Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread

[ejonathonw]

Same as before lol, try running it at a lower speed and gradually increase it.  Mine were doing the same and I've found i can only run 6 at 600mhz on 2 Pluggable 7 ports, I was running 3 on 1 Pluggable at 900 but once I added the second set it started getting clogged up.

[juggalonoke]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,
https://imgur.com/a/w8Ou4ja
anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

[ejonathonw]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,

anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

Dang fam, that's all I can think of.  My next move would be find a powered hub on Amazon or something, there are several listed throughout this thread, and see if that does it.  Remember you need something like 2.1~2.5 amps per port.

[juggalonoke]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,
https://imgur.com/a/w8Ou4ja
anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

Dang fam, that's all I can think of.  My next move would be find a powered hub on Amazon or something, there are several listed throughout this thread, and see if that does it.  Remember you need something like 2.1~2.5 amps per port.

and this isnt standard for a desktop PC's USB 3.0 ports? sorry but im rather new to all of this and am still learning

[ejonathonw]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,

anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

Dang fam, that's all I can think of.  My next move would be find a powered hub on Amazon or something, there are several listed throughout this thread, and see if that does it.  Remember you need something like 2.1~2.5 amps per port.

and this isnt standard for a desktop PC's USB 3.0 ports? sorry but im rather new to all of this and am still learning

Totally cool, we all started somewhere.
I don't think it's a standard.  I think that's more relative to the specific hardware.  On my laptop one usb port will run a moonlander but the other one won't lol.  If you do look for a hub make sure it does data transfer as well as provide the power.  I accidentally bought a charging hub that didn't do data transfer. I'm pretty sure eyeboot has a cheap 2 port hub that will provide enough power to run one Moonlander.

[juggalonoke]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,
https://imgur.com/a/w8Ou4ja
anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

Dang fam, that's all I can think of.  My next move would be find a powered hub on Amazon or something, there are several listed throughout this thread, and see if that does it.  Remember you need something like 2.1~2.5 amps per port.

and this isnt standard for a desktop PC's USB 3.0 ports? sorry but im rather new to all of this and am still learning

Totally cool, we all started somewhere.
I don't think it's a standard.  I think that's more relative to the specific hardware.  On my laptop one usb port will run a moonlander but the other one won't lol.  If you do look for a hub make sure it does data transfer as well as provide the power.  I accidentally bought a charging hub that didn't do data transfer. I'm pretty sure eyeboot has a cheap 2 port hub that will provide enough power to run one Moonlander.

and once again could this be something else not related to my BFGminer or moonlander? because it ssems that even my CPU miner that i use for MAGIcoin (which isnt bfgminer or my moonlander) is just stopping itself for no reason at all it seems as well.
but on my raspberry pi  ive had m-cpuminer-v2 running mining magi for DAYS now with no issues at all (pi is only mining magi bought it for the moonlander to make a starters rig but then realized soon after that i need the powered usb hub so thats why i started with the moonlander on my windows 10 pc)

[juggalonoke]

Yea thats definitely an issue of not enough power on the port. Like others have said run it on the lowest frequency and see if it runs stable.

is there anything else it could be because im starting to think its not the moonlander but my PC and not the USB either because i have a CPU miner that i use for Magi and it is stopping on its own as well it looks like.

change this setting (--set MLD:clock=600)
to
(--set MLD:clock=384)
and see what happens.
by the by,
https://imgur.com/a/w8Ou4ja
anyone got an idea what the AS:-4 is all about? never noticed it be - before

Tried this and still have the same issue.

Dang fam, that's all I can think of.  My next move would be find a powered hub on Amazon or something, there are several listed throughout this thread, and see if that does it.  Remember you need something like 2.1~2.5 amps per port.

and this isnt standard for a desktop PC's USB 3.0 ports? sorry but im rather new to all of this and am still learning

Totally cool, we all started somewhere.
I don't think it's a standard.  I think that's more relative to the specific hardware.  On my laptop one usb port will run a moonlander but the other one won't lol.  If you do look for a hub make sure it does data transfer as well as provide the power.  I accidentally bought a charging hub that didn't do data transfer. I'm pretty sure eyeboot has a cheap 2 port hub that will provide enough power to run one Moonlander.

and once again could this be something else not related to my BFGminer or moonlander? because it ssems that even my CPU miner that i use for MAGIcoin (which isnt bfgminer or my moonlander) is just stopping itself for no reason at all it seems as well.
but on my raspberry pi  ive had m-cpuminer-v2 running mining magi for DAYS now with no issues at all (pi is only mining magi bought it for the moonlander to make a starters rig but then realized soon after that i need the powered usb hub so thats why i started with the moonlander on my windows 10 pc)

for those that have helped even a little so far thank you very much but im starting to think its my PC OS and not my miner or moonlander i can not seems to get any miner to run stable on my system at all ( CPU, GPU, Moonlander... nothing) is there anything anyone could think of that could cause this? im on Windows 10 64bit

[juggalonoke]

for those that have helped even a little so far thank you very much but im starting to think its my PC OS and not my miner or moonlander i can not seems to get any miner to run stable on my system at all ( CPU, GPU, Moonlander... nothing) is there anything anyone could think of that could cause this? im on Windows 10 64bit

Could be your drivers need updating?

what would i need to update and how?

[ctrent33]

Bought a moonlander 2 and received it yesterday.  I Downloaded bfgminer 5.4.2 from https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/releases/tag/bfgminer-5.4.2-futurebit2-beta2  then downloaded the driver for Win 10 64 bit from https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers.  When I run the program it says "bfgminer.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."  After an internet search I found that other people have had the same problem and they advised reinstalling the driver and rebooting my computer.  I have done this multiple times(5 to 7) and it still does not work.

[darthuberpanda]

Does anyone have a reliable setup for running the moonlander on prohashing.

I have attempted the setup from here -https://www.reddit.com/r/NiceHash/comments/7shsfz/bfgminer_futurebit_moonlander_2/ but following these steps and adjusting the voltage beyond the default settings I get no luck ... regularly it restarts or I get an inability to write to the device error - anyone have any success - I have it working perfectly on Litecoinpool and Multipool.

Thanks

[klintay]

Okay. So I have got my gridseed orbs to work under bfgminer 5.5.0 and a moonlander to run under 5.4.2 beta 2. Trying to get the other 3 moonlanders I have to run under 5.4.2, But I keep getting the other 3 shutting down then restarting. (All running from a Pi) Using a eye boot hub with meanwell 350w ps. Running the landers @ 796. They all run great separate @ 796 and even @ 832. But all running will result in the 3 shutting off and restarting quite often.
Any thoughts?

are you running the pi off the same hub as the miners? sometimes that can cause the pi to do weird things. make sure your hub has enough power to run the miners.

[jstefanop]

Bought a moonlander 2 and received it yesterday.  I Downloaded bfgminer 5.4.2 from https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/releases/tag/bfgminer-5.4.2-futurebit2-beta2  then downloaded the driver for Win 10 64 bit from https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers.  When I run the program it says "bfgminer.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."  After an internet search I found that other people have had the same problem and they advised reinstalling the driver and rebooting my computer.  I have done this multiple times(5 to 7) and it still does not work.

Please take time to read the FAQ on the first page if your having issues, 90% of issues are addressed and your answer is there.

Your anti-virus is deleting bfgminer.exe when you extracting the download, you need to put in an exception for the folder/program.

[vuli1]

antivirus... and make a start.bat file with or .txt and rename it to .bat
example:
bfgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://litecoinpool.org:3333 -u user.1 -p 1  -S MLD:all --set MLD:clock=600

[vuli1]

I once changed the Mhz settings just a liitle bit higher and than my 2 moonlander dont work any more.




are they  dead?

[jstefanop]

I once changed the Mhz settings just a liitle bit higher and than my 2 moonlander dont work any more.




are they  dead?

No your USB ports/hub can not provide enough power. You will probably need a powered hub if you are running them straight off your PC ports with higher hash rates.

[ctrent33]

It works now.  Thanks for the help.

[vuli1]

hmm. so far didnt get better. Got  a hub with extra power but only 0.5A adapter.
USB3 are 1 A arent they?

[jstefanop]

hmm. so far didnt get better. Got  a hub with extra power but only 0.5A adapter.
USB3 are 1 A arent they?

Yea .5A you won't be able to run them even at base frequency. You need at least 2A per port.

[Dennicex]

Thanks guys for such detailed answers. I wanted to ask a question, but after reading several pages of this thread I found answers to my questions. Thanks again to everyone!

[mstrozier]

Greetings.  I recently purchased a moonlander 2 and having some issues getting bfgminer to see the device.  This is on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.   I followed the install steps and FAQ troubleshooting but with no luck.  I have screen shots but not sure how I can get them posted here for review. So will copy/paste the text the terminal is showing.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO DEVICES FOUND: Press 'M' and '+' to add
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2019-04-15 12:49:50] Waiting for devices; press 'M+' to add, or 'Q' to quit
 [2019-04-15 12:49:50] Probing for an alive pool
 [2019-04-15 12:49:55] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://us.litecoinpool.org:3333 alive
 [2019-04-15 12:49:55] Pool 0 is hiding block contents from us
 [2019-04-15 12:49:55] Network difficulty changed to 11.9M (84.88T)
 [2019-04-15 12:49:55] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block


It does have the standard information about the pool etc above the no devices found, just couldn't block/copy it.

When I do a lsusb the device is listed as Device 003:

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 011 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 010 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 003: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x UART Bridge / myAVR mySmartUSB light
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


Next I check to see if the cp210x is loaded:  lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
cp210x                 28672  0
usbserial              45056  1 cp210x
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1
joydev                 24576  0
nvidia_uvm            757760  0
input_leds             16384  0
nvidia_drm             40960  1
nvidia_modeset       1048576  7 nvidia_drm
nvidia              14376960  266 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     49152  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek   106496  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel          40960  4
snd_hda_codec         126976  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core           81920  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              20480  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                98304  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_seq_midi           16384  0
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            32768  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                65536  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer              32768  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
mxm_wmi                16384  0
edac_mce_amd           28672  0
ccp                    86016  0
kvm                   626688  0
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
k10temp                16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
pcbc                   16384  0
snd                    81920  19 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
aesni_intel           200704  0
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
soundcore              16384  1 snd
cryptd                 24576  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
fam15h_power           16384  0
drm_kms_helper        172032  1 nvidia_drm
drm                   458752  4 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
wmi                    24576  1 mxm_wmi
ipmi_devintf           20480  0
ipmi_msghandler       102400  2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
mac_hid                16384  0
sch_fq_codel           20480  5
parport_pc             36864  1
ppdev                  20480  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                49152  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
ip_tables              28672  0
x_tables               40960  1 ip_tables
autofs4                40960  2
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 49152  0
hid                   122880  2 usbhid,hid_generic
alx                    49152  0
mdio                   16384  1 alx
i2c_piix4              24576  0
ahci                   40960  2
libahci                32768  1 ahci


cp210x is the first in the list.  So I am not exactly sure what else to do.  Thanks for the help