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Summary of Contents for Voyage MPD Starter Kit 2.0
- Page 1 Voyage MPD Starter Kit 2.0 - Getting Started Guide Voyage Design and Consultants 15-Mar-2014 Version 1.2...
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Page 2: Specifications
For audio output, you need a separate USB audio DAC/converter (not included.) that supports USB Audio Class 1 or Class 2. Voyage MPD Starter Kit does not work with the USB audio DAC/converter that does not natively support USB Audio Class 1 or Class 2 specification. - Page 3 Voyage MPD Starter Kit 2.0 - Getting Started Guide Place the aluminum heat spreader (blank side down) over CPU and south bridge. Make sure to avoid conflict with nearby through hole components. Peel the cover foil. "Bottoms up" - hold the enclosure base upside down, feed the board DB9 and LAN connectors through the openings.
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Page 4: Before You Start
2 Starting up Voyage MPD Starter Kit If you want to access Voyage MPD system using a serial console, connect serial port to a PC through null modem cable (RXD / TXD crossed over). Set serial terminal to 115200 8N1, flow control = none or xon-xoff. - Page 5 Music Player Minion application in another computer on the network and connects to Voyage MPD, or you can use ssh connect to the box and run "mpc" commands. (If the kit connects to a wireless router, you can run MPoD app on your iPhone and connect to it.) Add your music to the...
- Page 6 MPod connects to Voyage MPD There is also a web GUI in the kit with minimalistic functions to control the playback. It is enabled by default. URL is http://<Voyage MPD IP address in eth0>. At login screen, User is “root” and password is “voyage”.
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Page 7: Advanced Setup
Voyage MPD Starter Kit 2.0 - Getting Started Guide If you have console or ssh login, you can run the following Linux commands to control the playback. You can query the all music files that could be read by MPD using the following commands:... - Page 8 Like NFS mount, create a /mnt/public directory on Voyage MPD and mount to Windows/SAMBA server. Then create a symlink so that MPD is able to search the music files under the SAMBA shared directory.
- Page 9 It does not automatically start after reboot. You will need to start it manually using the above commands. djmount consumes more memory and CPU cycles than NFS or SAMBA client service. Voyage MPD kit may potentially run out of memory if it is run in a prolonged period (> 1 day) without reboot.
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Page 10: Troubleshooting
Voyage MPD Starter Kit 2.0 - Getting Started Guide Connect to existing Wireless Access Point or Wireless Router (WPA) If you have nl80211 compatible wireless card (e.g. NMP-8601 / NMP-8602 / RM2) and want to connect to an existing wireless access point or router in your network, update with the following lines in /etc/network/interfaces:... - Page 11 After restarting Voyage MPD Starter Kit, all my previous changes to MPD are lost This is a known issue in Voyage MPD software if you restart the box by unplug and then re-plug the power. The most proper way is to issue a “halt” command via ssh or serial console to shutdown, or use “reboot” command to restart the box gracefully.
- Page 12 The music output is muted after reboot In the recent version of Voyage MPD (e.g. 0.9-rc1), there is a known issue that the music output is muted after reboot. Run the following commands to check if you music device is set to mute:...
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