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Re: FutureBit Moonlander 2 USB Hubs Thread
by
aballen
on 22/06/2018, 22:29:47 UTC
I've been running the sipolar a-400 for months.  4 moonlander 2, @ 832 clock speed.

No issues (yet)
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Re: moonlander 2 for sale(4x)
by
aballen
on 11/05/2018, 18:31:02 UTC
LTC is dropping, but my price is staying the same, still asking 2LTC for this package.

4x moonlanders, good ones too, shipping included, anywhere in the CONUS.

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moonlander 2 for sale(4x)
by
aballen
on 10/05/2018, 22:27:21 UTC
Hey all.  I'm looking to sell my 4 Moonlander 2s.  I hope I'm posting in the right spot.

2LTC for 4 units shipped.  CONUS only, so I can provide tracking and delivery information.

All four are solid, replaced a noisy fan on one of them.

bfgminer output shows running solid @4.7Mhz with an error rate of less than .5%.  Using no external fans.

bfgminer version 5.4.2-38-g106390a - Started: [2018-04-22 19:45:21] - [ 13 days 15:04:34]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options                                                  [H]elp [Q]uit
 Pool 0: us.litecoinpool.or  Diff:3m  +Strtm  LU:[10:49:48]  User:xxx.xxxx
 Block: ...f686db88dbe59f0c  Diff:9M (64.43T)  Started: [10:48:44]  I: 1.37uBTC/hr
 ST:6  F:2  NB:8159  AS:0  BW:[101/133 B/s]  E:0.04  BS:14.7k
 4            | 18.85/19.03/18.85Mh/s | A:1323702 R:1253+256(.11%) HW:62902/.59%
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 MLD 0:       |  4.64/ 4.73/ 4.72Mh/s | A: 331312 R: 335+ 62(.12%) HW:11964/.45%
 MLD 1:       |  4.71/ 4.76/ 4.72Mh/s | A: 331132 R: 293+ 63(.11%) HW:14903/.56%
 MLD 2:       |  4.82/ 4.76/ 4.71Mh/s | A: 330945 R: 303+ 55(.11%) HW:16152/.61%
 MLD 3:       |  4.67/ 4.78/ 4.71Mh/s | A: 330326 R: 322+ 76(.12%) HW:19884/.75%
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PM me if interested
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moonlander 2 for sale(4x)
by
aballen
on 06/05/2018, 14:54:06 UTC
Hey all.  I'm looking to sell my 4 Moonlander 2s.  I hope I'm posting in the right spot.

2LTC for 4 units shipped.  CONUS only, so I can provide tracking and delivery information.

All four are solid, replaced a noisy fan on one of them.

bfgminer output shows running solid @4.7Mhz with an error rate of less than .5%.  Using no external fans.

bfgminer version 5.4.2-38-g106390a - Started: [2018-04-22 19:45:21] - [ 13 days 15:04:34]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [ S]ettings [D]isplay options                                                  [H]elp [Q]uit
 Pool 0: us.litecoinpool.or  Diff:3m  +Strtm  LU:[10:49:48]  User:xxx.xxxx
 Block: ...f686db88dbe59f0c  Diff:9M (64.43T)  Started: [10:48:44]  I: 1.37uBTC/hr
 ST:6  F:2  NB:8159  AS:0  BW:[101/133 B/s]  E:0.04  BS:14.7k
 4            | 18.85/19.03/18.85Mh/s | A:1323702 R:1253+256(.11%) HW:62902/.59%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MLD 0:       |  4.64/ 4.73/ 4.72Mh/s | A: 331312 R: 335+ 62(.12%) HW:11964/.45%
 MLD 1:       |  4.71/ 4.76/ 4.72Mh/s | A: 331132 R: 293+ 63(.11%) HW:14903/.56%
 MLD 2:       |  4.82/ 4.76/ 4.71Mh/s | A: 330945 R: 303+ 55(.11%) HW:16152/.61%
 MLD 3:       |  4.67/ 4.78/ 4.71Mh/s | A: 330326 R: 322+ 76(.12%) HW:19884/.75%
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PM me if interested
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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 16/03/2018, 00:24:11 UTC
ok, I think I found it here, sharing for anyone else who may be looking for one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MXL2HLY/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_1_w



I thought this was a 25mmx25mmx10mm fan?  GDSTIME?

I have a noisy one, and it recently got REALLY LOUD.

Does anyone know where to get a replacement fan?


http://lmgtfy.com/?q=20x20+mm+5v+fan
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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 16/03/2018, 00:15:43 UTC
I thought this was a 25mmx25mmx10mm fan?  GDSTIME?



I have a noisy one, and it recently got REALLY LOUD.

Does anyone know where to get a replacement fan?


http://lmgtfy.com/?q=20x20+mm+5v+fan
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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 14/03/2018, 19:47:32 UTC
I have a noisy one, and it recently got REALLY LOUD.

Does anyone know where to get a replacement fan?
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Re: [BOUNTY][TOKEN SALE] ⚡ ELECTRONEUM ⚡ MOBILE CRYPTO WITH APP MINER. LIVE SEP 14TH
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aballen
on 17/02/2018, 21:09:51 UTC
How do you "apply" for this bounty?

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Re: [GUIDE][AMD][NVIDIA][CPU,GPU][ETN]How to Mine ⚡️Electroneum + Miners Downloads⛏
by
aballen
on 17/02/2018, 17:55:06 UTC
anyone notice the "official" pools are all down?

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Re: FutureBit Moonlander 2 USB Hubs Thread
by
aballen
on 17/02/2018, 16:12:50 UTC
hey guys, just wanted to mention this one again.  I'm suprised it is not getting more attention.  The sipolar a-400

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Port-USB-HUB-Charger-Sipolar-A-400-Standard-20V-6A-Power-adapter/32513481750.html

I think it can handle 8-10 ML2s according to specs, depending on your overclock.  Due to the dimensions though, you really max out at 6 moonlanders, with rock solid power @ just about any overclock. 

If you want to use all 10 slots, you would have to remove the fans at a minumumm, then you need externals fans, and well, I think you would just be better off buying another hub.

I ordered from aliexpress, and got it in a week.

Been mining on my raspberry pi for over mild oc (4.7mh per stick) three weeks without a single issue.  This one is solid, and the price is right.




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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 14/02/2018, 19:57:56 UTC
did the ML2 pull request make it into bfgminer 5.5.0?

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Re: Who likes pod miners?
by
aballen
on 12/02/2018, 18:55:14 UTC
I got a fast response. Cheesy

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Re: [ANN] FutureBit Moonlander 2: The Most Powerful and Efficient USB Stick Miner!
by
aballen
on 03/02/2018, 14:59:25 UTC
Even lag may not be your ISP.  It could be crappy wireless, too much distance from router to client.  Too many networks in your area.  Maybe just a crap router, from your provider with too many connections, etc.

If you really think it is your network, check your router for throughput(admin pages), run speed tests(like dslreports.com)... if you have a 1GB line like me, and you are only seeing 200mb of live traffic then you should not have bandwidth problems, unless you are being throttled by your provider.... then yeah, you need to talk to them.

or experiment by turning down your litecoin and bitcoin nodes, then spin up your moonlanders... don't want to get into an argument, but I don't see why anyone would want to run a full node all the time, especially for BTC, the bandwidth usage is too much imho(and I have fiber running right into my house).  If you have to choose between 20 moonlanders that could make you $$ and a BTC full node that is just running for altruistic reasons.. well.  You know, make a choice.

Anyway, not even sure this is a moonlander discussion at this point.  Good luck though.


hard to say without knowing your setup.  What makes you think you have a network problem?  I have not seen any analysis that points to a network problem, or any analysis at all for that matter.

Oh I see. So, BFGMiner includes it's own Stratum Proxy server?  Maybe the issue is my ISP?

I’m also running a full Bitcoin node and a full Litecoin node....that might be the issue.
 At least that’s what my 13 y.o. Says....he’s sick of all the lag..
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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 03/02/2018, 14:23:20 UTC
Really interesting.  I have 4 in my office with the window cracked, super cold in there.  With the core voltage a .819 I'm able to run them stable at 832.  <.5% errors.  I have not touched the memory voltage.

Increasing the speed certainly ups the error rate.  Is anything under <2% really optimal?  I want to see it at close to 0 as possible, maybe that is silly, I feel satisfied at<.5%.  I start to worry over 1%.

My tinkering has been minimal, but as an example if I go to a speed of 852 error rate is ~1.2%, and increasing voltage does not seem to help, maybe it just creates more heat, or my increase is too much?

Not trying to be greedy, 4.7mhz is pretty good, but I was hoping to get to 5mhz, so I'm curious how you guys nudged your speeds up.

What are your voltages?


Up to 8 of these now which is probably as far as I will go. All are running happily at max speed and completely stable.
https://image.ibb.co/m1hiM6/moonlanders.jpg

Impressive....are you running at max frequency?  Do you have core voltage maxed out as well?

No way he's running max clocks AND maxed voltage...regulator would definitely blow up or shut down due to over-current protection. Definitely don't recommend running these at max clock, but running one of these at max clock this stable is impressive...8 all one the same hub...thats crazy!

Hey, @jstephanop, you made this awesome stuff! I am running 6 mlds at 924Hz (plus 5 at 824Mhz) all on the same hub, with the pots tweaked down as per your instructions, my HW rate is a little higher, at .9% and my hashrate it a bit lower, at 5.3Mhz/unit, instead of just over 5.4Mh/s as with @dem0nlord. Been running stable without restarts for weeks now. I got (borrowed) an IR temp meter, the 824Mhz MLDs I am running without stockfan and they are at ca 44degC, the 924Mhz I am running with stockfan, and they are about the same.
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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 02/02/2018, 20:42:46 UTC
wow man, we need details!!! 

Up to 8 of these now which is probably as far as I will go. All are running happily at max speed and completely stable.
https://image.ibb.co/m1hiM6/moonlanders.jpg

Impressive....are you running at max frequency?  Do you have core voltage maxed out as well?
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Re: [ANN] FutureBit Moonlander 2: The Most Powerful and Efficient USB Stick Miner!
by
aballen
on 31/01/2018, 12:36:11 UTC
hard to say without knowing your setup.  What makes you think you have a network problem?  I have not seen any analysis that points to a network problem, or any analysis at all for that matter.

Oh I see. So, BFGMiner includes it's own Stratum Proxy server?  Maybe the issue is my ISP?
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Re: [ANN] FutureBit Moonlander 2: The Most Powerful and Efficient USB Stick Miner!
by
aballen
on 31/01/2018, 01:59:48 UTC
All attached to one single pc?  if so, bfgminer already uses stratum.



Why use a stratum server?

How many moonlanders are you running?

Just 20 but they are flooding my local network.  I will add more soon so I was wondering what other folks are experiencing.  My research says having a local Stratum Poxy server to manage the miner traffic reduces load on the local network.  Additionally, i have had alot of network issues since I started mining.
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Re: [Batch 2 SOLD OUT] FutureBit Moonlander 2 Official Pre-order Thread
by
aballen
on 30/01/2018, 23:46:32 UTC
Is there going to be a pre-order 3?

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Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
by
aballen
on 30/01/2018, 23:44:50 UTC
Questions on difficulty

  • is 128 the best setting for ML2?  Would 256 get better performance, more hashes etc?
  • Does setting the difficulty mean it is fixed, or is that just a recommended start point?

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Re: [ANN] FutureBit Moonlander 2: The Most Powerful and Efficient USB Stick Miner!
by
aballen
on 30/01/2018, 16:09:24 UTC
Why use a stratum server?

How many moonlanders are you running?