JohnSwenson wrote: > This behavior is not actually a bug, it is the due to the fact that the > touch does not have a battery backed up clock. When it powers on it has > NO IDEA what the date and time are. The way the clock gets it's time set > is by connecting to an LMS (or mysqueezebox.com). It automatically tries > to connect to a server when it boots but, but if the server is down it > can't get the time. Since what it thinks of as the time is garbage (some > random time) the software prevents the clock screensaver from getting > displayed so as not to completely confuse people. > > When the server comes back up the Touch does not necessarily connect to > it until you do some form of trying to play music, THEN it connects, > gets the current time and now it can display the clock. > > If there is no server when it boots up, and you don't start playing any > music, it will try and connect to the server every hour to try and get > the current time. But exactly when that "every hour" IS will depend on > what random time it has when it starts up. Thus if you boot the touch > with the server off, then turn on the server, but don't try and play any > music, you will get something from 1 second to 1 hour before the Touch > tries again to connect to the server, at which point it gets the time, > and now the clock will be displayed. > > I know it seems like it is some bizarre broken behavior, but it is all > quite logical when you think about it from the perspective of acquiring > a correct time. If it had a battery, none of this would happen. > > John S.
Thanks for chiming in here , yes thats an explanation I know that Touch gets time from the server thats why I picked the clock saver in the first place to demo this duff behaviour , but it should sync clock asap on connection with a server . So it's still a bug . I did not know that it just checks in every hour thanks for that info . A bit weird that it does not sync when the server says hello again and then do it's once every hour schedule from there on . \"WHEN THE SERVER COMES BACK UP THE TOUCH DOES NOT NECESSARILY CONNECT TO IT UNTIL YOU DO SOME FORM OF TRYING TO PLAY MUSIC, THEN IT CONNECTS, GETS THE CURRENT TIME AND NOW IT CAN DISPLAY THE CLOCK. \" I does not work that way I could play music start an stop the track have it show the cover and now playing screen . The clock did not start to work until I did a off/on cycle in the UI (soft off and on or start to use it again ) So merely playing music did not trigger it to fetch current time . So I probably have to wait for the scheduled time sync I does connect without playing music , I can go to the now playing screen and it shows the track list the cover and the state stopped or pause . So it's fully aware of where it is in the playlist and it's state . Usually it's probably the action of chosing "my music" or if you go to the now playing screen . Just pressing "off" and keep it like that also apparently triggers an immediate time sync then the clock shows up directly . This behaviour smells like a workaround to me :) someone was aware off this and many users do use the clock in off mode , not that may will use it in stop mode they may use now playing for example . But this workaround is offset by that other behaviour/bug if you power cycle an "off" player it resumes in "stopped" mode when you power it on again . All said and done this can be better . But the solution for the OP is to not power off everything , then this bug is a more benign once every year problem . With extremely limited resources there are more urgent bugs thats need fixing before this . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100406
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