Raspberry Pi 4 with RoPieee XL not showing in Roon Audio Settings

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 19, 2023, 6:13am

Hello All,

My Raspberry Pi at 192.168.0.122 shows in Roon About Settings but not under the Auidio Settings.

Have I done something wrong?
I’m a complete Newb here.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Geoff_Coupe · June 19, 2023, 6:18am

I don’t think it will show up until you have connected a DAC to it and switched the DAC on…

For example, here’s my Quad Artera connected to a RPi4 running RoPieee via the USB:

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 19, 2023, 8:01am

Thanks for the speedy reply.

I have a Topping E30 DAC attached to the RPi4 by USB.
It is powered on and switched to the USB input.

I’ve power cycled the RPi, the Dac, my Roon Core and restarted the Roon remote software.

I’m on a wired network running Nord VPN. I’ve tried turning the VPN off.

Stefano_Antonelli · June 19, 2023, 8:06am

Is Audio USB set to on? (In the Audio tab)

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 19, 2023, 9:11am

Yes Sir. It is.

Geoff_Coupe · June 19, 2023, 9:19am

You are powering the E30 via an external power supply, aren’t you? You can’t power it via a USB connection to the RPi4…

Glimmer · June 19, 2023, 9:34am

I had this problem last night and it was very frustrating, but I appear to have found a way forward. I re-flashed the card this morning and then was very cautious in the set up phase giving everything plenty of time to configure.

I used the new wi-fi feature on start up which was interesting. I then made sure to only alter one setting at a time and then re-configure.

I hope that this helps.

spockfish · June 19, 2023, 10:51am

Hi,

I see 2 RoPieee units with the same hostname.
Don’t do that: it can confuse your system. Rename at least 1 of them.

Thanks

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 20, 2023, 8:35am

I’ve reflashed and changed the host name. Apply, Configure etc.

However I don’t see the name change in the Devices tab.

RPi 4 still not showing up in Audio settings.

Thank you for your time.

Stefano_Antonelli · June 20, 2023, 10:23am

It can take a while to update the tables on the router, anyway it works (here)

spockfish · June 20, 2023, 10:26am

Can you:

change the hostname to something without spaces.
send me feedback after the final reboot

Thanks

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 20, 2023, 8:53pm

Hostname changed to no spaces. (RPi4)
Save, Configure, Reboot, Initialize.
Feedback 91a43bbc5c1c353b

Again, thanks for your time.

spockfish · June 21, 2023, 9:10am

Hi Thomas,

Not sure what’s going on, but your DAC is not visible:

So either it’s not powered up (properly), you got a bad cable or something down that line (do you have a USB hub in between?).

If a USB DAC is not connected the device won’t show up in Roon.

Thanks

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 21, 2023, 10:25am

Mr. Spockfish,

I went to swap out the USB cable when I realized that I had the USB cables on the DAC reversed.
I had the DAC USB power going to the RPi and the USB out of the Pi going to the wall wart for the DAC.
With the corrected cabling everything is working as it should.

I am embarrassed. I apologize for wasting so much of your time.
Many thanks for your help.

Thomas_Oleksiuk · June 21, 2023, 10:46am

Geoff,

You called it. In the rat’s nest of wiring I have I didn’t realize that I had the USB cables on the DAC reversed. Once that was sorted out everything is working fine.

Thanks so much for your help and my apologies for wasting your time.
I’m thinking of changing my user name to Red Faced.

spockfish · June 21, 2023, 11:34am

No worries Thomas. Glad it’s sorted out!

Enjoy!

RBM · June 21, 2023, 6:26pm

Welcome to the club, @Thomas_Oleksiuk . We all become members, sooner or later.