Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread

[n0nce]

They wont work on any other pool that expects you to put out the correct format %08x.
Without the zeros added, the shares are rejected since they don't hash to the correct diff.

When I get my Apollo, I would like to try with and without 08. It should be easy to insert 2 bytes in any disassembler..

[kano]

They wont work on any other pool that expects you to put out the correct format %08x.
Without the zeros added, the shares are rejected since they don't hash to the correct diff.

When I get my Apollo, I would like to try with and without 08. It should be easy to insert 2 bytes in any disassembler..

I simply had someone on my pool ask about it when they chose to turn it on.
I noticed a lot of errors on my pool console, (quickly) identified what the problem was, added a change to my pool, and thus it works fine now.
Yes the shares have version values, but any with a smaller value (below 10000000 hex) are missing the leading zeros.
The rest are ok.
When you are submitting shares that 'can' be valid, and the pool is rejecting them (even if they are blocks) due to the mining software ignoring what stratum expects, it's never a good thing.

[OgNasty]

They wont work on any other pool that expects you to put out the correct format %08x.
Without the zeros added, the shares are rejected since they don't hash to the correct diff.

When I get my Apollo, I would like to try with and without 08. It should be easy to insert 2 bytes in any disassembler..

I simply had someone on my pool ask about it when they chose to turn it on.
I noticed a lot of errors on my pool console, (quickly) identified what the problem was, added a change to my pool, and thus it works fine now.
Yes the shares have version values, but any with a smaller value (below 10000000 hex) are missing the leading zeros.
The rest are ok.
When you are submitting shares that 'can' be valid, and the pool is rejecting them (even if they are blocks) due to the mining software ignoring what stratum expects, it's never a good thing.

It does seem if the fix is as easy as claimed and there is no harm to having it done that way, we should at least have the option of some sort of temporary band-aid experimental software we can download to activate asicboost on our Apollos.  As stated, it shouldn't be too difficult.  Even if the download link was only posted on this thread.  As long as it came from the official site I think people would feel comfortable trying it out and it could only be a good thing for customers which is a good thing for FutureBit right?

[DoofyWops]

Does anyone have problems where a USB attached mouse just fails to work after awhile? Sometimes I'll come back to the Apollo after it's been running a few days, and while I can move the mouse, I can't actually click on anything. I have to unplug the USB mouse, plug it back in, and then I can interact with items on screen again.

[n0nce]

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I think people would feel comfortable trying it out and it could only be a good thing for customers which is a good thing for FutureBit right?

I had a random theory the other day; we shall remember that they don't use their own chips and it's not an open source project either, unlike most projects we're used to around here. We're used to getting concise clear answers on all of our questions, but when you're working with big companies and NDAs, stuff gets tricky. It's possible that e.g. they have a license for the chip, but not for 'the asicboost', or something like that. Or maybe they got a spec of the chip (under NDA) that doesn't include everything (like asicboost information / how to use or activate it).
Just a theory
But it seems to me that we don't achieve anything by pressing further on this. Who knows; maybe the community will release a patch that adds the two bytes which change the string output format.. We shall see

[Glpragma]

Hi everyone. On October 5th I sent an email to Futurebit support asking when new Apollo BTC firmware releases would be released, including being able to insert more than one pool and have the ability to solo mininig on the Apollo node. I was told that new features would come out but since then I have seen everything stopped. I sent another email on December 1st but they didn't answer me. I see everything very still, do any of you know something? Thank you

[Jonnyc360]

Hi.  I had been connected by ethernet.  I went to connect to wifi.  The wifi password kept coming back as invalid (although I know 100# it was entered correctly). Now I am unable to connect to the dashboard any more.  I al also no longer connected to the pool.  When I try to connect to the IP address of the miner, I receive a message that I am unable to connect.  I powered the miner down, the ethernet cable is still connected, but no luck logging back on.  Any suggestions?

[jstefanop]

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I think people would feel comfortable trying it out and it could only be a good thing for customers which is a good thing for FutureBit right?

I had a random theory the other day; we shall remember that they don't use their own chips and it's not an open source project either, unlike most projects we're used to around here. We're used to getting concise clear answers on all of our questions, but when you're working with big companies and NDAs, stuff gets tricky. It's possible that e.g. they have a license for the chip, but not for 'the asicboost', or something like that. Or maybe they got a spec of the chip (under NDA) that doesn't include everything (like asicboost information / how to use or activate it).
Just a theory
But it seems to me that we don't achieve anything by pressing further on this. Who knows; maybe the community will release a patch that adds the two bytes which change the string output format.. We shall see

Lol nice theory, unfortunately its not true. If these chips had asicboost capable cores I would have enabled that myself even if we didn't have a "license" for it. For those that have followed me since the early days you know I started futurebit because I was able to substantially increase the hashrate and efficiency of old scrypt chips since the manufacturers themselves had no idea on how to properly implement what the ASIC was capable of.

Im definitely not one to leave any extra performance on the table for you guys. FYI we have full access to the source code and are pretty involved in ASIC development in all the products we build.

Hi everyone. On October 5th I sent an email to Futurebit support asking when new Apollo BTC firmware releases would be released, including being able to insert more than one pool and have the ability to solo mininig on the Apollo node. I was told that new features would come out but since then I have seen everything stopped. I sent another email on December 1st but they didn't answer me. I see everything very still, do any of you know something? Thank you

Updated miners for the basic units has already been released, we are in final testing for the update to the Full Package system...check your dashboards in the coming days for that yellow update button.

Hi.  I had been connected by ethernet.  I went to connect to wifi.  The wifi password kept coming back as invalid (although I know 100# it was entered correctly). Now I am unable to connect to the dashboard any more.  I al also no longer connected to the pool.  When I try to connect to the IP address of the miner, I receive a message that I am unable to connect.  I powered the miner down, the ethernet cable is still connected, but no luck logging back on.  Any suggestions?

Could be that the wifi actually connected, try removing the ethernet cable and see if you see a new IP address (after reboot). You can also connect to it via a monitor and keyboard/mouse so you can easily see what's going on with its network connection.

[dwood443]

Hi.  I had been connected by ethernet.  I went to connect to wifi.  The wifi password kept coming back as invalid (although I know 100# it was entered correctly). Now I am unable to connect to the dashboard any more.  I al also no longer connected to the pool.  When I try to connect to the IP address of the miner, I receive a message that I am unable to connect.  I powered the miner down, the ethernet cable is still connected, but no luck logging back on.  Any suggestions?

check your router. if you did not reserve the IP address the miner probably got a new IP address

[gt_addict]

update to the Full Package system...check your dashboards in the coming days for that yellow update button.

Well it seems I have an update button appear already. Now to press it or not to press it......What is the update for? What has it added/fixed?

[jstefanop]

v0.3.2 Release

Next version of the Apollo Web UI has been pushed to all Apollo users (you should see a yellow update button on the upper right screen, or refresh the page if you don't). This is a significant stability and bug fix update and also includes the latest miner binaries with many fixes, and latest Bitcoin Core v22 release for your node. Its recommend that every Apollo user upgrade to this version, we have resolved most remaining issues and has been rock stable in our tests (check out our 19 day uptime below!).


Release Notes:

• Updated Miner Software to latest
• Updated Bitcoin Core to latest
• Added NVME SSD format option in settings (only use if your formatting a newly installed SSD, or if your Node will not start up/drive is corrupted)
• Added Bitcoin Core version number in Node section
• Added swap service directly to API for dynamic ram requirements for upcoming native BTC apps
• Fixed issue that would cause connected standard units to not restart mining after internet outage
• Fixed issue that would cause dashboard to not display stats if system timezone is changed
• Many other stability and big fixes

The update will take 5-15 minutes so please do not refresh your web UI or restart/shutdown the Apollo until the web dashboard has refreshed. The miner should automatically start and dashboard refresh to latest version after update is complete. If you are having issues with the update or not seeing changes, rebooting your Apollo and closing your Web UI window and starting a new one (if you are accessing remotely) should resolve most issues.

[kano]

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FYI we have full access to the source code and are pretty involved in ASIC development in all the products we build.
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Yet just making that tiny software change to fix a code bug seems impossible ...

FYI you have no involvement in the ASIC development of this miner.
I speak from experience having paid bitfury over $100k for bitfury bitcoin asic chips ...
You get a dev pack and the chips, they don't care what you think they should do with their ASIC development.

[jstefanop]

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FYI we have full access to the source code and are pretty involved in ASIC development in all the products we build.
...

Yet just making that tiny software change to fix a code bug seems impossible ...

FYI you have no involvement in the ASIC development of this miner.
I speak from experience having paid bitfury over $100k for bitfury bitcoin asic chips ...
You get a dev pack and the chips, they don't care what you think they should do with their ASIC development.

Yes you have made it quite clear in this thread your experience is the only one that matters or exists 😂

[kano]

...
FYI we have full access to the source code and are pretty involved in ASIC development in all the products we build.
...

Yet just making that tiny software change to fix a code bug seems impossible ...

FYI you have no involvement in the ASIC development of this miner.
I speak from experience having paid bitfury over $100k for bitfury bitcoin asic chips ...
You get a dev pack and the chips, they don't care what you think they should do with their ASIC development.

Yes you have made it quite clear in this thread your experience is the only one that matters or exists 😂

Well when you make such a ridiculous comment about being involved in Bitfury's ASIC development ...

[heslo]

Update worked flawlessly!

[Tempestblack]

The update went thru without any issue...Miner and node working perfectly...Thank you once again to Jstefnop and crew for the awesome job...and yes looking forward to my two new miners soon to come...woohoo exited

[amanz360]

Thanks for the update! Finally all 3 of my units are hashing together now lol, will post an update in a few days if any stability issues arise after the update

[Glpragma]

Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
 When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.

[jstefanop]

Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
 When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.

Priority in the coming months will be getting the App ecosystem up an running (block explorers, lightning, etc). There are already good solo pools you can direct your miner too for solo mining, but will continue work on it next year.

[heslo]

Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
 When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.

Priority in the coming months will be getting the App ecosystem up an running (block explorers, lightning, etc). There are already good solo pools you can direct your miner too for solo mining, but will continue work on it next year.

This is what I want to hear!

Any rough ETA for this?