I'd like to try and run a single instance of cgminer for each stick and see how they do on their own. However, I'm not sure how to enter in the "--usb :1" command on a windows pc. I'm using a gekkoscience usb hub and I'm unclear if I need to account for the usb hub when entering in command just mentioned.
Could someone kindly post an example on how to correctly enter in this command?
You can append it as is into the command line.
There should be a single_test_mining.bat included in the unzipped directory, which has that particular option set, for use as a reference.
If you want to target a specific device, you can use "cgminer -n" to get the bus:device_no.
Check the README file for the --usb syntax.
If you want to target a specific gekkoscience miner you'll need to grab a more recent in-progress build:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053833.msg50023699#msg50023699