Pre-order of the Mn Cast! [obsolete available on Amazon]

bpa · October 7, 2022, 11:20am

IIRC Radio remote uses the same protocol as old SB3 Boom etc remote.

Not sure where you the “pull” syntax is documented - did you see this somewhere
The README says

<gpio>=Vcc|GND|amp[:1|0]|ir|jack[:0|1]|green[:0|1]|red[:0|1]|spkfault[:0|1]

And this is repeated for each <gpio> pin separated by a comma

The README also says
“The <ir> parameter set the GPIO associated to an IR receiver. No need to add pullup or capacitor”

edit:
I see where you found the “pull” - as it is used for buttons. Pull is not correct syntax in set_GPIO.

I’ll upgrade to V2 builds to see if it makes a difference.

cOOLio · October 11, 2022, 11:21am

Her is a short update to my review, since I received now also the white player.

cOOLio · October 11, 2022, 11:30am

Here you can find the right NVS config for the Mn Cast.

For those who are playing with the IR, the set_GPIO: 12=ir:0 can there changed to 12=ir:1 for pull up/down. Whatever is really needed there (0 or 1), you’ll have to figure out for yourself, as I will never use IR on my own.

Raspiaudio · October 11, 2022, 4:27pm

The Squeezlite team did something great :
https://sle118.github.io/squeezelite-esp32-installer/

This is a web installer that will be allways up to date! for the Mn Cast you can use the image I2S-4M version, then use the NVS file made by cOOlio

bpa · October 12, 2022, 12:35pm

A quick test of both 0 & 1 values and it seems to make no difference - still doesn’t work.

Raspiaudio · October 24, 2022, 5:40pm

Update!

All Mn Cast Black Europe will be shipped tomorrow
All Mn Cast White/black UK shipped this thursday

After this everybody should be served and this will conclude our Pre-order! (if nothing get lost crossing the Channel)

arnauld · October 28, 2022, 8:55pm

And will it be available to buy online, it seems out of stock now…

Jannick · October 29, 2022, 12:38pm

I’ve received the black Mn Cast black yesterday here in NL. What a cool device! Looks very neat.

Now I’m experiencing an issue that only a single (L / R) channel is working. I’m running the firmware that came with the device plus the addidtional the NVS changes from @cOOLio. (nvs_config_raspiaudio_ESP_Muse_Mn_Cast_hardware-only_V1.0) I already tried swapping the audio cable but that didn’t have any effect. Is there anything else I can try?

Raspiaudio · October 30, 2022, 8:39am

I sent you a private message

Raspiaudio · October 31, 2022, 9:37am

Arnauld, yes we are in the process of manufacturing some units for Amazon EU & UK

Eddie · November 2, 2022, 5:03pm

Hi
Has anyone managed to get the graphic equaliser working on this.
Server is 8.3.0
Plugin is installed squeezeesp32 v0.353
Player firmware is v1 32.1180

Edit ignore post, just updated to 16bit firmware and equaliser is now there, thanks Coolio,I find it out from your blog.
Thanks

Raspiaudio · November 10, 2022, 4:49pm

Regarding the IR I have found the issue, it is actually a design issue on me. On the version of the board you (my dear early backers) have the infrared receiver is on GPIO 12, but this could be in conflict the SPRAM used for example in Squeezelite. Indeed when I have designed the board I was testing the IR on a isolated sketch and it was working fine, this is why integration test is important

So if you want to use this IR receiver (only a few seem to be interested) there is no other way to cut the current track for IR on gpio 12 on the right of the IR led, and solder the 1rst pin on the IR led on gpio 21, see the picture :

then use the following NVS configuration file

Then open the serial console and push on some button of a remote control you will see some codes for each button you press, copy those codes somwhere.

Then you need to go in your LMS server files to assign a code to one action. Find and edit the file Slime_Device_Remote.ir on windows it is located here : C:\Program Files (x86)\Squeezebox\server\IR

All future versions of the MN CAST will have this fixed. Contact me if you need support.