Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread

[MoparMiningLLC]

I love my 2 apollos - might get more once I have more deskspace lol - I have 5 miners on it currently - 2 apollos - 2 r606's and 1 hs1 plus

[tjohann]

@jstefanop

My Apollo was shutting down on its own and on visual inspection I found this capacitor(?) hanging on by a thread, just touching it took it off the rest of the way with a sad crunch. :/

Any ideas on what happened or how I can try and get it fixed?

https://ibb.co/JHCVKKw

Update: I opened the case to take a look and it is identified as slot C268 on the board. Idk if you are offering repairs on these, if I can get the specs or a link to purchase a replacement I can try and solder a new part back in.

[dazainan]

Is it port 9333 for internal and external?  TCP?

[Fenboy]

I would like to remote access my 2x Apollo’s. What ports do I need to forward?

Thanks

Can anyone help with this. 

I have forwarded port 80 but get stuck on the setup page, even though the Apollo is working (for months)

Have updated to the latest image and fowarded Ports 80 and 5000 to the Apollo but still no joy logging in remotely (iPhone). It asks for Password but then never loads.

Can anyone help?

I am still not able to login remotely - any advice?

[2FastMiner]

I noticed in the right sidebar under operating system, it lists Ubuntu.  Is it possible to run the Apollo firmware on a PC either directly or by emulation?  Maybe my PC could hash faster than the Apollo?

[VictorGT]

Maybe my PC could hash faster than the Apollo?

Sure not. Scrypt mininig is ASIC.

[jstefanop]

I noticed in the right sidebar under operating system, it lists Ubuntu.  Is it possible to run the Apollo firmware on a PC either directly or by emulation?  Maybe my PC could hash faster than the Apollo?

No, the hashing hardware is on the PCB itself, not on the controller. It would run at the same rate and dont need more power than a small micro controller to control the hashboard (it would run on the same rate on an arduino or your gaming PC). The only thing that would run faster on your PC is the full node, but then you would need to run your PC 24/7, which would probably consume more power than the whole Apollo while mining AND running a full node, so defeats the purpose.

[tjohann]

@jstefanop

My Apollo was shutting down on its own and on visual inspection I found this capacitor(?) hanging on by a thread, just touching it took it off the rest of the way with a sad crunch. :/

Any ideas on what happened or how I can try and get it fixed?

https://ibb.co/JHCVKKw

Update: I opened the case to take a look and it is identified as slot C268 on the board. Idk if you are offering repairs on these, if I can get the specs or a link to purchase a replacement I can try and solder a new part back in.

Bump

[jstefanop]

@jstefanop

My Apollo was shutting down on its own and on visual inspection I found this capacitor(?) hanging on by a thread, just touching it took it off the rest of the way with a sad crunch. :/

Any ideas on what happened or how I can try and get it fixed?



Update: I opened the case to take a look and it is identified as slot C268 on the board. Idk if you are offering repairs on these, if I can get the specs or a link to purchase a replacement I can try and solder a new part back in.

Bump

Woh never seen that happen. Thats an aluminum cap that looks like it was defective. Shoot me a DM well take care of it.

[tjohann]

@jstefanop

My Apollo was shutting down on its own and on visual inspection I found this capacitor(?) hanging on by a thread, just touching it took it off the rest of the way with a sad crunch. :/

Any ideas on what happened or how I can try and get it fixed?

https://ibb.co/JHCVKKw

Update: I opened the case to take a look and it is identified as slot C268 on the board. Idk if you are offering repairs on these, if I can get the specs or a link to purchase a replacement I can try and solder a new part back in.

Bump

Woh never seen that happen. Thats an aluminum cap that looks like it was defective. Shoot me a DM well take care of it.

It is 2020, another capacitor plague would not surprise anyone in the slightest.

[BitKing3000]

Litecoin mining wont be profitable until the price per LTC reaches $200 usd each. I wouldnt expect to make a profit anytime in the next 5 years.

[miner29]

@jstefanop

My Apollo was shutting down on its own and on visual inspection I found this capacitor(?) hanging on by a thread, just touching it took it off the rest of the way with a sad crunch. :/

Any ideas on what happened or how I can try and get it fixed?



Update: I opened the case to take a look and it is identified as slot C268 on the board. Idk if you are offering repairs on these, if I can get the specs or a link to purchase a replacement I can try and solder a new part back in.

Bump

Woh never seen that happen. Thats an aluminum cap that looks like it was defective. Shoot me a DM well take care of it.

It is 2020, another capacitor plague would not surprise anyone in the slightest.

If you look at the picture the lower right power plug is discolored from either arcing or from thermal stress.  This may be the issue with the cap losing it.   

[kinther]

Hey all,

I just bought a Futurebit Apollo (< 1 week ago) and had it running fine connected via ethernet.  My wife complained it was "too loud" where it was... so I logged in, powered it down, flipped the PSU I/O button to off, and started moving it to another room.  Powering it back on, it connected to the wifi no problem but would not start.  The LED on the front is a solid RED.  I can SSH/HTTP to the device without issue.  It does respond and is online.

After digging through the /var/log/syslog entries it looks like it is receiving the "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1" message which seems to have only been posted here once before.  I validated that yes, my pool information had not changed, but tried to delete/re-enter it just for testing.  No go.  The miner refuses to start. 

The beginning of this thread indicates a RED LED on the miner could be a hardware fault, or something to do with a power supply not providing the proper voltages? I noticed the PSU had an LED indicator as well that remains dark even though it provides power enough to boot the system.

Am I completely fucked at this point or do I need a new power supply?

[MoparMiningLLC]

Hey all,

I just bought a Futurebit Apollo (< 1 week ago) and had it running fine connected via ethernet.  My wife complained it was "too loud" where it was... so I logged in, powered it down, flipped the PSU I/O button to off, and started moving it to another room.  Powering it back on, it connected to the wifi no problem but would not start.  The LED on the front is a solid RED.  I can SSH/HTTP to the device without issue.  It does respond and is online.

After digging through the /var/log/syslog entries it looks like it is receiving the "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1" message which seems to have only been posted here once before.  I validated that yes, my pool information had not changed, but tried to delete/re-enter it just for testing.  No go.  The miner refuses to start. 

The beginning of this thread indicates a RED LED on the miner could be a hardware fault, or something to do with a power supply not providing the proper voltages? I noticed the PSU had an LED indicator as well that remains dark even though it provides power enough to boot the system.

Am I completely fucked at this point or do I need a new power supply?

Out of curiosity - move it back to where you had it originally and see if it works - if so, then miner is fine and its the wifi most likely that is keeping it from mining.

[kinther]

Hey all,

I just bought a Futurebit Apollo (< 1 week ago) and had it running fine connected via ethernet.  My wife complained it was "too loud" where it was... so I logged in, powered it down, flipped the PSU I/O button to off, and started moving it to another room.  Powering it back on, it connected to the wifi no problem but would not start.  The LED on the front is a solid RED.  I can SSH/HTTP to the device without issue.  It does respond and is online.

After digging through the /var/log/syslog entries it looks like it is receiving the "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1" message which seems to have only been posted here once before.  I validated that yes, my pool information had not changed, but tried to delete/re-enter it just for testing.  No go.  The miner refuses to start. 

The beginning of this thread indicates a RED LED on the miner could be a hardware fault, or something to do with a power supply not providing the proper voltages? I noticed the PSU had an LED indicator as well that remains dark even though it provides power enough to boot the system.

Am I completely fucked at this point or do I need a new power supply?

Out of curiosity - move it back to where you had it originally and see if it works - if so, then miner is fine and its the wifi most likely that is keeping it from mining.

I should have mentioned - I did try this.  Same power port on my surge protector, same ethernet cable used before.  Same red LED on the miner and no LED on the PSU.

[MoparMiningLLC]

Hey all,

I just bought a Futurebit Apollo (< 1 week ago) and had it running fine connected via ethernet.  My wife complained it was "too loud" where it was... so I logged in, powered it down, flipped the PSU I/O button to off, and started moving it to another room.  Powering it back on, it connected to the wifi no problem but would not start.  The LED on the front is a solid RED.  I can SSH/HTTP to the device without issue.  It does respond and is online.

After digging through the /var/log/syslog entries it looks like it is receiving the "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1" message which seems to have only been posted here once before.  I validated that yes, my pool information had not changed, but tried to delete/re-enter it just for testing.  No go.  The miner refuses to start. 

The beginning of this thread indicates a RED LED on the miner could be a hardware fault, or something to do with a power supply not providing the proper voltages? I noticed the PSU had an LED indicator as well that remains dark even though it provides power enough to boot the system.

Am I completely fucked at this point or do I need a new power supply?

Out of curiosity - move it back to where you had it originally and see if it works - if so, then miner is fine and its the wifi most likely that is keeping it from mining.

I should have mentioned - I did try this.  Same power port on my surge protector, same ethernet cable used before.  Same red LED on the miner and no LED on the PSU.

maybe corrupt sd card - were you running the node version? and if so, did you go into the gui and shut down the node prior to powering it off?

[kinther]

Hey all,

I just bought a Futurebit Apollo (< 1 week ago) and had it running fine connected via ethernet.  My wife complained it was "too loud" where it was... so I logged in, powered it down, flipped the PSU I/O button to off, and started moving it to another room.  Powering it back on, it connected to the wifi no problem but would not start.  The LED on the front is a solid RED.  I can SSH/HTTP to the device without issue.  It does respond and is online.

After digging through the /var/log/syslog entries it looks like it is receiving the "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1" message which seems to have only been posted here once before.  I validated that yes, my pool information had not changed, but tried to delete/re-enter it just for testing.  No go.  The miner refuses to start. 

The beginning of this thread indicates a RED LED on the miner could be a hardware fault, or something to do with a power supply not providing the proper voltages? I noticed the PSU had an LED indicator as well that remains dark even though it provides power enough to boot the system.

Am I completely fucked at this point or do I need a new power supply?

Out of curiosity - move it back to where you had it originally and see if it works - if so, then miner is fine and its the wifi most likely that is keeping it from mining.

I should have mentioned - I did try this.  Same power port on my surge protector, same ethernet cable used before.  Same red LED on the miner and no LED on the PSU.

maybe corrupt sd card - were you running the node version? and if so, did you go into the gui and shut down the node prior to powering it off?

While I did buy the Full Package, I didn't opt for the Full Node as I thought I could just buy a flash drive off of Newegg later.  So I was not running the Node option.  I'm not sure how the MicroSD card could become corrupt moving it from room to room, but at this point I'll try anything to get it to work again.  Will report back once I dd my card with the latest version of Apollo OS and try again...

[kinther]

Excellent, that fixed it! To fix, I had to do the following to get rid of the RED LED and ECONNREFUSED message:

1. Download new Apollo OS image (check first page in this thread for link to MEGA download)
2. Unzip .img file from the download
3. Used RaspberryPi Imager (I had it handy, works great for imaging MicroSD cards) to point to the .img file and my MicroSD card inserted in a USB to SD card adapter
4. Inserted MicroSD card back into Apollo miner
5. Configured my laptop to act as a DHCP server for the miner, verified it had an IP address, and logged in
6. Did first startup stuff like enter pool info and browser password
7. Set up wifi on miner
8. Logged in to miner via SSH and issued 'sudo ifdown eth0' to turn off ethernet
9. Restarted mining process
10. Mining!

Thanks for the help figuring this out.  Super happy that it was something simple and hopefully this will help someone else in the future.

[MoparMiningLLC]

just glad to see you up and running!

[stephan3000]

Hi, i have problems starting my node, it is stucked on "Node is offline". I can restart, wait as long as i want, and nothing happens. Is there an alternative way, to check that everything is fine. (The node used to tun fine, i come back from vacations and it is stucked and i cannot re-start it.)