Hi everyone,
I just received your DAC+ and build a new Pi B+, Edimax Wifi and the DAC+ with PiMusicbox.
Pi B+ and Wifi are running well with PiMusicbox and they are very stable. However, when I´m trying to play a file via Spotify, the Wifi crashes instantly and there is no sound of course.
Blue LED of the Wifi stops flashing, no LED on the DAC and the System seems to Crash instantly.
So far, I´m not a Linux guy, but it seems like that might rather be a problem of power consumption.
I´m using a 5V 2A USB PSU.
Is it possible to give a hint or some recommends for a stronger quality PSU, possibly one use for your testing?
Regards,
Fabian
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Fabian Albrecht Addition:
did your testing with the testimage. Perfectly running which means the DAC+ is ok.
Unfortunatly the Wifi was not startet.
Seems to bee a Problem with PiMusicbox. -
HiFiBerry team Can you try another distribution like RuneAudio or Volumio? It would be interesting to see if the same problem occurs there. I would guess that the power supply is the root cause for this problem, not piMusicBox.
Best regards
Daniel -
Matthias M Hy,
it sounds like Fabian and me we have the same problem. I've got the same setup:
_ new Pi B+
_ DAC+
_ 5V 2A USB PSU (Marvel 2000)
_ Edimax Wifi
I've tryed using Raspbmc, Kodi Raspbmc and the preinstalld OpenElec (4.1.6):
Result:
_ Raspbmc: Wifi worked, No Sound form DAC (still no green light von DAC +)
_ Kodi Raspbmc: Wifi worked, No Sound form DAC (still no green light von DAC +)
_ OpenElec: Sound is running (with green light on DAC), but could not get Wifi connection, scanning for accesspoints work but connection aborted.
It sounds like a power problem. No idea anymore.
Regards,
Matthias -
Matthias M I've made some new tests: I've used openelec without DAC+ and tried to connect to WiFI. Result it doesen't work. So it not an problem of power. Next step try using Raspbian. -
HiFiBerry team Hi,
if the green LED does not turn on at startup, this is a software issue and the driver is not loaded correctly. Check the configuration of the sound card on Raspbmc. It should only show the DAC+, not another driver (like the DAC).
Best regards
Daniel -
Fabian Albrecht Hi,
i did some analsing yesterday and it seems like /etc/modules doesn't have the right drivers.
i.e. dacplus is missing. Seems to be a Problem with PiMusicbox/software - not the dac+ or psu.
I will try to fix this tomorrow by
1. apt-get install rpi-update
2. sudo rpi-update
and see if the missing drivers will be installed.
In fact I´m not good with linux in general, so any suggestions on what to do?
regards -
HiFiBerry team Hi Fabian,
you need to configure /etc/modules by hand. rpi-update is only needed if your current kernel does not habe the DAC+ drivers included. As these are part of the system since about August, the chances are good that you don't need a kernel update, but only have to configure /etc/modules correctly like shown here:
http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/hifiberry-software-configuration/
Best regards
Daniel -
Matthias M Hi Daniel,
that's it. I always followed the introduction for a DAC (not DAC+) copied the "old" configuration to to /etc/modules like: http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/hifiberry-raspbmc/ described. Now I can run Kodi Raspbmc with audio signal.
Thanks for your support. May be you edit your tutorial (http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/hifiberry-raspbmc/) with the DAC+, Digi+ config.
Regards,
Matthias -
Fabian Albrecht Hi Daniel,
i was planning to do it exactly that way, today. However, PiMusicbox rc2 was released today and everything worked right out of the box.
Thank you for your support.
The PSU is strong enough. I really like the DAC+ so far.
Thanks again!
Regards,
Fabian
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