anglecard48 wrote:
> Well, the issue of the remote was easy. The Duet Controller works
> perfectly. I'll keep it. Plus I also now understand what was meant when
> said, "...for a controller, I just grab whatever is handy, controller,
> phone, desktop." I was doing likewise last night.
>
> Now
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Well, the issue of the remote was easy. The Duet Controller works
perfectly. I'll keep it. Plus I also now understand what was meant when
said, "...for a controller, I just grab whatever is handy, controller,
phone, desktop." I was doing likewise last night.
Now looking back this all seems so
Before I get to your ideas and recommendations about back up and a
remote controller, I want to revisit a mystery that had me fretful early
on in the process, and still fretful up until a moment ago. The
information may come in handy in the future if a member runs into the
same situation, which
anglecard48 wrote:
> I think I should get accustomed to it, play with it for a couple days --
> it should seem that any device that connects to Internet and allows me
> to enter the IP address would operate it. But I need to get into it. It
> may be that I keep the Duet and use the controller.
P Nelson wrote:
> I agree with this comment! :) There are 8-9 pages of people trying to
> help resolve your problem. That is a dedicated community.Now that
> piCoreplayer (PcP) is working, I recommend you do a SD card backup!
> That way if something happens, you can restore to working
anglecard48 wrote:
> SUCCESS!!! ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
>
> You people are great. I very much appreciate your help and knowledge.
I agree with this comment! :) There are 8-9 pages of people trying to
help resolve your problem. That is a dedicated community.
Now that piCoreplayer
anglecard48 wrote:
> it should seem that any device that connects to Internet and allows me
> to enter the IP address would operate it.
yes, that's how the "material skin" controller works. On the device, on
a webbrowser, enter:
192.168.1.100:9000/material
but replace "192.168.1.100" with
Greg Erskine wrote:
> Congratulations!
>
> What remote? If its the Topping remote, then it's only for the Topping
> E30, I found after the initial setup I have not used it.
>
> I use a Duet Controller. I found there was nothing to configure or setup
> though. I only had to apply power to the
I agree, use the DUET CONTROLLER, just choose the new player as the
player on the controller. Or take an old smartphone connected to your
network via WIFI and use a smartphone app controller. This could be as
simple as using "material skin" on the smart phone, or using a phone
specific app
What remote? If its the Topping remote, then it's only for the Topping
E30, I found after the initial setup I have not used it.
I use a Duet Controller. I found there was nothing to configure or setup
though. I only had to apply power to the docking station!
anglecard48 wrote:
> SUCCESS!!! ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
>
> The thing works now. Music is streaming out of the RaspberryPi /
> PiCorePlayer to my Topping D30 and out to my preamp / amp / speakers.
> Sounds sweet.
>
> I wish I know why today and not yesterday. See attached. The RP sees
anglecard48 wrote:
>
> I don't know why I'd want to keep the Duet Controller.
You can use the Duet Controller to control your new player: Settings >
Choose Player.
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SUCCESS!!! ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
The thing works now. Music is streaming out of the RaspberryPi /
PiCorePlayer to my Topping D30 and out to my preamp / amp / speakers.
Sounds sweet.
I wish I know why today and not yesterday. See attached. The RP sees the
D30 DAC.
I am happy. Still
Yep. pCP is not seeing my DAC.
I'll take the day off and spend some time with my wife. Get away from
it. Come back tomorrow fresh. Maybe bring in another USB cable.
I wonder if I should close out of this thread, as I have accomplished
its original intent, and open up a new thread titled
slartibartfast wrote:
> Did you press "save" after selecting "USB audio"?
>
> Maybe let your wife have a go [emoji3]
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Probably got the cable inside out or back to front. ;)
PCP is obviously not seeing your DAC as it isn't listed.
Here's mine -
Did you press "save" after selecting "USB audio"?
Maybe let your wife have a go [emoji3]
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anglecard48 wrote:
> The instructions on the pCP page
> (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/add-topping-e30-usb-dac/ ) seem
> to show a pick list that is different than the one I get in my piCP. See
> attached, where I show the two side by side.
>
> When I try to type in the command
garym wrote:
> starting with step 8 (as you've done the earlier stuff), but you'll use
> instead:
>
> hw:CARD=D30,DEV=0
The instructions on the pCP page
(https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/add-topping-e30-usb-dac/ ) seem
to show a pick list that is different than the one I get in my piCP.
slartibartfast wrote:
> Also use a USB2 port on the Pi.
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
These are the ones farthest away from the ethernet port. The blue ones
next to ethernet port are USB3. Don't use these.
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anglecard48 wrote:
> It looks like I've got everything connected, set up and running. I
> double checked that I carried out the instructions from kidtypike and
> KeBul and the picoreplayer.org site. All looks good. See screen shot. It
> appears to be playing from an Internet streaming source.
>
It looks like I've got everything connected, set up and running. I
double checked that I carried out the instructions from kidtypike and
KeBul and the picoreplayer.org site. All looks good. See screen shot. It
appears to be playing from an Internet streaming source.
But I can't get any sound. I
anglecard48 wrote:
> I am truly an idiot
>
As is anyone who has ever flipped a light switch to "on" during a power
outage or spent time hunting for glasses that are currently perched atop
the searcher's head.
That certainly includes me, and I suspect everyone else here.
In other words,
d6jg wrote:
> That is the best approach but it does require a) admin access to the
> router and b) some knowledge of how dhcp works and therefore what to
> choose but if we are talking about recent pCP I thought it should
> http://pcp.local was supposed to work these days?
Yes it should. pcp
d6jg wrote:
> That is the best approach but it does require a) admin access to the
> router and b) some knowledge of how dhcp works and therefore what to
> choose but if we are talking about recent pCP I thought it should
> http://pcp.local was supposed to work these days?http://pcp.local works
slartibartfast wrote:
> If you want to "fix" the IP reserve an IP in your router settings and
> leave the pCP set to DHCP.
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
That is the best approach but it does require a) admin access to the
router and b) some knowledge of how dhcp works and therefore
If you want to "fix" the IP reserve an IP in your router settings and
leave the pCP set to DHCP.
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garym wrote:
> I recommend ticking the use DHCP option and NOT setting up static IP.
> To setup static IP, you'll have to enter all the correct values
> yourself. But DHCP works fine and you don't have to enter any info
> (just tick the DHCP option).
+1
I've never bothered with that option.
I recommend ticking the use DHCP option and NOT setting up static IP.
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A question: At the step Fixed IP Address (Main Page - Beta functions
section - Static IP Button) should I fill in all the fields or dies it
populate them automatically. See screen grab.
I've successfully got through the setup steps enumerated by kidstypikke.
I'm onto the additional steps to
slartibartfast wrote:
> So was the original issue just that you didn't know the IP address of
> the Pi and connecting the monitor allowed you to find it? If so looking
> at devices connected to your router or using a phone app like Fing would
> also have allowed you to find it. I thought that
anglecard48 wrote:
> I am truly an idiot.
>
> I am now looking at the piCorePlayer that's installed on an SD card I
> burned and is inserted in my Raspberry Pi. See screen shot for
> verification.
>
> Yesterday, when I had bothered all of you generous people saying I could
> not connect the
anglecard48 wrote:
> I am truly an idiot.
>
> I am now looking at the piCorePlayer that's installed on an SD card I
> burned and is inserted in my Raspberry Pi. See screen shot for
> verification.
>
> Yesterday, when I had bothered all of you generous people saying I could
> not connect the
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anglecard48 wrote:
> I am truly an idiot.
>
> I am now looking at the piCorePlayer that's installed on an SD card I
> burned and is inserted in my Raspberry Pi. See screen shot for
> verification.
>
> Yesterday, when I had bothered all of you generous people saying I could
> not connect the
I am truly an idiot.
I am now looking at the piCorePlayer that's installed on an SD card I
burned and is inserted in my Raspberry Pi. See screen shot for
verification.
Yesterday, when I had bothered all of you generous people saying I could
not connect the RPi to my network and hooking up an
To the OP:
It's not clear from your photos whether you got network access when
booting the Pi with Raspbian.
I see the words "reached target network", but don't see the expected "IP
address is ..." message.
Here's what I'd do:
1. Connect the Pi to your monitor, to your router with an ethernet
anglecard48 wrote:
>
>
> I'm thinking the retailer will send a replacement. But I'll keep working
> at it meanwhile.
>
> Onward.
You might want to just buy another board, and why not a power supply as
well, just to be sure. I guarantee (well, almost guarantee) that once
you are up and
Well if you're feeling a touch more masochistic, then you could always
try and configure up the RPi/pCP for wifi... not as an final solution
but just to see if you can get further into the process.
Instructions here:
https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/setup_wifi_on_pcp_without_ethernet/
If
You all are hugely appreciated by me; and you have great stamina.
It seems to me like a hardware issue too.
kidstypike said: "If your pi/monitor is saying "No network found", then
that is your problem."
I think I've done all the things suggested:
I have connected the pi to the router via
kidstypike wrote:
> +1
>
> Looks like no ethernet cable, faulty cable, faulty
> router/switch/Raspberry Pi ports.
Almost definitely a hardware issue with one of these.
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anglecard48 wrote:
> I'm a confused pup.
Forget about mysqueezebox.com for the moment. "Not connected" means not
connected -to mysqueezebox.com- which is normal for a player that is
connected to a local instance of LMS. (A player can be connected to
mysqueezebox.com *or* to a local LMS, but
anglecard48 wrote:
> I'm not seeing any players connected as listed in LMS. I had sent in a
> question on a forum on this some time ago and sort of dropped it. It
> always confused me. I do see a piCorePlayer now on mySB, although it
> shows it as not connected. mySB has always showed my Duet
anglecard48 wrote:
> I'm not seeing any players connected as listed in LMS. I had sent in a
> question on a forum on this some time ago and sort of dropped it. It
> always confused me. I do see a piCorePlayer now on mySB, although it
> shows it as not connected. mySB has always showed my Duet
kidstypike wrote:
> Another way to get your IP address.
>
> If you have another instance of LMS running on your network, the IP
> addresses of all connected players is shown at LMS > Settings >
> Information.
>
> If booted correctly, your Pi4 should be visible there, player name would
> be
Man in a van wrote:
> Have you connected the pi to an Ethernet cable ?
>
> ronnie
+1
Looks like no ethernet cable, faulty cable, faulty
router/switch/Raspberry Pi ports.
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Have you connected the pi to an Ethernet cable ?
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I obtained a micro HDMI cable and connected my Raspberry Pi 4 to a
monitor. I tried connecting with SD card burned with PiCorePlayer, also
with Raspberry Lite on SD, also tried connecting with no SD card in the
RPi. Here's what I saw (I have attached photos) --
With the SD card burned with
Another way to get your IP address.
If you have another instance of LMS running on your network, the IP
addresses of all connected players is shown at LMS > Settings >
Information.
If booted correctly, your Pi4 should be visible there, player name would
be *piCorePlayer*.
MAC addresses
anglecard48 wrote:
> I'll get a cable via Amazon tomorrow so I can hook up a monitor. Then I
> think (hope) I'll be able to answer / respond to your very much
> appreciated suggestions. Thanks again.
one other thought, if you have a friend or neighbor that you can take it
over and plug into
d6jg wrote:
> Perhaps a DHCP server issue I.e. the Pi cant get an IP address. A
> monitor will tell you but if you have no cable adapter do you have
> another (old) router that you could fire up without internet and just
> connect a PC and the Pi?
I'll get a cable via Amazon tomorrow so I can
Perhaps a DHCP server issue I.e. the Pi cant get an IP address. A
monitor will tell you but if you have no cable adapter do you have
another (old) router that you could fire up without internet and just
connect a PC and the Pi?
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anglecard48 wrote:
>
>
> When I power up the Raspberry Pi a solid red LED comes on and a green
> LED flashes intermittently, irregularly and then goes dark and stays
> dark.
>
>
you really do need to connect a monitor of some sort :)
This link gives the green led boot flash codes, scroll
anglecard48 wrote:
> Again, you people are terrific, Thanks so much for all your help.
>
> After this morning's attempts I got in touch with the shop I bought the
> Raspberry Pi from, PiShop.us. I'd hope to hear back from them soon.
>
> This morning's attempt are summarized here:
>
> Today I
Again, you people are terrific, Thanks so much for all your help.
After this morning's attempts I got in touch with the shop I bought the
Raspberry Pi from, PiShop.us. I'd hope to hear back from them soon.
This morning's attempt are summarized here:
Today I went over to the Walmart and bought
slartibartfast wrote:
> With the Pi4 you need a micro HDMI adaptor so it isn't quite so easy.
>
Ah yeah! good point, had no issues setting up my 2 RPi 4s with pCP
headless, so never got near needing to hook them up to a monitor.
Done it many times on my 2 and 3 versions though.
in these
KeBul wrote:
>
>
> For me, without a PC monitor available, I use my TV - easy to pull the
> HDMI cable out from the back of my cable box or Blu-Ray player and plug
> that into the RPi HDMI port, power on the TV change it's input to the
> correct HDMI port and then power up the RPi.
With the
anglecard48 wrote:
>
> Otherwise it has been a very nice 4th of July. My daughter and
> son-in-law spent the weekend with us. We saw some fireworks. We saw a
> tremendous rainbow. We went out in our canoe and kayak. Ate well. Drank
> a little too much.
>
> I'll keep trying.
To me, this is
anglecard48 wrote:
> I've attached (I hope) a couple screen shots: one of the index nd one of
> the Read Me text file
Is that everything that's on the SD card?
There seems to be many missing files. Could you sort them by size,
largest at the top, as below.
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As I suspected lots of good help being offered,
So far it looks like you're on the correct path, you've imaged - your
directory listing looks OK, so now it's either booted up OK and you
can't find its IP address in your router or it's not booting up
properly/or able to join your network. So
Plus one for this if possible
ronnie
check your PM's :)
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*Angelcardm:*I suppose. But if it's supposed to work by connecting to a
laptop, I'd like to see that work.
I still Think that attaching a screen in order to debug your issue would
be the first and most simple step to follow. It will give you a lot of
information, and you would know immediately
>From Greg:
Do you have the Official RPi power supply?
I bought it along with the with the Raspberry pi from authorized
reseller, PiShop.us. So I would guess it's official
Is the red led on?
Yes
Does the green led blink as you boot?
Yes
Is your ethernet cable known good?
I bought it with the
I've attached (I hope) a couple screen shots: one of the index nd one of
the Read Me text
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hi anglecard48,
We seem to have an information disconnect happening here.
Building a piCorePlayer should not take more that 10 minutes.
Unfortunately you are putting in "heaps of effort" and getting nowhere.
Building a piCorePlayer is really simple and most of us are can build
them blind, ie.
If you attach the SD card you burned to your laptop, what are it's
contents, it should look something like this.
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Back at it. Thanks again for you help. Here a few replies or outcomes:
KeBul stated succinctly what I'm attempting:
"...pCP imaged and running on your RPi on the same network as your
laptop and you accessing pCP via a web browser to configure it."
kidstypike suggested:
"Nothing connected,
Hi.
I Will suggest that you start by adding a computer screen to
yourraspberry.
That will allow you to follow the boot process, and in the end the
correct IP address will be shown also you will be able to see if
piCorePlayer is running correctly.
piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry
Unless youre using an Android device, it should show up in your browser
at pcp.local, much simpler than typing an IP address. You can change
the host name in the admin page, so it will become [myhostname].local.
Append :9000 to that, and youll get the LMS server page, e.g,
you are getting allot of advice, that's good, but to your original
query, you are wondering if you actually have built a picoreplayer
(burned SD properly and hardware working) that is recognized on your
network.
Nothing connected, log into your router, or use the other methods in the
doc to see
One point, if you're asking about how to connect a Topping E30, it
sounds like you want to use the Pi as a player as well as running LMS,
so in the above instructions, ignore anything about disabling
Squeezelite.
coyrls's
anglecard48 wrote:
> I'm beginning to get worn out.
>
> When i run an ethernet cable from the Raspberry Pi to my PC and go to >
> Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Sharing Center I see my
> usual network and I see "Unidentified Network," which shows Ethernet
> connection and shows
Obviously you can get bombarded with information in such instances as
these.
First of all the Pi needs to be connected to your network by being
connected (wired) to a network port on your router, *not* directly wired
to your PC.
But as Kidstypike has queried, let's try and determine you have
anglecard48 wrote:
> Well, I can't seem to get to first base. I have a 2 gb microSD (Sandisk)
> when I try to write to it to burn the piCore player I get Error writing
> to storage. I went over to Target and bought a 32 GB Sandisk and got the
> same message.
What program are you using? What
anglecard48 wrote:
> I'm beginning to get worn out.
>
> I've been at it for a good three-plus hours. I've gotten as far as "Find
> IP address of Pi and enter it into a web browser address bar on your
> laptop and press enter." I've done that but nothing happens. I think
> maybe I don't really
I'm beginning to get worn out.
I've been at it for a good three-plus hours. I've gotten as far as "Find
IP address of Pi and enter it into a web browser address bar on your
laptop and press enter." I've done that but nothing happens. I think
maybe I don't really have the Raspberry Pi's IP
anglecard48 wrote:
> Well, I can't seem to get to first base. I have a 2 gb microSD (Sandisk)
> when I try to write to it to burn the piCore player I get Error writing
> to storage. I went over to Target and bought a 32 GB Sandisk and got the
> same message.
>
> I thought these things were
anglecard48 wrote:
> Well, I can't seem to get to first base. I have a 2 gb microSD (Sandisk)
> when I try to write to it to burn the piCore player I get Error writing
> to storage. I went over to Target and bought a 32 GB Sandisk and got the
> same message.
>
> I thought these things were
Well, I can't seem to get to first base. I have a 2 gb microSD (Sandisk)
when I try to write to it to burn the piCore player I get Error writing
to storage. I went over to Target and bought a 32 GB Sandisk and got the
same message.
I thought these things were pre formatted but maybe not. So I
kidstypike wrote:
> USB cable. Comes with Topping DAC (I think, can't remember). :)
>
> Yes it does -
>
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkjzGV2-fz4
Yes, it does. I have it. I didn't even see the USB in on the back of the
Topping. Doh!
Thanks
anglecard48 wrote:
> What kind of cable do you use to go from the Raspberry Pi to the Topping
> D30 DAC? I guess I was thinking I'd see a coax out or an optical output
> from the Raspberry Pi. I'm asn idiot for not looking into that
> previously.
How to -
anglecard48 wrote:
> What kind of cable do you use to go from the Raspberry Pi to the Topping
> D30 DAC? I guess I was thinking I'd see a coax out or an optical output
> from the Raspberry Pi. I'm asn idiot for not looking into that
> previously.
USB cable. Comes with Topping DAC (I think,
kidstypike wrote:
> Extras . . .
>
> You don't need to attach a keyboard or monitor to the pi, everything is
> done in a web browser from your laptop.
>
> If you are using the Pi as a player (replacing the reciever part of your
> Duet), you can use the controller, just select piCorePlayer
Other important things with pCP configuration...
You'll see in the web interface a lot of settings have a "Save" button
either beneath the setting or at the bottom of a section of settings.
Remember I mentioned pCP is running in a virtual disk created during
boot, changes to configuration are
I am so impressed with and thankful for you wonderful people on this
forum. It's terrific. I'll ask a question about home brewing on a
discussion forum on that topic and get responses like, "I never had that
problem." But here the information is thorough and fast. I am eager to
get to the
OK, in addition to Greg's links to the documentation and kidstypike's
good simple run through...
First of all, relax and enjoy the learning experience, you say you want
to get it right, but it's so quick and easy to start from scratch...
getting anything wrong will just be a good lesson. It
Extras . . .
You don't need to attach a keyboard or monitor to the pi, everything is
done in a web browser from your laptop.
If you are using the Pi as a player (replacing the reciever part of your
Duet), you can use the controller, just select piCorePlayer from the
"Choose Player" menu. Or
anglecard48 wrote:
> I just received shipment of my Raspberry Pi 4.0 GB Model B, which I plan
> on using with piCore Player to replace my SB Duet. Can you recommend any
> instructions, Youtube videos etc that I can review so I do this right? I
> want to know how to use my laptop to set up the
We have a little "official" documentation here:
https://www.picoreplayer.org/
https://docs.picoreplayer.org/
I am not sure if its exactly what you want, but its a start.
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I just received shipment of my Raspberry Pi 4.0 GB Model B, which I plan
on using with piCore Player to replace my SB Duet. Can you recommend any
instructions, Youtube videos etc that I can review so I do this right? I
want to know how to use my laptop to set up the Raspberry Pi, download
the
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