PM me a price on 2 complete boards? I fucked up both of the kit ones i bought.

OK, so the new image is way smoother! Thanks for updating that. Way easier. My problem now is I get no sound at all from the speakers. I also have no errors that I can see in the logs. I dont hear the boot sounds, game sounds, nothing. Here is my log if you want to look, but is there some other thing for me to look at and see why I cant? I assume the issue is somewhere between the pi and the speaker out. Could it be a bad connection between the pi and the amp? What pins should I check continuity between?

Here is my log if you want to look at it: https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArdtzWfkcdJUh5NclBRw5pOy02fy5Q

So I went through and verified that all points from the pi to the sound boards are ok. I have 2 boards, both do the same thing. It looks like they should be working from the logs, but nothing. Points have continuity. Not sure how to test/verify if the pi is putting out sound though.

I removed the data connection for testing. No more 0x8b commands. My jumper is on the WPC position, and WPC is set in the config. If I hook up a 3.5 speaker to the pi, I hear the sounds. So that is working. I tried connecting it to the DAC module, and im not getting anything. Which audio device should I be choosing? HiFi DAC direct, HiFi DAC with conversion, the sndrpihifiberry, or one of the alsa devices? I have 2 different 2.5d boards, so it seems weird that they both would have bad DAC modules (though I suppose it could be a bad batch from the factory or something). Thanks for the help.

Is your DAC Module connect with all pins to the main board ? If so, thats wrong and connect it like on the TiltAudio Website described.
The Output device is Hifi DAC or equal-dac for example...

https://tiltaudio.com/2019/04/09/assembly-instructions-for-2-5b-blue/

look at "wire for DAC" pic

It totally is. Oops. I'll have to remove those pins and try again. Thanks for the input!

I hope that helps, i had that once...

Ill hopefully know soon. I was unable to remove the DAC in one piece (soldering iron slipped and hit one of those tiny ass resistors off and instantly lost it on the carpeted floor ‍♂️) and have a new one arriving soon. Wish there was a cheaper/faster way of getting them than either $7 off of amazon or 45 days from aliexpress.

Just ordered a pair of boards, one for my getaway and another for my Jurassic Park. Can’t wait to get them and start tinkering!

Digikey is less than 24 hours for every order I’ve ever made

YES

Do they actually have the proper DAC? Got a part number? I searched but didn't find anything.

So my new DAC arrived and I installed it the correct way and it works better. Looks like the soundset for fish tales is scrambled. All the links to the old descramblers are dead, is there anything available anymore?

The major issue though is Im getting a constant sound played over and over. This is in my fish tales. I have WPC set on both the jumper and in the software. Any ideas on what to try? This is basically the entire log without starting a game, over and over and over again. Attract sounds are off, so nothing should be playing.

2019-06-09 21:36:11.168 DEBUG isr wpc [wdenInterrupt] [pincom.c:338] wpc cmd 00000 139 0x8b 10001011 len: 1
2019-06-09 21:36:11.168 DEBUG isr wpc [soundWpcHandler] [sdl_sound.c:1559] wpcSoundHandler cmd: 0x8b 0x00 0x00 0x00, id: 139
2019-06-09 21:36:11.168 DEBUG SndServi [playSample] [sdl_sound.c:1345] playing sample 139:0 vol: 15->23 'sfx' 'space_1' on channel 0

Hello,

I've flashed and setup WiFi without issue, using the big image.
But i've got only rootfs partition mounting under windows.
How can I add the data folder ??

Solved, I've used scp

Could you elaborate for others with the same problem? What is SCP?

You can connect to the raspberry using a scp software, like winscp on windows.
It's a way to use the ssh port as a ftp.
Install winscp and create a connection on the IP of the tiltaudio system, on port 22
Username is : pi
Password is : raspberry
You might be stuck with user rights, as boot/data seems not writable for pi user .
I've pushed the data to /media folder and moved it through a terminal ssh connection, using a sudo command.

Seems a bit cryptic for non-linux and not sure if it's the best way..
Maybe dietpi user has ssh access but not sure of the credentials.
Steve, can you comment ??

By the way, I redid a test on my LOTR.
it behaves like old version.
Everything works, except the first music that should start on ball1.
The initialization of the game seems not detected, as the lottery or attract music is still played. On ball2 and 3, it works well.

You should be able to sudo or su to get root. I swear I did that when I was trying to chase down problems (but that might have been something I was working on for work too...I cant remember).

yep, a sudo su might work too.

the easiest would be that data partition would be mounted on windows system.. or that I use ubuntu on my laptop too

Hi Steve,
I've used the latest big file shared here on a 16GB.
Etcher under win10 64bit was used

i wanted to put my whole data folder with key and config, so i needed a folder upload, not just soundset.

Where is the most recent guide to using this. Very interested in getting my sound better.

Hey steve45 any ideas on what to do with this sound constantly being triggered? Also, do you have a descrambler up anymore? Thanks!

Going back thru the thread I found a picture from about a month ago with an assembled WPC board, it doesn't mention DCS but its the same as what I have built here so for now thats what i'll work with. I was able to get the sound to work from the 1/8 jack for bench testing and also got the display to work. These only came to life after doing a fresh install of 1.27. I couldn't get any of these things to work on 1.25 after multiple card reflashes. I'm using a Pi 3B+ and have no idea if the display and sound issues were related to that. I thought 1.25 was the latest version as that is what is reflected on the tilt audio site and the bintray link in the boards browser UI. I really found 1.27 by accident reading the thread. Now Im looking to solve the scrambled sound set issue for my IJ.

What connector do you have left? Show us a picture. I'm out of town for the next 2 weeks, so I can't get a picture of mine.

Im assuming this is an update patch file and not the large main file?

I did a try on the previous version on lord of the ring and still have on issue : no music on ball 1. Everything out of that is 100% perfect.

Did anyone give a try on another white star ??

I still have issues with mine, Steve. I have contacted you through email and slack numerous times.

Why don't you post some of the issues here. Steve is building this thing, but troubleshooting support from afar is incredibly time-consuming. The rest of us can help too

Ok, mine was running fine for a few days, just was working out some scrambled issues with a star wars sound set. Playing a game and the sound cut out, open door and I had no light on the pi. Checked all my voltages and all good. Put original sound board in, all good. Took out the raspberry pi and plugged in the 5v adapter and the pi boots fine. I am Thinking something when out on the shield, but have been trying to get Steve to help me pinpoint if a chip went bad or is causing a short and maybe not allow the pi to boot

As I said, I am working on a data East. What are the test points for that?

Also, as I said, this shield ran fine for a while. Steve was just help me work through a scrambled sound set for de star wars. It then just quit, in the middle of a game

Working on getting my board installed in my Getaway. So far I have v1.25 loaded up, when testing over HDMI the intro sound plays along with the serial number etc. When placed I place it into the assembled board I can't seem to get audio out through the built in amps. I have a speaker on the right channel of the BB speakers right now. I can hear it humming, but no sounds. I can connect to the tilt server over wifi so I've tried changing the audio device but none of them will output anything.

The DAC's led lights up red so it looks like it's getting power. I originally had all 4 legs connected to the left part of the board L, AGnd, R, AGnd, but went back and desoldered the two AGnd points as per a post above.

I've tried updating the firmware using the browsers update, but it doesn't seem to work. I put the file on the sd card in the root Tilt folder and named it update.zip but I can't seem to select it when browsing. I also tried selecting the file from my computer, but it still seems stuck on 1.25. Am I missing something here? Should I just download and reimage my sd card with the 1.27 image that Steve provided? ( I missed it the first time).

Feels like I'm getting close, so any input would be great. Thanks.

I got 12v at the amps
And 5v at the dac
These seem right.
On the data East board there is no linear regulator , and no buck converter

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Geteos did you try to create an update folder and put the zip in it ?

Ah no, I didn't. I was just putting it into the root.

I ended up creating a new image for 1.27, I'm planning on testing it this week. But I'll try to update to 1.28 using an update folder.

Thanks!

Does anyone have any insight to my problem that I described above?

kba78
i looked at your board pic and found the 40pin socket complete down to the board. The socket is having long pins to allow an easy plugin for the rasp, so how did you mount the rasp to the socket/board ? Did you bent it somehow ? Maybe here is the problem and that why it worked just for a while ?

I did test the 5v at the pi, but I can certainly double check.
And also, the 49 pin is not soldered all the way down. It is raised off the board

Ok, I was able to use a friends raspberry pi today. And the shield reacted the same way. Nothing, even though all the voltages are correct. Is possible one of the three chips has failed for some reason?

So I'm getting a bit closer but still not working the way I need it to.

I flashed 1.27 onto a 16gb card along with a custom sound set I found online.

Two problems:
1. I tried hooking up a speaker to the board itself but no matter which playback device I choose nothing will play.

2. I tried hooking up a speaker to the line out on the Pi board itself and chose the device. With this config, some of the effects play back, but I'm getting no music. I checked the logs and I'm getting this error.

2019-07-22 21:37:12.326 WARN SndServi [handleSoundByTypeWithIdx] [sdl_sound.c:1422] sample for id '55' not found

What do I have to change to get this to trigger the music properly?

I had a similar problem when working on a star wars sound set. Ended being a scrambled sound set. Ask Steve for an unscramble sound set for getaway. I am pretty sure he has one or someone else on her must.