Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Volume Control in Erland's Custom Clock Screensaver?
tcutting;482033 Wrote: I just got a Radio. I setup the while playing screensaver to be erland's custom clock. I noticed that while that screensaver was active, the volume knob doesn't seem to work. I haven't had a chance to try other screensavers to see if that's the way they work as well. Is this expected behaviour? I like having the volume knob on the Radio, but it's irritating when it doesn't do anything! Is this when the player is playing ? It works perfectly on my Radio, when I turn the volume knob the Custom Clock screen saver is deactivated and the volume is changed. I'm using the 7.4.1 r7915 firmware version. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70995 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio
Back to reviewing the Radio - I love it. The first experience wasn't good, it wouldn't connect to the network on the wired socket ready for it but a bit of fiddling showed the socked wasn't properly wired. I take back all the things I called Logitech and the Radio. With a properly wired socket the installation was, and has subsequently been, easy. The display works well, if the viewing angle is a touch restricted sometimes, and the menus are pretty logical. After initial cursing the text/number entry system using the scroll wheel is quite effective. Being rather critical for a moment the sound quality isn't Hifi at all; the bass is boomy, there's absolutely no clear detail in the high frequencies at all, just a fizzy mash of noise, but that said the total sound is warm and enjoyable, there's no background noise, and it's perfectly good if you're not expecting too much - my wife is currently dancing round the bathroom to the Jackson 5! For speech radio it's ideal, voices coming through full and clear. It produces a decent volume and doesn't distort if turned up to max. It cost 170 delivered to the door from amazon.de and as such is pretty good value, we'll be ordering a second one any time now. Well done Logitech. -- hellesangel Two Squeezebox 3, firmware 127 Squeezeslave-0.9-65-alsa on same PC as server Squeezecenter 7.3.3 - 27044, running under openSUSE11.1 hellesangel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70788 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can you use your own Backgrounds, Yes you can.
Customise Controller is intended to work for all device not just the controller and should have been renamed. I definately changed it so I suspect what has happened is that the old description strings have been reused. (Edit: looking at it some of the string have been updated but not the title...) It does check for the correct screensize of the image and should show them on the settings page next to any image you give it telling you which types of player will be able to use the image. Note that to get the images onto the player/controller you need to have them attached to the SBS not mysqueezebox.com and then go to the settings, screen, wallpaper page. So what is intended to happen: - install SBS on your computer - go to the settings, advanced, customise controller page - add links to your new wallpapers (should work just adding a link to images on this page into the URL box) and press apply - if the image is read correctly it will show up on the page and will have an indication next to which player it will work with - then connect your player to the server (by browining into my music to verify that it is connected to SBS) - go to the settings, screen, wallpaper page and the additional wallpapers should appear in the list you can select from -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70940 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can you use your own Backgrounds, Yes you can.
I've changed the English name of the plugin to Customise Device which should show up in future versions of SBS including 7.4/7.5 nightlies. (Non English versions will take a while to change) -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70940 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can you use your own Backgrounds, Yes you can.
Triode;483032 Wrote: I've changed the English name of the plugin to Customise Device which should show up in future versions of SBS including 7.4/7.5 nightlies. (Non English versions will take a while to change) I'm lost as to how it knows whether you are uploading a wallpaper for a controller or a particulr player. Does it just recognise the size of the wallpaper or go by the name you give it (in which case would it be better tio use a drop down selection of named connected players/controllers?)? MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70940 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio
A question please doe those of you using the radio as a bedside radio and alarm - is there any audible hum from the unit? I have a unit from a different manufacturer which we can't leave powered up overnight as it hums and my wife can't sleep!! I'd like to replace it. Best Wishes David -- bucaso bucaso's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33629 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70788 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can you use your own Backgrounds, Yes you can.
It checks the size of the wallpaper and only allows the correct sized images to be available onto each player. Note there is another bug in 7.4.2 and 7.5 at present which I have just fixed and which prevents wallpapers showing up on the list on the player. If you run a beta version of the server please update to the next nightly in the next day or so. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70940 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio
One user has reported a hiss see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 I think it is not normal. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70788 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio
bpa;483084 Wrote: One user has reported a hiss see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 I think it is not normal. My early access beta testing unit has the same hiss when my ear is less than 20 cm from the speaker when the device is on. I haven't noticed it earlier but I just checked and it's definitely there. It only happens when the device is on which it usually isn't during the night. When the device is turned off and just stands there with the off screen saver it's completely silent. I can't hear the hiss if my ear is 20 cm from the speaker when the device is turned on. Also, mine is an early access unit so this might have been fixed to the production units. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70788 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox radio too loud
mynb - vote for this maybe. https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15011 Let me know if you think I should post a new one. -- christhedon christhedon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70903 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio
erland;483119 Wrote: My early access beta testing unit has the same hiss when my ear is less than 20 cm from the speaker when the device is on. I haven't noticed it earlier but I just checked and it's definitely there. It only happens when the device is on My early hardware beta running firmware 7.5.0 r7863 (and I should note Erland I both have very early betas; the circuitry changed enough on newer units that the plastic case shape had to change!) always hisses slightly, whether on or off, about as loud as Erland notes. This seems independent of the Line In gain setting. It is much, much better than the hiss on a couple Tivoli Model One radios I tried. The Model One, despite all the praise it's garnered over the years, has has a hiss that's audible from 1-2 meters, and is noticeable even when Model One is playing music! I think this is likely to be fixed in software, at least hissing when off (and maybe that's why Erland I see different behavior, maybe he's running Radio firmware that fixes the off hissing); if Radio isn't playing anything, including Line In, it should be easy for the firmware to turn off the amp. IIRC, there was a similar enhancement to the firmware for Boom after Boom was publicly released. I know of at least on Radio performance enhancement that hasn't been rolled out yet specifically because some folks like Erland I still have the older hardware. It could well be that the best hiss fix needs newer hardware, and therefore won't be rolled out for another month or two (?), when all Radio early access testers have production level hardware. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70788 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Noise when playing nothing
FYI, there's been discussion of hissing in another thread, too: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=483053#post483053 -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Faster way to browse through many artists?
hungarianhc;483200 Wrote: Hi there, Love my Squeezebox Radio, but I'm curious if there is a plugin or something that i can get to browse through the artists faster. Takes a long time to get to the higher letters. Search would be useful except it doesn't live-update. so I need to type the whole artist and click enter before i see results. Would love to hear if there's a better way Thanks! High letters? Do you mean S T U V etc? - spin the knob anticlockwise. Purchase a Classic/Transporter remote? Use an iTouch/iPhone with the iPeng app? -- kidstypike kidstypike 1xSB3 - 1xDuet - 1xBoom - 1xRadio - 1xTouch (on order) kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71163 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Faster way to browse through many artists?
Yep I use iPeng, and it's great. But woah i never knew you could spin the nob the other way... it truly is the little things that make the difference :-). Thanks! -- hungarianhc hungarianhc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71163 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm only works when connected to mysqueezebox?
I just purchased a Squeezebox Radio. I find it amazing, with one problem. I m hoping to use it as my bedside alarm clock Internet radio. I just spent 2 hours to resolve a problem where my alarm would ring one hour earlier than it was set for. Thanks to this forum, I determined that the PC where I has installed the Squeezebox server had the wrong timezone. My question is - Why does the alarm function require a server??!! I just want the alarm function to work like a $5 wind-up alarm clock - ring when at the time the alarm is set for! How hard is that? I'm worried about oversleeping due to a server problem or a network problem. I'm not sure if I should be, but after the Timezone problem, I am. My old fashioned clock radio has an alarm that works, and a 9V battery backup. True - the radio sucks, but the alarm is damn reliable! Am I missing something? -- davenva davenva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70526 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Noise when playing nothing
Campus;480024 Wrote: Thanks for this information. This really is disappointing seeing the price tag of the Radio. Is it that hard to build something that simply works nicely without a hitch here and there? Maybe someone owning a Boom can tell us whether the Boom has the same problem. My SB Radio is a pre-production unit (PB1), so my experience may not apply to your case. I can hear a hiss if I press it to my ear, but can't hear it from 20cm away. I sleep right next to it and never noticed it before. Kind of like hearing the ocean from a seashell. I stuck my ear next to my Boom and didn't hear any hiss or other sound at all. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Wireless network issues with Squeezebox radio
xyzzy01;482629 Wrote: I should add that I can stream youtube HD, spotify and last.fm with no problems on a laptop in the same spot. I also use these services extensively elsewhere - my iMac, AppleTV, a laptop and iPod Touch all do a bit of streaming. I'm not sure what the transfer rate of YouTube HD is, but the others you mention are way below that of Apple Lossless. So the fact that those stream well doesn't really say anything about the ability of your wifi network to handle ALAC. As Mnyb suggested, you may want to look into bitrate limiting, to get the data stream down to a level you know your wifi network can handle. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71064 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox radio too loud
christhedon;483138 Wrote: I'm not sure your post is as well worded and clear as the one I was going to post (PS I lifted it from some other forum so its not my words). I'll vote on it anyway, if it doesn't get attention soon, maybe open a new bug?? In my experience opening a new bug for the same - or even closely related - bug/enhancement rq is not a good strategy. It will likely get flagged as a duplicate and then marked up with strikethrough (effectively deleted, even though the post is still there for the record). If you didn't think the initial post was well worded then you can add your own comment. That's how these things get focused, refined, and in some cases eventually implemented. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70903 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Strange reboot error
I just unboxed 2 Radios yesterday, Sat Nov 7th. All night Saturday I played with them and sync'd them with my Boom, and unsync'd, and played 3 different things on all 3, it was great. Today, Sunday Nov 8th, the Radios reboot after streaming Sirius for 2-5 mins. They'll reboot, and either start playing again, or just sit there. If it starts playing again, it will reboot again. If it doesn't play, then it sits until turned off. Both of them are doing this now. I did a 'unplug' reboot, and even a firmware reload (since it just updated Saturday out of the box) Player Model: baby Firmware: 7.4.1-r7915 They will stream from itunes and local radio stations just fine. But when on Sirius, it will reboot. Any suggestions? Thanks! -- cornflakeguy cornflakeguy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70978 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim
ModelCitizen;482598 Wrote: Ok. The wife is away and I can't sleep so have just had an extended play with my radio, including putting it under the duvet to ensure I achieve maximum darkness. At no time does my screen get too dark. The state of the device does not appear to make any difference (i.e. Off/playing/stopped). I did notice that if I set the brilliance to manual I could get the screen to go darker than I could when set to automatic. So, I am still of the mind that, with the screen brilliance set to automatic the screen will not get dark enough. I also tried covering up the light sensor, but this made no difference either. MC PS. Have had the misfortune to catch a BBC Radio 1 mix by what sounded like DJ Mede on the Pete Tong show (3-5am). The drugs must be frighteningly strong nowadays if they enable anyone to listen (let alone dance) to this ugly machine noise. It sounds like the ambient light sensor on your radio is possibly defective, you should consider exchanging it. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70618 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio is stuttering during streaming
boexli;480758 Wrote: I will test it with a wired connection - today or tomorrow and will let you know my findings. Thanks again for all your help / nick It's been a week, what did you discover? -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70651 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim
jmpage2 Wrote: It sounds like the ambient light sensor on your radio is possibly defective, you should consider exchanging it. Funny, my conclusion was that it was the software that was the problem, not the hardware (maybe you assumed that when I covered up the light sensor I was in a lit room? I wasn't, was in a dark room). Anyway, I've now 'upgraded' to 7.5 and if anything the problem is slightly worse, with the brilliance being slightly less inclined to go to as dim as before in a darkened room (although this could be caused by the current bright moon and clear sky). MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70618 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim
ModelCitizen;483303 Wrote: Funny, my conclusion was that it was the software that was the problem, not the hardware (maybe you assumed that when I covered up the light sensor I was in a lit room? I wasn't, was in a dark room). Anyway, I've now 'upgraded' to 7.5 and if anything the problem is slightly worse, with the brilliance being slightly less inclined to go to as dim as before in a darkened room (although this could be caused by the current bright moon and clear sky). MC I don't understand how you could assume the software is the culprit when plenty of us have reported that the display gets extremely dim in a dark room, to the point of being almost difficult to read the display? I even made a video to demonstrate how dim it gets on auto to which you replied mine doesn't get that dim. And you still figure this as a software issue? You should at least contemplate that you could have a bad unit. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70618 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm only works when connected to mysqueezebox?
pfarrell;483300 Wrote: jmpage2 wrote: davenva;483250 Wrote: I'm worried about oversleeping due to a server problem or a network problem. I'm not sure if I should be, but after the Timezone problem, I am. I think you're being a bit too critical here. Basically the Squeezebox is a computer. It gets its time from either the server or the internet via NTP. For you to get the functionality you request would require the ability to manually set the clock on the device (like your $5 alarm clock) and I'm just guessing, but isn't it easier than this? Davenva probably needs the battery pack from the accessories kit to keep the clocks running no matter what. But with that, unless the server gets its time completely fubar, isn't the clock in the Radio local? driven from the operating system within the Radio itself? Sure, the radio needs a server or internet connection to get to a proper NTP server, but how much drift are you gonna get in a day? Maybe a few seconds, but nothing to worry about. While it is true that PC clocks leave a lot to be desired for accuracy, and the Radio not a PC but it sure is an embedded computer with an operating system. Its got to have the brains and power to do this as long as it has power. Or am I all wet here? -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ I think you could be a bit damp Pat, but probably not wet. The Radio alarm is proven to WORK even if there is no internet or server connectivity. There is even a local alarm sound that will function if the selected playback media is unavailable. It sounds like the person I was responding to was alarmed that having incorrect timezone settings on the PC he was running the server software on caused his alarm to mis-fire. Yes, there is a local clock and it would appear that this individual wants the local clock to run with no outside interference. To do this you would have to sever clocking functions between the radio and the SB server, or at a minimum you would need some kind of radio pref that lets you give the local clock on the client device a higher priority for the alarm. You would also need the means to locally program the clock so it can ignore the network time that is on the server or the internet NTP that it would normally use to adjust its time. Personally I have never had an issue with the alarms and I've been using them now for over a week. I have never had a mis-fire, etc. The time on the Radio is always perfect. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70526 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm only works when connected to mysqueezebox?
jmpage2 wrote: It sounds like the person I was responding to was alarmed that having incorrect timezone settings on the PC he was running the server software on caused his alarm to mis-fire. Well, if your server's time is bonkers, that's a feature, not a bug. this individual wants the local clock to run with no outside interference. To do this you would have to sever clocking functions between the radio and the SB server... Well, we'll need the OP to clarify what he wants. But its possible that he just wants to have the Radio periodically check its time setting. I think it already does that. You would also need the means to locally program the clock so it can ignore the network time that is on the server or the internet NTP that it would normally use to adjust its time. Not sure I follow you here. All you need is a UI enhancement to let the user specify a NTP server, such as pool.ntp.org, and that would cause the radio to ignore time on mysqueezebox.com or your local SqueezeBoxServer. I'm not sure I see the benefit, but other than the UI design issue, technically it doesn't smell like its that hard. Damply yours, Pat p.s. I run a member server of the pool.ntp.org, and my computers are always right, within a few thousandths of a second. I've got permission from the primary clocks to update mine, so its a very good secondary source. As are others in the pool. On any recent Windows, all you need to do is execute: net time /setsntp:pool.ntp.org ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
