Hi @DrCWO
Thanks for this new version. Is there an update process for the extension or is it a case of reflashing the Pi Zero?
Just reflash the Pi Zero but first revoke the License!
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Thanks very much for this. When Roon works, this works perfectly. Very convenient, and quite stylish, too!
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Setup process was super easy. No hiccups at all. Thank you for this. Makes life much simpler.
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Since yesterday, my RoonDial no longer works.
Status: Sleeping, licensed (.)
Have rebooted the pi zero w as well as took batteries out of the dial
Why is my guy sleeping? How do I wake him?
Please try to press the pairig button after reinserting the batteries in the Dial.
Does it blink?
- If not the Dial had died and had to be replacedā¦
- If it blinks please revoke the license, and reflash the SD-Card and try to pair again.
So, it did not blink, as far as I can tell, however, it is now working.
I had problem re-pair my old Surface Dial (2WR-00006) after it went in to āsleepingā mode, could not āwakeā it up from sleeping mode and the pairing LED did not turn on!!
Got it replaced by a 2WR-00007 and it works fineā¦ so far!
Is some of the batches of the Dial flawed??
Whatās difference with the model nr. 2WR-0000x?
I have no idea, but you are number five getting problems 
Common behaviour if Dial is broken.
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I must be doing something wrong, but I canāt quite the image to work on the PI. Iām using a mac, Iāve formatted a 32GB Sandisk card using disk util, but also using cli. Iāve burnt the image with balenaEtcher and also using dd. I am using a Pi4b with 4GB. When I insert the card and power up, I get a solid red light for power, and a flickering green light. After a while the red light goes out and the green light blinks but I donāt see the rooExtend wifi.
Iām using the v1.2 image. If I put the card back in the mac, is there a log file I could view to help troubleshoot. I also have something in the back of my mind that the Mac can do some weird things formatting USB disks
Any thoughts?
I actually experienced this as well. Saw the WiFi on 1.1, but did not on 1.2.
Currently connected to Ethernet so problem solved, if you are impatient, connect via Ethernet and see if you can flip to WiFi thorough the GUI.
Nick,
I also run a Pi4 here.
The behaviour you described seems to be all right. The red light went off after boot and the green light starts blinking. After that you have to wait for quite a while and then the rooExtend WiFi should show up. Please give it five to six minutes and check again.
I wonder if it has something to do with the country code. I put the settings of rooExtend in the technical thread. Please let us discuss this topic thereā¦
rooDial technical integration discusions - Audio Products - Roon Labs Community
Itās interesting that there is an option inside the rooDial plugin that helps you to choose for which zone is being used with Roon, but which is the story behind it?
For those who donāt play multi-zone simultaneously, this is only creating hassle and the need of changing the settings inside the plugin instead of focusing on music. As you can see, I have few audio devices on which I am playing my music:
Today I realised that I was staring at Roon on Mac, trying to understand why the plugin reacts when I touch the Surface Dial and the volume doesnāt change when I set the music to play on other zone/device. What I am expecting is to see an option which allows me to:
- set the master volume control for the device which is currently indicated as playing in Roon,
or
- leave the possibility to control your desired zone, in the way that the feature is implemented now.
The way it works now is good for those who only want the remote, letās say, in the living roomā¦ but it annoys me that when I move my music from livingroom to office, I need to manually change the dial from livingroom to office audio system.
Perhaps there is something to improve here? 
DrCWO, I have had no problems with the setup until the last couple of days. Recently the extension has been appearing/disappearing from Roon (and, as expected the dial stops working when the extension disappears). To be clear, the extension always shows up as āauthorizedā, but randomly disappears from ādiscoveredā. Iām using 1.1.0. Your help is appreciated.
Here is a nice find for those who were annoyed by the fact that the Microsoft Surface Dial was not staying fixed on the desk while you were changing the volume. I was.
Buy rubber pads used for chairs and stick them to the bottom of the Surface Dial remote as Iāve did below:
These pads will raise a bit the profile of the remote and they give a good grip for those with larger hands. I wonder why Microsoft has not included a rubber pad in the box with the product, in order to fix this grip while the MS Surface Dial sits on a desk or a tableā¦ 
On my Dial there is some really sticky rubber under the bottom ā¦
Looking at your picture I think I see a small plastic tab sticking out from the side. Could you try to gently pull this? As far as I remember this will expose the sticky part under it.
Sorry if I should be mistaken ā¦
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You should not remove the plastic label located under the Surface Dial, as it contains information regarding the product itself.
The most non-destructive option to which I can think about is sticking these adhesive tabs like Iāve did. For me it works, because I am controling my music from different places and the surfaces are different.
Ideally would be if someone could build a ruber sock which would cover the base of the Surface Dial, so that the product would not move so easily on a table.
The reason why the base of this product is pure plastic and has a non-adhesive surface is because it needs to move freely with ease on a Microsoft product with touch screen.
Any other ideas?
