Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-06-10 Thread ygi
Hi, Maybe this is a subject already disscussed, but i didn't find it. I would like to turn on/off my amplifier on the status of the piCoreplayer.. It would be great, to have an output on the GPIO, that maybe configurable as beeing Pulse or momentary switch ? Is there anyone who is doing this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-09-09 Thread ygi
Paul Webster wrote: > Does that mean that you cannot turn on the device via the remote because > you really turn it off rather than put it into a standby mode? > > The reason for the earlier question from @strebor56 was that if the > device can be "turned on" via IR remote then you might be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-09-09 Thread ygi
Paul Webster wrote: > If you really want to do it via power to the HiFi then you need to find > out if the HiFi accepts any other signals to tell it to shutdown/startup > or you need to have the RPi connect to an external power switching > until. > Are you sure that if you power up the HiFi (by

[SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-09-08 Thread ygi
Hi, I have seen in the tweak tab how to use the GPIO to turn on/off external device. But My external device is turning on/off not by the power suplly, but by a puslse on the main button. How can I set it up ? thank you yves

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-09-08 Thread ygi
strebor56 wrote: > Does the Hifi have an IR remote? Yes, but I usually start the HiFi by pressing the main button ygi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38324 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-09-28 Thread ygi
Howard Passman wrote: > Hi Yves, I'm not sure I can be the one to help, but what brand/model > screen are you using? I use the OSOYOO 3.5" and 5" with out a hitch. > > Bests, > > Howard Hi Howard, this is one bought on AliExpress.. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001685599115.html 5

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-09-29 Thread ygi
Howard Passman wrote: > They don't give you a lot to go on. I don't even see a brand name to go > to for support, but that would be something to try and find. If you can > find that you may want to post again with all the pertinent information > i.e.:Version of piCorePlayer, Jivelite, what

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-09-28 Thread ygi
Howard Passman wrote: > Under Tweaks set "Rotation" in Jivelite to 0. Assuming you haven't > already. > > Howard Hi Howard, Thank you for your reply, indeed I didn't set it to 0, but it didn't change a thing about the calibration. yves

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-10-06 Thread ygi
Howard Passman wrote: > I suspect not. Raspberry pi only certifies a few if not only one screen > officially. Plus pCP and Jivelite aren't your run of the mill software. > There is no routine to 'calibrate' the touch screen in piCorePlayer. > > Of course all of this is to the best of my

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-10-02 Thread ygi
Howard Passman wrote: > I suspect not. Raspberry pi only certifies a few if not only one screen > officially. Plus pCP and Jivelite aren't your run of the mill software. > There is no routine to 'calibrate' the touch screen in piCorePlayer. > > Of course all of this is to the best of my

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-09-27 Thread ygi
Hello piCore Users, This has been certainly aske thousand times, but I cannot get something to work. I have a 5 inch touch screen 800x480. The default calibration is a mess.. What can i do to be accurate ? best regards yves

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-04 Thread ygi
paul- wrote: > Have you followed any of the waveshare installation threads. Here is a > basic how-to. > > https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/add-a-display/ No I didn't try it, but I did it now.. first of all here is the restult of the input devices. cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-04 Thread ygi
ygi wrote: > > The issue is that when trying to calibrate i still get the 3.5 screen > default resolution : > xres = 480, yres = 320 > > The Crosshairs are not displayed, but the touchscreen is responsive and > shows me proper positions.. > And no display on restarting

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-11-23 Thread ygi
paul- wrote: > You can run any program you want. The user commands section near the > bottom of the tweaks page is the easiest. Hello all, I am still needing your need on this topic. I have put a Led between the GPIO 17 and The ground (with a resistance in between) and, check when the led

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCore Player : installing Shared libraries

2021-11-11 Thread ygi
paul- wrote: > wiring pi is a depreciated library, it won't work properly on a pi4, so > we don't offer that package. > > pCP is a different kind of OS that you are used to. It is bare bones. > You might want to read a little bit on how piCore/TinyCore works. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-11-24 Thread ygi
Thank you Paul for this tool that I didn't know. But After testing my GPIO 17 is working properly I want to retype that when, in the tweak, the GPIO 17 used for GPIO-POWEROFF never light on the led when active-high When I changed it to Active-Low.. it stays on and never turns off. Here is the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer : using GPIO to turn on/off Hi-Fi system

2021-11-24 Thread ygi
paul- wrote: > > Then on the squeezelite settings page, Put a 17 in the box and select > active high. > > 36238 Great, I hoped that showing the picture will help :) Now the led is turning On /off Properly :) I keep on doing my project.. and certainly will come later withe the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCore Player : installing Shared libraries

2021-11-24 Thread ygi
paul- wrote: > wiring pi is a depreciated library, it won't work properly on a pi4, so > we don't offer that package. Hi Paul.. I had the opportunity to make it run but bay a wrong way... I have added /lib into the backup, downloaded on my Win in order to add the libwiring.so to the library,

[SlimDevices: Unix] PiCore Player : installing Shared libraries

2021-11-11 Thread ygi
Hello guys, I am an IT guy, but on crosoft world.. even if I studied unix in school.. that was a long time ago.. be gentle with me :) I have created an application in CPP that uses GPIO, the aim, is to turn on/off an HI-Fi triggered by the GPIO on the piCorePlayer. My application worked fine on

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-05 Thread ygi
kidstypike wrote: > On your screen > Settings > piCorePlayer > "*Enable Power On Button when > Powered Off*". Great, thank you kidstypike I didn't think about a parameter... thank you it works fine now. Anybody knows the way i can turn it on programmatically ? In fact I have written

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-05 Thread ygi
I have restarted with a brand new version of pcp 8 for the rpi 2b. After several tests.. i could get it to work... But a question is still open : When the player is Off, i choose to display the clock, or black screen.. How can i turn the player on, the touch screen doesn't respond, and i can

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-05 Thread ygi
kidstypike wrote: > Just touch the screen, the power on button should appear top left, touch > it. It doesn't... I have 2 squeezeboxes touch, and i know this is the way it works but here.. i touch the screen every where.. the screen saver won't move yves

[SlimDevices: Unix] JiveLite and PiCore player, several issues

2021-12-02 Thread ygi
Hello all, I want to make a Jivelite player for my daughter in law, I has already put her a RP2B with piCorePlayer 7.0 without screen. I do all my test at home with a RPI4B+ PiCorePlayer 8.0 I have bought a WaveScreen 7' LCD (C) for this. With a fresh install, I add directly into the