Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread

[MoparMiningLLC]

Thanks. I did that as well as setting the fan speed to 25% I think I saw in another post.

ah darn. it is always nice when it is an easy fix. hope yours still ends up being an easy fix.

are you using it via wifi? or via the cable?

if you are able to remote into the dashboard, I doubt its an internet connection issue.

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[CoinMan01]

Yes connected by cable and dashboard comes up

[MoparMiningLLC]

Yes connected by cable and dashboard comes up

so it connects to miner, does dashboard show whether pools are active? show any hash rate? have you tried setting everything to auto setting wise? have you tried all 3 modes?


sorry if I am asking dumb questions - just trying to get the full picture.

[CoinMan01]

When it wants you to save and restart after changing auto settings I get a spinning wheel for about 30 sec then I get miner is offline message. Red light consistently stays on. Doesn't look like it actually reboots.

[MoparMiningLLC]

When it wants you to save and restart after changing auto settings I get a spinning wheel for about 30 sec then I get miner is offline message. Red light consistently stays on. Doesn't look like it actually reboots.

does it ever go back to the dashboard? or you have to shut it down and turn it back on to get to the dashboard?

if so, what does it do if you just turn it on and leave it alone? dashboard stays up but miner is not mining?

[CoinMan01]

It never does get to the screen where it shows hash and temp etc. when you go to dashboard it just says miner is offline try to start it? click on button takes about 30 sec comes right back to miner is offline again.

[MoparMiningLLC]

It never does get to the screen where it shows hash and temp etc. when you go to dashboard it just says miner is offline try to start it? click on button takes about 30 sec comes right back to miner is offline again.

ahh ok gotcha.

one more question - and then I am at a loss.

how does your network assign ip addresses? is it possible that it has a different ip address?

[CoinMan01]

I'm not sure. That question is above my pay grade. LOL Its just a simple home setup with a fairly new router. Plugged in the Apollo when I originally received it and it starting mining right away. Just had to figure out how to get the pool working right and I did.

[MoparMiningLLC]

I'm not sure. That question is above my pay grade. LOL Its just a simple home setup with a fairly new router. Plugged in the Apollo when I originally received it and it starting mining right away. Just had to figure out how to get the pool working right and I did.

how did you find the ip address the first time? if you know your way around the router you could check to see if it gave it a new one.

[devincrypt]

Confused - Please clarify!

On the FutureBit news there is this post:

RT @david_senate: 💥 Look what I got in the mail this morning a #FutureBit #Apollo. This badass boy will mine #DigiByte soon.

I've checked and DigiByte uses a non-Scrypt algorithm: "The new mining algorithm called ‘Odocrypt’ will be ASIC resistant because it changes every 10 days."

So how would a Apollo be able to mine a non-Scrypt currency?

[cryptorevan]

Confused - Please clarify!

On the FutureBit news there is this post:

RT @david_senate: 💥 Look what I got in the mail this morning a #FutureBit #Apollo. This badass boy will mine #DigiByte soon.

I've checked and DigiByte uses a non-Scrypt algorithm: "The new mining algorithm called ‘Odocrypt’ will be ASIC resistant because it changes every 10 days."

So how would a Apollo be able to mine a non-Scrypt currency?

Digibyte uses multiple algorithms

[jstefanop]

When it wants you to save and restart after changing auto settings I get a spinning wheel for about 30 sec then I get miner is offline message. Red light consistently stays on. Doesn't look like it actually reboots.

Do you have Batch 1 or 2? When its doing this is the fan spinning at a constant speed or starting/stoping?

[stuttisi]

my miner is acting funny. not mining.
started from scratch, new sd card, new image, new etch.
it loads up, see it on the dashboard, starts mining then goes offline within 10 seconds
starts back up.
repeat. repeat.
this pops up.
Error: ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4020
thoughts?

Do you see a Red LED when it does this?

I do yes. It seems to be in a cycle of restarting.

When it boots go set the fan speed manually to around 25% and see if it stops.

I've turned the donation on and also turned fan to 25%.
Still cycling on and off.
connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028
with this error.

I've been having the same problem for around a week. Miner was working for approx. 5 months without any problems. I can pull up the dashboard but when I try to start the miner it gives me the message 'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028'
Miner being shown as ONLINE and temperature is being shown. I have changed / replaced the SD card and set the fan speed to 25%. This has not changed anything. The YELLOW light is constantly flashing on the miner.......

Can anyone give me some help here? MAybe somebody from Futurebit themeselves have some ideas??? Seems a shame that the miner only lasted 5 months (on ECO setting) not overclocked!

[jstefanop]

my miner is acting funny. not mining.
started from scratch, new sd card, new image, new etch.
it loads up, see it on the dashboard, starts mining then goes offline within 10 seconds
starts back up.
repeat. repeat.
this pops up.
Error: ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4020
thoughts?

Do you see a Red LED when it does this?

I do yes. It seems to be in a cycle of restarting.

When it boots go set the fan speed manually to around 25% and see if it stops.

I've turned the donation on and also turned fan to 25%.
Still cycling on and off.
connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028
with this error.

I've been having the same problem for around a week. Miner was working for approx. 5 months without any problems. I can pull up the dashboard but when I try to start the miner it gives me the message 'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028'
Miner being shown as ONLINE and temperature is being shown. I have changed / replaced the SD card and set the fan speed to 25%. This has not changed anything. The YELLOW light is constantly flashing on the miner.......

Can anyone give me some help here? MAybe somebody from Futurebit themeselves have some ideas??? Seems a shame that the miner only lasted 5 months (on ECO setting) not overclocked!

Thats a network issue/pool issue...did you move the Apollo or change something on your network?

[Lafu]

Lol just found after nearly 9 Month after i get my Miner the Raw Stats button 
There are some nice statistics and infos .
Also i have to say that the miner works awesome since i got it and i never got any trouble or issues with it !

Nice work jstefanop , awesome !

[alb97]

I have a problem with the miner, once connected the control dashboard page opens but the miner is always offline even trying start and reboot does not start after 30 seconds of the process always returns to the start screen, the led is always red, never used in overclock always in standard mode

[stuttisi]

my miner is acting funny. not mining.
started from scratch, new sd card, new image, new etch.
it loads up, see it on the dashboard, starts mining then goes offline within 10 seconds
starts back up.
repeat. repeat.
this pops up.
Error: ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4020
thoughts?

Do you see a Red LED when it does this?

I do yes. It seems to be in a cycle of restarting.

When it boots go set the fan speed manually to around 25% and see if it stops.

I've turned the donation on and also turned fan to 25%.
Still cycling on and off.
connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028
with this error.

I've been having the same problem for around a week. Miner was working for approx. 5 months without any problems. I can pull up the dashboard but when I try to start the miner it gives me the message 'Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4028'
Miner being shown as ONLINE and temperature is being shown. I have changed / replaced the SD card and set the fan speed to 25%. This has not changed anything. The YELLOW light is constantly flashing on the miner.......

Can anyone give me some help here? MAybe somebody from Futurebit themeselves have some ideas??? Seems a shame that the miner only lasted 5 months (on ECO setting) not overclocked!

Thats a network issue/pool issue...did you move the Apollo or change something on your network?

No I havent moved or altered anything for the past many months. The miner is connected with a LAN cable direkt to my router as it always has been. I have never used the WIFI option. Network is good. The miner does not start anymore and flashes yellow. What can I do? What does the yellow light mean?

[jstefanop]

It means either you router is not providing an internet connection, or you have put your pool info wrong and its not connecting. Double check your pool info and/or try a different pool to rule out any pool issues.

[MoparMiningLLC]

so my internet went out last night for about an hour, I was sitting at my desk when it occurred. So, I shut off the Apollo. When power came back on, I turned the Apollo on and though I can get to the UI and log into the miner, it will not run. It stays at "offline" I have restarted by using the restart option in the UI and by using the switch on the PSU - it will not start up. I removed the SD card and reinserted it (has worked in the past to get it up and running)

Is there a log we can look at to see what the error is? Is there a way to check the SD card to see if it is now corrupted?


update: I found the instructions for flashing the SD card here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5081750

Followed them to a T and am glad to say the miner is back up and hashing away!

2nd update: that was short lived, it hashed for about 2 mins then went back to "offline" and solid red light.

on second reboot, its hashing but to the donation address and it will not let me change the pool info - the pool page wont load.

ahhh - found the issue. It was because I was already in the UI - once I closed the page and re-opened it, the UI prompted me to do the initial setup

so glad to report - it is back up and hashing away!

[stef942]

Yes Batch 1 fans were 6k RPM fans which were overkill, Batch 2 Fans are 5k RPM which allows them to be even quieter on ECO mode.

Hi Jstefanop, do you have ref/brand for batch 2 fan? is it possible to install it in batch 1? thanks