RPi 3B+, kali, piano 2.1 - no sound

[beppe2672]

Hi people,
I'm having some issues. I purchased a allo kali+piano 2.1 in the hope of being able to build a RPi based 2.1 web radio player that also allows me to use airplay. after 2 days of trying to get this to work its still not made a sound. Ive tried several versions of volumio, multiple iterations of /boot/config.txt, alsaplayer if deffinately not muted, still no joy. The hardware seems to go through the motions and I'm not getting any error messages in volumio. Anyone able to help?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Indiglo]

That is strange as Volumio supports it natively.

Try downloading and install Moode Audio from here and see if that works. At least we can rule out a hardware or software problem.

 

[beppe2672]

Already tried moode, no joy. Only thing I could find is a few error messages in 'dmesg' including 'snd-allo-piano-plus soc:sound: snd_soc_register _card() failed: -517'

 

[jonners]

You could try forcing sox resampling to 32bit.

 

[beppe2672]

You could try forcing sox resampling to 32bit.

Any Idea how I'd go about doing that. Ive tried the resampler settings in volumio. but nothing.

 

[beppe2672]

Heres a bit more info.

/boot/config.txt
initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=off
audio_pwm_mode=2
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
disable_splash=1
dtparam=i2s=on
dtdebug=1

#### Volumio i2s setting below: do not alter ####

dtoverlay=allo-piano-dac-plus-pcm512x-audio



**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PianoDACPlus [PianoDACPlus], device 0: PianoDACPlus multicodec-0 []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

 

[jonners]

Perhaps this thread from moOde might help: Allo 2.1 and Kali..wth?

 

[DRONE7]

Yes, this was the configuration fix that worked for me using MoOde
Allo 2.1 and Kali..wth?

The rpi compatibility switch on the piano 2.1 has to be on only if it is used with a Pi board and not Allo's Sparky board.

However, if the kali is between the Pi and the Piano then the switch needs to be off. (not documented by Allo and rather counter-intuitive)

 

[beppe2672]

Tried again with moode today, fresh install using the config setting linked above. Still nothing, then removed my kali, again fresh install and again, no sound. Starting to think I’ve been supplied with a faulty piano 2.1.

 

[DRONE7]

Tried again with moode today, fresh install using the config setting linked above. Still nothing, then removed my kali, again fresh install and again, no sound. Starting to think I’ve been supplied with a faulty piano 2.1.

So starting with the piano 2.1 and MoOde....have you downloaded and installed the Allo firmware and rebooted ? is the rpi compatibility switch set to on ?

if so then in MoOde... M>Configure>Audio and check the driver and chip options. There should be output options for stereo/mono/2.1/and 2.2 as well as sub settings. If not then perhaps you do have a faulty Piano board.

If there are options select the outputs you want to use and connect the appropriate cables.... is there sound ?

If yes report and we can go to adding the Kali...

 

[beppe2672]

I did try today, chip options kept reverting back to dual-mono, still no output.

 

[DRONE7]

Doesn't seem as though the firmware is installed....
did you follow these steps...
Installing Firmware for Allo Piano 2.1 Dac


and the rpi compatibility switch is on, the other is off, ?

 

[beppe2672]

Doesn't seem as though the firmware is installed....
did you follow these steps...
Installing Firmware for Allo Piano 2.1 Dac


and the rpi compatibility switch is on, the other is off, ?

I’ll give that a go tonight after work, thanks for your help.

 

[Jungstar]

did it ever work,,,,