Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer RaspberryPi timeout issue(s)

2021-11-08 Thread Shart
Greg Erskine wrote: > It is preferable to use your DHCP server to set static IPs. I only ever > use static IP on my LMS server. > > Those strange default values indicate a problem. Yep, it says it write on there that DHCP is preferred but I'm troubleshooting so I'll give it a shot and see if t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread paul-
These Realtek chipsets are becoming popularRealtek devices are just a pain in the rear end. Their chipsets in wifi use all kinds of bloated out of tree drivers. At least the ethernet chips are in tree drivers, but require bloated firmware. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspber

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread RobbH
squeezebox153 wrote: > I have 3 raspberry pi's each running picore & a LMS. Each RPi has a > dedicated amplifier. My dashboard runs via SmartThings to orchestrate > the player commands. I can now run independently & synchronized. > > Perhaps I could get away with 1 LMS but I achieved what I ne

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread squeezebox153
RobbH wrote: > Isn't that what you want? I have 3 raspberry pi's each running picore & a LMS. Each RPi has a dedicated amplifier. My dashboard runs via SmartThings to orchestrate the player commands. I can now run independently & synchronized. Perhaps I could get away with 1 LMS but I achieve

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread RobbH
squeezebox153 wrote: > All of them have static IP's and work fine from my dashboard. The only > thing I need to do is get the primary player to manage the other > players. > > https://i.imgur.com/KNIqoSg.png Slartibartfast has already given you excellent advice. Just to elaborate a bit, in ord

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread Greg Erskine
I fear having multiple LMS servers may cause you more problems than it solves. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=1

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread squeezebox153
RobbH wrote: > Do you power off your three players when they are not in use, or do you > leave them on? > > If you do power them off, would you be willing to leave one of them on > all the time, instead? The players are always on but reboot nightly. I was able to have the primary player curl

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer RaspberryPi timeout issue(s)

2021-11-08 Thread Greg Erskine
It is preferable to use your DHCP server to set static IPs. I only ever use static IP on my LMS server. Those strange default values indicate a problem. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread Man in a van
Just before I finish for tonight i performed the same exercise with the Anker usb-ethernet connector; Same result: Code: tc@pCP:~$ tce-load -i net-usb-KERNEL.tcz net-usb-5.10.42-pcpCore-v7.tcz: OK tc@pCP:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 001 De

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread Man in a van
paul- wrote: > > Code: > > > [ 135.456752] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1a40, idProduct=0101, bcdDevice= 1.11 > [ 135.456770] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 > [ 135.456785] usb 1-1: Product: USB 2.0 Hub > [ 13

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-11-08 Thread Mercenary
Hi guys, I would like to bring up the topic of the bluetooth playback via pCP dropping randomly, but regularly, at least once pre day but can also be more. So it happens without any further interaction. I have my Samsung S10e connected, streaming some podcast to the pCP from where it gets played

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread RobbH
squeezebox153 wrote: > All of them have static IP's and work fine from my dashboard. The only > thing I need to do is get the primary player to manage the other > players. > > https://i.imgur.com/KNIqoSg.png Do you power off your three players when they are not in use, or do you leave them on?

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread slartibartfast
squeezebox153 wrote: > All of them have static IP's and work fine from my dashboard. The only > thing I need to do is get the primary player to manage the other > players. > > https://i.imgur.com/KNIqoSg.pngIf the primary player is always the same one > just have LMS on that one and leave the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer RaspberryPi timeout issue(s)

2021-11-08 Thread Shart
Just to see if I can resolve my issue I've setup PCP running LMS to use a static IP in the Beta section. It was already assigned a static IP through OPNSense. There were some weird variables when I first used the Beta (see below). For the units using Squeezlite only I have set the static IP of LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread squeezebox153
All of them have static IP's and work fine from my dashboard. The only thing I need to do is get the primary player to manage the other players. https://i.imgur.com/KNIqoSg.png squeezebox153's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread kidstypike
slartibartfast wrote: > It seems he wants to be able to turn on any individual Pi and have a > server and player. Never mind the chaos of having three different IP > addresses for the servers and having players that can attach to any one > of them. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread slartibartfast
kidstypike wrote: > You don't need LMS on each player for this.It seems he wants to be able to > turn on any individual Pi and have a server and player. Never mind the chaos of having three different IP addresses for the servers and having players that can attach to any one of them. Sent from

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread kidstypike
squeezebox153 wrote: > > > I have an instance of LMS on each of my picore players as I want to have > individual playing ability and synchronized. You don't need LMS on each player for this. *Server - LMS 8.3.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread squeezebox153
RobbH wrote: > I think you are referring to something that's usually called > synchronizing players. You have several players playing the same thing > and all of them can be controlled at the same time from any of the > synchronized players. Is that correct?. One player to manage the other play

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2021-11-08 Thread paul-
Interesting. This was just committed into the rpi kernel. https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/603538178368371df8422fa4a56fc9f8654929b5 Looks like I can drop my custom driver for this screen, and drop the old fbtft staging drivers. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread paul-
Code: [ 135.456752] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1a40, idProduct=0101, bcdDevice= 1.11 [ 135.456770] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 [ 135.456785] usb 1-1: Product: USB 2.0 Hub [ 135.461574] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread Man in a van
Cheers Paul This is the Ethernet Hub and USB Hub w/ Micro USB OTG Connector > tc@pCP:~$ lsusb > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8152 > > > tc@pCP:~$ lsmod > Module Size Used by > cdc_ether 16384

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread paul-
Its already downloaded on your system. For this debug, it might be best to do it from ssh session This will load the extension. tce-load -i net-usb-KERNEL.tcz piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypa

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Programmatically manage PiCore players

2021-11-08 Thread kidstypike
squeezebox153 wrote: > Sorry for not being clear. In LMS, when I go to Manage Players, I am > able to move players from my secondary players to my primary one. This > configuration is lost in a reboot. > > https://imgur.com/a/0zWZ2Pi Have you got more than one instance of LMS running? You onl

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-08 Thread Man in a van
paul- wrote: > Its clearly something with that device. I have 2 different usb network > devices working fine. What other capabilities are in the device? > > The easiest way to figure this out would be to > 1) Boot without the device plugged in. Use keyboard and monitor, or > use wifi > 2) l