Changing Server Connection Timeout?

[psketch]

Hi

As a long term SB user (Transporter, 2* SB3, Duet), I've recently added a Boom to the collection - and very nice it is. One slight oddity is that the Boom (which is connected via wireless) doesn't seem to wait as long to wake the server as the others - it is the only wirelessly connected so this might be part of it. The server (running Windows Home Server) uses LightsOut to sleep itself and the SB's all happily wake it up. The Boom sends the WOL "Waking the Server", but times out before the server finishes waking by a second or so. Pressing Power a second time then connects fine.

I wondered if there was any way to extend the timeout on the Boom - i.e. just to make it wait a couple more seconds before deciding it can't see the server.

ta

pete S

[Mnyb]

You don't need too do anything just wait it reconnects itself unless you started fiddling with it while unconnected .

WOL my server from cold so all players time's out but they reconect quickly when LMs is running .

[psketch]

You don't need too do anything just wait it reconnects itself unless you started fiddling with it while unconnected .

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Yes, that's what I expected, but not what the boom does. If it doesn't manage to connect within 7 or 8 seconds, it turns itself off and you need to press the power button again to get it to connect to the server.

[Mnyb]

Yes, that's what I expected, but not what the boom does. If it doesn't manage to connect within 7 or 8 seconds, it turns itself off and you need to press the power button again to get it to connect to the server.

Hmm, mine does however it may reconect in "off" state so that it has to be powered "on" it may actually be conected but off .

I use an off screensaver with small text so that both clock and date is visible , without server boom can only show clock no date ,so I see the difference ( it is actually different clocks server vs built in hardware clock )

However when "off" but conected to a server you can press play directly then it continues with it's previus playlist .

I will watch watch my Touch and radio actually do too ?

It's a cath with boom in this regard the old type of player is so stupid that it actually is not a proper player until conected all " states " is on the server, it can play streams and show pixels what's showed/played is the servers doing 100%

And the LMS software does not know that you already pressed the power button I assume you have the resume playing when on as an option and just want it to resume playing

[psketch]

I assume you have the resume playing when on as an option and just want it to resume playing

Yes, it I guess it might be connected, but off... When you press power again, it connects immediately. It's certainly not a big issue - just a bit confusing for other people. Needing to remind someone how to turn it on is a little odd.....

I don't know the "resume" option you mention - how do you enable that?

ta

pete S

[Mnyb]

Yes, it I guess it might be connected, but off... When you press power again, it connects immediately. It's certainly not a big issue - just a bit confusing for other people. Needing to remind someone how to turn it on is a little odd.....

I don't know the "resume" option you mention - how do you enable that?

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pete S

In the player settings in the server web-UI ,

funny that your wake up time is enough for you older SB's but not boom it may be a wifi thing SB2/3 transporter boom and reciever share very much the same code ? Reciever is Sans any UI and transporter has more connections and display options , boom has tone controlls and aux in/out but at the core it is almost the same player ?

never had the luxury of running the server on a machine with a proper S3 state it takes 2 minutes for my micro server to get ready

[tadc]

So is the consensus that this can't be changed? I have the same issue with my Boom (and Radio). It always complains about timing out the first try and I have to click the knob again to make it connect (although the text actually instructs me to press "right").

One thing I wanted to add: I typically use the presets to activate the Boom (rather than pressing power). Typically this "turns on" the Boom, but the behavior is a bit broken with the preset. You never get the "waking up server" message like you do with the power button. You get a timeout message, then you have to tell it to try again, then wait a bit, and it goes back to the clock screen and things start working normally again. Kinda irritating.

The behavior with the radio is different... but this is the boom forum.