GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread

[MoparMiningLLC]

Total of 4 of them running

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[bassrelic]

Hey Guys, im new to Cryptomining and got myself a NewPac and this USB hub: https://www.amazon.de/atolla-Netzteil-SuperSpeed-Datenhub-Intelligenter-Schwarz/dp/B07P6MPXJ7

Setup and the first testrun was simple and everything worked fine with a Hashrate of about 22Gh/s (Running on a Windows 10 Laptop)

I tried to set up my Rpi 3 B for usage with the NewPac. I did not get this up and running, so i switched back to the laptop.

Now the NewPac does not seem to want to work anymore. - i get the errors: GSH 0 failure, disabling! / GSH 1 failure, disabling!

I used this command the whole time:

Code:

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://eu.stratum.slushpool.com:3333 -u bassrelic.newpac --gekko-newpac-freq 100 2>logfile.log

Trying to find the cause, i measured the voltages at the testpoints which seem to be fine (421mV, 821mV).

Any suggestions regarding the cause / what to do now?

On a related note: i was not able to find the exact meaning of the two LED, yould you shed some light on this?

Thanks in advance!

Logfile:

Code:

 [2020-04-04 18:45:13.998] Started cgminer 4.11.1
 [2020-04-04 18:45:14.011] Probing for an alive pool
 [2020-04-04 18:45:14.138] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 8192
 [2020-04-04 18:45:15.192] No devices detected!
 [2020-04-04 18:45:15.193] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit
 [2020-04-04 18:45:15.193] Network diff set to 13.9T
 [2020-04-04 18:45:20.444] 0: GSH 0 - Toggling ASIC nRST to reset
 [2020-04-04 18:45:20.707] 0: GSH 0 - NewPac Bitcoin Miner (10034443)
 [2020-04-04 18:45:20.707] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSH 0
 [2020-04-04 18:45:41.445] GSH 0 failure, disabling!
 [2020-04-04 18:45:46.676] 0: GSH 0 - Toggling ASIC nRST to reset
 [2020-04-04 18:45:51.941] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSH 1
 [2020-04-04 18:46:05.257] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 1638
 [2020-04-04 18:46:05.257] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2020-04-04 18:46:12.675] GSH 1 failure, disabling!
 [2020-04-04 18:46:17.912] 0: GSH 0 - Toggling ASIC nRST to reset
 [2020-04-04 18:46:18.175] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSH 2
 [2020-04-04 18:46:35.082] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 512
 [2020-04-04 18:46:35.085] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.801] Shutdown signal received.
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.859] 
Summary of runtime statistics:

 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.859] Started at [2020-04-04 18:45:15.193]
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.859] Pool: stratum+tcp://eu.stratum.slushpool.com:3333
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.859] Runtime: 0 hrs : 3 mins : 36 secs
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.859] Average hashrate: 0.0 Mhash/s
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Solved blocks: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Best share difficulty: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Share submissions: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Accepted shares: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Rejected shares: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Accepted difficulty shares: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Rejected difficulty shares: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Hardware errors: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Utility (accepted shares / min): 0.00/min
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Work Utility (diff1 shares solved / min): 0.00/min

 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Stale submissions discarded due to new blocks: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.860] Unable to get work from server occasions: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] Work items generated locally: 123
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] Submitting work remotely delay occasions: 0
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] New blocks detected on network: 1

 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] Summary of per device statistics:

 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] GSH 0 (5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 WU:0.0/m
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] GSH 1 (5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 WU:0.0/m
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] GSH 2 (5s):0.000 (avg):0.000h/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 WU:0.0/m
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861]  
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.861] Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
 [2020-04-04 18:48:51.862] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://eu.stratum.slushpool.com:3333 not responding!

[vickersja]

2 things I can think of.

First, you may need to run the Zadig again.  I found that sometimes when I unplugged mine it would "see" it again unless I reinstalled the drivers. Second, and not sure if you need to do this since it ran before, but I had to add --gekko-lowboost at the end.

From what I recall about the lights is that solid means power but not hashing and blinking mean power and hashing.

[House Xylander]

I am running the May 2019 firmware on a ubuntu 18.04 machine for my set up over the last year with no issues until recently.

I am noticing that on viabtc and slushpool i am getting more rejected than accepted shares. Cgminer reports "(Too low difficulty)" when I do not have a difficulty setting in place.

CGMiner is showing Diff:13.9T in all 6 terminal windows.

What should the difficulty be per Terminus R606?

I also have 11 NewPACs on 2 Gekko Hubs connected to the same machine giving the same difficulty message.

[bassrelic]

2 things I can think of.

First, you may need to run the Zadig again.  I found that sometimes when I unplugged mine it would "see" it again unless I reinstalled the drivers. Second, and not sure if you need to do this since it ran before, but I had to add --gekko-lowboost at the end.

From what I recall about the lights is that solid means power but not hashing and blinking mean power and hashing.

Just tried it, but it still does not work

Any other tips?

[vickersja]

Just tried it, but it still does not work

Any other tips?

Just 2 more from me.  Try adding a lower difficulty?  --suggest-diff 128 --gekko-lowboost

And try a different pool to see if it is pool related.

[419mining]

Hey Guys, im new to Cryptomining and got myself a NewPac and this USB hub: https://www.amazon.de/atolla-Netzteil-SuperSpeed-Datenhub-Intelligenter-Schwarz/dp/B07P6MPXJ7...

Hey bassrelic,

i noticed your hub only has a 5V3A power supply

"【USB 3.0 hub power supply】 - The 5V / 3A wall charger supplies the USB hub"
at 3A, that would not provide enough power to run multiple miners, have you tried running a single USB miner at a time and see how they work then?

[WilcoWi]

Just out of curiosity, are you running them on windows 10?  I couldn't get them to stop auto tuning down.

i did, but was not satisfied with stability and could not run Asic Boost at all. So tried linux setup (Lubuntu 16.04). From that moment on mining was stable (with same mining hardware) and Asic Boost was possible.

See my remarks about this subject around page 65 of this thread. I do recommend to use a linux setup.

[bassrelic]

Just 2 more from me.  Try adding a lower difficulty?  --suggest-diff 128 --gekko-lowboost

And try a different pool to see if it is pool related.

Hey, thanks for your suggestions vickersja. Tried Both but it did not make any difference.

Hey bassrelic,

i noticed your hub only has a 5V3A power supply

"【USB 3.0 hub power supply】 - The 5V / 3A wall charger supplies the USB hub"
at 3A, that would not provide enough power to run multiple miners, have you tried running a single USB miner at a time and see how they work then?

Hi 419mining  and thanks for the observation and the remark. I am Aware of that. I just wanted to get to know how to mine in the first place and just picked up a not so sophisticated hub which i can also use comfortably for other things. Also i only own one NewPac miner atm - thus i think the hub specs should be sufficient (?)

I am starting to think that the ASICs could be gone for some reason. I set everything up for 100MHz (Without active cooling). I read online that this should be fine but above active cooling is adviced. Is it possible that the IC's suffered heat damages within 1-2 hours at room temp? (21°C / 69,8°F).

[hurricandave]

You removed the devices from the Laptop then reintroduced them. Verify the driver is working correctly in the "device" properties. Windows tends to ignore/forget what you told it and doesn't always tell you it changed its mind about your instructions and blocked/stopped something critical to your desires.

[419mining]

Hurricandave is right, if they worked prior to moving to the pc, its more than likely an issue with the pc, not the miners, especially if they are both acting that way. If your running a single newpac, yes, that hub should be sufficient. Make sure rerun zadig on the pc, verify they are using the WinUSB driver and not "FTDIBUS" that they default to.

[bassrelic]

Thanks again for the replies, you guys help is really appreciated!

I think something got mixed up here. I do only own ONE NewPac ASIC stick, not two. Maybe i was a bit unclear about that.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with computerrestarts after every step. -> same error as before
Also i tried to run cgminer on a different laptop (also win10) which gave the same error pattern.

Windows shows that the driver works correctly after installation using zadig.

Any other suggestions?

[desertfox470]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. What would you recommend as some good fans? I am thinking of these, perhaps 2? I am not very sure if they will push enough air but noticed everyone says they are dead silent. Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Breeze-Mobile-Flexible-Portable/dp/B003XN24GY

[419mining]

Thanks again for the replies, you guys help is really appreciated!

I think something got mixed up here. I do only own ONE NewPac ASIC stick, not two. Maybe i was a bit unclear about that.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with computerrestarts after every step. -> same error as before
Also i tried to run cgminer on a different laptop (also win10) which gave the same error pattern.

Windows shows that the driver works correctly after installation using zadig.

Any other suggestions?

Have you tried putting it back on the Pi that it was working on prior to moving to the PC? If it still acts the same way, I would reach out to the reseller you purchased the unit from, they would be able to assist you further.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. What would you recommend as some good fans? I am thinking of these, perhaps 2? I am not very sure if they will push enough air but noticed everyone says they are dead silent. Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Breeze-Mobile-Flexible-Portable/dp/B003XN24GY

they work fine for a few newpacs, anything around 5 or more i would get a top down fan that moves more air (12v high flow). we have a few options on our website.

Also, https://www.ebay.com/itm/254154810314. its a little cheaper and we ship a lot faster than Amazon right now.

[bassrelic]

Have you tried putting it back on the Pi that it was working on prior to moving to the PC? If it still acts the same way, I would reach out to the reseller you purchased the unit from, they would be able to assist you further.

The NewPac did never run on the Pi, just the first time on the PC as mentioned above.

[dancingbear]

So I am new to bitcoin mining so bear with me on this.

I have a raspberrypi 4 that I have connected to a powered USB hub with 7 2pac usb miners. The problem that I am having is that from what I can tell is that the pi reconises that the miners are plugged into it but it doesn't know what they are. I've tried this code

Code:

cd ~/git/vthoang/cgminer/
sudo usermod -G plugdev -a `whoami` sudo cp 01-cgminer.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo reboot

but it doesn't change anything all keep getting is

Code:

pi@raspberrypi:~/mining/2pac/cgminer $ ./cgminer -n
 [2020-04-07 17:44:30.062] USB all: found 15 devices - listing known devices
.USB dev 0: Bus 1 Device 10 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 0: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 1: Bus 1 Device 9 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 1: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 2: Bus 1 Device 8 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 2: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 3: Bus 1 Device 14 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 3: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 4: Bus 1 Device 13 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 4: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 5: Bus 1 Device 12 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 5: Failed to open, err -3
.USB dev 6: Bus 1 Device 11 ID: 0403:6015
  ** dev 6: Failed to open, err -3
 [2020-04-07 17:44:30.062] 7 known USB devices

If anyone knows something to fix this either updating the miners themselves or whatever but any help or lead would be appreciated.

[os2sam]

So I am new to bitcoin mining so bear with me on this.

You didn't say what instructions you used to install CGMiner.  So here is a link to detailed instructions to review to see if you missed anything.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053833.msg50968875#msg50968875

Also try with just one stick.  After you get one working add the others one at a time.  You may have a power issue on your hub.

That's my .02BTC worth of suggestions.

Edit:

I have a raspberrypi 4 that I have connected to a powered USB hub with 7 2pac usb miners.

I just noticed that you have 2pac's.  They have a separate thread from the R606's.  Not sure how different they are but you should post in that thread.

[Something123]

are you receiving a specific error from cgminer or does the computer just not detect the 8th unit?

Thank you for replay 419mining, love your online store and ebay . As soon as i plug the 8th newpac this is what keeps repeating. As soon as i unplug the 8th newpac it goes back to running normally.

Code:

USB init, open device failed, err -12,
You need to install a WinUSB driver for - GSH device1:23
And associate - GSH device 1:23 with WinUSB using zadig
See README.txt file included for help 
GekkoScience detect (1:23) failed to initialise (incorrect device?), reset

[House Xylander]

I am still getting the "(Too low difficulty)" message after trying several other pools.

Do i need to set the difficulty to something higher than the "Diff:14.7T" that is currently showing in the cgminer terminal?

[os2sam]

I am still getting the "(Too low difficulty)" message after trying several other pools.

Do i need to set the difficulty to something higher than the "Diff:14.7T" that is currently showing in the cgminer terminal?

Changing diff to higher than required to find a block doesn't sound like a good idea.

Any decent pool has the ability to adjust miner difficulty to around 18 shares per minute.  So you don't need to mess with it yourself.