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#GekkoScience Terminus R808 (BM1384) Miner Official Support Thread#
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Meet the Terminus R808
**Release Announcement Link**=================
=Thanks To The Community=
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Woot! A big Thanks for the continued community support.
These little miner's continued advancements forward can't happen without it.
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What the port face looks like. We've got USB-A for 5V power out, and a mini USB for control. 12V can be drawn from either a PCIe 6-pin jack or a 2.1/5.5mm barrel jack (for running off a brick). The blue knob is used to adjust core voltage from about 0.63 to 0.80V chip-level, basically the same range as the 2Pac. It can be assembled with a vertical (pictured) or right-angle (front-facing) adjuster.
This guy has an onboard microcontroller that handles fan speed via PWM, detects "ZOMBIE" condition and resets the chips automatically, and will overtemp-shutdown at 80C (to restart mining below 70C).
It's a 100mm square sitting on rubber feet, but there are M3 screwholes at each corner for stacking or mounting in a case.
This miner is built with 8x BM1384 hashing chips. I will be using this form-factor as a standard going forward, so newer versions with better chips will be physically compatible.
For all you flashy-light enthusiasts, it's got a base blue LED and blinks white with returned shares.
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=How to Run=
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Same as the 2Pac. Follow the build instruction to compile from source and run.
Run syntax:
*nix [if not root level privileges, see Q&A]
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://pool.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr -p x
Windows
cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://pool.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr -p x
OS X
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://pool.ckpool.org:3333 -u 1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr -p x
Linux cgminer build steps
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS new install.
Default Install (+OpenSSH server)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev libudev-dev
mkdir -p git/vthoang; cd git/vthoang
git clone https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer.git
cd cgminer
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native" ./autogen.sh --enable-gekko
make -j 2
Debian 8.7.1 new install.
Default Install (No desktop environment, + SSH Server)
(*do not specify root password to enable sudo)
or Raspbian - Kernel version: 4.4 (Raspberry Pi)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev screen libtool automake pkg-config libjansson-dev
mkdir -p git/vthoang; cd git/vthoang
git clone https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer.git
cd cgminer
CFLAGS="-O2" ./autogen.sh --enable-gekko
make -j 2
Mac OSX Compiling with Homebrew
El Capitan (10.11.6)
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew doctor
brew tap vthoang/cgminer
brew install cgminer
Windows pre-compiled binary (use
7zip, WinRAR, or WinZip to open the archive):
Sept 14th @ abe37de -
cgminer-4.11.1-windows-gekko-abe37de.7z Feb 27th @ 1fccd3d -
cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-1fccd3d.7z Feb 26th @ d5fba8e -
cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-d5fba8e.7z Feb 25th @ eb57c34 -
cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-eb57c34.7z Feb 24th @ d245c0d -
cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-d245c0d.7zInstall the zadig generic
WinUSB drivers from:
http://zadig.akeo.ieIf all is well, you can list and see the miner from cgminer.
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=FAQ=
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Todo: Place useful consolidated thread info here...
Q. How do I get one?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1845307.msg32983042#msg32983042Q. I heard there is extra startup parameters for the Terminus?
The default should be fine, but to adjust the startup behavior these extra options are available:
--gekko-start-freq <arg>
Ramp start frequency MHz 25-500 (default: 100)
--gekko-step-freq <arg>
Ramp frequency step MHz 1-100 (default: 25)
--gekko-step-delay <arg>
Ramp step interval in seconds, range 1-600 (default: 15)
Q. How fast do these things mine at?
With the default settings, this miner should produce 66Gh/s @150MHz.
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