Help! Alarm not consistently starting

[chmartin]

Hello all: I would appreciate it someone could look at this log and help determine if there is something I can do on my server. I am losing hope for a SqueezeCenter/Media Center fix since it's been so long.

I am running the latest Media on a dedicated WinXP box that never sleeps, never is turned off. I have 6 Slim devices throughout my home and ALL have the same problem.

This is easily reproducible...

If I set a repeating alarm, say for every Monday morning, it will go off the first time but not the next week unless I modify the alarm in some way. If I change the start time of the alarm a bit or even change the music to be played, the alarm will sound the next morning. It's as if it gets reset. As can be seen from the log below, the alarm firing early/late is the problem. but WHAT is being compared to say it's early or late? I know the internal clock on the server is accurate as it sync's to the internet every day.

There were older versions of SqueezeCenter when this was not a problem but unfortunately, those older versions are not obsolete with other software like iTunes.

Any help will greatly be appreciated and I'll offer a token of appreciation to whomever can solve this without extraordinary measures.





[11-11-23 06:01:44.4978] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (508) Alarm triggered for Jake's Room
[11-11-23 06:01:44.4982] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (519) Alarm is 104 seconds early/late - ignoring
[11-11-23 06:01:44.4989] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 2 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:01:44.4993] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1403) Asked to schedule next alarm for Jake's Room
[11-11-23 06:01:44.4997] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (453) Potential next time found: 6:0:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:01:44.5001] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (458) Last alarm due: 6:0:0 22/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:01:44.5004] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1436) Next alarm is at 6:0:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:01:44.5007] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1447) Scheduling alarm
[11-11-23 06:01:44.5011] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 3 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0592] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (508) Alarm triggered for Master Bedroom
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0595] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (519) Alarm is 108 seconds early/late - ignoring
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0602] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 2 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0605] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1403) Asked to schedule next alarm for Master Bedroom
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0610] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (453) Potential next time found: 6:25:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0613] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (458) Last alarm due: 6:25:0 22/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0617] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (453) Potential next time found: 6:0:0 28/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0621] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (458) Last alarm due: 6:25:0 22/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0624] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1436) Next alarm is at 6:25:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0628] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1447) Scheduling alarm
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0632] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 3 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0635] Slim::Utils::Alarm::setRTCAlarm (1486) Asked to set rtc alarm for Master Bedroom
[11-11-23 06:26:48.0641] Slim::Utils::Alarm::setRTCAlarm (1515) Setting RTC alarm to 23100, volume 46
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0630] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (508) Alarm triggered for Lane's Boom
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0634] Slim::Utils::Alarm::sound (519) Alarm is 108 seconds early/late - ignoring
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0640] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 2 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0644] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1403) Asked to schedule next alarm for Lane's Boom
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0649] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (453) Potential next time found: 6:29:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0653] Slim::Utils::Alarm::findNextTime (458) Last alarm due: 6:29:0 22/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0656] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1436) Next alarm is at 6:29:0 24/11/2011
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0659] Slim::Utils::Alarm::scheduleNext (1447) Scheduling alarm
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0663] Slim::Utils::Alarm::_startStopTimeCheck (1908) 3 scheduled alarm(s)
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0667] Slim::Utils::Alarm::setRTCAlarm (1486) Asked to set rtc alarm for Lane's Boom
[11-11-23 06:30:48.0673] Slim::Utils::Alarm::setRTCAlarm (1515) Setting RTC alarm to 23340, volume 50

[bluegaspode]

Look here :

forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89292&highlight=Alarm+Heinz

Vote and comment on the bug report mentioned in this thread.

[chmartin]

Look here :

forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89292&highlight=Alarm+Heinz

Vote and comment on the bug report mentioned in this thread.

Yes, I know. I commented on that thread and I voted long ago. I was hoping that there might be another solution to this timing issue because I am NOT at all confident that it will ever be fixed.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

[Tony T]

Sounds like the problem that I'm having (or had, the alarm has worked the past 3 days for me).
Take a look at: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17833

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