Haven't posted here in a long time. Which is actually testament to having finally got a stable and reliable system (using a local 7.5 server) - and then not touching it at all. Like many, I had suffered the very unreliable alarm function on the radio. Almost to the point of giving up on it.
Anyway, I finally had to rebuild my NAS this week (ReadyNas Duo) after installing 2 new 2TB disks for all those videos. I suspect that this post is more predictable than the plot of Titanic. You know what's coming, right..... - Reinstalled the NAS - Reinstalled Squeezebox server (LMS 7.7) - Upgraded software on all squeezeboxes (radio & touch - both wired to network) - Copied all music & video to NAS. Much time passes.... - Tested that radio and touch were playing music and radio - and showing the right time. - Grumbled a bit that I now had to licence the Custom Clock plugin which I can't live without. - Set my alarm for 6am, checked that radio was showing alarm at the right time. - Then set my mobile phone to wake me at 6.05 - just in case. And guess what..... - Woke up to the inevitable sound of "Marimba" from the iPhone. - Spent next 10 minutes persuading the wife not drop the radio out of the window. OK, so I eventually figured out what had happened. I had neglected to reset the correct timezone on the NAS - so it had defaulted to centre of the known Universe (ie US Eastern time) So even though the radio was showing the correct time, the server was 5 hours behind. But my point is this... If I set an alarm for 6am on the radio interface, then there is absolutely ZERO excuse for the radio to know it is 6am and do nothing - not even a fallback. Even if the server goes missing, or has the wrong timezone or any other problem - the radio should be self-contained enough to at least play the fallback. I know all the arguments about the legacy server-based architecture, but surely the unit must be self-sufficient enough to cope with the above. Wasn't that the point of the fallback alarm ? Its more than two years on, and as ever Squeezebox remains too problematic for anyone without a computer science degree. But for a few (critical) failings in the user-experience, the radio could have been such a crossover consumer product. I don't know why it frustrates me so. I guess its the sense of opportunity lost. Its as if Logi are happy to let it die. Rant over. See you in 2 years when I next upgrade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ squishy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35390 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96234 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio