mudlark wrote: > Hi Steen. The hifiberry card didn't seem to be recognised so no sound. > This may be due to me trying to carry out two operations at once rather > than following my own instructions. I'll clear a SD card and use my > instructions as for the 1.14 card and see what happens. I'l report back > tomorrow. > > By the way, I suggest you update page one to include the latest > developments. As it is the page may put people off from reading > further. > > This set up seems to sound very good indeed. Possibly it's because the > results are so good at the price. > > I've got a good power supply also to try, but I need the correct > connectors. Also a nice box would be good. > > Excellent work, > > Mike.
Hi Steen. I think I found my problem, it was probably caused by restarting and not using the interface in the correct order. I've written up what I think is bullet proof for people like me. That is, some understanding, but still able to mess things up on occasion. If it's helpful please use, rewrite or discard as you feel fit. Mike. INSTALLING IMAGE ON SD CARD 1. Download and install Advanced IP Scanner (http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com) and win32imager (http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager) Note: Your risk not mine... (Windows programs) (I think the advanced IP scanner is safe, but don't quote me on this) 2. Download piCorePlayer 1.14c or whichever image you wish to use. 3. Plug your small SDcard into windows computer. Mine was 4Gb. The "autoplay Removable Disc" window should appear. This should give you the name of your SD card. Mine was "G". Note the letter and close box. 4.Type win32 into search box. Win32discimager program should appear in the list. Double click the line and win32Disk imager should start. You will have to give the account permission. 5. Click blue folder box next to long box. "Select a disk image" window should appear. The image should be in the downloads folder, unless you've put your piCorePlayer1.14c.img file in some far away place..... Click the file you want to image and then the "open" box. 6. "Device" box should have the letter "G" or whatever you noted and the Image file box should look like this C:/Users/Mudlark/Downloads/piCorePlayer1.14c.img. 7. DOUBLE CHECK "Device" box to make sure you are using the correct SD card. If you have the wrong card here and it's your collection of "Auntie Jane's Wedding photos", they could be lost forever..........Best to disconnect all drives you don't need for this process, including usb drives, and anything else you don't want to lose. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. 8. Click "write" after double checking the box and watch progress. "Complete - Write Successful" box should appear. Close this and the imager program window. 9. Clicking Computer you should see local disk(C) local disk(D) and Devices with Removable Storage (1) piCore(G:) or similar. Notice how teeny the installation is. Mine shows 3.53 MB free of 19.9 MB. The rest of the SD card isn't used, but don't worry it will still be there if you want to use the SD card to retake the wedding photos you lost above..... I mention this because if you forget what's on the SD card and you stick it into a windows computer you might see that information and worry what's happened to your card. Don't worry, just remove SD card from the slot and move on to the next bit. INSTALLING piCore Player and hifiBerry digi card. (This might also work for the DAC card, but I've not tried it yet) 1. Plug in ethernet cable, SD card (from above), and spdif or coax output from the HifiBerry board. Plug in WiPi adapter or your own (I've only tried the WiPi dongle). 2. Plug in micro USB power cable (after having connected the wall wart to some power, of course). My WiPi didn't go all flashy at this time. 3. Use your windows machine and Advanced IP Scanner (You should find this by typing "scanner" into the search box.) Double click Advanced IP Scanner and click "scan" button. Note the IP addresses which should appear. Mine are:- piCorePlayer.default 192.168.1.113 Raspberry Pi Foundation MAC address piCorePlayer.default 192.168.1.198 Nisca corporation MAC address Ethernet is 113 and WiPi 198. Note these two IP addresses. They are only local to your network so don't worry. The MAC addresses are specific to each device. This program should also show the running Logitech Media Server computer and your other players. Sadly I can report an android phone, Squeezebox 2, squeezebox controller, transporter and a touch. A Cyrus music controller, two televisions and the cat's personal smart phone (I made the last one up) 4. Type 192.168.1.113:8077 (but use your ethernet connection not mine) into an internet browser. The piCorePlayer interface should appear on your screen. 5. Open squeezelite settings. Click I2S-audio Digi button and then the "submit" button. a New screen should appear with "Audio ouput is set to: I2S HifiBerry Digi out. Click "GO Back" button at the bottom of the screen. 6. Go Back to "Main Page screen and click the third button down "Restart." stopping squeezlite starting squeezlite screen should appear with note in red that "Squeezelite is restarted with the new settings". Click "Go Back" again. There may be occasions when changing the squeezelite settings, when the hifiberry digi red light goes out. (Optical transmitter not the green led). Don't panic, just take the power cable out and do a full reboot waiting patiently for the WiPi device to start and then the DiGi red light should start up again. 7. Go to your browser and open the LMS page (mine is http://192.168.1.102:9000/) and the piCorePlayer should appear in the list of players. Dial in some music and all should be well. INSTALLATION of WiPi wireless adapter. 1. Open piCorePlayer ethernet interface page 192.168.1.198:8077 (or your address as noted above). 2. Click on wifi settings button. 3. Click "start wifi scan" button. A new page appears, then click the "Go Back" button. 4. Lower down on the page you should see:- 1 : BrightBox-****** (secure) (Signal Strength: 62%) 2 : TALKTALK-****** (secure) (Signal Strength: 44%) The top one is mine and the second a neighbour. Copy the bits between the quotes into the "Name of your wifi network" box above. In my case "BrightBox-******" replaces "Steen 2.4 GHz". The ****** are the identification numbers and/or letters for your box. The password may be under the box or on a card or on that piece of paper you recycled last week. 5. In the password box replace steen's passwords fr your own. Mine is *****-***-****. Here the password is three words that are from your broadband box 6. Click "Submit and save and connect to this wifi box" button. A new confirmation screen should appear with lots of information that Steen will need if things go wrong. 7. Disconnect the Ethernet cable. 8. Here I then disconnected the power cable to the pi to allow a fresh start. After a while the WiFi flashes blue and the red light on the HifiBerry card should be operating. 9. The piCorePlayer IP address will have changed. Mine is now 192.168.1.198 as noted above. Enter 192.168.1.198:8077 into your browser and the piCorePlayer interface should appear. If you bookmark this page then it will be possible to come back easily. The old bookmarked interface page now may not work. I seem to have both working after booting with both devices connected. If you have a problem, don't panic, just reconnect the ethernet cable remove the WiPi or dongle and restart the pi. The old interface page will return. If it doesn't, use the IP scanner to find the correct address. 10. Go back to your LMS and get some wireless music playing. Just note that on occasion your player might connect to another LMS rather than the one it connects to via the ethernet cable. Transporter or Cyrus streamX>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>ESPAudio P09B Active filter>Cyrus X x 2>Rhapsody, Avondale and Naim cable, Kubuntu 12.04 server, various boxes for storage. SB3 Flycatcher 3A linear power supply. Touch also. Using SqueezeBoxServer (LMS) 7.8 Also piCorePlayer>Rega DAC>B4>Avondale 260>KEF iQ7 Kubuntu 14.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
