paul- wrote:
> Be wary of that board from adafruit..Ive had one burn up during
> charging.
Ok, thanks.
Im doing a charge and battery endurance test now, and I dont have a
case yet.
Is there another UPS controller that you know of that will run on wall
power when plugged in, charge the
I took a break from the software and operating system stuff to work on
the custom hardware needed to go inside this beast, as one guy
described. I had to learn to solder very small stuff including board
soldering. After watching several YouTube videos, I tried my had at it
today. I was
kidstypike wrote:
> Pi/piCorePlayer running in AP mode worked flawlessly for me I used it in
> the car for some months, but it became a bit of a faff, I now use a
> phone with a large micro SDcard in car.
>
> I also used it a couple of times in a holiday home with no
> router/network. Again it
Paul Webster wrote:
> My reading of it is that pCP with built-in AP mode makes it easier.
> One of the posts says that LMS (on the pCP machine) works when device is
> in AP mode.
> So ... install LMS on the same pCP system (using the pCP menu to do it)
> and then point LMS to the locally stored
paul- wrote:
> Don't read too much of the early pages, that was before AP mode was
> created on pCP.
So...this method *wont* work any more?
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107995-picoreplayer-without-network=894950=1#post894950
I'm only on page two of the five pages, but it appears that workarounds
are possible.
Once again, Jeff for the score and an assist to Paul. :cool:
paul- wrote:
> It absolutely needs to run LMS to play music stored locally. The
> device must also be connected to a network, or at a minimum running AP
> mode, so that you can connect to it to control it.
Ah, so technically, it *can't* operate as a standalone player like an
iPod. That's a
New issue...
I tried my picoreplayer in my shop, which isn't able to connect to LMS.
I don't want the player to use LMS all the time to access music on the
network. I need it to be able to read the files on the ext4 partition
when being used as a standalone player. Without being connected to
Holy smoke. I loaded more music on the Pi, have been listening while
working, and the sound quality is very impressive. The sound seems to
have more detail and depth than an iPod, even using FLAC on the Pi
versus WAV on the iPod. This is the result Id hoped for. Great work, Pi
people, DAC people
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for that but maybe consider a donating the price of a steak
> dinner and a beer or three to the pCP team so they can keep improving
> their great software !
>
> 'Donate'
>
paul- wrote:
> I think this is a record.20 pages for one user. but glad the
> gang got you there.
Sorry if it ate up too many resources!
> The big questions I have.
>
> Did you go back and document the steps in a fashion that you understand?
> Just in case your card crashes, and you
Paul Webster wrote:
> Maybe you could make them some chocolate chip cookies with Splenda and
> apple sauce.
:D. Ill leave that up to them ;)
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*SUCCESS!!!*
There's music playing on my PiCorePod from the SD card! Ye!
The sound is really good, too.
Thanks again, folks. Seriously, I owe Jeff a debt of thanks. Paul and
crew, for you folks would a paypal donation to picoreplayer do? Or do
you need steak dinners, too? ;)
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> No rest for the wicked obviously !
>
> As long as LMS is running on Pi
>
> In a web browser on pc go to :9000
>
> Bottom right "Settings"
>
> Have fun
>
> Going to bed now !
>
> Jeff
Jeff, I owe you a steak dinner and a beer or three! Can't say thanks
enough.
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> My work here is done :D:D:D
>
> Jeff
Now I have to figure out how to get picoreplayer to see the files. It
doesn't show anything in the picoreplayer library.
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> OK run the command
>
> "chown -R tc:staff /mnt/musicstore"
>
> then pcp br
>
> and retry from windows
>
> You may need to do "sudo chown -R tc:staff /mnt/musicstore"
The files are copying! :D
Here is the second part...
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have a good editor on this laptop.
Here is the LMS screen
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> You cant access a SMB share with an internet browser !!!
>
> Explorer not internet explorer !!!
>
> lost and found will be in the partition you're sharing.
>
> Try right clicking IN EXPLORER not internet explorer !!! and click new
> folder.
>
> Jeff
Sorry, when
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Have you formatted it and set permissions for it (under usb mount in LMS
> tab) ?
Yes.
When I click on "Set Write Permissions", it does this...
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> Windows 10 will not see SaMBa machines or shares without tweaking
>
> hence you have to type \\ in explorer or as kidsypike
> has shown you
Typing it as above in a web browser returns "file not found".
kdysypike's method gives the previously mentioned result, one directory
kidstypike wrote:
> I'm not sure, but I think you need to type in the password and "set
> password".
>
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windows, I only see one directory "lost+found", and if I try to open it,
it says...
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paul- wrote:
> There are no default credentials, you must set them. It's right on the
> SAMBA setup page.
Yup, got it!
But the pi doesn't want to give access even after entering credentials,
as shown above. Is there another step for accessing the 3rd partition?
kidstypike wrote:
> What happens if you get up the "Run" dialogue and type
> \\IPaddressofyourPi ?
>
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That worked, but it's asking for my "network credentials" (I assume it's
the picoreplayer user and pw?). I'm still using the default, and it
doesn't seem to like it.
Advanced IP Scanner sees the pi and the name I gave it, and I can access
it with the LMS web browser, but Windows isn't seeing it in Networking.
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kidstypike wrote:
> If you wish to play music files that are stored on your Pi (when you
> eventually get them there), then LMS will need to be running on the Pi.
> You would enter the path to the music files at LMS > Settings > Basic
> Settings, and let LMS scan your music folder.
> You would
For testing sound, I using music on the laptop until I can learn how to
transfer some files to the Pi. Two questions about shared
music/libraries over the network...
1. pcp only seems to be seeing mp3 files, not FLAC or WAV files
2. If I update files or change/add shared music, do I need to
Jeff07971 wrote:
> *Yes*
>
> I showed you how to
>
>
>
> Not that you needed to manually edit config.txt
>
> Jeff
I thought I had already done that. Maybe it got lost in the process. I
re-did it, and now...*I have sound!* Thanks, Jeff and Paul. :cool:
I'm not clear on how to use
paul- wrote:
> You don't need to edit that manually, just select the correct card on
> the squeezelite page, and press save. You will be prompted to reboot.
Paul, please see this post...
Looking through the config.txt, this is what is currently in the file:
# onboard audio overlay
dtparam=audio=on
audio_pwm_mode=2
These are the instructions from iquaudio:
To ensure that the IQAUDIO Device drivers are loaded make sure
/boot/config.txt file has the valid
entry below.
a. For
Jeff07971 wrote:
> But you said that you'd tried Volumio with it and that worked ?
>
> As I said I'd go back to the start with a clean SD card and go through
> step by step and then when it is all working faultfind the audio
> output.
>
> Some manfs have a img file for SDcards just to test
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Like this ?
>
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>
> and soldered the headers to the boards etc ?
The guy at iquaudio put together a special order for me. It's a Pi Zero
with DAC and headphone amp board all presoldered. So unless there's been
a hardware failure, I'm thinking some kind of
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Again not enough explanation ! Where are these files located on the pi
> or the PC ? where are they not showing up ?
>
> Its SaMBa file sharing its only used to transfer music files to the Pi
>
>
>
> Yes it needs to be set in the GUI but I would have left that untill all
>
Jeff07971 wrote:
> This is confusing please explain better
>
> Playing from the laptop. How ?
>
> There was no sound. Where from ?
>
> Jeff
Sorry.
I got file sharing partly set up (some files shared, others not showing
up) from laptop to pi. The file played on the pi, I had headphones
I got some files working on the Pi Zero, playing from the laptop. But
there was no sound. In the change Squeezelite settings I tried
changing the output setting from ALSA to hw:CARD=DAC, because Im
using a DAC hat. I saved and rebooted, now it says Squeezelite isnt
running and the pi zero
It looks like I missed a step, because when I click to start Samba it
says Samba but not configured.exiting
Do I need to install Samba on my laptop?
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chill wrote:
> Yeah, I've been following this thread with interest - in fact it's what
> inspired me to get a bigger MicroSD card and make a third partition for
> my music for my camper van Squeezebox system.
>
> But what I'm not clear on is whether AirFiero wants a totall
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Chill,
>
> The aim is here
> https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106833-Store-files-permanently-on-piCorePlayer=940821=1#post940821
>
> and a few more here
>
Jeff07971 wrote:
> OK I understand,
>
> As a next step I would try using a windows network share to provide
> music to the LMS/SL/JL on the Pi Zero
>
> This will allow you to evaluate the sound quality and speed (might be an
> issue)
>
> When you have evaluated move to put music on SD card
I fired everything up again, LMS is started on the laptop, the LMS web
interface sees the picoreplayer, but the Squeeze Audio Device doesn't
see LMS running.
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> Have you installed it ?
Yes, please note the picture about 4 posts up. The window on the left
shows LMS installed and running on my PC/laptop. LMS sees picoreplayer,
but the web interface doesn't see LMS on laptop.
> Paul- Has pointed you to the howto on setting up LMS,
Folks...could we *please try* to make this work?? If we try and it
doesnt work, so be it. But Ive put a lot of time and money into trying
to make a small, portable and more technically up to date music player.
AirFiero wrote:
>
>
> The next steps to getting this to be a porta
Jeff07971 wrote:
> From your questions I am thinking that you do not understand the concept
> of the "Squeezebox universe" and pCP is not really for you.
>
>
>
> As a minimum a Squeezebox system consists of 3 parts
>
> 1 The LMS server
> This take music from a source (HDD, NAS or some other
Hmmm...it says LMS server not running...
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paul- wrote:
> There are pages on our web site to help installing lms and also setting
> up a music disk. Would recommend leaving the SD card with pCP on it
> alone and just add a USB drive.
Understood, but this particular project needs to use the SD card. I am
trying to build a small,
Success!
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The next steps to getting this to be a portable music player. Advice
badly needed...
1. Create a partition on the SD card for storing music
2. How to give permission to copy files from a Windows computer using a
telnet or other program (there was one mentioned earlier in the
paul- wrote:
> SSIDs with spaces should not be a problem. But it feels like something
> conflicting in the WAP setup.
>
> Bearz Office is also the only one setup with WPA, where as all the
> others are showing WPA2.
I moved the rig to my living room, and was able to connect to
bears-guest
paul- wrote:
> There is no need to reboot, until you get a good WiFi connection.
>
> You will notice that Amped_AP is not in the scan list.
>
> You are likely out of range, or have something interfering with
> reception.
That same WAP is named "Bearz Office". I wonder if the name has
sbp wrote:
> Now your LMS should find the new pCP player through the LAN cable - so
> please try to open your LMS web pages and select piCorePlayer.
> When you have been playing through LMS-pCP you can try to enable wifi on
> the pCP player.
>
> To do so follow the instructions here:
>
Greg Erskine wrote:
> You don't have wifi going but net-usb has connected to your network.
> Your IP has been set.
>
> So everything is OK :D
What's the next step with wifi? Should I be able to connect Squeezebox
now, via ethernet?
paul- wrote:
> just lower case, we assume most windows users don't know how to remove
> the .txt, so we check for that. So now you have a USB hub can you
> connect a keyboard.
>
> need to see the contents of /var/log/pcp_boot.log
Output from above command...
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paul- wrote:
> The difference between the huge distributions and pCP is that we don't
> run large resource hogging daemons. The network managers can cycle
> through various settings when a connection fails, we cannot. In the
> majority of the cases everything works fine.Without having
paul- wrote:
> Those messages are somewhat normal on boot of the zeroits pretty
> slow. ..Alsa retries until the card is found. The Done (6) means
> it took 6 attempts before the card was detected.
Ok, cool, thanks.
Ill be traveling for about two weeks. Ill check back then for the
paul- wrote:
> When the system boots, can you type
>
> setup
>
> Go through the menus and turn off wifi, then reboot.
Did that. Still no network.
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paul- wrote:
> Wireless was enabled on that image. And the file netusb was not
> present.
Argh. I misspelled netusb as "netsub". I changed it, the bootup sequence
looked a little different, but...no connection.
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paul- wrote:
> I need to see the boot process of the hardwire. As i cannot reproduce
> anything you are doing.
I took and posted pictures of everything that scrolled by during boot.
What did I miss?
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paul- wrote:
> That is the WiFi setup.lets get the hard wire working first.
I tried the hard wire, it was attached. No luck. But same hardware (Pi
Zero) and ethernet set up (USB hub) works with Raspbian.
AirFiero's
The boot sequence...
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paul- wrote:
> just lower case, we assume most windows users don't know how to remove
> the .txt, so we check for that. So now you have a USB hub can you
> connect a keyboard.
>
> need to see the contents of /var/log/pcp_boot.log
I was able to do that, but I don't have a way of copying the
Man in a van wrote:
> https://www.picoreplayer.org/how_to_access_pcp_via_ssh.shtml
I understand, but when you cant connect via WiFi or Ethernet, that
makes it pretty tough.
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paul- wrote:
> just lower case, we assume most windows users don't know how to remove
> the .txt, so we check for that. So now you have a USB hub can you
> connect a keyboard.
>
> need to see the contents of /var/log/pcp_boot.log
I can't SSH in, so how do I get a command prompt in
Next test...
I forgot that I had a second Pi Zero that I'd ordered with no
modifications (hats attached) and no hats placed. I booted it with
picoreplayer SD card, netsub file in root. No network connections. So we
can probably eliminate a hardware issue with the DAC hats.
paul- wrote:
> Did you read my note about USB ethernet above. USB ethernet drivers are
> not loaded by default. Add a file named "netusb" to the boot disk.
> Can be a blank file.name is the only thing needed.
Did that, no extension. No network connection. Does it need ".txt"?
I picked up a USB hub that uses it's own power supply (plugged to AC, so
it doesn't draw power from the Pi). I plugged in an ethernet to USB
adaptor into the USB hub to see if I could SSH into the Pi Zero. No
luck. I tried the same setup to my 3B+ Raspbian test unit, turned off
wifi (to force
Some specs on the wifi access point I'm trying to connect
Wireless-G
2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n
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> You can get the Ethernet adapter with a usb hub built in too, make it
> nice for keyboard connections.
That sounds like a great idea, would be good for Pi tinkering.
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paul- wrote:
> The difference between the huge distributions and pCP is that we don't
> run large resource hogging daemons. The network managers can cycle
> through various settings when a connection fails, we cannot. In the
> majority of the cases everything works fine.Without having
paul- wrote:
> Not familiar with the amped products, is there any logging on them as to
> why It is rejecting connection? Are you sure that you havent shut off
> 2.4ghz channels?
>
> Also how close to the AP are you the antenna on the zeroW is not the
> best, especially if it is in a case.
Greg Erskine wrote:
> piCorePlayer reads the first line and determines what to do, comment or
> not.
>
> wpa_supplicant ignores commented lines.
I changed out the first line with:
# Maintained by user
Still no wifi connection.
Greg Erskine wrote:
> piCorePlayer reads the first line and determines what to do, comment or
> not.
>
> wpa_supplicant ignores commented lines.
Ah, ok. So picoreplayer needs it and reads it. Now it makes sense, thank
you!
paul- wrote:
> yes you can have mulitple
>
> Make sure you use the "# Maintained by user" line in the file.
> Duplicate the network section for the other networks.
>
> What brand is the WAP?
>
> i've not used that specific USB lan device, but if Raspbian Jesse
> supports it, it should
Greg Erskine wrote:
> You can't connect to one wifi network yet!
As I mentioned earlier, I have more than one wifi setup in my house. If
the one in my office has some compatibility issue with the Pi Zero or
picoreplayer, I can try another one in my living room. Sure, I can just
change it to
Additional information:
I turned on the Pi with picoreplayer SD card loaded. Looking at Advanced
IP Scanner, I noticed that the Pi Zero is listed on the IP list, but it
not shown to be *active*. This suggests the Pi Zero wifi isn't working.
Note the Icons at the left...
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I switched SD
Another question...is it possible to list more than one wifi connection
in this file? I have other wifi nodes in my house...
Do not use special characters.
# Maintained by piCorePlayer
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=staff
# Two Character Country Code
country="US"
paul- wrote:
> Well you are definitely not connecting and getting an IP address. Does
> you password contain any special characters.
>
> Please read section 2 carefully.
>
> https://www.picoreplayer.org/how_to_setup_wifi_on_pcp_without_ethernet.shtml
No, my pw is alphanumeric only.
I
paul- wrote:
> Do you live in the United States? If not fix the country code for where
> you live.
Yes, in the US.
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Greg Erskine wrote:
> That is normal. A few lines above "crond syncing time" it will tell you
> the IP address.
Understood. I did the configuration initially at this point, the first
time.
> Most of my piCorePlayers are wifi connected. The player I am using for
> pCP development is using
paul- wrote:
> Is this a rpi Zero, or a ZeroW. If you are connecting a monitor, you
> should see more information on the monitor as to what is going on.
Zero W. Advanced IP Scanner sees it when it's turned on, indicates if
the device has been on the network but is turned off.
On the monitor,
paul- wrote:
> Whatever you are doing to your card you are breaking it. Quit trying to
> add a partition.
>
> First follow some simple things to make sure you know how the device is
> working.
>
> https://www.picoreplayer.org/main_getting_started.shtml
>
How do you use the html based configuration after the picoreplayer is
booting to its GUI? I can't get it to connect. I added the file
"wpa_supplicant.conf" with my wifi network and password info.
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Hmmm...
I reflashed the SD card, re-partitioned the card with an ext4 partition
and formatted. I want to copy some music to the new partition. I
followed the directions at this link...
https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-mount-usb-drive/
...and I think I have the drive mounted (SD card in a
Greg Erskine wrote:
> hi AirFiero,
>
> When you stick a SD card into a Windows PC it will only see the first
> partition. Fact of life.
>
> You have changed the format of the second partition from ext4 to NTFS.
> Don't do this.
>
> Lucky it only takes 10 seconds to
It seems to be seeing two partitions on the SD card...
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I got the partition created, and formatted it NTFS (so Windows can see
it) using gparted. But Windows 8.1 doesn't see the new large partition
(using the SD card in a card reader), it only sees the root partition. I
was able to add the wpa stuff for wifi, haven't tested it yet.
Sigh
Obviously, I'm not getting this...
o create a new empty DOS partition table
> p print the partition table
> q quit without saving changes
> s create a new empty Sun disklabel
> t change a partition's system id
> u change display/entry units
> v
particular CPU. So somewhere
> along the line, it is "likely" that the SD card will stop working when
> you swap it around.
>
> AirFiero, if things seem complicated something is wrong.
>
> I believe setting up a RPi3B+ on ethernet requires no setup. Plug in
>
Greg Erskine wrote:
> There is only 2 partitions.
>
> You are mis-reading mmcblk0 as mmcblk0p0.
>
> The device mmcblk0 has 2 partition mmcblk0p1 and mmcblk0p2.
>
> The rest of your SD card is unused. This looks normal. If you want to
> use the rest of the SD card, you need to resize mmcblk0p2
The other question I have is that I can't seem to connect to the Pi Zero
using the Squeezebox web interface after initial boot. I put the SD card
in my Pi 3B+ so I can use the ethernet connection, but I can't connect
to it.
paul- wrote:
> Delete the partition and use primary, not extended.
Ok, I guess Im thinking Windows and primary = C drive boot partition.
Sorry, Im a Linux noob.
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tc@piCorePlayer:~$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 461 GB, 494927872000 bytes, 966656000 sectors
15104000 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot StartCHSEndCHSStartLBA
Greg Erskine wrote:
> Hi AirFiero,
>
> piCore is not piCorePlayer.
>
> Are you really using piCorePlayer? because...
>
> ssh works by default... nothing to do.
>
> Wifi settings are saved when you press the [Save] button on the [Wifi
> Settings] page.
>
AirFiero wrote:
> Another issue is being able to SSH into a pi zero after you have
> configured everything in logitech squeezebox. I could get everything
> working OK if I used my pi 3B plus, but I cant seem to access it on the
> pi zero. I did add a file in the route with the nam
AirFiero wrote:
> With fdisk, it appears that you have to be very specific about the
> amount of space you want to create, I.e., the number of bytes which
> isnt the same number of gigabytes. How do we figure out the right
> number to specify?
I think I found the answer he
Greg Erskine wrote:
> AirFiero, are you using piCorePlayer?
Yes.
Pi Zero W
PiCore 4.x
Waveshare 4.3 inch touchscreen, so I need the USB data for the touch
data.
Portable player, so a usb hub isnt practical
512gb SD card, so I need to store the music on partitio
Another issue is being able to SSH into a pi zero after you have
configured everything in logitech squeezebox. I could get everything
working OK if I used my pi 3B plus, but I cant seem to access it on the
pi zero. I did add a file in the route with the name SSH, and I thought
I had configured
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