Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Power help please.
Stratmangler wrote: You've killed it Dave. RIP Squeezbox Touch. Thanks Chris, (I think :) ). Please don't send flowers - a small donation to me to help fund a replacement would be much more appreciated ;) . Dave. DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100880 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Power help please.
Sadly, I have a self inflicted problem :( . On rearranging some of my wiring I have managed to plug in a connector jack supplying 16v DC instead of the required 5v DC. It will not now power up although the red LED behind the optical connector 'shutter' still lights up so it is not yet completely dead (perhaps?) when the 5v supply is reconnected. Does anyone have any ideas if and how it might be resurrected please? Thanks for any information, Dave. DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100880 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help with non-playing Touch please
guidof wrote: Where does your music physically resides? If on a NAS such as Vortexbox Appliance or Vortexbox dedicated computer, try rebooting. I know this sounds simplistic, but it worked for me on a couple of instances when I had your exact symptoms. Regards, Guido F. Hi Guido, Thanks very much for your response. I am not very computer literate - I know just about enough to be dangerous - my music library physically resides on a free standing self powered USB HDD and I have full copies (for backup purposes) on a large SATA HDD in the PC itself and on an ethernet connected NAS in another room. I can point Logitech Media Server (running on my PC) at any of these and they are always found and scanned properly and fully according to the resulting scan report. I can individually select specific tracks or let the Touch select them randomly and all the relevant details and artwork appear on the Touch screen, the 'Play' button changes to the 'Pause' button but the Progress Bar accross the bottom refuses to move and no music comes out. If I move the progress button by hand it will moves but immediately freezes at the spot I leave it. Pressing the 'Next' or 'Previous' buttons always results in the correct action but still no music plays. I believe that the Progress indicator seems to be trying to move at times, it sort of stutters but refuses to move. I have tried shutdowns and restarts and factory resets numerous times but nothing has any effect. It beats me!! TIA, Dave. DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95439 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Help with non-playing Touch please
Hi, I apologise if this has been asked before because I know I'm not the only one suffering this fault but I have not seen any advice as to how to put it right. I have been watching a thread on another forum which seems to have died without solving the problem so I thought I'd ask here. My Touch has been playing as expected since I had it, virtually the first day they were shipped. I have always updated the software when new player or server software has been released. I did flirt with Soundchecks mods but being a PC code numptie I pulled out of that without being able to complete it. I also installed EDO mods but could not discern any improvement so did a factory reset and reverted to 'as you were'. After this the Touch again worked perfectly but somewhere along the line since then it has stopped - I suspect it might have coincided with a software upgrade but I am not sure about that. Since then I have done many Factory Resets and Software updates but still the problem persists. And the problem is that EVERYTHING appears normal but the track progress bar does not move and no sound comes out of ANY of the outputs - it is just as if the player freezes just as it's about to start. FWIW, changing Menu options produces clicks and/or bumps in the headphones when connected at the rear of the Touch. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is or how to resolve it PLEASE? - I'm missing my music. TIA, Dave. DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95439 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, After an exchange of e-mails with Touch Support at Logitech today I received an e-mail from them containing this sentence: - Unfortunately, we must inform you that your product is defective and a warranty exchange is needed. Thanks to all who spent time and grey matter trying to sort things out for me. Kind Regards, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, I've just about given up on this, hence my silence over recent weeks. I removed ALL references to Norton from my PC some time ago and it hasn't made the slightest difference. I've just e-mailed Touch Support asking them to have a look at it and fix it or replace it as it seems beyond redemption as far as I can see. No matter what I'm playing, tracks from my PC or internet radio, it continually defaults as far as the screen is concerned and eventually shows the digital clock, (as if switched off) with the music still playing. Beautiful SQ but annoying when you can't be sure what's playing. I have an iPod Touch on which I have installed the Logitech Squeezebox app which gets me over this problem in some ways but I'd much rather have a properly fully working SQBX Touch. Thanks for all your interest. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;633693 Wrote: Welcome back Dave. Not sure, but I can say I have 60,000+ non hirez files and I dont see your problems. Hi Gary, From my lofty position of ignorance I am in no position to disagree with you so I hope you didn't take it that way :). Hi Phil, Regarding NIS I have excluded the two file types that you recommended from the Norton scan, without any effect, I have started going through the non hi-res files with mp3Tag but that exercise really is a 'ball acher' and is going to take some time to go through but I will persist. Meanwhile I'm just enjoying the benefits of a fully functioning Touch with 600+ hi-res files :). I'll keep you posted. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil Gary, An interesting update for you. I'm now back from my holidays, browner but poorer. Since returning I have acquired over 600 24/96 and DVD-A tracks which I have put into their own library. Nothing else has been changed. My Touch re-scans this new library with no problems and the display does exactly what the display is supposed to display. Reverting to the previous (non Hi-Res) library leads the scan and display to revert to the earlier misbehaviour. This suggests to numptie me that the problem may not be Norton related but somehow related to some of the non Hi-Res files, but I know nowt!! Any thoughts guys? Thanks for any comments, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Thanks for coming back to me on this one. I'm now preparing to disappear on holiday until mid May and we have our 3 house cats and our son's Springer Spaniel to relocate in the next few days so PC time is going to be non-existent. Can we take a rain check on it until my return please? First thing I'll do is try and get rid of disc nos. using mp3Tag and let you know how I go on. Regarding the persistent anti-virus interference, my PC is relatively old and was originally supplied with XP Media Centre installed but that has in turn been 'upgraded' to Vista Ultimate and then to Win7 HE. Each installation has always had an anti-virus programme installed, which may have changed brands with some of the changes, so I'm wondering if some long forgotten vestige of one of these anti-virus programmes is still lurking around making mischief. Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;626509 Wrote: No, random play is still there in latest version. But this software for some reason seems to not like you. ;) Hi Gary, Are you aware of which god I should make a sacrifice to to placate him? Virgins are few and far between these days but I could probably find something ;) . I'd be happy to try because the SQ is great but the UI (in my case) leaves something to be desired. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
toby10;625302 Wrote: Can you simply disable MSE all together, stop then restart SBS, try again? I probably can but that would leave me with no anti-virus defence, a risk I am not willing to take. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;625221 Wrote: No. The Touch hardware is NOT faulty and is not the cause of your problems, which are all to do with your PC - or more specifically the (non-Logitech) software that is running on it. There's plenty more stuff to do yet :-) Hi Phil, I hear and accept what you say BUT ... my Touch performance is going from bad to worse and I feel like throwing in the towell - the SQ is superb but the user friendliness can only be described as CRAP!!! It may well be my fault, or more accurately, the incompatibility of the Touch software with currently loade software BUT I got my first Touch in May last year and it ran PERFECTLY when it ran but the PSU jack was a very sloppy fit such that any sort of movement near it caused a power off. Logitech, to their credit, exchanged it for a new unit without question and this ran like a dream until this problem started. The result of eliminating all non-FLAC files and then cleaning up the FLAC files and using mp3Tag to associate them with any missing cover art has now resulted in: - 1) my FLAC folder now consists of a list of 9,550 FLAC tracks, none of which are associated with any folders (albums), just a large collection of random single tracks. 2) the Touch screen has now defaulted to displaying information about a single track (Mary Black, Babes in the Wood, FWIW) which is frozen (nothing moves), irrespective of what's playing. 3) Win Explorer tells me I have 9,550 tracks in my FLAC AND foobarFLAC libraries but scanning either under Touch only shows 483, no matter how many times I repeat the excercise, 4) there are probably more idiosyncracies but I can't think of them ATM. Listening to music is supposed to be relaxing and enjoyable but with my Touch it is just the opposite!!! - not a happy bunny !! Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Herewith today's logs after a 'full' rescan but please remember that both scans bailed out after 483 track (IIRC) out of the 9550. Thanks for your continuing patience - I must admit mine is wearing very thin. Dave. +---+ |Filename: ScannerLog110416.pdf | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11721| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, I've taken all the previously recommended actions, culminating in Clearing Cache and a further Wipe and Rescan today and then downloaded the Server Scan log, attached herewith. Unfortunately I'm still getting the message at the end of the scan that it was terminated unexpectedly (Merge Various Artists). This is followed by Live 1975-85 Disc 1 which I assume may be the hurdle at which it fell. It's still making beautiful noises thank goodness and, ATM, the screen is displaying as it should (for all of 6 tracks!!) Hope this helps a little. TIA. Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110413.1.pdf| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11710| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;625201 Wrote: H, still looks a lot like a virus scanner interfering. Did you try the norton uninstaller someone pointed to? Also, when you open MSE options, do you see that the myi and myd exclusions are still listed from when you entered these? Hi Gary and Mnyb, Norton Uninstaller run to conclusion with no probs indicated. MSE still confirms that .MYD and .MYI are still excluded from the scan. MSE is fully up to date. Have we yet come to the point where I have a good case for asking Logitech to replace it as faulty? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary and Phil, Herewith the latest version(s?) of my Server Log, both taken this morning. One version is from clicking on the 1000 line option at the bottom of the Information tab page and the other taken from Show Server Log option on the Advanced page of the Sqbx Server Control Panel. I show them both because to me (after a quick peek) they seem to be different. Again I don't know whether it's relevant but the first two time I tried to do a Wipe and Rescan they both terminated VERY early (200+ tracks)at Merge Various Artists but when I looked into it the iTunes option box was ticked. When I un-ticked that the scan proceeded to scan all 9555 FLAC files but again stated that it had terminated prematurely at Merge Various Artists - hope this helps. TIA, Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110412.2.pdf| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11690| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;624861 Wrote: Dave, can you remind us... you did COMPLETELY uninstall Norton and install Microsoft Security Essentials, didn't you? The log is still showing anti-virus software interfering with the scanning process. Any scan failure during merge various artists is anti-virus related. You need to tell MSE to exclude MYI and MYD files: see below... Hi Phil, Yes, I did uninstall Norton and install MSE so it must be MSE that is interfering. I'll try to get into it and exclude the MYI MYD files as you advise, Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
DaveKen;624864 Wrote: Hi Phil, Yes, I did uninstall Norton and install MSE so it must be MSE that is interfering. I'll try to get into it and exclude the MYI MYD files as you advise, Thanks again, Dave. Hi again Phil, Gone into MSE and excluded the .myi and .myd files but it doesn't seem to have made much difference, it still defaults as before. Herewith the latest Server Log, done AFTER going through all my Flac files and associating them with cover art BUT a few proved impossible for mp3Tag to recognise so they still have no cover art. Hope this helps. Cheers, Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110412.3.pdf| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11699| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;624996 Wrote: There's different stuff in the log now... What causes this? [11-04-12 18:47:56.6954] Slim::Control::Request::execute (1935) Error: While trying to run function coderef [Slim::Control::Queries::statusQuery]: [Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): DBI Exception: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Can't create/write to file 'C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\MySQL\#sql_870_0.MYI' (Errcode: 13) [for Statement SELECT contributor.id, contributor.name, contributor.namesort, contributor.musicmagic_mixable, contributor.namesearch, contributor.musicbrainz_id FROM contributor_track me JOIN contributors contributor ON contributor.id = me.contributor WHERE ( ( role IN ( ? ) AND me.track = ? ) ) GROUP BY contributor.id ORDER BY role desc] at /C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~1\server\SQUEEZ~3.EXE Slim/Schema/Storage.pm line 86 Hi Phil, You askin' me?? Not being facetious, I haven't a clue. The only differences I can think of are that there is now more cover art in there than there was AND this scan went to a complete conclusion without ANY error message (Scan terminated prematurely - merge various artists). Don't know whether this helps - I'll try the Norton removal tool tomorrow. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Am doing the cache Clean Up now - you're right, nothing does appear to be happening - is there any indication as to when it's complete or how long it takes? TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, Thanks for your very helpful post above. This is just an update so that you know I'm not ignoring you :) . I've set about 'cleaning' the FLAC library using mp3Tag and it's proving very time consuming, to say the least. First I got rid of anything that wasn't FLAC. This left me with a little over 9,500 tracks and then I started associating cover art with each CD or individual track. I'm about halfway through them ATM. I don't know whether this is relevant but the screen 'lock up' or 'freeze' also occurs when listening to internet radio. First thing that happens is that the 'Now Playing' track info disappears, then the screen doesn't change when the programme changes, say on the hour, when another DJ clocks in, the screen continues to display. This cannot be due to the state of my FLAC library surely? Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;624783 Wrote: agree. p.s. Can't hurt to clean up your files and get them organized anyhow. It's a useful thing to do even if it is not the cause of your problem. Hi Gary, I'll continue with the clean up but for the next couple of weeks we are temporarily homing our son's Springer Spaniel whilst he's in India on business and then we go off on our holidays for a couple of weeks so I guess we may not solve the problem for a while. At least you'll get a bit of a breather :) . Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, I think I'm going to dump PCs and take up knitting!!! This morning I've removed Norton IS and enabled M/S Security Essentials and everything appeared to go fine BUT now my opening page of my e-mail programme opens up but will not function, most of the buttons being frozen - I can open 'Compose Mail' for instance but the 'Send' button is inactive. My mail service is Sky.com FWIW. Meanwhile, back to topic: - I've done a Factory Reset on my Touch and a Clear and Rescan on my library which I'm now waiting to complete. I will not be able to listen to music or do any scans until this evening but I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, when you suggested that I 'clean up' my music files, I have a vague recollection of seeing a 'Clean Up' button but cannot recall where - can you provide any simple pointers please. I've got mp3Tag installed but not got it working yet, possibly due to not spending much time on working through what I should do - I'll keep trying. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;624013 Wrote: have you done a full rescan yet? Yes, of Touch, and it came up with what I think is the right sort of result totals wise but have not been able to post any logs yet. I did have a look at it and it seems to be different from any log I've seen thus far, both in screen presentation (can't think why) but also in the information that is presented - it seems to be laid out much neater and with a seperate line for each track - I'll try to post that tomorrow after I've done the reboot of modem/router and PC (in that order) and rescanned. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;623694 Wrote: By the way, scanner.log only gets written by the scanner... SERVER.LOG might be more helpful now... Hi Phil, Herewith: - Now having another look at the Norton exclusion idea. Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110406.pdf | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11654| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, A Search has revealed the following *.myi and *.myd iles on my system. I can't see any that relate to Squeezebox. Hope this helps, Dave. +---+ |Filename: MYI2.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11659| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, Even though I could not find any *.myi and *.myd files on my PC which were related to Squeezebox I have managed to persuade Norton to accept an instruction to exclude them from the future scans. Should I now do another scan or await further instructions? Thanks for all your efforts and patience, it really is much appreciated. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;623724 Wrote: Do another scan and post the scanner logs. Also AFTER the now playing screen fails again, post your SERVER log files at that point. Hi Gary, ATM I've just done the two latest software updates 7.5.3 (to Touch and Server) and the screen is behaving itself - I'll do another Wipe and Rescan and post the result - pity really 'cos I'm really enjoying listening to a Renee Olstead CD rip. Forget what I said, the darned thing has just defaulted again between the third and fourth track of Renee Olstead - hopefully you may be able to 'pick this up' on the scanner log which is ongoing now, then I'll post the Server Scanner Log. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, And here's the Server Log: Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110406.1.pdf| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11661| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;623727 Wrote: The files are hiding in THIS folder: C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\MySQL Thanks for that Phil, Found 'em and added them to the Norton exclusion list. Cheers, Dave -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;623748 Wrote: can't seem to open file. post again. Hi Gary, Sorry about that (it is a very long file) so I'll try now as a .pdf - hope this is OK. Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLog110406.2.pdf| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11662| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;623754 Wrote: I'm afraid that server.log simply shows that Norton is still interfering. I urge you to UNINSTALL Norton and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials. Hi Phil and others with the same advice - I'll accept your advice and remove Norton in favour of M/S Essentials and then rescan everything again. But surely I can't be the only person to be running SqBx and NIS surely so why am the only one that's having problems? - rhetorical question, not really expecting an answer :) . Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;623763 Wrote: We've told the rest to uninstall Norton too :-) The problem goes away in SBS 7.6 - but most folks here think MSE is better than Norton anyway... and it is FREE! Just out of interest, where and when is SBS 7.6? I've only today updated to 7.5.3 and It says no more updates are available? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;622275 Wrote: Dave - I don't know as (for some reason) the screenshot you posted is too low resolution and I can't read it... I've now done a higher res copy of TODAY'S SQBxInformation page: - ...and I really need to see the scanner.log file from a (clean) full rescan) Hi Phil, Sorry for the delay but I've had a hell of a (busy) weekend but today I've gone through my FLACs file and started another file, L:/FLACs into which I've transferred ONLY FLAC files. I've then removed SQBX Server from my PC and done a new install. I then did a 'Wipe Rescan' and came up with this Scanner Log: - It puzzles me that I can't see today's date on anything even though it was done AFTER the new install and new Wipe Rescan. FWIW the Touch displayed the cover art and Now Playing info for nomore than 2 tracks before defaulting back to it's usual (for me) blank screen. TIA, Dave. +---+ |Filename: SQBxServerInfo110405.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11649| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;623537 Wrote: Dave, try to save the log file as a TXT file and attach that to your message, rather than taking a screen shot of the log file. Hi again Gary and welcome back. I've had a look at the current version of the scaner log BUT, curiouser and curiouser, although I haven't done another scan since I posted the last one, this one sems to be different in that it relates ONLY to today - what the heck's happening. Sorry about the .txt file but, unzipped, it exceeds the maximum permitted by the forum, and the forum won't accept a.rar file and, having downloaded and installed WinZip, that won't co-operate either, so I can't offer any version ATM - sorry. Also, FWIW, after about a dozen or so tracks my Touch screen has defaulted further, to the 'Off' screen of the digital clock, but the music keeps on playing. Again, FWIW, if I press the 'Next' button (right pointing double arrowhead), for about a second or two the screen scrolls the track info across the full but no cover art - it does not do this when it 'naturally' comes to the end of the track and moves on to the next Random selection. TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, I forgot to mention previously that on my new install of SQBx Server I opted out of iTunes integration so that's one problem we don't have this time. I'll persist with WinZip because I've used it for a long time but not on this PC. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
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Hi guys, I've managed to upload it as a pdf document - hope you can handle this OK. TIA, Dave. +---+ |Filename: ScannerLogPDF110405.pdf | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11650| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;623561 Wrote: OK - good! There are no errors in that scanner log. How is your artwork organised? - do you use embedded art (within each flac) or do you have cover.jpg files in each (album) folder? What artwork I have is in each album. My artwork is NOT complete in that I do NOT have cover art for every track or album - I would estimate that around 50% of my tracks have cover art associated with their albums. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, I'll make a closer study tomorrow and let you know what I find about the default timing but, as it can happen at random at any point between a few seconds and a few hours, it might prove difficult. From memory it does default around the point at which it changes tracks but I would not guess as to whether it's at the end of one or the beginning of the next. As an aide memoir I would remind you that many of my tracks are from a portable HDD that a couple of friends and I used to share musics and I subsequently found that many of them were mp3 format after I'd loaded them. Others are FLAC files which have been downloaded from FileMail and Dropbox and quite a few of those are hi-res FLACs. Hope this helps, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
aubuti;622036 Wrote: It appears that the log hasn't changed since February 17 because your disk is full. The direct consequence is that no information is being written that can help debug the problem. A likely indirect consequence is that the lack of space on the disk will aversely affect other operations. As the disk in question is C: that could cause a lot of problems for you. I understand what you're saying BUT C drive is 500GB, of which only 130GB is used so it ain't the overall capacity that's full but maybe the bit allocated to this operation? TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;622046 Wrote: Hmm... we've seen this before... Dave - delete the file SCANNER.LOG file, start a full TOUCH rescan and report here Phil Hi Phil, Herewith the latest Scanner.log file of a few minutes ago: - Thanks again, Dave. +---+ |Filename: ScannerLog2.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11609| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;621628 Wrote: OK. First-off, you have a problem with your anti-virus software: ] This error is typical of AV software interfering with SBS - what are you using? Hi Phil, I'm using NIS (Norton Internet Security, latest version). FWIW (don't know whether the two things are linked but every time it does a scan (scheduled for overnight every night) I get a message telling me that everything is OK but still get a little red cross on the bottom task bar saying that there are still unresolved issues - but never (yet) had virus problems. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Sorry but I cannot find any .myd or myi files associated with Squeezebox. I get as far as the 'Add' button (for files to be excluded from the Norton System Scan), navigate through C, then Program Files to Squeezebox where the choices are: - a folder titled 'server' and 5 files titled 'Licence', 'Release Notes', 'SqueezeTray', 'unins000.dat' and 'unins000' . There is no 'cache' file in the 'server' folder. As a (temporary ? ) trial I have excluded the entire Squeezebox program from the scan - any comments? Regarding the Red Cross issue, under History it reports that there are NO unresolved security issues?? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;621100 Wrote: I'm wondering if what you are seeing is an interruption to the server. Please post the log here. Hi Phil and Gary, Sorry for the delay in responding but I've hit a bad patch with my Cluster Headache problem bu I've finally got round to it - There seems to be a lot of it but hopefully it will mean more to you than it does to me, which is zero. I have zipped it but the forum attachment uploader reported it as an invalid file (.rar) so I've had to upload the original as a .txt file under Notepad - hope that's OK. Thanks a lot, Dave. +---+ |Filename: ServerLogFile110328.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11600| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Guys, Shame on some of you - you obviously didn't keep everything crossed overnight, as requested. This morning the screen had defaulted to it's usual (for me) screen with no 'Now Playing' or cover art displaying. Another thing which might be relevant is that when setting it up yesterday I changed the background (wallpaper) but this morning the previous wallpaper was on screen. I started off the thread asking if I had got (another) faulty Touch and this incident does nothing to persuade me that I haven't. My first Touch behaved impeccably at all times EXCEPT that it had a loose power jack connection which meant that it lost power if ANYTHING near it was moved. It was changed without question by Logitech direct for this one but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm unlucky again. I have done another Factory Reset and am now listening to internet radio - so far it is behaving as it should - I'll keep you posted. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi to all old and new readers to this drawn out saga, I have a brief update for you: - This morning I followed GazJam's advice - it was necessary to do 2 'Wipe and Rescans' and one 'Factory Reset' but since that time I've had the Touch running continuously over 6 hours now and the screen is still showing what the screen should show. Gaz and I are both keeping everything crossed so please feel free to join us in this posture. I intend to keep it running all night and if it is still behaving itself in the morning I'll declare the problem 'Solved' and post accordingly. Meanwhile thanks for your interest and advice. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
d6jg;620369 Wrote: Assumption. You are using Internet Explorer and it is displaying only the first screenshot above. It is likely to be a caching issue. You can play around with IE if you want but the issue is likely to be completely fixed if youinstall Firefox and use that to connect to the SBS instead. Sorry but your assumption is wrong in parts, like the curates egg - I am using IE (latest version) but I am not getting the first screenshot above. I am displaying a page with the same sort of information but it is laid out differently, with larger icons laid out horizontally, four to each row. Thanks for your input, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gents, (and Gaz!), Thanks for your help so far everyone. When I put 192.168.0.70 (my Sbx Server IP Address) into the browser bar I get this screen: - Hope this helps. Dave. +---+ |Filename: TouchScreen110324.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11573| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;620512 Wrote: OK. you must be using s different skin or something. But anyhow, toward the bottom right you have a button for Server Settings. Click on this button. What comes up? This: - +---+ |Filename: Touchscreen110324-1.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11574| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, Yep I've got very eclectic tastes ;-) . The settings screen gives me this: - Dave. +---+ |Filename: Touchscreen110324-3.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11577| +---+ -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, Please see my responses in CAPITALS below: - garym;620591 Wrote: Ok. Now we're getting to the point where we can see what you're seeing (and it looks like the standard setup. I frankly can't remember what my question was not with the prior screenshots. But if I recall, the issue is that everything plays just fine with your TOUCH, but you lose artwork and track info YES, EXACTLY SO. AND you can no longer control playback (pause, volume,etc.) from your Touch. Correct? NO, MY RC AND THE TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLS WORK FINE. THE SCREEN DEFAULTS TO A NORMAL SCREEN (AS WHEN IT IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD), BUT IT LOSES THE 'NOW PLAYING' INFO AND THE COVER ART. AFTER A WHILE (LIKE NOW) IT FURTHER DEFAULTS TO THE DIGITAL CLOCK (OFF) SCREEN BUT IT STILL RESPONDS TO TOUCH SCREEN AND RC CONTROLS. I think Phil has noticed something above regarding your network. Everything should have an IP address with the 192.168.1.XX. But it seems that your server is 192.168.1.70 but other things in your network you reported as 192.168.0.XX. So this may be your problem. I HAVE BEGUN TO THINK THAT WAY MYSELF SINCE PHIL MENTIONED IT BUT I CAN SEE NO WAY OF CHANGING THESE SETTINGS - ANY IDEAS? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;620605 Wrote: I thought I'd asked about this before, but that was my thought too. Dave, when it reverts to the Digital Clock, if you touch the TOUCH screen does it come back to now playing and do you see art and track info? NO, IT JUST COMES BACK TO THE 'NORMAL' SCREEN - THAT IS THE CORRECT SCREEN WHEN IT IS WORKING PROPERLY BUT IT DOESN'T DISPLAY THE TRACK INFO OR THE COVER ART. AND AFTER A WHILE THAT ALSO DISAPPEARS TO BE REPLACED BY THE DIGITAL CLOCK. aNOTHER COUPLE OF CLUES: - wHEN FIRST SWITCHED ON IN THIS CONDITION THE TRACK TITLE (ONLY) INFO IS DISPLAYED FOR ABOUT 1 SEC AND THEN DISAPPEARS AND IF I PRESS THE 'NEXT' (RIGHT POINTING ARROW) ON RC OR TOUCH SCREEN THE TRACK INFO (ONLY) IS AGAIN DISPLAYED FOR A SECOND OR SO. no further track info is then ever displayed unless i press the 'NEXT' BUTTON. IF I GO FOR 'RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS' IT BEHAVES PERFECTLY AS IT SHOULD AND THEN, AFTER A PERIOD THAT CAN VARY BETWEEN A FEW TRACKS AND A FEW HOURS, IT DEFAULTS TO SAME SCREEN BUT NO 'NOW PLAYING' OR TRACK ART INFO, AND THEN, SOMETIME AFTER THAT, TO THE DIGITAL CLOCK. MEANWHILE AT ALL TIMES THE MUSIC GOES ON AND ON. MOST OF MY NETWORK IP ADDRESSES APPEAR BELOW: - SERVER IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.70 (MY MAIN (SONY VAIO VGX-XL201 MM PC) LOGITECH TOUCH 192.168.1.69 NETBOOK 192.168.1.67 DESKTOP 192.168.1.65 LAPTOP 192.168.1.64 OTHER DEVICE192.168.1.71 I BELIEVE ALL THESE ADDRESSES ARE DHCP PROVIDED BECAUSE i DIDN'T PUT THEM IN MANUALLY AND MY DEFAULT CHOICE WHEN IN DOUBT (MOST OF THE TIME) IS TO GO FOR THE 'AUTOMATIC' OR 'RECOMMENDED' OPTION. THANKS AGAIN, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;620623 Wrote: OK. So it looks like all your IP addresses are OK, because they are all 192.168.1.XX (and that's good). I don't think the digital clock has anything to do with your problem. That's just the screen saver kicking in. But the loss of art/track info is the problem. When you lose this on the touch screen, do you still see the correct track info and art when you go to the SbS screen in the web User Interface, i.e., the http://192.168.1.70:9000/default Welcome to the 'mad house' Gaz, the more brains we focus on this the better, and no disrespect AT ALL to other contributors but it does seem to be an unusual problem. In short, the answer to your last qusestion is Yes - the 'default page you linked displays a list of tracks together with screen art down the RH side and when I press the 'Next' button the next one down the list is played and jumps to the top of the list. Cheers, Dave -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, I've downloaded and unzipped Cropper - everything seemed to go well and a successful install was reported but it won't open. I'm running Win Home Prem with SP1 and all the updates - any ideas? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;620139 Wrote: what happens when you open cropper from the Start menu? Nuffin, except I get the 'egg timer' for about a second - bloody computers, I 'ate 'em!! ;-) . I didn't get any desktop shortcut option so going via 'Start' is the only option. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, I'm beginning to think that maybe I don't have everything loaded or set up that I should have. In your 2 latest posts immediately above this you have shwn me a total of 3 screen shots. I cannot access any of these screens. If I do a Search (just above the Start button) for Squeezbox Server I get 3 options, Sbx Control Panel, Sbx Server and Uninstall Sbx Server. Ignoring the last one of these for obvious reasons, clicking on either of the first 2 takes me immediately to the Sbx Server Control Panel. There is no way that I can find of getting to the screen showingin your screen shots. Am i missing something obvious (very probably)? Could you offer me basic, simple, idiot-proof, key-by-key instructions as to how I display the screen required because I'm beginning to think it ain't there. TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi again Gary, See my response in CAPITALS below: - garym;619874 Wrote: When started, choose the ADVANCED tab within the Control Panel. Then click Advanced Settings. WHEN i DO THIS IT DISPLAYS A PAGE WITH THE TAB: - http://127.0.0.1:9000/settings/index.html THIS PAGE IS COMPLETELY BLANK AND THE ONLY INFORMATION DISPLAYED IS THE WORD 'Done' IN THE BOTTOM LH CORNER. WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU? aCCORDINGLY I CANNOT GET TO THE SCREEN SHOTS YOU PROVIDE. This should get you to the SbS web User Interface (NOPE,IT DOESN'T) for settings and you'll see a webpage with lots of tabs. This should match up with my screen shots above. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Please see my rsponse in CAPITALS below, together with my response to garym above: - Phil Leigh;619986 Wrote: Dave - which version of SBS are you running? (it tells you on the information tab in the SBS control panel) MY VERSION IS STATED AS 7.5.3 - r31792 There is a bug in 7.6 that launches the SBS CONTROL PANEL when you select SQUEEZEBOX SERVER from the windows start menu... Open any browser (such as Internet explorer) and type http://127.0.0.1:9000/ PLEASE SEE ABOVE - I GET THIS PAGE WHEN I CLICK ON ADVANCED SETTINGS IN 'SBx SERVER CONTROL PANEL'. IS THIS A POINTER TOWARDS THE PROBLEM? into the address bar - the SBS Web UI will open! - then save as a Favourite and create a desktop shortcut. Don't use the broken Start Menu... DAVE. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, As before, see response in capitals: garym;619995 Wrote: OK. Remind me of a few things. 1. You are running SqueezeboxServer (SbS) on a Windows Home Server computer. Correct? NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY, ITS A SONY VAIO MM PC MODEL NO. VGX-XL201 Which version of SbS? 7.5.3 - r31792 2. When you are trying to get at SbS settings, control panel, etc. which computer are you on? The Windows Home Server or a different computer (e.g., your laptop). THE ABOVE MENTIONED SONY VAIO 3. What is the IP address of the computer that is your windows home server. I recall you had that fixed at something like 192.168.1.70. Is this correct? YES. 4. Try this, from a laptop on your local network (not your windows server machine), enter this: http://192.168.1.70:9000/ replace 192.168.1.70 if this is not the server's IP. What do you get? Do you get the SbS web interface (albums, artists, etc.)? YES, SORT OF, NOT THE PAGE WITH ALL THE TABS WE ARE LOOKING FOR, JUST A PAGE HEADED 'BROWSE' WITH ICONS ON (ALBUMS, ARTISTS, MUSIC FOLDER, NEW MUSIC, RANDOM MIX etc) TOGETHER WITH A SUMMARY OF THE QUANTITY OF SONGS, ARTISTS AND ALBUMS. TIA Dave -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Phil Leigh;620005 Wrote: yeah - sorry...open a browser on the PC where SBS is installed! Sorry Phil, you've lost me - what does this refer to? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, See the response in capitals again, please: garym;620029 Wrote: Ok. And your Sony is running Windows? Win7, WinXP? WIN7 HOME PREM But we're getting somewhere, I think. I suspect what you see is the pic below? (or similar). YES AND NO - SORRY - SIMILAR SORT OF INFORMATION AS YOUR FIRST SCREEN SHOT BUT LAID OUT DIFFERENTLY AND NO APPARENT WAY TO GET TO YOUR SECOND SCREEN SHOT PAGE. This is SbS web User Interface (UI). If you look to the lower right hand side, do you see a button for settings? (second picture, this is right hand side of same screen display). If so, click this. This should get you to the page with tabs. Do you think that you could tell me how to post my screen shots which may be of more use to you? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi again Gary, If I've got this right my respnses to each of your points are posted below the relavent point below: - garym;619406 Wrote: Odd. And to confirm, even though you don't get track info, does the track play audio just fine. And can you fast forward to next track, etc. That is, you don't SEE track info/art, but you do hear the track and it plays all the way through, etc. Yes, that's exactly the case. I would add one further bit of info though. I happened to be looking at the screen last night at exactly the point at which it dropped the track and cover art info. It happened within a few seconds of the end of a track, the track terminated a few seconds early and the next track started playing with NO gap between and at the same time the track and cover art info disappeared (it was there for the first track but gone for the second track). This happened about 15 to 20 minutes into the listening session. This is probably normal. You might have the digital clock set as your screensaver. When it starts showing digital clock does it continue to play the AUDIO just fine? I have the digital clock set to display when I'm not listening to music via the Touch. I think this is an important symptom. Assuming the track's audio is still playing fine (as asked above), the fact that you can't control anything from any source and you don't see info tells me that the player is somehow losing some portion of the communication between the Server (SbS) and the player (Touch). I wonder if this is some sort of antivirus program that kicks in after a while. I recall you have other things running on your Server Computer related to video, etc. Are you using TWONKY or something like that. I wonder if something else you are using also uses the 9000 port for communication. If so, maybe it is something that kicks in every so often and causes you to loose certain communication with your SbS. I do have foobar 2000 set up on my PC to play music from the same library as the Touch but I NEVER have them running together. Both sources are fed by digital co-ax into my Beresford 7520 DAC which also acts as a source switch. Maybe you should change the port for SbS from 9000 to something else, maybe 9001. See picture at bottom of message below. You access this option from SbS Settings ADVANCED tab, then use the dropdown menu in upper left hand side to select Networking. After that you should probably reboot your computer running SbS, unplug your touch and plug it back in after you've rebooted your computer and restarted SbS. I'll try this later today and let you know - busy watching football (soccer to you ;-) ) at the moment. This is normal. the regular TOUCH remote is an infrared remote. It just uses line of sight and is not communicating via your Local Area Network. Thanks again Gary for your continuing help - much appreciated. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;618737 Wrote: I assume you are doing all this on the computer that is running your main (and I hope at this point, your only) SqueezeBoxServer program. And how about when you click on the diagnostics tag. What is reported for ports, etc. on that page. Hiu Gary, Yep, I've removed all other copies of SQBX Server from the desk-top and lap-top. When I click on the Diagnostic tag I get two headingswith the following info displayed:- Squeezebox Server. Server IP Address 192.168.1.70 Port 3483 (slimproto)OK Port 9000 (HTTP) OK Port 9090 (CLI) OK mysqueezebox.com Serrver IP Address79.125.21.137 Ping OK Port 3483 (slimproto)OK Port 9000 (HTTP) OK Hope this helps, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Thanks for your basic (my level) advice above. I think we may be getting closer to pinning down what the problem might be (half the battle :-) ), but I'm not sure how I got there or how I get to where I should be - hopefully it will give you a clue. I get the first screen shot exactly as yours but when I click on Advanced Settings all I get is a totally blank page with 'Done' in the bottom LH corner - the web address in the top LH window is exactly the same as per your second screen shot but it gives me an empty page - does this give you any ideas as to what I have done wrong? TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;616560 Wrote: Have you looked at the logs in SbS: SbS Settings Advanced LOGGING look at your Server log file. (down below you can set the server log for debug to get more verbose output). Hi Gary, Sorry for the delay - I'm still very keen to sort this thing out but I've had a bad weekend with Cluster Headaches. I'm about to expose what a real numptie I am but I cannot follow the above suggestion as I get different options to the ones you offer so I'm probably looking in the wrong place. I assume that you are suggesting that I open up SbS by clicking on the Touch icon on the (bottom) task bar? - if so, the tabs that are available, reading L o R, are Status, Library, Account, Advanced, Diagnostics and Information - in other words 'Settings' ain't there. If I go direct to 'Advanced' one of the options available is 'Log Files' and two options are available under that heading, 'Show Server Log' and 'Show Scanner Log'. Both open up Notepad and display lines and lines of information - are either of these what we (you) need to look at? Sorry for being such a numptie :-( . TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;618460 Wrote: I think you've gone into SbS CONTROL PANEL. Open control panel again as you did above, click on the Advanced tab, then choose Web Remote Control. Then it will open the SbS Web User Interface. Bottom right of that is Settings Hi Gary, Yep, you're right,that's exactly where I was :-( . Going into Web Remote Control, what I get near the bottom right are 3 options: About, Server Settings and Player Settings. The last two list various options about the Touch set up, none of which, as far as I can see, make any reference to Logs. The most informative item provides Player MAC address and IP address etc. and it has my player IP address as 192.168.0.69, the 69 part being way above the number of items on my network. When I was having to put the IP adress in manually to try to get it to connect via ethernet I gave it 25 for the last no. As I have a lot less items on my network than 25 I thought that no. would be OK so I have no idea where it got the no. 69 from - or is all that irrelevant to this particular problem? TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
toby10;618505 Wrote: You can also get to SBS Settings from the Control Panel itself, Contro Panel Advanced Advanced Settings Hi Toby, Thanks for your input. I don't know whether it gives you a pointer towards the problem I'm having but when I do as you suggest above all I get is a blank page with 'Done' in the bottom LH corner. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Thanks Gary, I don't have access to the PC and Touch at the moment so I wont be able to advise further until tomorrow. Meanwhile, have you seen my response to Toby10 above? - just thought it might throw another shaft of light somewhere :-) . AND, from memory, I don't get anything like the screen shot you provide above when I do as you ask but I'll confirm that tomorrow??? Regarding upgrading the power supply, my logic is that it could go ahead in parallel with the other things as the two things are totally seperate. I'm currently (sorry :-) ), supplying my Touch with 5V DC which comes out of a linear PSU and is then fed through a JLH Ripple Eater (without current limiter) and, IMHO, it does lift the SQ considerably. Like I've said before I'm more than happy with the noises that the Touch supplies and it is only the outstanding SQ that makes me want to persist in getting the Now Playing display sorted. Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;618561 Wrote: having the IP address end with 69 doesn't mean anything. That must be the number you assigned it (did you give it a static IP somewhere along the line). Doesn't mean you have 69 things attached to your router/network. One thing to be clear about: Are you running a single instance of SqueezeboxServer? And is this on the machine where you are looking at settings, etc.? Hi Gary, I can assure you that I (in bold italics) did NOT give anything the number 69 - it's not the sort of number you forget,is it ;-) . Regarding other instances of Squeezebox Server, e, no, I have the programme on my NetBook and a DeskTop in my office (as well as on my main MM PC), but don't use or open either of them. The reason I did this was in preparation for sometime in the future when I might want to control the Touch from another room. I assumed that, because the programs remained unopened, they could not impact on the overall control from my MM PC - was I wrong? Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, It's got me beat as well, FWIW ;-) . Today it ran for nearly 4 hours before losing the 'Now Playing' info. I'm beginning to wonder if the above suggestion of pop-up blocker getting involved might be the problem - in my position I'll consider anything :-) . Thanks for your interest. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Gary, See my responses in CAPITALS below\: - garym;616185 Wrote: Actually, it seems ok that it works that way. In my case, even though ALL the options are checked, unless I manually tap the screen to change things it ALWAYS stays on the now playing screen showing album art, title, artist. So this is not a problem. TAPPING THE SCREEN IN THIS SITUATION HAS NO EFFECT ON MY SCREEN SO IT IS A PROBLEM FOR ME i'M AFRAID ;-). Just to follow up, have you now got all the issues ironed out of your setup OTHER THAN this now playing issue? yES THAT IS NOW THE SITUATION - THE TOUCH NOW SEEMS TO BE BEHAVING ITSELF IN THAT SENSE. HOWEVER THIS WEEKEND i FOUND MYSELF ON THE SOFTWARE UPDATE OPTION SCREEN AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT I WAS BEING OFFERED 3 OR 4 UPGRADES, ALL OF WHICH I HAVE NOW INSTALLED SUCCESSFULY - ONE RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE ON MY NAS WHICH I HAVE YET TO SUCCESSFULLYT LINK TO WITH THE TOUCH BUT THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY :-). And to be clear, when you say the info fails to appear, what appears instead? A blank screen? Something else? DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE BUT I GET THE NORMAL BACKGROUND WHICH SHOWS WHEN THE 'NOW PLAYING' INFO IS DISPLAYED BUT THE TRACK AND COVER ART IS MISSING. PUT ANOTHER WAY I GET THE BLACK BAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN WITH THE LEFT POINTING ARROW AT TOP LEFT ON THIS BAR, 'NOW PLAYING - 11 OF 21' (or similar) IN THEMIDDLE AND THE 3-BAR 'LIST' SYMBOL AT THE RIGHT END ON THIS BAR. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN I GET ALL THE USUAL BACK, PAUSE, FORWARD, REPEAT, AND LIST SYMBOLS, AND VOLUME CONTROL SLIDE BAR. THE SCREEN PROPER JUST SHOWS THE TIME ELAPSED AND TO PLAY SLIDE BAR. FWIW IT HAS JUST REVERTED TO THIS SCREEN AS I AM TYPING THIS AND IT EEMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE TRACK THAT WAS PLAYING FINISHING PREMATURELY AND ALSO THE TIME ELAPSED AND TO PLAY SLIDE BAR IS FROZEN AT THE FULLY PLAYED/NOTHING TO PLAY POINT (R HAND END). IT DID THIS WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF STARTING IT UP AND AFTER ABOUT 5 TRACKS. What have you got your SCREENSAVER set to? Go to settings Screen Screensavers and make sure you have the screensaver for WHEN PLAYING set to now playing. Otherwise, after a short period of time it will revert to whatever you've set as the screensaver (which could be blank). I suspect this may be your problem. Double check this. You essentially have a screensaver setting for when playing (which I choose nowplaying), when stopped (which i choose one of the clocks) or off (and I choose a different clock for this). I HAVE GOT ( AND 'ALWAYS' HAD), MY SCREENSAVER SETTINGS EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE YOURS. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR INTEREST. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;615574 Wrote: Dave do you have a link or more details on this PSU? It all sounds a little odd to me. What is the current rating of this PSU? Hi Phil, Thanks for your continuing interest. The only info that I have is that which the eBay Seller included on his listing: - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120683339960ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT if that doesn't find it it was eBay Item number: 120683339960 The listing title states 5v 1a and 5v 100ma, well below the 3a you advise as being required. FWIW I'm listening to Radio 2 (SOTS, my era) internet radio, this morning with the joint 5v outputs from my other linear PSU (safe?) and everything is behaving faultlessly. Later today I plan to insert the CL-less RE into the circuit between PSU and Touch. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;615588 Wrote: Dave, the transformer on that PSU appears to be rated at 1.65VA? so at 5V it can deliver 330ma on each secondary... For the Touch you need AT LEAST a 5x1.5 or 7.5VA PSU - preferably larger. IMO you need a much bigger transformer and more heatsinking than is available on that PSU. regards Phil Hi Phil, Regarding your quoted comments above, can I re-refer you to my update in post No.14 above, the salient bit of which I quote below: - I would be pleased to receive your advice on the following. I have another linear PSU with 4 outputs (again mod'd for audio use by another friend knowledgeable on such matters). Two of these outputs are 15v (so we can ignore them in this context, particularly as they are not connected to anything) but the other two are both a nominal 5v. They actually check out at 5.05 and 5.09v according to my cheapo MM. Leaving the RE out of the circuit I coupled one of these 5v outputs upto the Touch and got nothing. I then coupled both outputs together and fed the total output to the Touch and ... Hey Presto, it powers up and plays and although it's very early days I think it plays better than with the supplied wallwart. Again the RE is not in this circuit. So can you advise whether combining a 5.05 and a 5.09v DC output which both originate from the same non-toroidal transformer is electrically and audio-wise a safe thing to do? I plan to have a good listening session with it in this condition, unless you advise otherwise, and the put the RE back in circuit tomorrow and see what happens then. Thanks for any help. I really would appreciate your comments on the above - please remember I'm a know-nothing numptie when it comes to electrics so NOTHING is obvious to me :-) . To update you further, this morning I have put the non-current limited RE between the above PSU and the Touch and everything is working fine - no excess warmth from the PSU or the RE so far. Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;615636 Wrote: Dave - I can only imagine that by feeding BOTH 5V outputs in parallel from the power supply to the Touch you are managing to provide enough current to drive the Touch. It won't hurt anything (if nothing is even warm then things should be fine). Thanks Phil, that is exactly the reply I was hoping for :-). To bring you up to speed I've spent the last few hours listening to the Touch playing FLAC files whilst powered by the two parallel 5v outputs from the linear PSU and fed through a Ripple Eater. In short the SQ id by brilliant and a big improvement on the supplied wallwart - and nothing is running even slightly warm :-) . BUT it is still annoying the hell out of me by dropping all 'Playing Now' and cover art info from the display after playing a few tracks - surely it isn't supposed to be like this and surely I'm not the only sufferer - or is it and am I? Thanks for your help, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;615654 Wrote: Dave - out of curiousity, what is the rest of your system? Hi Phil, Regarding what I'm listening to at the moment the signal path, as I understand it, goes: - FLAC files from seperately powered free standing HDD via firewire to Vaio MM PC, then out from Vaio via ethernet into Touch, then out via digital co-ax into Beresford 7520 DAC (mod'd up to Caiman spec and fed by 16v linear PSU). From there it goes via cryo treated silver phono cables into Cyrus aCA7 pre, out from there via XLR to phono cables into Cyrus XPA power amp and out from there via cryo treated silver speaker cable to Mission 773e speakers. Does this explain anything better? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;614673 Wrote: When you say all your now playing items are lit, do you mean that the boxes next to all the options are selected (filled in). I assume so. This is normal. Mine are all selected as well. Then when I'm playing something and it is on the now playing screen, I tap the screen and it cycles through all the now playing screen options. So I tap, see just artwork, tap again, see artwork and song info, tap again and see VU meter, etc. Hi Gary, That's very interesting (yes that is exactly what I get - I would call that a software 'glitch', particularly if there is nothing in the manual to advise owners about how one should work round it). I'll play around again tonight but why does it start off displaying track information and cover art (when I opt out of the other options) but after playing a few tracks both cover art and track information fail to appear - I cannot believe that that is how it is designed to operate. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
JohnSwenson;615331 Wrote: Hi Dave, what model number is that switch? I know its not hooked up right now, but not being able to connect to the router's DHCP server through the switch is very unusual. Its much more likely if its actually a router. John S. Hi John, You may not recall but we have exchanged posts before just pre-launch of the Touch - nice to 'talk again :-) . I'm afraid I have another numptie confession to make :-( - contrary to what I said previously I now find that the main Cat5e cable into the switch was damaged - difficult to see but definitely there - and it appeared that sometimes it made the right connections and sometimes it didn't, and the rest was coincidence. Having cut out the damaged area and wired it into a RJ45 wall socket the switch now appears to be functioning OK - so far :-). Whilst I 'have your ear' so to speak I would be grateful for any response you may feel able to make to my post no. 46 on this thread: - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=615442#post615442 I know you know your way around the Touch better than most so have you any idea why my track and cover art is lost from the screen after playing a few tracks? Thanks for any help. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;614703 Wrote: Maplin part HH63T - outside diameter 5.5mm Inside diameter 2.5mm length=11mm Hi Phil, As I said earlier I do not doubt your credentials in any way BUT ... I got a couple of the above items from Maplins and got my local TV repair man to solder one onto my linear 5v through a JLH Ripple Eater supply cable. Putting my multi-meter on the end confirmed 5v DC +ve centre supply but pushing it into the back of the Touch causes the 5v supply LED to flicker but the Touch would not power up. So do I have a faulty Touch or is the Maplin jack faulty or not the correct jack? Sorry for my confusion. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Hi Phil, See my responses in CAPITALS below: - Phil Leigh;615474 Wrote: This supply of yours... does the led stay lit when not connected to the Touch? - the flicker could only be caused by a (temporary) short circuit in that case, as the plug is inserted into the socket... THE LED IS LIT AND STEADY WITH NOTHING CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT AND WITH MY MM CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT BUT FLICKERS WHEN INSERTED IN THE TOUCH. * I presume your supply is capable of delivering the requisite 3 amps @ 5v? IN A NUTSHELL i THINK YOU HAVE PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE PROBLEM. THE LINEAR PSU IN QUESTION IS THIS ONE: - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120683339960ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT WHICH STATES THAT THE OUTPUT AT 5V IS ONLY 1 AMP - DO!! IT NEVER OCURRED TO ME THAT THE TOUCH WOULD NEED 3 AMPS TO FEED IT - BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!!! * Maybe a stupid question, but presumably your Touch still works OK with the stock supply? yEP, IT DOES BUT I THINK THE ABOVE HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. AS PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED, WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING ELECTRICAL I AM A KNOW NOTHING NUMPTIE. SORRY FOR TROUBLING YOU. Thanks for your help, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;615492 Wrote: Actually that PSU should have enough grunt to run a Touch (just - but I wouldn't recommend it!)... but the ripple eater in its normal design has a 650ma current limit based on a 1 ohm resistor in R12 - I think this may be your problem. You would need to rip the current limiter out and put an LM317 reg in front of the rest of the circuit... Hi again Phil, I accept what you say above but it might interest you to know that the RE had already had the Current Limiter removed - not by me but by someone who knows what they're doing - and it didn't appear that the PSU did have enough grunt to run the Touch. I would be pleased to receive your advice on the following. I have another linear PSU with 4 outputs (again mod'd for audio use by another friend knowledgeable on such matters). Two of these outputs are 15v (so we can ignore them in this context, particularly as they are not connected to anything) but the other two are both a nominal 5v. They actually check out at 5.05 and 5.09v according to my cheapo MM. Leaving the RE out of the circuit I coupled one of these 5v outputs upto the Touch and got nothing. I then coupled both outputs together and fed the total output to the Touch and ... Hey Presto, it powers up and plays and although it's very early days I think it plays better than with the supplied wallwart. Again the RE is not in this circuit. So can you advise whether combining a 5.05 and a 5.09v DC output which both originate from the same non-toroidal transformer but via seperate PCBs is electrically and audio-wise a safe thing to do? I plan to have a good listening session with it in this condition, unless you advise otherwise, and the put the RE back in circuit tomorrow and see what happens then. Thanks for any help. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
garym;615030 Wrote: You don't need a long cable. Just physically move the touch next to the router. For this test it doesnt need to be connected to audio out. You just want to see that it can connect via Ethernet and you can see what's playing on the screen. Your idea of bypassing the switch can't hurt either. Hi Gary, This afternoon I took your advice above and placed the Touch at the side of the Modem/Router, plugged in the ethernet cable directly between the two and plugged in the PSU. Ethernet connection was almost instantaneous - result!! From this I conclude that the switch may be the problem so tomorrow I plan to take a long cable directly from Router to Touch situated at the side of my PC. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
Hi Gary and Toby, You will no doubt be pleased to hear that my problems seems to be fixed. I've yet to have a long listening session to confirm that EVERYTHING is performing as it should but a direct ethernet connection between Modem/Router and Touch, (bypassing Switch) seems to have resolved the ethernet connection problem. Once this was done, connection was almost instantaneous. The problem seems (to me) to be one of incompatibility between Tenda switch and the Touch - all other items plugged in to the switch seem to work as they should, irrespective of which port or ethernet cable the Touch used, but the Touch refused to to work via ethernet irrespective of which port or cable was used. I'll give it a good listening session over the weekend and let you know how it goes. Meanwhile thanks to both for your interest and tolerance. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
ejp;615284 Wrote: I'm not sure if I'm reading this right, but your loss of artwork and text is due to an incompatibility between a switch and the device? I'm not sure that you're reading it right either :-) . What I am suggesting is that the failure/reluctance of the Touch to make an ethernet connection seems (to me) to be due to an incompatibility between switch and Touch. I am a complete novice in these matters so it may not make sense to more knowledgeable folk. FWIW, an update on my earlier post: - the SQ from Touch now it has an ethernet connection is very good, with no dropouts so far BUT the Touch has reverted to not displaying any 'Now Playing' info, just as before, so not all my problems are over yet. Suggestions, as long as they are polite, are cordially invited. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
I love the SQ from my Touch BUT ...mine is very flakey, and I'm a clueless numptie which doesn't help. I have it connected ONLY to PSU (supplied), ethernet cable to switch to PC and digital co-ax to DAC. I've rebooted PC and/or factory reset the Touch endlessly and it refuses to make an ethernet connection. It will make a wireless connection to my network but suffers repeated dropouts, both when listening to my music library and internet radio. On both these options it starts off dispaying track information and cover art but after a few track it stops doing that. I have no problems with normal surfing the web FWIW. In the 'screen', now playing', 'scrolling' option screen ALL the options are lit and nothing I can do changes that. I'm currently listening to Radio Paradise and the SQ I'm getting is brilliant but those dropouts are a PIA, to put it mildly. In 10 days time I should have fibre optic BBand available which the provider estimates will give me a dowload speed of 34.4 MBps instead of the current norm of 13 to 14 MBps - is this likely to give me less dropouts on wireless connections? Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
In my loft, in good working order when I put it there aeons ago, I have what was called a 'portable' by Compaq, the maker but was referred to as 'luggable' by the poor souls like me that had to take it around with them. It had one (or two, I can't remember) 5 floppy drives, a keyboard that acted as a base when being moved, and a little monochrome green CRT screen. Probably qualifies for antique status now. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
Hi Guys, particularly garym and toby10, I've swapped the ethernet cable and the socket on the ethernet switch, none of which has made the slightest difference. I can connect wirelessly, with dropouts, without any trouble but it refuses to make an ethernet connection, giving the error message, Cannot find DCHP address for this network. I can confirm that the label on the back of the switch clearly identifies it as a switch and only a switch - no mention of hub - it is a Tenda 5 port switch if that is relevant. (1 in and 4 out) Coincidentally, or maybe not, ALL the options in the 'Playing Now' scrolling screen continue to be ALL lit and all track and cover art information disappears after a few track have been played. Just to see if it is any different I have tonight chosen the Spectrum Analyser option - this, along with the track information is currently being displayed but I've only played 4 or 5 tracks so far. Yours in exasperation and frustration, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
toby10;614914 Wrote: To change Touch from using WiFi to ethernet: Touch Settings Advanced Networking Choose Network Connect to Ethernet Network I assume all of your network devices all connect through a single router? Your wired switch is in addition to your router? You are certain your wired switch is not a HUB? If it has a port marked input or line in it may be a HUB. Your all wired network is: Touch Switch Router? Then computer is wired *only* (no WiFi) to the same router? YES to all the above. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
garym;614996 Wrote: the fact that it is 1 in and 4 out makes me nervous. most switches are just 4 or 5 with no distinction between in and out. But even assuming it is a switch, try this experiment. Move the Touch next to your router (temporarily). Plug it in to the router via ethernet and then go through the commands toby10 recommended to switch to ethernet: Touch Settings Advanced Networking Choose Network Connect to Ethernet Network Does it get an address and connect in these circumstances. If it does then that means something is odd about your switch or hub or whatever it is. Please try this and report back on what happens. p.s. The fact that all the now playing screen options are lit is no issue whatsoever. This just means that you can cycle through these options by tapping on the screen. (tap and you get art and info, tap again you get just art, tap again you get VU meter, etc.). This is NOT related to your issue (which I think is just poor WIFI connection). This is why getting this ethernet connection issue solved is primary. Hi Gary, I will do as you suggest but it may take a while because my router is in one room and my switch and PC and Touch are in another so I need to obtain a long-ish ethernet cable. ATM I have wired 4 rooms in my house with Cat5e cable from the router so I need a switch to give me ethernet connections to my stuff in the listening/viewing room. And 'Yes' it is a 5 port switch - the '1 in 4 out' comment was mine, thinking it would help to explain what it does - none of the ports is marked either 'In' or 'Out'. And I am aware that tapping on the choices in the 'Playing Now' screen enables me to select or deselect each choice but no matter which choice I go for, when I navigate back to the same screen ALL the choices are 'lit'. It may not be associated to the ethernet connection problem but surely it is not as it should be? Me being a know nothing numptie I have no idea whether the two things are related so I just thought I'd throw it in to complete the picture. Thanks again for your interest and help, Dave. Edit/PS. I've just had a further thought: things have moved on since I wired up 4 rooms with Cat5e cable and one of them is no longer needed so I could re-route that cable directly to the Touch. This would give it a direct route back to the router which might help and shouldn't do any harm. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
ejp;614588 Wrote: What's also strange is that if I go to the playlist, it's stuck displaying the last 10 songs in the playlist before the player stopped displaying the track info. (Rather than what is playing right now). Yep, mine does the same. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Normal??
Hi guys, I've been having trouble with my Touch(see other threads), but today, whilst trying to sort it out I noticed something strange, to me at least, but I'm an electrical numptie. The supplied PSU has now been connected for well over an hour but the display is still 'lit' as normal. I have all the other input and output sockets connected so I guess it must be getting power from one of them, most likely the USB connection I guess. Because the Touch is not currently co-operating with my PC I cannot confirm that it is operating normally. Is this to be expected and, if so, why does it need a PSU anyway? I hope to learn somethig from your answers. TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85997 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Hi guys, I've powered my Touch with a linear 5v PSU followed by a JLH Ripple Eater and I think it improves the SQ and quite significantly. Unfortunately I could not find a Jack Plug which was a good fit and had to 'batardise' (technical term) a slightly different sized one from Maplin's but my re-engineering didn't last very long and I'm now back to using the supplied wall wart. I have bought 3 different sets of jack plugs and none of them have one that fits in the Touch properly. I do not want to cut into the supplied cable to use that jack plug so can anyone tell me where I can obtain a good fitting jack plug, or alternative the precise technical description of the jack plug that would fit. O.D. and length do NOT sufficiently identify what is needed. Any help would be appreciated. Given my non-existant soldering skills a used power cord with the correct jack on the end might be the preferred option. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Phil Leigh;614703 Wrote: Maplin part HH63T - outside diameter 5.5mm Inside diameter 2.5mm length=11mm Hi Phil, Thanks for that but, having bought 3 differing sets of jacks from Maplins, a total of 24, none of which fit the touch, can I ask if you KNOW from first hand experience that that item will fit. Several of the ones I've tried had the same OD and length but it seemed (to me) that the 'pin' in the Touch that fits into the ID of the jack plug is the problem. I think that for some reason known only to Logitech they have made the fitting non-standard. I say this because I had my first Touch replaced by Logitech under warranty (without any query, which surprised me) because the jack plug on that one was a very loose fit such that any movement of the Touch or the other connecting cables immediately resulted in the Touch losing power. Thanks for any help. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU Jack Plug
Hi Phil and Mynb, Your inputs are much appreciated and I had no wish to doubt your credentials Phil but, having tried several jacks with that OD and length I naturally wanted to avoid more pointless expense. My order on Maplin will follow this. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86001 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
FWIW I'm getting exactly the same problem as the OP - I have no automatic backup software running either. To be strictly accurate, the first time I had a listening session after a complete (PC and Touch) reboot the screen gave full track and cover art info but stopped at some point during that session. Now when I switch it on it goes immediately into 'no info' mode. Another thing I've noticed is that, when I go into Settings, Screen, Now Playing,Now Playing Views, ALL the available options are 'lit' and nothing I can do will change that - does anyone else get the same problem? Thanks for any help. Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
toby10;613170 Wrote: Well, have you decided on wired or wireless for your computer? Are you still getting cannot connect to MySB.com issues? Any player stuttering, buffering, stopping still going on? Hi Toby, Thanks for your interest. Yes, I went into Network Settings last night and disabled the wireless connection so the Vaio PC is now only ethernet connected. This seemed to help but it took the Touch ages and several attempts to connect to My Music. Once connected the set up played music perfectly for a few hours EXCEPT that I noticed later that the 'Now Playing' screen had gone blank - no scrolling and no track information. Shutting down the Touch and restarting it then resulted in the first track information scrolling for a second or so and then back to no information. And 'Yes' I am getting the 'Cannot connect to My Squeezebox.com' message. I love the SQ but I wish the darned thing wasn't so flakey. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Phil, Thanks for your input. Please see my responses in CAPITALS below: - Phil Leigh;612972 Wrote: Ah - I see you have now told us you have a wireless router!. OK, so your XP machines appear to be setup correctly as they have unique IP addresses. Your win7 machine is a mess! It's IP address (169...) is NOT on your network! I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT MY WIN7 M/C IS ON MY NETWORK - I HAVE NETWORK MAGIC (FREE VERSION) INSTALLED ON MY NETBOOK AND IT IS CLEARLY SHOWM AS BEING CONNECTED. I CAN SURF THE WEB, RECEIVE AND SEND E-MAILS FROM IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. I AM HAPPY TO APPLY A '192.168.0. .' IP ADDRESS TO THIS VAIO PC BUT I WOULD NEED GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO DO THIS. This has nothing to do with it running win7. How is the Sony Vaio connected to the router? wi-fi or ethernet? ETHERNET, VIA A 'TENDA' SWITCH WHICH IN TURN IS ETERNET CONNECTED TO MY DG834 MODEM ROUTER. Oh and by the way, the laptop should only be connected by EITHER ethernet or wi-fi, not both at the same time! OK BUT IT WORKS FINE AS IT IS - CAN YOU GIVE ME A LAYMAN'S REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE EITHER OR BUT NOT BOTH? - NOT ARGUING, JUST WANTING TO LEARN. Thanks again for your input, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi guys, With thanks to you all but particularly Phil I followed the link on how to get the Vaio onto my main network and give it a fixed IP Adress. It was still a bit reluctant to cooperate at first but shutting down and restarting the PC seemed to get it back on track after a slight delay and it's performed well all evening, no dropouts. I must have a slightly different version of Win7 to what you referenced but I found my way in there and made the changes. After the reboot I went back in and was able to confirm that the new, fixed, IP Addres was still in place so it would appear that that problem is behind us now. Is there anything else that any of you would recommend that I should sort out whilst I am at it? BTW are you aware that Mr. Gates has released win7 Service Pack 1 today? I plan to update later this evening - any comments? Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;612690 Wrote: You gotta love Tschaikovsky and Chuck Berry in the same list...Roll over Beethoven! Not sure about the error, but it appears there are no actual scanning errors, so you probably do have all your music now scanned properly. I note the foobar in the directory. Do you also use foobar2000 on the computer. I do as well, and I have foobar and SbS pointed to the same music directory. This way I can compare totals between the two programs and this is a good check on something getting out of wack. Hi Gary, Yep, it's fair to say that I've got eclectic tastes in music but you won't find much post 70s pop in there!! And Yep, there is a fairly close tie-up between foobar and SBS totals, but not exact. At this point I am again about to expose my numptieness. I know just about enough about PCs and networks to be dangerous and most of what I know has been found from trial and error (the hard way ;-). For background, my home network consists of MM PC, Workstation, Laptop and Netbook and the Netbook and Workstation have USB printers attached to them. We also have a number of wireless iPhones etc attached wirelessly. Occassionally I get a message saying there is an IP Address conflict on my network but it doesn't seem to adversely affect anything AFAIK. To get to the point, I cannot get my Touch to connect by ethernet now (although it has done successfully in the past). It will connect wirelessly but internet radio stations are intermittent due to frequent pauses whilst it rebuffers. When it did connect by ethernet there was no rebuffering. I have tried to enter the necessary information manually with apparent success in that I get a message confirming the ethernet connection but attempting to access Internet Radio results in a message that it cannot connect to 'mysqueezebox.com'. Can you tell me an idiot-proof way of identifying my IP Address (192.168.0.6 ??), my Subnet Mask (255.255.255.0 ??), my Gateway IP Address (192.168.0.1 ??), and my DNS Server IP Address (192.168.0 3 ??) - the figures in brackets are the figures I enter to get connected but with which it refuses to connect to 'mysqueezebox.com'. Basically I have no idea what the DNS Server is - which item of kit does the first requirement (IP Address) refer to, which is the DNS Server and how can I find out what their IP Addresses are? Sorry for the numptieness :-). Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;612774 Wrote: Do you have a SINGLE router? How does the internet get to your house? Cable? DSL. And do you have, for example, cable modem feeding a SINGLE router. If you are getting IP conflicts, it may be because you have more than one router on your network handing out IP addresses. Hi Gary, Thanks for your usual help. My internet service is ADSL, said to offer up to 20 Mbps ( by the telephone/internet service provider but not by me!). This is where it may start to get a little more complicated :-). Perhaps I did not explain myself very well previously - I USED to get the IP Address conflict message but I haven't had it for a while. I did for a brief period try to replace my 'G' type modem router with a cheap 'N' type router, using the 'G' type in place functioning only as a switch. My simple logic was that it might give me a bit more speed and a few more wired ports but I could never get it to function consistantly so I went back to square one - the IP Address problem may well have been related to this brief trial. Phil Leigh;612814 Wrote: What do your iPhones connect wirelessly to? If you don't resolve your IP conflicts, you are in for a world of pain. On each PC you have, open a command prompt (run - cmd) and type ipconfig... this will tell you how each machine is configured. Each machine needs its own unique IP address, the same subnet and the same default gateway. See below Phil, unless I misunderstand you I find your question about what do my iPhones connect to rather strange but that is more of a criticism of me than it is of you :-). I have a simple home wired and wireless network and the iPhones connect to that,, what else is there? Regarding the Command Prompt, again this may be where it starts getting complicated. My Vaio MM PC is running Win7 Home Prem. but the other 3 (workstation, laptop and netbook are all running Win XP (fully updated with Service Packs etc.). The workstation is a wired connection only, the laptop is both wired and wireless and the netbook is wireless only. Running Command Prompt and ipconfig gives the following results on the items running XP: - All Default Gateways are 192.168.0.1 All Subnet Masks are 255.255.255.0 IP Address on workstation is 192.168.0.9 IP Address on laptop is 192.168.0.3 (ethernet) and 192.168.0.11 (wireless) IP Address on netbook is 192.168.0.6 Because the Vaio is running Win7 the answers are somewhat different: - Autoconfig IPv4 Address is 169.254.177.139 Subnet Mask is 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway is . (nothing other than a series of dots) Command Prompt also lists 4 Tunnel Adapters, (3 ISATAP and 1 Teredo Tunneling), none of which means anything to me but may, hopefully, mean something to you :-) Hopefully you can stick with me for a bit longer. TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;612875 Wrote: based on what you said, you have a single ROUTER attached to your modem, and the router is handing out IP addresses via DHCP. This is ok. (I do prefer to setup all my nonportable items with a fixed IP address, but we can save that for later if needed). So it sounds like you now need to get your TOUCH back connected via ethernet instead of Wifi. Where are you connecting your TOUCH via ethernet. Directly to your ROUTER? Hi Gary, ATM I have a Netgear 834G Modem Router as the first 'stop' on my incoming ADSL path. As you may know this has both wired and wireless capability. I have 3 x Cat 5e cable connections going to various rooms in the house and one Cat 5e cable going into the workstation immediately at the side of this 834G. One room cable is unused (currently no components in that room), one goes into the room where the laptop is situated, into a 'plumbed-in' wall plate and I have the laptop permanently wire connected to this outlet. FWIW the laptop is wireless enabled and the signal in that room is reported a excellent so it is also connected wirelessly. The last cable is routed into our lounge, which also serves as my main listening room and our main TV viewing room. In this room we have the following items all with RJ45 ethernet sockets and, because they are available, I 'have' to have them connected: - Logitech Touch, Sky box (satellite TV facility), Sony Blu-Ray player, Vaio MM PC So I have a 'cheapo' Tenda switch on the end of the cable incoming from the 834G and the 4 above items are coupled to that using short lengths of Cat 5e cable. In direct answer to your question the Touch is ethernet coupled to the Tenda switch which in turn is ethernet coupled to the 834G router. Cheers, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
