Release RoPieee 2022.05.1

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Hi,

Just put out a patch release that fixes 2 regressions from the 2022.05 release:

  • FIX: WiFi on the Zero 2 W not working anymore
  • FIX: NTP fallback (NTP over HTTPS) does not work after latest update

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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Thatā€™s sorted out my Zero 2W connection issues over wifi. Connection defo seems more robust than using the old pre-Pi Zero Ropieee which had the occasional dropout over wifi (which was still totally useable). Not had so much as a blip in my limited listening so far even with 24bit 192k files.

Thanks for sorting so quickly and for your general work on this Harry. Iā€™ll be sure to keep my small monthly donation via Patreon running for a while longer yet!

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Q: Do the latest versions of Ropieee still run in RAM, allowing hard power off?

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Hello ā€“

Fired up my Pi 4 with RoPieee XL 2022.5 and noticed there was an update to 2022.05.1. I applied it and now my WiFi signal is significantly weaker. RoPieee XL would not connect to my WiFi. Multiple reboots and same thing ā€“ seems to get stuck in final stages of booting. Brought the Pi to another room with the wireless router and suddenly it connected. I took it back to its original room and location and no-go. Rebooted router and no-go. I moved the Piā€™s location to another part of the same room and then it connected. Ran a ping loop and the response time is pretty steady at 2ms, but there are bouts of 14-15ms then back to 2ms. Previously it was a rock solid 2ms. (Running a dedicated 5GHz SSID).

The original location has been working fabulously and suddenly not so much after the upgrade. Iā€™d like to roll back from 2022.05.1 to 2022.05 just to see if the issues remains or improves with that previous rev. How can I download 2022.05 to flash and compare to 2022.05.1?

Also ā€“ hereā€™s the unique identifier: af4fe01f9d2660e5

Thanks and keep up the awesome work, @spockfish !!

Richard

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@spockfish
Hi Harry,
Thank you for the new release.
But havenā€™t you said a while ago that from then on, updates would be done automatically?
But I still have to do them manually. Not that this is a big issue, but I just want to know if I am doing something wrong.
Kind regards, Frank.

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It is an option (ā€˜Auto Updateā€™) that you need to enable on the ā€˜advancedā€™ tab.

Thanks

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But the option is enabled.
The update Chanel is ā€œStableā€.
Perhaps I have to reboot the RPI after it knows an update is available.
Iā€™ll try that next time.
Thank you for the quick response.

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Have you enabled a reboot interval?

Because that is required for the auto update to work.

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I knew that I did something wrong!
That is the reason. Iā€™ll put a reboot interval.
Kind regards, Frank.

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In my case, manual reboots did not trigger the update ā€” is it only activated upon scheduled reboot?

Also, for some strange reason the Alarm Clock got very confused and started up at 02:45am on a Saturday even though the display shows the correct date / time and the alarm is still set to weekdays 06:45. I just checked the settings of the extension in Roon, and the time zone seems correct (PDT). I am not sure what is going on. 4bda29c06aa509c9 in case the issue is interesting or indicative of some other problem.

Thanks Harry as always.

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Yes it is. This is because the update itself takes considerable time and sometimes you just want to ā€˜quickly rebootā€™. Hence the connection with a scheduled reboot.

Maybe the user should be asked about it.

Thanks

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In my case I was simply being lazyā€”it is faster to trigger 7 reboots than to navigate to 7 web gui and manually trigger the updates. Definitely an edge case, and not really a problem at all.

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One possibility would be to change the option to ā€œAuto Update After Rebootā€. If someone wants a quick reboot, simply turn that option off. And, if on, any reboot will complete the update process.

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Update to my post aboveā€¦

It turns out that even though it is pingable and shows up as a wireless connected device on my router, it is not available as a ZONE in Roon. Iā€™m going to try manually re-flashing to 2022.5.1 and see if maybe it is just a borked update process.

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Reinstalled 2022.5.1 and web interface and ping were a-OK. Not showing up in Roon, however. Started poking around a bit and found it. For some reason that device/zone became DISABLED and was not showing up in my ZONE selection list. There were no hardware changes and thatā€™s never happened to me with a minor upgrade via OTA before, but after looking at Roon SETTINGS/AUDIO, there it was. Feeling a bit like a dumba**.

Time for tunes and a cocktail!! :smiley:

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I could observe the same issue after upgrading to 2022.05.1 as well, took a while to figure it out. :sweat_smile:

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Hi, I have four RopieeeXL endpoints on my network. All are running on Pi 4 4 GB devices. Three of the four automatically upgraded to 2022.05.1. However, one of them seems to be stuck on 2022.04. Since the are all the same hardware, I would think all four should update. Is there a reason why the fourth Pi 4 wonā€™t update?

Iā€™ve tried rebooting, but the message to upgrade does not come up.

Thanks!

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I have two RPi4ā€™s. The one that stays connected and on 24/7 was showing the available update when I went into the RoPieeeXL program. The other one, that does not stay connected and on, took a couple hours after I connected it to see the update.

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Thanksā€¦all four on my network are on and connected all the timeā€¦so weird!

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My infrastructure has a hard time when an update becomes available.
So yeah, it can take a few hours before things show up.

If that still didnā€™t happen could you send me feedback of that unit? So I can have a look?

Thanks