I have created this script to make it dead simple to run UEML on your
Ubuntu 16.04+ 64-bit based distro:
https://gist.github.com/olejon/304813a02045e22c63b3041861ee7aef
Hope it helps.
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Hello, new poster but longtime Squeezebox user here. I was at Best Buy a
few days ago and they were closing out their remaining UE Smart Radios
at $98.99 for new ones and $83.99 for 'open box' units. They had 2 left
(1 of each) and I purchased both of them and they connected
Thanks, seems to work well... the only thing I've found that doesn't
seem to work is the battery information page.
The player works on battery, but doesn't seem to know it's there as per
that page.
What that page? Can you confirm what hardware revision and firmware
you're running
You may not have noticed that threads only get formally closed here when
they have gotten out of control, not when they are obsolete. Re saving
time for future readers, the 'existing sticky thread at the very top of
the forum'
mherger wrote:
Down-/Up-/Crossgrade now official:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/An-update-to-the-Logitech-UE-Smart-Radio/td-p/1051331
Don't know whether there will be an official announcement in this forum
as well...
With this announcement I guess this thread
I took this picture today in a MediaMarkt (Best Buy equivalent in
Europe): on a shelf, they are displaying a UE Smart Radio... with the
Squeezebox firmware installed!
Maybe it's the only way to sell those... ;-)
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Hello, new poster but longtime Squeezebox user here. I was at Best Buy a
few days ago and they were closing out their remaining UE Smart Radios
at $98.99 for new ones and $83.99 for 'open box' units. They had 2 left
(1 of each) and I purchased both of them and they connected to the UE
server
simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
8 - Download the 7.7.2 Revision 9663 firmware
http://update.mysqueezebox.com/update/firmware/7.8.0/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
9 - Copy the firmware on your Smart Radio in directory /dev (using scp
or any other software) since it's the only partition with enough disk
space
pippin wrote:
You schools not need that procedure anymore. There should now be a menu
item to downgrade in the Radio's settings menu.
Yeah, if it would actually work. See my other post #10 on this link.
mherger wrote:
Down-/Up-/Crossgrade now official:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/An-update-to-the-Logitech-UE-Smart-Radio/td-p/1051331
Don't know whether there will be an official announcement in this forum
as well...
Thanks, seems to work well... the only
Down-/Up-/Crossgrade now official:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/An-update-to-the-Logitech-UE-Smart-Radio/td-p/1051331
Don't know whether there will be an official announcement in this forum
as well...
Michael
http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins - AlbumReview,
Adding my thanks to your superb posting for downgrading the smart
radio. We were stuck with redundant, incompatible systems until finding
this solution. BRAVO!!
Everybody - please note that there are UE SR out there with a newer
hardware revision. Please check Settings/Advanced/Diagnostics
Adding my thanks to your superb posting for downgrading the smart
radio. We were stuck with redundant, incompatible systems until finding
this solution. BRAVO!!
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hip2b2 wrote:
Is
# cd /media
# ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
The same as
# ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin /media/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
???
Yes
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Is
# cd /media
# ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
The same as
# ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin /media/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
???
Thanks
hip
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simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been
dkfackler wrote:
My ignorance may be showing, but does the radio need that pointer to the
desired firmware? Without the symlink, would the radio be once again a
StupidRadio?
My formerly StupidRadio is much better and more useful as a Squeezebox.
Now to use a Raspberry Pi as a server...
So, once the firmware is installed, the radio doesn't need to be
'diverted' to the new location(via the symlink) at boot-up?
Re Raspberry Pi: the plan is to use it as a NAS and not run a whole
computer all the time.
~DK
dkfackler wrote:
So, once the firmware is installed, the radio doesn't need to be
'diverted' to the new location(via the symlink) at boot-up?
Re: Raspberry Pi: the plan is to use it as a NAS and not run a whole
computer all the time.
~DK
That is my understanding, though I am looking
hip2b2 wrote:
That is my understanding, though I am looking for confirmation. My
belief is that once the Smart Radio is converted it is now for all
intents and purposes a Squeezebox.
The link is only needed during the upgrade process, it will disappear
automatically when you do the factory
And some of the web radio too mherger made large chunks of the
Tune-in stuff local in the 7.8 server beta .
Thera are some plugins for spotify bbc and a choice of others that runs
on a local server .
But most apps will be gone if mysqueezebox.com turns off .
aubuti wrote:
After the command is done, it should come back to the command prompt in
the terminal. If there are errors, you should get an error message. I'm
not aware of any verbose logging for scp, but it may exist.
SUCCESS! The extra space was the answer.
Is it just me, or could the SB
aubuti wrote:
I'm not sure what instructions you are following -- could you provide a
link?
Just on the face of it, I see three things that are likely to be
problems:
1) you need a real, existing directory in place of username (i.e., the
directory where the firmware is located)
2) you
dkfackler wrote:
3) Ah, the space. Will try after space excision.
That should be it. Let us know if it isn't!
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aubuti wrote:
That should be it. Let us know if it isn't!
So:
scp /Users/danny/Desktop/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin root@10.42.42.4:/dev
Is that it?
The baby_7.7.2 file is indeed on my desktop and the file should be
copied into the /dev directory in the radio whose IP address is
10.42.42.4.
Not
dkfackler wrote:
scp /Users/danny/Desktop/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin root@10.42.42.4:/dev
Looks good to me, and the logic is exactly as you describe. It has been
a while since I have copied anything onto my Radio, but you may be
prompted for the root password on the Radio. The default is 1234.
aubuti wrote:
Looks good to me, and the logic is exactly as you describe. It has been
a while since I have copied anything onto my Radio, but you may be
prompted for the root password on the Radio. The default is 1234.
Hopefully, the final questions:
How long might this file transfer take?
You're right that it depends on the speed of the hardware, including the
network. But it's only a 14MB file, so I would think it would be done in
less than a minute. Certainly nowhere near 30 minutes.
After the command is done, it should come back to the command prompt in
the terminal. If there
pippin wrote:
I thought it's called WPS :) just wanted to use the OP's nomenclature
and didn't see your post before writing mine.
What's an OP?
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What's an OP?
Original Poster aka TS Tread Starter in some forums .
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I'm sorry that I am no tech wizz, but I can't figure out how to A, edit
the file in the command #vi
/usr/share/jive/applets/SetupFirmwareUpgrade/SetupFirmwareUpgradeMeta.lua.
I;m using putty and whenever I copy that code in, nothing comes up. I
also can't figure out how to upload files to my
All the other steps work, but when I try to create a simlink using
putty, it looks like it works, but the radio doesn't recognize the link.
Please Help!
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I'm afraid this is my first foray into Unix command lines.
I have been successful in every step except for copying the 7.7.2
firmware into my UE Smartradio.
I've tried
#scp /Users/username/Desktop/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
root@radioIPaddress: /dev
What am I missing?
dkfackler wrote:
I've tried (on a Mac)
#scp /Users/username/Desktop/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin
root@radioIPaddress: /dev
What am I missing?
What changes should I see in the /dev directory after the file copy?
I'm not sure what instructions you are following -- could you provide a
link?
pippin wrote:
No PBC on SBR either.
I promise there is. PBC, WPS - whatever it's called these days - it's
an option for me on the SBR.
(Check out the image below. I found it online so no need to upload a
pic)
http://www.logitech.com/repository/3527/jpg/28177.1.0.jpg
Possibly it needs to
Wow. Never saw that. Interesting.
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Actually I hope UE Smart Radio does survive, because while it is a
current product MySB and all the infrastructure to support it will
continue. Once Logitech have no current product that uses any of MySB,
then we have to worry about how long MySB lasts.
My personal
No, too much hassle to let someone else write a decent add on for us.
So, it's just to be a standalone internet radio for the same price as
the old Squeezebox Radio?
Yes.
OK we're on it - sounds like a winner.
...except that the UESR cost almost twice the street price of a SBR over
here in
maggior wrote:
Thanks so much for posting these step by step details! Very well
written. If I find I have a hankering for another radio, this is
definitely an option!
An update regarding my situation - I've successfully upgraded my server
to 7.7.2 and thing are running swimmingly. I
simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been
Actually I hope UE Smart Radio does survive, because while it is a
current product MySB and all the infrastructure to support it will
continue. Once Logitech have no current product that uses any of MySB,
then we have to worry about how long MySB lasts.
My personal interest in MySB is only for
No PBC on SBR either.
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No PBC on SBR either.
What is PBC?
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3 posts up
Ah the wifi thing. Got it.
My confusion was that to me PBC mean PlayBack Control but that's a Video
CD thing and I couldn't see the relevance of that to Squeezeboxes.
The world is running out of acronyms, most have more than 2 uses (never
mind one!).
I thought it's called WPS :) just wanted to use the OP's nomenclature
and didn't see your post before writing mine.
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I didn't realise that Logitech were planning to discontinue the
Squeezebox range entirely but yes, I had noticed Logitech posters
disappearing. In my naivety I had assumed that they had no time to post
as they were so busy developing the next Squeezebox!
Kind of makes it even more laughable
pssc wrote:
Id say having poured over the code there is probably less then 5%
difference between the two. Excluding some new Applets for the UE for
remove Music browsing most of the changes are portable back to the 7.8
series
Phill.
At a functional perspective it is a new productline
I would not say that.
A lot of bugs due to the hasty development aside it has pretty much the
same functionality the SB Radio has with MySB plus some local playback
attached.
If you look at it from the MySB perspective (it is now really driven
from the online server) there's not a lot that has
pippin wrote:
I would not say that.
A lot of bugs due to the hasty development aside it has pretty much the
same functionality the SB Radio has with MySB plus some local playback
attached.
If you look at it from the MySB perspective (it is now really driven
from the online server)
Please read my post again. It was more like a technical description. I
indeed forgot the capability to sync with other Squeezeboxes, but apart
from that, none of what you mention is available without the local
server. The other conscious (and clearly dumb, IMHO) decision they were
making was to
Kriivari wrote:
. I too am now a happy owner of a Squeezebox that looks suprisingly
like a UE on the outside.
UE Radio is essentially a SB Radio with different firmware. SB Radio
has years of development behind it. UE is basically starting over
again, software wise.
toby10 wrote:
UE Radio is essentially a SB Radio with different firmware. SB Radio
has years of development behind it. UE is basically starting over
again, software wise.
Id say having poured over the code there is probably less then 5%
difference between the two. Excluding some new
simlu wrote:
I decided to downgrade the firmware to baby 7.7.2 (r9663), thanks to
some useful posts I found on this forum. So far, I've encountered no
issues at all. Here's the information of my UE:
Thank you so very much! I had the same issues as almost everybody else
with my UE, and
simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been
simlu wrote:
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been
Hi Guys,
First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE
Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure
this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's
quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been removed and the one
I
chill wrote:
Maggior - I understand your frustration, but I don't think I share your
indignation. I don't believe that a manufacturer should necessarily
feel any obligation to make sure that all future hardware revisions
should remain compatible with all old versions of the software. It
maggior wrote:
You don't think that the customer base would become indignant?
In the case of Apple? No. At least they wouldn't admit it.
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Actually, Apple _is_ doing things like that. Maybe not exactly the same
thing, but with similar effects.
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Setting my feelings toward logitech aside, I wanted to thank those that
helped me figure out the situation with my squeezebox Radio. Thanks to
you guys, I have it working and am comfortable that I understand the
situation with it and know what it is compatable with.
One thing that has remained
chill wrote:
Aside from this philosophical point, current versions of the server
software are pretty good in my experience. I was running 7.7.something
with no issues, and upgraded to a 7.8 beta, also with no issues.
My feeling is that 7.7.2 is the best release since 7.5.5, at least as
erland wrote:
My feeling is that 7.7.2 is the best release since 7.5.5, at least as
long as you disable image/video scanning.
7.7.2 have some advantages and some disadvantages compared to 7.5.5, so
it depends on how you use it if 7.5.5 or 7.7.2 works best.
That's good to know and gives me
maggior wrote:
That's good to know and gives me some confidence in upgrading.
Thanks Erland!
+1. I use 7.7.2 on two windows machines and also in two linux
(vortexbox) machines. No issues with my own music (70,000 flac files
takes about an hour to scan and an older library with 206,000
Given that the Radio was the only squeezebox type I didn't own (well, I
don't have a transporter either ;-) and they were on Amazon in a fire
sale ($99!), I picked one up.
Of course it's giving me nothing but trouble out of the box :-(. It
plays fine through mysb.com, but it won't play from my
maggior wrote:
Given that the Radio was the only squeezebox type I didn't own (well, I
don't have a transporter either ;-) and they were on Amazon in a fire
sale ($99!), I picked one up.
Of course it's giving me nothing but trouble out of the box :-(. It
plays fine through mysb.com, but
Tried just dismissing the firmware update/downgrade on LMS? Left or
Home button?
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I've tried that, but it behaves strangely. The radio doesn't show up in
the list of players on the web page. it will let me browse my music
library and appears to play when I play something, but no sound comes
out of the speaker. Since there is a mismatch between the server and
player
maggior wrote:
It seems to have come with later firmware. I'm running 7.5.5 for my
server. I managed to connect it to mysb.com and upgrade it to the
firmware there. But, when I try to connect it to my local server, it
fails to update the firmware. It starts and immediately fails.
I don't have a UE smart radio, it's a squeezebox radio.
I may have confused people because this thread is indeed about
downgrading the UE smart radio.
The only reason I posted here was I wanted to know if the manual
firmware update procedure described here would be applicable to moving a
maggior wrote:
I don't have a UE smart radio, it's a squeezebox radio.
I may have confused people because this thread is indeed about
downgrading the UE smart radio.
The only reason I posted here was I wanted to know if the manual
firmware update procedure described here would be
Simple test, run LMS 7.7.2 on a different computer (i.e. not the
computer currently running your LMS 7.5), connect Radio to LMS 7.7.2,
see if it connects.
It won't update/downgrade cuz 7.7.2 is what your Radio currently has,
having been connected to MySB.com.
erland wrote:
If it's a Radio purchased this year it likely have the same issues as UE
Smart Radio.
If it's an older Radio it should work to just connect it to an older
Squeezebox Server version and if that doesn't work the manual downgrade
procedure should work.
Check the hardware
Well, I can definitely tell you about people who tried it (with a
Squeezebox Radio) and it didn't work. The problem is that the radio
pulls the update but then crashes on install so you've got a semi-brick
and need to do a firmware reset.
Logitech needs to communicate that, IMHO, it must give
Thanks pippin.
I'm finding that it won't auto brick when you try to connect it to an
older server, it just immediately fails with no details as to why.
If I find that it is the new hardware, I won't waste my time trying to
manually downgrade to the older firmware - I don't need to deal with
Well, I think they just didn't think about it when bringing in the new
hardware revision. Remember,mist always been a Slimdevices (even before
Logitech times) philosophy that you should always use the latest server
version with your device and match up firmware and server.
I've been trying to
pippin wrote:
Well, I think they just didn't think about it when bringing in the new
hardware revision. Remember,mist always been a Slimdevices (even before
Logitech times) philosophy that you should always use the latest server
version with your device and match up firmware and server.
I
I speculate that the last production run of Radio realy is the UE
hardware , they just did not care the match the transition .
Given that Logitech does not care for user with a local server anymoore
and mysqueezebox.com is always up to date .
I think someone took a shortcut and hoped a small
pippin wrote:
Oh, then try to run a, say, Touch or Radio, with SqueezeCenter 7.3. Same
thing, they don't work because there _is_ no working firmware for these
devices and this server version.
The one thing that's worse here is that you can't really distinguish the
devices and nobody tells
Yes. But also: this is what you've got here, too: it's a new hardware
that only works with the server version available when it came to, it's
just that you can't immediately see that it's a new hardware.
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pippin wrote:
Yes. But also: this is what you've got here, too: it's a new hardware
that only works with the server version available when it came to, it's
just that you can't immediately see that it's a new hardware.
That is truely evil if that is what is really going on! Ugh!!
I'm
So my SB Radio is revision 0007 per a cat of /proc/cpuinfo.
...sigh...
Sorry, but I'm going to vent...
This absolutely ludicrous!! I don't care what actual hardware exists
inside the box, it is a squeezebox radio (says so right on the case!).
It's not a Radio Rev. 2, it's not a UE Smart
Two things: I have seen worse server versions than 7.7.2, if you want
all the bugs out, try 7.3 beta or 7.8 beta (this may have other bugs but
I'm quite happy with it myself). The important part is to turn off the
scanning for images and videos (no, this has nothing to do with album
artwork) if
Jonvw wrote:
I used the steps outlined at
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96256-Upgrade-SB-Radio-to-UE-Radiop=725564viewfull=1#post725564
. I also had to uncomment a line in
/usr/share/jive/applets/SetupFirmwareUpgrade/SetupFirmwareUpgradeMeta.lua
to reveal the Update Software
Everything is still working normally. I never had an off-the-shelf SB
radio, but everything behaves the way I would expect it to. It connects
to LMS 7.62 and MySB, which both see it as a Radio. As far as I can
tell, it is in every sense a SB Radio except for the logo on the front.
Jonvw wrote:
Using the instructions in the other thread, I was able to downgrade a UE
Smart Radio purchased in a store to a SB Radio. Easy peasy, no hiccups.
Does your light sensor work? Looking at the source code that part seems
to have changed, ie screen dimming and lighting etc...
Phill.
pssc wrote:
Does your light sensor work? Looking at the source code that part seems
to have changed, ie screen dimming and lighting etc...
Phill.
It works, in that it brightens when the room gets lighter. It does seem
a little bit choppy, in that the brightness doesn't fade in and out but
Another data piont .
Hardware: Logitech MX25 Baby Board
Revision: 0004
# cat /proc/modules
ar6000 142748 0 - Live 0xbf00
This my slightly old radio running Squeezebox fw. Older hw ,the diff in
modules may have another explanation it's maybe diffrent running UE .
This the
erland wrote:
The command
Code:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
on my Radios's lists two rows at the end of the output saying:
Code:
Hardware: Logitech MX25 Baby Board
Revision: 0005
Using the instructions in the other thread, I was able to downgrade a UE
Smart Radio purchased in a store to a SB Radio. Easy peasy, no hiccups.
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Jonvw wrote:
Using the instructions in the other thread, I was able to downgrade a UE
Smart Radio purchased in a store to a SB Radio. Easy peasy, no hiccups.
cool! Thanks for reporting back.
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Excellent!
Which instructions have you followed ?
I used the steps outlined at
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96256-Upgrade-SB-Radio-to-UE-Radiop=725564viewfull=1#post725564
. I also had to uncomment a line in
pippin wrote:
I don't think there will be dramatic differences between the hardware.
One thing you should be aware of, though (and which I just learned) is
that Logitech seems to have started selling a 2nd revision of the Radio
sometimes this year. For this revision, only firmware versions
Well, there were definitely variations even before. I do have two radios
(both older) that have completely different display lighting.
The newer one (of these two) REALLY sucks at this.
AFAIK the light sensor did change in some hardware revision, indeed.
--
Michael
erland wrote:
Ok, that at least indicates that the kernel is the same both for UE
Smart Radio and for an upgraded Squeezebox Radio.
If I on my upgraded run
Code:
cat /etc/squeezeos.version
It reports
Code:
Today I had a lengthy conversation with Logitech customer support and
tech services.
Bad news. This new UE hardware is 'improved' and (they say) is
drastically different than previous one, they even gave the example of
flashing fridge software to television, so this case is closed for me.
They
frussqueeze wrote:
Today I had a lengthy conversation with Logitech customer support and
tech services.
Bad news. This new UE hardware is 'improved' and (they say) is
drastically different than previous one, they even gave the example of
flashing fridge software to television, so this
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