BLatSD;556536 Wrote: > I'm starting to see a pattern in the way the alarm works. Mind you, > this may be something commonly known to long time SBR owners, but as a > newbie I've just discovered it (& as usual, it's not covered in the > skimpy manual). > > Rule of thumb: At the time you set the alarm parameters (especially the > alarm sound option), be sure your SBR is connected to the server that > will be "alive" when it's supposed to go off. > > For example, if I set up my alarm and choose a Sound Effect when the > SBR is connected to my PC's SBServer, then shut my PC (or server) down > when I go to bed, the alarm that's played will always be the default > "rock guitar" sound rather than my chosen sound effect. This is > because the alarm sound menu choices are actually "pointers" to the > choices, not the choices themselves. There's one set of pointers that > "lives" on your local SB Server, and there's one set that lives on > mysqueezebox.com. And, to make it confusing, they can look identical. > They both will list "Current Playlist", Favorites, Musical Sounds, > Natural Sounds, & Sound Effects. > > So if you've set your alarm sound when connected to SBServer, the SBR > alarm is going to look for the "pointer" to your favorite or sound on > the SBServer. And if your home SBServer is down, it won't find the > pointer, so it will therefore play the default alarm sound. > > So for me, since I shut down my SBServer at night, before I set up an > alarm, I make sure that I'm connected to myqueezebox.com first (since > it's always "alive" while on the other hand, my PC is not. - I added > the "switch to myqueezebox.com item to my home menu). It always plays > the right favorite/sound when I do this. > > I think I read somewhere (here?) that Favorites (& maybe presets too) > saved when connected to SBServer & Favorites/presets saved when > connected to mysqueezebox.com are supposed to "sync" up, but they don't > (or at least they never have for me). I had to create two identical > sets in order to access my favorites & preset buttons so that > regardless of which server I was currently connected to, they would > play.
Thats the point with a bug fix in 7.5.1 it is supposed to wake your local server 5 minutes before the alarm, note that if the servers has the right hardware and are properly configured it can be booted from complete shutdown by WOL (wake on lan) . I use my boom as alarm (my radio does other things) and it send WOL to my server, waking it up this way itworks really well, I use random songs from my own library to get up, and be surprised with whatever music it finds . If wake on lan is going to work depends on motherboard network card and bios options, so this might not be the way for everyone, with a local server. The server has to be wired to router to work this way the squeezebox can be on wifi. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79559 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
