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Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
by
Zaphodsghost
on 09/07/2021, 18:23:32 UTC
Thanks for the great Poduct, these have exceeded all of my expectations!


I have a couple questions, that although they have been mentioned on here, no definitive answers were given.

How many Slave/USB ASICS can the main unit control? 

Right now I have 2 Full node/controls units with SBC and 6 Slave/USB ASICS. 

Can I remove or disable the SBC to use the second contoller as a slave/USB ASIC?  Possibly just plug into the ASIC USB port?

The second question will be a tricky one.. 

I am upgrading power supplies on all ASICs and I want to maximize the hashrate but definitely don't want to blow them up.  SOO, each ASIC will have 375w available, I want to maximize Hashrate without killing the hardware.  FYI I am using HP Titanium(up to 96% effiecient) server power supplies w/PCIe breakout boards.

In the Custom Miner mode can I put the power all the way to max as I have 375w availbale to each unit?

 I guess Frequency will be a try and see..  Inch it up until things start acting odd?

Last thing I want to do is melt the  hardware down, but I want to utilize the extra wattage in the most efficeint way possible.

Third thing, I have a linux box(Mint Mate) running full nodes for Digibyte, Decred, and soon Unibright.  Would I be better served using that as my controller for the Futurebit ASICs?

Thanks again for an amazing product!!

$DGB