 Moonlanders I was getting .00064 a day not it's down to .00044

 

Bob

[Hoiberg]

I posted below questions a few days ago. I have combed through several pages in this thread and wasn't able find a clear response/hint. Nobody seems to answer or try to help. I will repeat my questions and hope somebody can respond instead of ignoring my request:

1. How do I find MLD stick current mem voltage? Is there a command (I am using terminal in apple to communicate with bfg through raspi)
2. How do I adjust clock rate?  <-- Yes I know I found a command (--set MLD:clock=xxx) but I do not know where in terminal to put this command.

As you may see my MLD 1 has some issues and I want to check if voltage is causing this:

https://image.ibb.co/c9VEgJ/Screen_Shot_2018_05_17_at_09_18_02.png

I thought this was a support thread.  

Hi guys,

I am pretty noob on the MLD, I've got two sticks mining LTC in litecoinpool using Plugable 60W 7 port USB 3 hub.
It is working.

But my issue is low average hashspeed. My 24H average 5880 KH/s. Especially one of the miners seems to be dropping to 2.3 Mh/s.
If I restart the BFG it goes up and then drops again. It often also stops hashing and then restarts automatically.

I think I mistakenly adjusted the memory voltage pot too much/too little. I am not sure what its current memory voltage is.
So I need to know where I can find its current memory voltage.  Core voltage is running around .725 so that should not be the issue.
Also I do not know how to adjust clock rate. Can anyone share a command.

By the way I am running this on a raspi 0 through IOS.

Anyone can help?

Cheers and thanks a lot!

[fonzerrellie]

I just received my device, followed the instructions... No device found...   I'm seeing people with "no device found" on here so I checked my recent windows updates (running windows 7 x64) which one should I roll back ? the only ones I'm seeing are MSE security updates, and a "monthly quality rollup" ??

does the device need to be in a special powered USB hub or are the regular USB's on mobo and case good enough?

seems to be a solid chip, will be extremely happy to get it hashing and plan to buy a few more

Make sure you downloaded the UART driver from silicon labs. To check if that loaded correctly go to your devices panel and you should see it under a COM device...otherwise something is going on with the silicon labs driver.

I got mine running on the new Windows update using the older generic silicon labs drivers.  
Uninstall the drivers and re-install these from the web site  v6.7.5.
They will no longer be listed in device manager under COM ports and "moonlander2".  
They will be listed as Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge (COMx)

Bob

Thanks a bunch it worked like a charm

[Buddy_hell]

To measure voltage you need to physically measure it - instructions on page 1 of this thread.

To change clock depends on version and how you are starting ./bfgminer. Again syntax i think is on page 1. on my setup i can do it through the start up scrypt and edit the command line there, or i go to the bfgminer config file and edit it there.

failing that if you are starting from command line with the the --set... command at the end.

hope that helps.

I posted below questions a few days ago. I have combed through several pages in this thread and wasn't able find a clear response/hint. Nobody seems to answer or try to help. I will repeat my questions and hope somebody can respond instead of ignoring my request:

1. How do I find MLD stick current mem voltage? Is there a command (I am using terminal in apple to communicate with bfg through raspi)
2. How do I adjust clock rate?  <-- Yes I know I found a command (--set MLD:clock=xxx) but I do not know where in terminal to put this command.

As you may see my MLD 1 has some issues and I want to check if voltage is causing this:

https://image.ibb.co/c9VEgJ/Screen_Shot_2018_05_17_at_09_18_02.png

I thought this was a support thread.  

Hi guys,

I am pretty noob on the MLD, I've got two sticks mining LTC in litecoinpool using Plugable 60W 7 port USB 3 hub.
It is working.

But my issue is low average hashspeed. My 24H average 5880 KH/s. Especially one of the miners seems to be dropping to 2.3 Mh/s.
If I restart the BFG it goes up and then drops again. It often also stops hashing and then restarts automatically.

I think I mistakenly adjusted the memory voltage pot too much/too little. I am not sure what its current memory voltage is.
So I need to know where I can find its current memory voltage.  Core voltage is running around .725 so that should not be the issue.
Also I do not know how to adjust clock rate. Can anyone share a command.

By the way I am running this on a raspi 0 through IOS.

Anyone can help?

Cheers and thanks a lot!

[Hoiberg]

Thank you for the tips.

I am communicating with the MLDs through Linux, based on the raspi so will find the right place to enter the "–set MLD:clock=" command.

Also ordered some external fans to support the cooling of the sticks; we're getting hot weather here now that might be the reason for the high failur rate of one of my MLDs.

[pyroandy]

struggling now. Got the screen command to work and worked out how to reconnect ot the screen etc, but get a bfgminer not found error.......

guessing something went wrong in the process, any tips?

andy

Are you running headless?
Can you hook up a screen and a keyboard and mouse?

[Buddy_hell]

Both.

I set up using a keyboard and mouse, then run the pi's and connect remote via VNC.

I have 9 ML2's ssplit over 3 RPIs and they exhibit similar levels of instability on v34 irrespective of USB hub, frequency or voltage settings. So hopeful for new version if i can get it running, but i get the missing bfgminer error.

andy

[jstefanop]

Finally got around to launching our site...check it out at futurebit.io!

If you are new and looking for a quick start guide to get your Moonlander 2 up and running as quickly as possible head to https://www.futurebit.io/getting-started/

[fvineyard]

Nice job on the web site. Looks impressive.

[pyroandy]

Both.

I set up using a keyboard and mouse, then run the pi's and connect remote via VNC.

I have 9 ML2's ssplit over 3 RPIs and they exhibit similar levels of instability on v34 irrespective of USB hub, frequency or voltage settings. So hopeful for new version if i can get it running, but i get the missing bfgminer error.

andy

Missing bfgminer is normally caused by communication problems with hubs. What hubs are you using? Have you updated your pi? Can you try 1 ML2 in one hub hooked up to the pi? Do you have a PC you can try the hub on? We are assuming you downloaded the library's needed, libjansson-dev and libcurl4-openssl-dev?

[hercthx]

Hi there! I seem to have run up against an error I cannot find a fix to. I'm running a Moonlander 2 on a windows 10 machine using bfgminer 5.4.3-38. I'm showing a " FutureBit Write error: No space left on device ". any ideas or help? stick is running zeros across the board, 0 work 0 HW, just the error cycling non stop.

[pyroandy]

Hi there! I seem to have run up against an error I cannot find a fix to. I'm running a Moonlander 2 on a windows 10 machine using bfgminer 5.4.3-38. I'm showing a " FutureBit Write error: No space left on device ". any ideas or help? stick is running zeros across the board, 0 work 0 HW, just the error cycling non stop.

Try Post #1581?

[jstefanop]

Hi there! I seem to have run up against an error I cannot find a fix to. I'm running a Moonlander 2 on a windows 10 machine using bfgminer 5.4.3-38. I'm showing a " FutureBit Write error: No space left on device ". any ideas or help? stick is running zeros across the board, 0 work 0 HW, just the error cycling non stop.

Thats a rare driver bug ive run into...unpluging/repluging in the miner fixes it.

[Buddy_hell]

Both.

I set up using a keyboard and mouse, then run the pi's and connect remote via VNC.

I have 9 ML2's ssplit over 3 RPIs and they exhibit similar levels of instability on v34 irrespective of USB hub, frequency or voltage settings. So hopeful for new version if i can get it running, but i get the missing bfgminer error.

andy

Missing bfgminer is normally caused by communication problems with hubs. What hubs are you using? Have you updated your pi? Can you try 1 ML2 in one hub hooked up to the pi? Do you have a PC you can try the hub on? We are assuming you downloaded the library's needed, libjansson-dev and libcurl4-openssl-dev?

Tried it on two different RPI. executed update and upgrade commands prior to install. Running two different hubs - Orico 9 port runing 3 MLD 2s and an anker 7 port running 3 MLD 2s. Both have the same error.

i have the libjannson and libcurl libraries need to check on the others. I might try refresshing and the autoremove command to see if i have some orphaned routines causing issues.

Both hubs run fine under v34- especially if i use a modest difficulty etc. If i use a low difficulty coin they tend to fallover every hour.

[pyroandy]

Both.

I set up using a keyboard and mouse, then run the pi's and connect remote via VNC.

I have 9 ML2's ssplit over 3 RPIs and they exhibit similar levels of instability on v34 irrespective of USB hub, frequency or voltage settings. So hopeful for new version if i can get it running, but i get the missing bfgminer error.

andy

Missing bfgminer is normally caused by communication problems with hubs. What hubs are you using? Have you updated your pi? Can you try 1 ML2 in one hub hooked up to the pi? Do you have a PC you can try the hub on? We are assuming you downloaded the library's needed, libjansson-dev and libcurl4-openssl-dev?

Tried it on two different RPI. executed update and upgrade commands prior to install. Running two different hubs - Orico 9 port runing 3 MLD 2s and an anker 7 port running 3 MLD 2s. Both have the same error.

i have the libjannson and libcurl libraries need to check on the others. I might try refresshing and the autoremove command to see if i have some orphaned routines causing issues.

Both hubs run fine under v34- especially if i use a modest difficulty etc. If i use a low difficulty coin they tend to fallover every hour.

May I suggest a clean install of Raspbian, update it and then restart. Download the Libraries and restart again. Then install bfgminer.
Try one ML2 in one hub and work up from there. The Orico 9 port hub may struggle to run three ML2's with only a 30-watt power supply.

[TheDoozer]

I have a question about the Frequencies ....right now I'm running at 954 but I'm wondering, can I push further? HW errors are just under 1%  I'm keeping them quite cool and feel I have more headroom at higher frequencies....still have a good amount of voltage etc to play around with...anyone else running higher than 954?