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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
jamesjam
on 23/04/2018, 15:46:16 UTC
THIS IS THE SUPPORT THREAD: Keep this thread on topic!

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BFGMINER 5.4.2 Instructions

I have built a native bfgminer driver binaries with support all major systems and architectures. Please follow the GitHub release link below, which has binaries for each system attached.

bfgminer download: https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/releases/tag/bfgminer-5.4.2-futurebit2-beta2

You will also need to install the latest version of Silicon Labs VPC drivers for Win/Mac OS link below. If you downloaded this driver below, make sure you update to the latest version, as the Moonlander 2 uses a new UART chip and the old driver will not work will with it.

UART VPC Driver: https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers

MAC OS 10.13 HIGH SIERRA USERS: Sililabs drivers will NOT work with the newest version of OS X, and you cannot run the stick with this version until Sililabs provides a driver update! EDIT: Workaround here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2420357.msg25153407#msg25153407

Once you have installed the drivers and extracted bfgminer binary for your system just plug in the miner to a USB port and double click on the Start_Moonlander2 file on your Mac/PC. The driver will auto-detect the board and start hashing at the default frequency (for linux you need to execute the .sh file in terminal with sudo command i.e. sudo start_moonlander2.sh).

Just edit that same file with a text editor to change pools, add bfgminer options, and change frequency. You can also use the -c flag and load it with your own config file.

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Hello Jstefanop,
I need to run my Moonlanders by a live 32bit Linux running on an old Pentium III based PC, yes, very old.
This old PC has not a HD, it boots from a memory stick. It is a live distribution but it is persistent so I can install software and it will be saved as it was with an HD.

CGminer for other ASICs (Gridseed) worked very well but here I see there is not a 32 bit BFGminer 5.4.2

How can I set it up?
Should I compile it from source files?