Summary of Contents for Futurebit MOONLANDER 2 SCRYPT
- Page 1 MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 1 of 12 FUTUREBIT MOONLANDER 2 SCRYPT USB Stick Miner...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 2 of 12 Contents 1. The First Glance ..................3 2. Accessories & Connection ................ 3 3. Setup (Wndows/Mac OS) ..............4 4. -
Page 3: The First Glance
Page 3 of 12 1. The First Glance Manufactured in the USA by Futurebit. The fastest Scrypt USB stickmin- er available. The Moonlander 2 is over 4x the speed and over 5x the ef- ficiency of the original Moonlander 1. With its own integrated cooling so- lution, it includes a 25mm fan so need to come up with clumsy external fan solutions to keep these cool. -
Page 4: Setup (Wndows/Mac Os)
MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 4 of 12 3. Setup (Windows/Mac OS) Download bfgminer and Silicon Labs VPC drivers from the links below: Modified bfgminer from here: https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/releases/tag/bfgminer-5.4.2-futurebit2-beta2 Silicon Labs (CP210x) VPC drivers: https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers 1>... - Page 5 MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 5 of 12 4> Extract Bfgminer zip to your chosen directory. Located the Start_Moonlander2.bat file 5> Just edit that same file with a text editor to change pools, username, add bfgminer options, and change frequency.
- Page 6 MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 6 of 12 6> If everything is setup and running correctly you should see something similar to this: If you are new to mining, the most important stats on this screen are what is in between the dashed lines.
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Page 7: Setup (Linux)
MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 7 of 12 4. Setup (Linux/Raspberry Pi) 1> Install neccesary library files using the following code: sudo apt install libjansson-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev mkdir miner cd miner 2> Now you are in the new folder with the name “miner”. Download the precompiled (ready to run) bfgminer from jstefanop: wget https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/releases/download/bfgminer-5.4.2-futurebit2/ bfgminer_5.4.2-futurebit2_linux_armv6.tar.gz... -
Page 8: Basic Troubleshooting
MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 8 of 12 5. Basic Troubleshooting (Q&A) Q: My moonlander does not start up, or stops hashing after a while While its normal for the ASIC to stop working randomly after extended periods of time, you should have no issues running them for days. - Page 9 MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 9 of 12 Q: When I connect to my pool bfgminer disables it with the following error: Pool 0 misbehaving (coinbase check), disabling! Bfgminer by default operates with strict coinbase checks, which most mutlipools don’t adhere too, to dis- able this check simply add #skipcbcheck at the end of the pool URL like so: stratum+tcp://prohashing.com: 3333/#skipcbcheck Q: I am using windows and nothing happens when i click the start_moonlander.bat file...
- Page 10 Make sure you have place the stick horizontal and the USB end is facing LEFT (ie you can read FutureBit Moonlander normally on the board). To turn the voltage UP turn the pot CLOCKWISE, to turn it DOWN, COUN- TERCLOCKWISE.
- Page 11 MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 11 of 12 The sticks are shipped to you guys with the stock voltage settings of the pots (which is the flat end of the Pot pointing down). The Core voltage is at around .75v, which is good for up to around 800mhz stable, and ranges from ~.6 ->...
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Page 12: Acknowledgements
MOONLANDER 2 USB Stick Miner User Guide Last updated: 31/10/2018 Page 12 of 12 8. Acknowledgements This setup guide could not have been put together without the help and contribution of many people. Big thanks to the following people on bitcointalk.org forum: jstefanop Astrali...
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