Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] For those of you thinking about returning your Radio ...
The long-term support angle is critical. Of course I'd rather have a bug-free product from day one. But I'd much rather have a product with some bugs out the gate and a manufacturer that aggressively solves them AND ACTIVELY SUPPORTS the hardware long after it's the latest and greatest model compared to a lot of consumer electronics that never see a firmware update once they've been shipping over six months. I'm specifically thinking a lot of routers I had here. Slim seems to stay on top off all of the hardware they've released. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69719 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim
If possible reflection, etc could be the cause of the problem you should test it in a pitch black closet or similar away from your face an reflective materials. That way you can distinguish between faulty hardware versus light feedback issues. I checked mine from a foot away. It's definitely visible; but it definitely wouldn't bother me - I may not be very sensitive. I couldn't get mine to brighten up due to reflection using pieces of glossy white paper and such. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 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
[SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck pixel on Radio
I just noticed a stuck pixel on my new radio :( Only one but near the middle; and now that I know it's there... I saw 'this thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44307&highlight=stuck+pixel) regarding the same issue on the controller. It doesn't look to be very common. At the lower resolution of these screens compared to PC monitors I guess the probability of a defect on a given unit should be pretty low. I'm certainly not going to open up a returnable unit to try the massage tricks. I picked mine up retail from Best Buy so I don't think I'll have trouble with an exchange. We'll see. The biggest downside in returning it will be going through the terrible setup procedure again (considering I have a local SqueezeServer and shouldn't have to enter anything to autodiscover and associate with it). -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70872 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Price drop on Squeezebox Radio - partial refunds for recent purchasers?
Thanks for the heads up! Now I'm glad I procrastinated on exchanging mine at Bestbuy due to a dead pixel. Looks like it's time to go and return + re-buy it :) -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71524 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Availability Pushed to February 2010
February; that stinks! November was already a long enough wait after shipping the device :( Ah well the price for being an early adopter. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71596 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Availability Pushed to February 2010
Too bad they didn't design it to take standard NiMH batteries (and not recharge them) as well as it's own pack which it would of course recharge. I don't know how long it will last on the 10 NiMHs but at least there would be a fallback in situations where no pack is available or if it's dead, etc. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71596 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio and Best Buy
I got mine at my local Best Buy. Like others; they use to have a nice display but the Sony stuff is in that place now. I would never have found the Radios and Booms had I not been specifically looking. But they were out on the shelves in the general electronics section. But the stuff was out and available. They had no problem with my exchange for stuck pixels (as expected for a retail purchase) and credited me the difference for the new sales price - so overall I'm happy with the local purchase and service. I'm surprised they talk openly about end cap payments ending and such; I would think they'd want to keep the backend wheeling and dealing separate from customer interactions. Despite all of the discussion about squeezeboxes for everyday Joe; I wonder if retail channels like this are the best route for Logitech anyway. I'd tend to think Amazon sales and other online routes would be there biggest opportunity. Maybe I'm way off base but I imagine a lot of squeezebox purchases happening as planned out acquisition by somewhat tech-savvy buyers rather than off the shelf impulse buys. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71634 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio on Sale
What the heck is Amazon up to? They dropped the black again but the red went back up to $197 (from $165). Darn it - I was getting ready to order a second one in red. The $15 spread for color I could live with; but $57 is hard to stomach! I think I'll just wait now and see how this pricing thing rides out. Hopefully it won't all be back up to $200 in a few weeks! -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71422 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio on Sale
Maybe it's all Black Friday price matching stuff; I don't know. Last night Amazon was back up to around $176 on the black and $196 on the red. Today they're both at $149. Pulled the trigger on the red. I hope this price point sticks past the holidays. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71422 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio on Sale
micah;488979 Wrote: > they're the new white collar walmart Exactly. No risk of getting caught on http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ shopping from my living room! -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71422 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] No Radio for Australia
ccrome2;470731 Wrote: > Each region has its own regional manager that makes these decisions. > In a world of online retailing, Ebay, overseas 2nd air, and instant currency conversion - some aspects of product distribution, sales, and marketing sure seem archaic! -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69400 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox radio too loud
Don't the Boom and Radio have volume curves tweaked to their use-cases (more sensitive at the low end)? If other squeezeboxes don't use the same curves isn't global volume control with per player offsets more complicated? I'm not saying infeasible; I'm just wondering if an obvious implementation that doesn't account for individual device would actually produce the desired result across the volume range. I wonder how iPeng implements it? I voted for the bug but I agree that it's pretty convoluted request that didn't even start focused on volume. Doesn't look like a good way to track a very specific technical sync feature request IMO. UI is an afterthought on this (versus power control, etc). Maybe that's how you avoid per device volume issues. You don't sync the volumes of the devices at all. Leave them as local control. Instead it is more about on-the-fly adjustment of the baseline level of the stream. Like replay-gain; but adjustable midstream. Way in over my head at this point... but it seem like that would eliminate the need for the central algorithm to care about how individual devices control volume. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 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] Option for double height/larger clock during playback
I agree that a lot of things seem to take plugins. But look at the flip-side. For a lot of consumer devices you just plain can't customize them beyond trivial UI changes. I think open source and highly pluggable solutions spoil us because we realize that almosth anything is possible but that Logitech can or will only support so many of the options themselves. I wish my car that won't remember to default to showing outside temperature or my TV that insists on telling me it doesn't have the current time after being unplugged (cheapo Sony couldn't include a battery clock in it apparently) supported third-party plugins! I'll have to check out Erland's plugin. Although if the only option is to switch between two screens I'm not sure it directly addresses the original suggestion. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72399 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Limited settings for Radio under Squeezebox Server?
I voted for the bug. IMO it's a step backward that the new players can't be fully configured from SBS whereas the old ones could. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72669 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Static IP on Radio?
Most routers support static IP assignments even when DHCP is enabled. You have to configure a mapping from the Ethernet MAC address of your radio to the static IP you want. That way the Radio will be using DHCP but will always get the same address and will still have DHCP if you move it to another network for some reason - which is a plus in my opinion. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72803 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio complaints (plug-ins, settings)
Maybe your complaint about the settings the same as this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72669 -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72807 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Static IP on Radio?
I'm confused. How will you setup the hostname? I'd think it's too different problems. If you map the MAC of your Radio to a particular IP; you should be able to map that IP to a given hostname assuming your router supports that feature. If your router doesn't support that feature how were you intending to setup the hostname mapping even if your Radio had a static IP? -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72803 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Static IP on Radio?
Yes DHCP reservation. And it will allow you to know the IP address in advance so you can do your hostname to IP mapping via a hosts file, configuration on your router, etc. Nothing against static IP of course; but if there are problems or complications doing that I'm failing to see significant downsides to the DHCP reservation approach. It accomplishes the same thing only on the router side. Some downsides might includes if the device is moved between networks (but then it's often questionable that you really want static IP anyway) or if the router is down for some reason and your devices needs to renew it's DHCP assignment (like your restarted it or it timeout out or whatever) and you still want peer devices to be able to communicate. But this seems like quite a corner-case situation - could depend on network setup I suppose. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72803 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now it stopped working altogether (German data center of MYSB is done for?)
Out of curiousity can you guys force your Radio's to connect to a different mysqueezebox.com server (say the US one?). Maybe Logitech blocks that? I was imagining either editing the /etc/hosts file on the radio itself (I haven't check if that's viable) or configuring the hostname mapping on your router if you have a router with such a feature (e.g. one running DNSMASQ). For me mysqueezebox.com resolves to 66.151.159.227. Geobytes.com thinks that's in San Jose, CA (which sounds reasonable). They cite the previously mentioned address of 89.202.121.131 as coming from Berlin. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71964 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now it stopped working altogether (German data center of MYSB is done for?)
I just forced my US Radio to connect to the Germany mysqueezebox.com.
Seems to be working based on very basic testing (normally I uses SBS).
Interestingly the Radio uses "baby.squeezenetwork.com" to lookup the IP
address so that was the entry I had to add to /etc/hosts.
Code:
# more /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
89.202.121.131 baby.squeezenetwork.com
Poking around in the .lua files you'll also see
"www.squeezenetwork.com" and "mysqueezebox.com" (just for display I
think). I tried the other two names and it didn't work; so I don't know
that they matter at all based on the Radio firmware flow. But it might
make the most sense to alias all three just in case any applet flows
don't use the baby hostname.
I verified my connectivity with "netstat -a -n -t" as well as the
Radios diagnostics screen. I rebooted ("restart -f") between edits of
the hosts file to make sure I had clean results. I didn't experiment
with dynamic changes to see if I could force a change without
restarting.
It's all pointless if all of the servers are having problems. But it
might give geeks something proactive to test if their local server is
having extended problems. Also this will of course subvert any DNS-based
solutions Logitech might be using to direct users to good servers if
they move things around. So any configuration like this might be subject
to breaking unexpectedly and requiring manual intervention (not that DNS
updates typically propagate super fast either).
-Jeff
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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now it stopped working altogether (German data center of MYSB is done for?)
Yup, looks like you're right. I guess you did something like this: Code: C:\>nslookup DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. Default Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.0.1 > server dns.sv.squeezenetwork.com Default Server: dns.sv.squeezenetwork.com Address: 66.151.159.229 > set type=ANY > baby.squeezenetwork.com Server: dns.sv.squeezenetwork.com Address: 66.151.159.229 baby.squeezenetwork.com internet address = 66.151.159.227 squeezenetwork.com nameserver = dns.sv.squeezenetwork.com squeezenetwork.com nameserver = dns.dc.squeezenetwork.com squeezenetwork.com nameserver = dns.de.squeezenetwork.com dns.sv.squeezenetwork.com internet address = 66.151.159.229 dns.dc.squeezenetwork.com internet address = 66.150.114.117 dns.de.squeezenetwork.com internet address = 89.202.121.133 Looks like sv = Silicon Valley, dc = Washington D.C. and of course de = Germany. So unless there's more magic hidden beyond this query it doesn't look like there are any more. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71964 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now it stopped working altogether (German data center of MYSB is done for?)
psprout;501136 Wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Did you happen to notice if the datacenter listed on the SBR > changed... > > Settings > Advanced > Squeezebox Information > mysqueezebox.com > Information > > ...to match your new target server? Yes. It's reporting Frankfurt, Germany. -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71964 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now it stopped working altogether (German data center of MYSB is done for?)
Both psprout's and bluegaspode's guides look good. I agree that psprout that vi is easily the most error prone step for novices. I like being able to automate this as much as possible to reduce complexity so here's my modification of psprout's process to eliminate vi and make it easy to switch back and forth. I've borrowed extensively from his steps that remained the same. INITIAL SETUP 1. Get the IP Address of your SBR using the Radio's menus: Settings > Advanced > Diagnostics > IP Address 2. Enable Remote login using the Radio's menus: Settings > Advanced > Remote Login > Enable SSH 3. Login Using an SSH client of your choice (e.g. Putty on Windows) logon to your SBR using the IP Address obtained in 1. and these credentials - username - root password - 1234 4. Change the default root password (OPTIONAL) Use the command below and follow the prompts to change 1234 to something more secure. Don't forget this new password or it's a "Restore Factory Settings" Code: passwd 5. Setup four different configuration options for easy switching. Execute these command exactly (this can be directly cut-and-pasted verbatim into SSH clients like Putty): Code: echo 127.0.0.1 localhost > /etc/hosts.orig ln -sf /etc/hosts.orig /etc/hosts cp /etc/hosts.orig /etc/hosts.sv cp /etc/hosts.orig /etc/hosts.dc cp /etc/hosts.orig /etc/hosts.de echo 66.151.159.229 baby.squeezenetwork.com >> /etc/hosts.sv echo 66.150.114.115 baby.squeezenetwork.com >> /etc/hosts.dc echo 89.202.121.133 baby.squeezenetwork.com >> /etc/hosts.de If you cut-and-paste make sure the last command executes; you may have to hit enter once. That's it for initial setup. Your Radio will still have default behavior now but will be ready for easy switching to a specific data center or back to the original behavior of auto-selection based on location. CHOOSING A SPECIFIC DATA CENTER OR AUTO-SELECT 1. Login via SSH as during initial setup (or stay logged in if you're doing it all in one shot). Use your new password if you changed it during step 5 of initial setup. 2. Execute ONE of the following commands depending on the configuration you desire: Choose Silicon Valley Data Center: Code: ln -sf /etc/hosts.sv /etc/hosts Choose Washington D.C. Data Center: Code: ln -sf /etc/hosts.dc /etc/hosts Choose Germany Data Center: Code: ln -sf /etc/hosts.de /etc/hosts Choose Auto-Select by Location (default behavior): Code: ln -sf /etc/hosts.orig /etc/hosts 3. Reboot your radio using the following command or a long press on the power button: Code: reboot -f REMOVING THIS CUSTOMIZATION WITHOUT A FACTORY RESET Code: rm /etc/hosts.sv rm /etc/hosts.dc rm /etc/hosts.de rm /etc/hosts.orig rm /etc/hosts echo 127.0.0.1 localhost > /etc/hosts Now you'll probably want to reboot: Code: reboot -f Good luck and let me know if you find problems with these steps. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71964 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] NTP on Squeezebox Radio?
NTP support would be great. While hourly polling to SBS should work pretty well I don't see how it can match NTP and it's ability to dynamically adjust polling intervals, etc to maximize accuracy while minizing traffic. Is it completely necessary? Probably not; but why settle for an inferior solution when a comprehensive one is available for free and ubiquitous on the OS the Radio runs. I guess it should be an advanced option so the Radio can stay indepedent of NTP configuration in it's default configuration. But if available; I'd definitely use it. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73808 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] NTP on Squeezebox Radio?
bluegaspode;505745 Wrote: > If the radio and its server are not in sync then there will be problems > with alarms - the server is sending an alarm signal, but the radio keeps > is own 'fallback' time - if these shift then there will be even more > problems than now. > > So I guess NTP on the radio alone wouldn't make sense with the current > architecture. As an advanced option I don't think it's a problem. The server should also be NTP synced. If someone knows how to turn this on and does so and doesn't for the server then they shot themselves in the foot - "normal" users would never do it. Probably the same reason it's not worth implementing this even though it would be nice. -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73808 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery pack delayed again--now 3/31/10
It's pretty sad that software is apparently holding up a battery release. That's crazy. I think it's a big downside that they have to release a whole new update to the software for this kind of thing (which increases the chance of delays) rather than having an ability to release a point-fix to whatever charging issue is delaying the damn battery. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75049 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery pack delayed again--now 3/31/10
It's not an isolated fix to just get the battery out the door. It's a point fix that reportedly includes non-trivial other changes (alarm fixes, etc)... something that is probably as isolated as a battery charging algorithm ideally would have been 7.4.1.1 or similar with zero other dependencies so they could come closer to actually meeting their previously announced ship dates for the battery. Better yet no update on the server software side and just a tweaked firmware for the radio. Obviously there are all sorts of desirable software fixes (e.g. alarms) but the more high level things you bundle together the longer it takes to get things tested and out the door. Give me a working battery with 7.4.1 on time and I'd (and probably many others) would be satistifed on at least this front (actually I'm satisified on mosts fronts except the battery right now). I understand it's all about trade-offs and how to track and release changes; but I think any process that delays something like a battery this long took a wrong turn along the way (maybe many wrong turns). -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75049 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
The following directory is interesting for watching the battery behavior: /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/1-0010 Code: . alarm_time input:input2 .. ambient ir adc_0 battery_capacitykill adc_1 battery_charge modalias adc_10 battery_charge_rate msp_buffer adc_11 battery_disable name adc_12 battery_discharge_rate power_mode adc_13 battery_temperature rtc:rtc0 adc_14 battery_vmon1_voltage subsystem adc_15 battery_vmon2_voltage sys_voltage adc_2 battery_voltage test_1 adc_3 bus test_2 adc_4 charger_event test_4 adc_5 charger_state test_8 adc_6 driver time adc_7 flash uevent adc_8 fw wall_voltage adc_9 gp_register You can find out how some of the readings are interpreted by looking in: /usr/share/jive/applets/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsApplet.lua /usr/share/jive/applets/SqueezeboxBaby/SqueezeboxBabyApplet.lua But some values like battery_charge_rate (10) aren't used in the lua files and don't have meanings that are obvious to me. It appears to be using at TI MSP430 microcontroller. Here is some info on charging options with the MSP430: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slap106/slap106.pdf http://focus.ti.com/lit/ug/sluu369/sluu369.pdf http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slaa287/slaa287.pdf (has some MSP430 C code) I'm probably going to set up a remote syslogd so I can dump battery stats regularly (every 10 seconds say) and graph them to understand the charging characteristics. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
The voltages have been discussed either in this thread or on the link with the original instructions. I think they were nominally 1.2*3 and 1.2*7 (depends on charge level of course) the way the instructions say to do them. What we need is the voltage levels from someone with the official Logitech battery pack as soon as people get it in their hands. And mine is working fine without those wires connected at all. (I had a minor problem but don't plan on fixing it until I see posts from the official pack to make sure the 3/7 position is correct.) -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery is shipping!
Can someone with the official battery in hand confirm the three voltages from the diagnostics power screen? Thanks, Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75628 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery is shipping!
Chunkywizard;522064 Wrote: > Battery voltage 13.977V > vmon1 3.993V > vmon2 8.027V > > wall voltage 17.931V > battery temp 43.375 C > > HTH > > CW Thanks; that looks like it might be positions 3 and 6 (versus 3 and 7 that were guessed for the DIY instructions). -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75628 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio - Full Power down when on battery?
I really think this should be configurable (like laptops). I see it doing the same thing when I take it to the bathroom (I have plugs but the point in a battery is so I don't have to drag the power cord around). What if I wanted to remotely start it? The hard power down to conserve battery makes sense but a user should be able to override. I wasn't even sure it was correct behavior (like the OP) since it isn't controlled by any UI visible settings. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76177 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio - Full Power down when on battery?
Interesting point on the alarm. Since the Radio is pretty optimal as an alarm clock and it can have a battery you'd think the battery should also function as a reliable backup for power outages (backup alarm tone of course). If it powers down all of the way and can't do this - that would be another strike against the unit for not having obvious functionality. As others have noted all sorts of small units can stay alive for days on batteries with at least intermittent wifi access and can of course sound alarms. I haven't tried; but powered down sure looks all the way off on the radio. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76177 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio - Full Power down when on battery?
Hmm... I'm very glad to hear that the radio does in fact wake back up for alarms if it powers down while on battery. But if I'm reading all of this right - there is no apparent difference to the user between completely down due to a long button press and down due to auto-off when running from battery. While I understand the conflicting goals; I think behavior that is essentially invisible to the user is a bad idea even if it solves some corner case nicely. Consider an old battery-powered alarm clock. If you throw it in your luggage with an alarm set it WILL go off in your bags at the set time. I notice that my iPhone does NOT have this feature. Maybe as a nod to keeping things off on planes as well as honoring the users wish to silence a phone no matter what. But I recall an older Nokia (6200) I had did wake up from a full power-down to sound an alarm. I think an alaram is an alarm for a clock-like device and it's much better to err on the side of firing. If they want to handle the user-intent case then add an option during manual power down where the user is prompted to disable alarms if there are any scheduled (if they don't respond in X seconds - power down continues but alarms stay active). Right now if I see a Rado with a battery and a dark screen I don't know whether or not it might fire alarms. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76177 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
lemmy999;527129 Wrote: > I believe the only other thing you will need is some wire and a > soldering iron. > > > So are people starting to use cell taps 3/6 instead of 3/7 since the > cell voltages of the Logitech battery packs have been reported as > 14V/4V/8V? How has that worked out? I need to re-wire mine - right now my taps aren't connected at all and it seems to work fine (charges, discharges, no funny behaviors). Perhaps the taps are purely for monitoring and manually evaluating if there are a pack is bad. I'm going to go with the 3/6 when I rewire. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Nightmare
Or run an additional wireless router that doesn't have this issue with SBR. I realize that it doesn't fix the problem but you do have more options than just junk the radio. Maybe SSH into the SBR and try to get more info on what's happening when it drops the connection and cross reference that with Linux wifi type forums (eg openwrt) where stuff like that is discussed a lot. Not for the feint of heart though. -Jeff -- jdoering jdoering's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87548 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
