Squeezebox Firmware Selector

F-100 · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 08:56 pm »

Quote from: maxwalrath

What is the difference between a crossover ethernet cable and the one I have? It was included when I bought it from the previous owner.
Thanks.

There are two kind of ethernet cables (crossover and straight through cable). You must use a crossover cable if you're connecting the SB3 directly to your computer. The previous owner might have a difference setup than yours. He might had use a hub or a router as Dr Krull has pointed out.

You need to verify if you have a crossover cable.

maxwalrath · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 09:29 pm »

ok. I will ask the previous owner...

actually the cable is a little short and I was hoping to run a wireless, so I'll just buy a wireless set-up.

I sold my CDP a few weeks ago and haven't had music since other than an ipod.

yo2tup · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 09:48 pm »

thanks a lot! works great. went from 28 to 15 without any problems

F-100 · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 10:09 pm »

Max,
Assuming you have a crossover cable, you need to configure you computer and SB3 with a static IP address so that they can talk to each other.

For example, if your computer have an IP address of 192.190.1.100 then you must configure the SB3 as 192.190.1.101 in order for them to find each other.

Good Luck

maxwalrath · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 10:16 pm »

Thanks. So....how could I make that happen?

F-100 · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 10:32 pm »

Check your PM.

jermmd · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 Mar 2006, 11:53 pm »

Where do you find the firmware files (other then the 2 files listed in this thread).

mgalusha · « **Reply #27 on:** 13 Mar 2006, 01:56 am »

Quote from: jhenderson010759

I tried to run it, but encountered a runtime exception:

Apparently, I am missing a .version file. Where are these to be found?

TIA,

Jim,

You have the program looking in the directory you installed it in. You will need to hit the browse button and browse to where your slimserver software is installed. By default this is c:\program files\slimserver\server\firmware. It looks like you have your OS installed on D:. If so, then just point the program at that directory.

I'll also update the program to deal with this in a more graceful manner. It's very much a work in progress and I didn't include a lot of error handling, only for a few things I thought of.

Mike

jhenderson010759 · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 Mar 2006, 02:25 pm »

...once I added the v15 firmware file to the SqueezeBox\server\firmware folder and browsed to that location.

Thanks,

alana106 · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 04:26 am »

Hi,

Not sure if I missed something. It seems that I have the utility installed, but I'm not sure if I understand how to select the different Firmware versions that exist in the Firmware folder. I have attempted to hold the brightness button, but after the recycle, I remain on version 28. I was hoping to select version 15, which does exist in the folder, but I am never prompted to select a file version. Would appreciate help on what I'm failing to do.

Thanks,
Alan

mgalusha · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 02:59 pm »

Alan,

First, make sure you downloaded the version after I posted the message about a bug fix. The first one had a problem rewriting the firmware control file sometimes.

Once you have the correct version, use the browse button to set the path to your slimserver firmware. If you install the utility on the same machine as slimserver is installed on and you used the default slimserver install path, it will already be set.

You will need to have more than one version of the firmware in that directory. Please see the links in the original post. You will need to save the .bin file to your firmware directory.

Once you have multiple versions, choose the version you wish to use and then run the update. You should then be able to hold the brightness key and the SB will reload the firmware. You can verify the version that is running by going into the settings menu and viewing it.

Hope this helps.

Mike

alana106 · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 03:09 pm »

Thanks Mike,

I guess where I'm getting lost is

"choose the version you wish to use and then run the update". Not sure how I choose the version. I do see them all in the Firmware folder.

Thanks for your help!
Alan

mgalusha · « **Reply #32 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 04:12 pm »

There is a dropdown list showing available versions. Select the version you would like to use from that list. Just click the mouse on the one you like.

Mike

nathanm · « **Reply #33 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 04:36 pm »

Quote from: mgalusha

I'm glad to hear that it's working for most folks. The idea was to provide a quick and easy way to try different firmware verions.

Mike

They always say there's no dumb questions, so here goes: why would a guy want to swap different firmwares in the first place? What are the differences? Functionality or just sound quality? Not that I could use the nifty utility myself, (Mac) but I am curious nonetheless.

Carlman · « **Reply #34 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 05:21 pm »

Nathan, I think the goal is better sound quality on modified SB's. Older versions had the polarity reversed or something... I can't remember all the details.

Anyway, I'm waiting for anyone to report whether different firmware versions sound any different.

-C

mcgsxr · « **Reply #35 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 05:27 pm »

Carlman, jholtz and others are already on "record" as suggesting that Version 15 does indeed sound better.

I am presently using Version 15, with my Bolder modded SB3 (so that the polarity is correct), and yes it does sound better, but I know that it is at least partially the mods!

Here is a link to the thread about firmware versions etc

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=23601

mgalusha · « **Reply #36 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 06:30 pm »

Nathan,

As Mark mentioned, some folks feel that V15 sounds better than the later versions even though SlimDevices states that the "volume control bug" was fixed in V28 so there should be no difference except for absolute polarity on the analog outputs. I figured I'd just make it easier for folks to try various versions and see if they have a preferance.

I've received a fair number of PM's asking how to do this so I hoped knocking out a quick utility would eventually take less time than walking people through it. 'course I didn't think of the time I'd spend helping people with the utility.

JoshK · « **Reply #37 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 06:50 pm »

So v15 is reversed absolute polarity and v28 is correct absolute polarity and yet people are still preferring v15?

Maybe a lot of people had unknowingly had their polarity reversed to start with and this makes it correct.

miklorsmith · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 06:56 pm »

Well, Vinnie's mods which originally removed the opamps (not anymore) reversed the polarity. V.15 reverses polarity. So, the net effect for my SB is correct polarity.

woodsyi · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 07:05 pm »

Quote from: JoshK

So v15 is reversed absolute polarity and v28 is correct absolute polarity and yet people are still preferring v15?

Maybe a lot of people had unknowingly had their polarity reversed to start with and this makes it correct.

There was an inversion somewhere (maybe an op amp) that was not accounted for in earlier version. v28 corrects that. The mods, however, reversed the inversion, there by making it cool with v15. V28 reverses the reverse of inversion and that makes it uncool with modded units.

Now that Vinnie has added back an op ramp, I don't know if this still holds true for RWA modded unit or not.