Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox - Searching for Squeezebox.com
garym I am always embarrassed when the suggested solution is try rebooting your modem/router as it very often works and is something that does cross my mind even before I my questions. Once again it -seems- (italics only due to the fact that under house rules the radio needs to be re-certified by my wife before it can be classified as usable) that the Squeezebox is up and running. Many Thanks hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102319 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox - Searching for Squeezebox.com
Came home from vacation, powered up my trusty SB and nothing except a screen message Searching for Squeezebox.com. Connection is made then lost with the message window sometimes showing up. Anyone else having connection issues? Thanks is advance. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102319 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeeze OS
Is # cd /media # ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin The same as # ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin /media/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin ??? Thanks hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97331 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio
erland wrote: Kind of sounds like you have Squeezebox firmware already, maybe you just need to do a factory reset ? My thought too, (I've gone the reset route already) except that the firmware shows as 10.0.0r16857 and when I go to the http://uesmartradio.com/player/viewPlayers site and select Add a new radio it connects to the device. Even after the reset the Remote Login menu item is available. It's a chimera. I have to mention, that while the replacement radio came out of a factory sealed box several of the protective stickers looked like they installed by a 3 year old. Perhaps this was a factory refurbished rather than a new replacement radio as I had been promised; and perhaps the guys at the factory did not quite do their job in checking functionality. If this is so, it would appear that it is possible to cock-up the conversion process. I can't think of any other explanation. Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96256 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio
I just received my replacement Smart Radio and started to start the conversion process. But, (and this is a BIG but) I am unable to activate the Developer menu. I click into the Settings menu then simultaneously press Home and FFWD () and nothing, the Developer menu remains hidden. Looking at the Diagnostics menu I see that I have Version 10.0.0 r16857 firmware and my hardware revision is 7. Any help would be appreciated. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96256 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio
OK I got my replacement Smart Radio but it's going back tomorrow with replacement to the replacement to follow (unless some brighter person than me has a fix). My problems are various 1. The radio will not auto update on Factory Reset beyond firmware 10.0.0 2. Settings Advanced Software Update menu does not have a software update option; just Cancel or Help 3. The Developer menu will not open (Settings Home + FFWD) but a menu item Settings Advanced Remote Login item is available which enables an SSH connection 4. Opened SetupFirmwareUpgradeMeta.lua file but the -- jiveMain:addItem(met... line is already uncommented 5. baby_7.7.2_r9663 is visible in Software Update menu but fails to install (it appears that the radio is searching for the file on the SR server. 6. There is an Applet Installer menu available, but my understanding is that UE smart Radio does not offer an applet feature? Any help would be appreciated. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96256 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeeze OS
simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been removed and the one
I wanted the most with the UE Smart Radio wasn't there: playing music
locally using my Synology NAS.
I decided to downgrade the firmware to baby 7.7.2 (r9663), thanks to
some useful posts I found on this forum. So far, I've encountered no
issues at all. Here's the information of my UE:
Code:
#cat /etc/squeezeos.version
10.0.1 r16963
r...@ec2mbubld01.idc.logitech.com Thu Nov 8 09:33:51 PST 2012
Base build revision: b4b03b7fc83610c2bcd43bd71a8461768cfd2519
#cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : ARM926EJ-S rev 4 (v5l)
BogoMIPS: 359.62
Features: swp half thumb fastmult edsp java
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 5TEJ
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part: 0x926
CPU revision: 4
Cache type : write-back
Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown : format C
Cache format: Harvard
I size : 16384
I assoc : 4
I line length : 32
I sets : 128
D size : 16384
D assoc : 4
D line length : 32
D sets : 128
Hardware: Logitech MX25 Baby Board
Revision: 0007
Serial :
UUID:
If it can be of any help for someone else, here's what I did:
1 - Start the UE Smart Radio
2 - Go into the Settings menu and press button Home and ffwd(). A
new Developers menu will appear at the bottom.
3 - Go into the Developers menu and enable remote access (SSH)
4 - Reboot the UE Smart Radio by holding down the power button and
pressing it again
5 - ssh on your smart radio (You can find the IP address somewhere in
the Settings menu) using root as the user and 1234 for the password
6 - You need to edit a lua script to add the FirmwareUpgrade option.
Do the following:
Code:
#vi
/usr/share/jive/applets/SetupFirmwareUpgrade/SetupFirmwareUpgradeMeta.lua
Now find the following line
- -- jiveMain:addItem(meta:menuItem('appletSetupFirmwareUpgrade',
'advancedSettings',
UPDATE, function(applet) applet:showFirmwareUpgradeMenu() end,
115))-
You need to uncomment this line by deleting the --. Type :wq! (Save
and quit)
7 - Reboot the UE Smart Radio by holding down the power button and
pressing it again
8 - Download the 7.7.2 Revision 9663 firmware
http://update.mysqueezebox.com/update/firmware/7.8.0/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
9 - Copy the firmware on your Smart Radio in directory /dev (using scp
or any other software) since it's the only partition with enough disk
space
10 - Create a symlink using the following command so the smart radio
sees the new firmware:
Code:
#cd /media
#ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
11 - Go in to Settings-AdvancedSettings-FirmwareUpgrade (something
like that) and do the upgrade
12 - When the squeezebox (!) has finished rebooting, you will be happy
and I strongly suggest that you do a factory reset (Go in Settings -
Advanced - Restore factory settings)
Just wondering; is there any reason to remove the SYMLINK (#rm symlink)
as the final step? It would seem unnecessary once the device is
converted to a Squeezebox.
Thanks
hip
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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeeze OS
dkfackler wrote: My ignorance may be showing, but does the radio need that pointer to the desired firmware? Without the symlink, would the radio be once again a StupidRadio? My formerly StupidRadio is much better and more useful as a Squeezebox. Now to use a Raspberry Pi as a server... ~DK The symlink is required to install the .bin file from it's non-standard location in the /media directory. Now it's my turn to expose my ignorance. When you write use a Raspberry Pi as a server... do you mean use it as a true replacement for the Logitech server, or as a server for podcasts and music files? Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97331 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeeze OS
dkfackler wrote: So, once the firmware is installed, the radio doesn't need to be 'diverted' to the new location(via the symlink) at boot-up? Re: Raspberry Pi: the plan is to use it as a NAS and not run a whole computer all the time. ~DK That is my understanding, though I am looking for confirmation. My belief is that once the Smart Radio is converted it is now for all intents and purposes a Squeezebox. Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97331 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio keeps losing wireless connection and won't reconnect - any ideas?
superstar19 wrote: I've started noticing that I my Radio loses wifi connection and won't reconnect, and it seems to be when the computer is left on overnight/extended periods. LMS on my WinXP does not show any issues, but if I go to advanced settings or web control, it cannont find my Radio. I am able to get Radio re-connected to the network only if I unplug and plug it back in to power. My wireless network runs through a Cisco/Linksys WRT110 router with the XP desktop hard wired to the router. I've had the Radio for several months now and I don't recall any problems like this, but I have also been leaving the desktop on for much longer durations of time. Any thoughts? I never turn of any of my computers. Everything is connected either through WiFi or through D-Link Powerline adapters. Everything had been working well for months if not years. My first problem was the Squeezebox dropping it's connection. Yesterday, I lost everything!!! I called my ISP to see what the problem was and it was me. A little diagnostics on their side and they suggested it was the router. A router reboot and router reset (the little button in the back of the router) and and I was up and running. Was that the source of my problem? Who knows? I do know that the router is 5 or more years old and stuff breaks. Will I buy a new router? Probably if I have any connection issue again. Do I regret sending my Squeezebox back for replacement? That is a story for after I get the Smart Radio it back. hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97791 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade Fried my Radio
kidstypike wrote: All that garym said, and be aware that if you opt to keep the SBRadio you may have to do the hold the rewind button while powering up routine whenever it has been disconnected from the power supply, which is what I have to do, (but not very often). I believe that you can avoid the hold rewind button... routing doing a Factory Reset - Go to: Settings - Advanced - Restore Factory Settings to make the change permanent (or so the various instructions would indicate). I have sent my defunct SB back for a SR replacement. I'm really looking forward to the install of SB firmware. The instructions seemed daunting at first read, but by the 50th time or so (my wife thinks I'm a bit compulsive) seems easy peasy. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98329 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
I asked for a single consolidated instruction set for converting a UE Smart Radio to Squeezebox OS. With some degree of OCD I could not stop reading and came across Post #68 of http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97331-Downgrade-UE-Smart-Radio-to-Squeeze-OS/page7 . 12 simple steps including being happy, Perfect! hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
garym wrote: instructions in this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97331-Downgrade-UE-Smart-Radio-to-Squeeze-OShighlight=downgrade+ue+radio in particular, this post #26: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97331-Downgrade-UE-Smart-Radio-to-Squeeze-OSp=727675viewfull=1#post727675 Unless I am mistaken, this post deals with up-grading and retro-grading the Squeezebox Radio to Smart Radio firmware and back again. I am interested in converting the UE Smart Radio to the Squeezebox Radio firmware. Thanks for taking the time to look. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
I have played with various SSH commands per previous posts to familiarize myself with Putty - so far, so good. I must confess that I have no idea where the authors of the posts got the command lines codes from but that is not really at issue. Right now I am struggling with 3 things and hope for some guidance/help: 1- Where (what command(?)) do I find the directory structure of the Squeezebox and the Smart Radio and how do I access the the required directories? 2- Per Post: Via ssh, I created a symlink in the /media folder - I know what a symlink is but not in this context. What to do? 3- Re. SCP: How do I uploaded the old firmware (baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin) to the /dev folder? - I have never used SCP; I installed WinSCP but get the following error message: Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server? As always I look forward your comments. Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
aubuti Log-in through WinSCP works thanks. It appears to me that I don't need Putty, and can do all the work through WinSCP? Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio keeps losing wireless connection and won't reconnect - any ideas?
Finchy wrote: I'm still having problems with mine, but unfortunately Logitech's support have been useless so far. I've spent nearly a month being fobbed off - they reply every two days (ie at the end of their reply deadline) with more things to try, despite me already having tried them and told them I've tried them. There's clearly a design flaw in the Radio as nothing else on my network (including two Squeezebox Touch's) have no problems whatsoever. I wish I'd never bought the Radio :( I would contact customer service, explain others have been treated better than you per various forums and simply ask why. At this point you have nothing to lose, and a Smart Radio (which apparently can be retro-graded to a Squeezebox) to gain. Think of it as a game, with the only investment being one final phone call. Worst-case you get nowhere, which is the same result as doing nothing; best-case you get what you deserve, a new device. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97791 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
I found symlink instructions on another thread (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96256-Upgrade-SB-Radio-to-UE-Radio Post #3) . If I understand correctly the symlink only has to be set in the event of partition space limitations and baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin file needs to be installed in a directory other than /media. Assuming that the .bin file is installed in /dev (it's a different partition with enough room) the ssh code would be: cd /media ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin Hope I got this right, I will test and confirm once I receive my new Smart Radio. Regards hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Smart Radio to Squeezbox - For Dummies Edition?
A very sad failure of my 4 month old SqueezeBox (SB) Wifi card results in Logitech sending me a replacement UE Smart Radio (SR). I had upgraded another SB to the newer platform and was not happy so I retrograded it back to the 7.7.n firmware. That is how the situation will remain until there are some significant improvements to SR. I accepted the exchange once I saw that is is possible to convert the SR to SB but I find that not being the smartest of bears I am more than a little confused with instructions that span many pages of many threads (a little info here and a little info there). I am hoping that some generous soul will put together the definitive guide to this conversion. Hope to hear back soon. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98326 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio keeps losing wireless connection and won't reconnect - any ideas?
mbg wrote: There must be so many variables to this problem. I've locked my router to channel 6 and haven't had any problems since. It's not the least congested channel in my area, but it's the one that works. Only the SB Radio has these problems of the 6 wireless devices I have. I know someone else who has an SB Radio working fine on channel 1. Mine for sure isn't stable on channel 1. It looks more and more like an environmental problem, but a lot of people seem to have it with this particular product. I contacted Logitech Customer Service with a similar problem and they believe that the issue is the Wifi card in SB. This seems to be a common failure point and they quickly offered me a replacement Smart Radio (still in the mail) which I am hoping to convert back to a Squeezebox following other posters success. Good luck with your solution, and failing that you can always see what customer service says. hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97791 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] SBradio Alarm
I bought a SBradio for my wife's birthday O(nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and have come up against her objecting to the alarm sounds available. I do not want to run the server software and I understand that there is a alarm file that I understand will be played as a backup. As an additional incentive I can change this file to one that will suit my wife. All this said; my question is how can I set my morning alarm to default to this sound? Thanks in advance hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97516 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SBradio Alarm
garym wrote: I assume you use the radio to listen to internet radio with mysqueezebox.com (since you don't want to run the LMS server software). Why not pick an internet radio station and save this a a FAVORITE. Then tell the alarm to wake by playing that FAVORITE. My wife wants to waken to a more or less standard beep-beep or bring-bring sound then turn on the radio. I've been married for 28 years now so I'm sort of getting used to these detours on the technology highway. k hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97516 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Sequentially play multiple podcasts??
Is there a setting to allow the SB to play a bunch of podcasts? For example, using the Tunein app I can select Car Talk podcasts which bring up a long list of the shows. But, so far, when one is done the SB goes repeats to selection rather than moving to the next installment. Anything to do to change this behavior? Thanks in advance hip hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97324 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
