Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread squishy
Totally agree. The alarm popup is one of my main annoyances since getting the radio. Best option I can suggest so far is to press the back button to dismiss the menu and then use Erlands excellent custom clock to override the now playing screen so you can see the time. Frankly can't believe that

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-05-20 Thread yannyb
For info, I took the plunge and ordered the accessory pack on monday morning (from logitech UK site). Battery arrived wednesday and works perfectly so far. Been off work this week and dragging an extension cable around the garden was a pain. Hopefully the weather holds for the rest of the week

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [SB Radio] Which Firmware is the right one?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
bluegaspode;549113 Wrote: > (...) So I guess you'll have to wait a little bit, but it isn't too far > away that you might get a new firmware (...) I was curious and manually updated the Radio FW to r8785 by copying it in the appropriate directory on my Server. The updade went smootly and my Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
There is a beta-plugin by erland which lets you configure a screensafer (i.e. big clock) as alarm display. -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Secondary 7.4 Server o

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
I just installed erlands custom screensaver plugin on my Radio. Is this the right one? I'll play around a bit with it. Maybe I'll find out how the alarm screensaver is customized! Christian -- TheRooster2000 *-Transporter // Radio // Controller // QNAP TS-509 Pro // SSOTS 4.8b1 // SbS 7.5.1 L

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread squishy
bluegaspode;549174 Wrote: > There is a beta-plugin by erland which lets you configure a screensafer > (i.e. big clock) as alarm display. Will definitely take a look at that. I recall it was in the works, didn't know that something was actually available. Good work Erland, can't help that Logitec

[SlimDevices: Radio] Video of SBRadio Bugs and Glitches

2010-05-20 Thread Truncated
I have a brief Youtube video of my clock, showing the bizarre backlight, turning of immediately after being turned on, refusing to play when it is turned on,turning back on by itself (and not playing). And finally, playing like it is supposed to. Can some others post videos of their 7.5 buggine

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Album cover art

2010-05-20 Thread Aslak3
Most radio stations don't bother with album art. My favorite channel doesn't even bother to send a track name! Which is really annoying when you like the song... -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Does anyone recommend the SB Radio?

2010-05-20 Thread Aslak3
I also own a boom and a radio: boom: perfect. just like the SB2. :) radio: quirky. Run a local SBS. Otherwise be prepared for agro. That seems to be the summary. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread erland
TheRooster2000;549182 Wrote: > I just installed erlands custom clock plugin on my Radio. Is this the > right one? > I'll play around a bit with it. Maybe I'll find out how the alarm > screensaver is customized! > 1. Install "Patch Installer" applet 2. In "Settings/Advanced/Patch Installer", sel

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
Hi Erland, thanks for your advice! I'll shurly have a try this evening, but first I have to "tweak" the now working WOL feature in my Radio firmware. Best regards, Christian -- TheRooster2000 *-Transporter // Radio // Controller // QNAP TS-509 Pro // SSOTS 4.8b1 // SbS 7.5.1 Latest Nightly-*

[SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
Hi all! Since the latest Radio Firmware r8785 the WOL feature is working! It wakes up my QNAP TS-509 where SbS is installed 5 minutes before the alarm is triggered. Fine so far! But my QNAP needs a wink longer than 5 minutes - let's say 5 1/2 minutes - to finish the boot sequence. Hence the Radi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Video of SBRadio Bugs and Glitches

2010-05-20 Thread frb63
That's very useful - why don't you post the link to Bug 16170? I can confirm the same behavior. -- frb63 frb63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
TheRooster2000;549309 Wrote: > But my QNAP needs a wink longer than 5 minutes - let's say 5 1/2 minutes > - to finish the boot sequence. Hence the Radio plays the standard sound > instead of the selected radio station... > > My question: Is it possible to "tweak" the Radio firmware so that the >

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
bluegaspode;549315 Wrote: > (...) You can use WinSCP to connect to your Radio (often described here > on the forum), then find the AlarmSnoozeApplet.lua file (you'll find > path here somewhere on the forum). > In there you'll find code to calculate the WOL-time - just double it up > (...) Hi! Tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
TheRooster2000;549327 Wrote: > Hi! > That's exactly what I did earlier today but it did not work. WOL still > came 5 mins before alarm. > Maybe I messed something up. > I think I'll have a second try though. > > Christian Don't forget to reboot after changes to the file. -- bluegaspode 1x SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
bluegaspode;549355 Wrote: > Don't forget to reboot after changes to the file. I did not forget. But it still doesn't seem to work. I give up for today. Bye, Christian -- TheRooster2000 *-Transporter // Radio // Controller // QNAP TS-509 Pro // SSOTS 4.8b1 // SbS 7.5.1 Latest Nightly-* --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] dropping connection after firmware update

2010-05-20 Thread GrahamD
I can't believe that they can get away with leaving the firmware so broken. The radio cuts out after a few minutes usually. This morning no alarm went off at all. I think it's time to return it under warranty. -- GrahamD ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Local reliable alarm, what would be acceptable ?

2010-05-20 Thread renevk
I would like to replace my wife's old alarm by a Radio, so i'm willing to help. My situation now "SBR on my daughters bedroom" and squeezecenter running continues on a Qnap nas. My feedback: "- Only focus on functionality to wake you up in the morning, ignore other use cases for the alarm func

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
this line near the end you need to change from Code: local wolLeadTime = 1000 * 60 * 5 -- 5 minutes to Code: local wolLeadTime = 1000 * 60 * 10 -- 10 minutes

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
That was the first change I made but with no success. I'll try again tomorrow. It's to late this evening ;) Does this tweak work on your Radio? Christian -- TheRooster2000 *-Transporter // Radio // Controller // QNAP TS-509 Pro // SSOTS 4.8b1 // SbS 7.5.1 Latest Nightly-* --

[SlimDevices: Radio] Sleep on Radio shuts down server!

2010-05-20 Thread Japes
If I use the sleep function on my sb radio when I go to bed, I can't connect to the server in the morning. Sleep seems to shut down my server. The green light on the front of the old pc I have running Vortexbox goes orange and I have to switch it on on the front and mount the external usb drive a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
TheRooster2000;549376 Wrote: > Does this tweak work on your Radio? > I don't need WOL. But I know the code of this applet in and out. So I'm 99.9% sure this is the right place ;) -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
So you are right! I tried one last time tonight and now it works perfectly! Obviously I forgot to reboot the Radio after my first try when I changed that line. Thanks for your support :) I think I'll post a "how to" in the German Squeezebox forum. www.squeezebox-forum.de Bye, Christian -- Th

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread Mnyb
This soo needs to be a setting somewhere ! The Boom has 10 minutes lead time, I use my boom for alarm btw. I think I need to do a bug report for it for both boom and Radio, They are quite different so it has to bee done in a different way for both products. My server is happy with <5 minutes u

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread TheRooster2000
Mnyb;549397 Wrote: > This soo needs to be a setting somewhere (...) > This is a parameter where it can be no predefined one size fits all > setting (...) > Users would want it to be 100 mS to 30 minutes I totally agree! Christian -- TheRooster2000 *-Transporter // Radio // Controller // QNAP

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread bluegaspode
I guess this is one area where erland could easily provide a simple to install patch through his patch-installer applet. -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Seconda

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Sleep on Radio shuts down server!

2010-05-20 Thread andynormancx
The Radio doesn't have the capability to do this unless you have specifically added Squeezebox Server plugins to do this. I suspect your server is just setup to go to sleep after a period of inactivity. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Now Playing artwork is not updating! HELP

2010-05-20 Thread JohnnieBush
May 20, 2010 I wanted to update any of the forum readers on how this problem is working out! Firstly, NOTHING has changed. I have enclosed my latest correspondence with Logitech Support. Logitech is now blaming RadioTime for the problem and has yet to resolve our of our problems. Respectfully

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] [WOL feature] 10 minutes before alarm possible?

2010-05-20 Thread erland
bluegaspode;549406 Wrote: > I guess this is one area where erland could easily provide a simple to > install patch through his patch-installer applet. > Anyone that have a plugin repository can provide patches, it doesn't have to be me. You can host a patch in your repository for example, you j