Official FutureBit Apollo II/BTC Software/Image and Support thread

[bubbAJoe]

My solo mining Apollo II Node Miner hit a new all time high best share last night. Apollo II miner and one Avalon Q providing the hash... Best Share of 1,370,268,382,471.  Avg. Hash around 61.1 TH/s.

43B is the best I've registered from my Apollo II in 5 months of running.

[PakoTor]

Anyone has a good way to remotely monitor solo mining when they're not home?
The local IP is something like 10.0.0.xxx:3333.
Port forwarding?
Thanks

[vpaulm]

How do I tell what version of the Apollo 2 OS I'm running?  Nothing on the web interface shows anything like 2.06

[SysIO]

How do I tell what version of the Apollo 2 OS I'm running?  Nothing on the web interface shows anything like 2.06

Press power button on the right of the screen it appear at bottom of the window 

[vpaulm]

How do I tell what version of the Apollo 2 OS I'm running?  Nothing on the web interface shows anything like 2.06

Press power button on the right of the screen it appear at bottom of the window 

Thanks a lot.

[bubbAJoe]

Does the Apollo II give a "block found" message on the dashboard if it or any miner on the node finds a block?

[Block888737]

Does the Apollo II give a "block found" message on the dashboard if it or any miner on the node finds a block?

Not currently, but a "block found" message has been added to the soon-to-be-released update.

[Opazzno]

Dear all, can I use the Futurebit Apollo 2 simply as a BTC node without running the built-in miner? If so, can I simply disable the miner in the settings, and the node will still work, and my network devices will be able to connect and operate?

[AG0RA]

can I use the Futurebit Apollo 2 simply as a BTC node without running the built-in miner?

Yes

can I simply disable the miner in the settings, and the node will still work, and my network devices will be able to connect and operate?

Yes

[Opazzno]

How do I properly copy a full BTC node to a new NVMe? I want to copy the BTC database for storage. I have a USB NVMe. How do I set this up correctly? Thanks.

[MakerAZ]

Anyone has a good way to remotely monitor solo mining when they're not home?
The local IP is something like 10.0.0.xxx:3333.
Port forwarding?
Thanks

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[MakerAZ]

I am running my Apollo 2 Full Node BTC Miner in a cool place at Turbo mode. Miner temperature is 75 Degreec C on average and fan is between 4500 and 5000 RPM (~80%). I anticipate quicker wear and tear. What spare parts would you recommend me to order beforehand and have on stand-by?

[jstefanop]

How do I properly copy a full BTC node to a new NVMe? I want to copy the BTC database for storage. I have a USB NVMe. How do I set this up correctly? Thanks.

Are you trying to run the node off the USB NVMe? If so I wouldn't recommend as USB is very slow.

If you want to copy the bitcoin folder from USB to internal nvme, just load the OS through a monitor, plug in your USB drive and you should see it pop up in the file manager, then just drag the bitcoin folder from your USB drive into the system NVMe at /media/nvme/

You might need to stop the node first and delete the Bitcoin folder that is already in there, just make sure the bitcoin folder you copy in there has a capital B (ie /media/nvme/Bitcoin)

[eagleye]

I've got a USB to nvme.  First, stop the miner and the node.  They can't be running when you copy.   Open the apollo nvme drive first and look at the bitcoin folder so it's on the screen.  check the dates on those files as current.

Now, insert your USB with new Nvme memory card.   You will see a new drive folder appear It looks identical to the internal drive so can get confusing.  Later this can get mixed up.  Open it up and then you can copy be sure you know which is the internal folder and which is your usb backup folder so you don't overwrite the wrong drive. 
Once you copy the folder it takes about an hour to copy the whole folder.  Use the system monitor to see the files copying to the drive to see when activity stops.  Unplug the usb and restart the miner and node.   the NVME drives have lights on them that tell you when theres write activity.  If you can see it to tell if its working or stopped. 

I make a backup of the node so if any future crash happens I don't have to start fresh.  speed is 100 to 200 MB/sec.
Once you have two drives with duplicate data, only the date will determine the difference and maybe file size.