Support Thread for GekkoScience Compac Stickminer

Big shoutout to everyone who helped out with this project. Couldn't have done it without your support, whether it was reviews, discussions, or just buying the product. Special thanks to TheRealSteve for that amazing design and to Luke-Jr for his contributions.

Nice work, novak! Really impressive stuff.

So excited! Can't wait for mine to get here.

Same here! Counting down the days until I can try mine.

I’m setting one of my sticks up with bfgminer today.

I wanna do the same! Got it running great with cgminer now, but bfgminer sounds fun to try.

Just a heads up, those sample sticks aren’t compatible with BFG or cgminer-gekko yet. The new software uses unique strings for IDing. The Icarus driver doesn't handle that, so it identifies as a U3 on stock cgminer, which is the closest it recognizes.

Thanks for clarifying! Saved me a lot of time.

Phil, can you run Linux? If you can, I might have a version of the software ready that initializes the ramp without checking the serial number. Let me know if you want me to share it.

My skills in software aren’t great. But I’m ready for the new sticks to arrive.

Totally cool! Just wasn’t sure if you had a Raspberry Pi or something to work with. If you need help with cgminer, reach out. You’ll need zadig on Windows too.

Thanks sidehack and novak! The packaging was solid.

Should work fine! Just make sure to set the right COM port when you start it.

Loving the all-green look of it! Super clean from the PCB to the heatsink.

No problem! Hoping it sparks some interest from others.

Okay, I have no idea how to set up a USB stick. Can someone give me dumbed down directions? Like, I’ve only used plug-and-play miners before. I run Ubuntu with Putty for monitoring.

If you’re on Linux, you’ll need either bfgminer or cgminer. You'll probably have to compile them, but it’s not too hard. Just follow a few commands.

Thanks, Novak! Gonna try loading cgminer-gekko on my Pi after work.

I’m prepping my software too even though my sticks aren’t in yet. Running into issues with Minera on my Pi, though. The bfgminer version with it is too old. I need at least 5.3.0, but my builds keep failing.

Good luck with that! Hope you get everything sorted before the sticks arrive.