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Introduction


Multi-room
Since model 2.0, balenaSound helps a number of, synchronized units permitting you to construct your individual DIY Sonos or customized multi-room audio system. In the event you’ve solely obtained one gadget, that also works nice and because it did earlier than. Now, you’ll be able to merely flash one other SD card with the identical picture and that gadget will play the identical audio as your first gadget utterly seamlessly.So long as your units are related to the identical WiFi community, they may routinely uncover one another and synchronize audio output.Log Messages and Customized Tags
The CastDebugLogger API permits you to create log messages that seem on the receiver debug overlay with totally different colours. The next log strategies can be found, listed so as from highest to lowest precedence:
castDebugLogger.error(custom_tag, message);
castDebugLogger.warn(custom_tag, message);
(custom_tag, message);
bug(custom_tag, message);
For every log methodology, the primary parameter is a customized tag. This may be any figuring out string that you just discover significant. The CastDebugLogger
makes use of tags to filter the logs. Utilization of tags is defined intimately additional beneath. The second parameter is the log message.
To indicate logs in motion, add logs to your LOAD
interceptor.
You’ll be able to management which messages seem on the debug overlay by setting the log stage in loggerLevelByTags
for every customized tag. For instance, enabling a customized tag with log stage BUG
will show all messages added with error, warn, information, and debug log messages. Enabling a customized tag with WARNING
stage will solely show error and warn log messages.
The loggerLevelByTags
config is non-compulsory. If a customized tag is just not configured for its logger stage, all log messages will show on the debug overlay.
Add the next code beneath the CORE
occasion logger:
Video
Initialization
Add the next code to index.html
within the header:
Add the next code to index.html
<physique>
earlier than the <footer>
loading receiver.js,
to offer the receiver SDK with area to bring-up the default receiver UI which is transport with the script you may have simply added.
Now, we have to initialize the SDK in js/receiver.js
, consisting of:
- buying a reference to
CastReceiverContext
, your major entry level to the entire Receiver SDK - storing a reference to the
PlayerManager
, the item dealing with playback and offering you with all of the hooks it’s essential to plug-in your individual customized logic - initializing the SDK by calling
begin()
onCastReceiverContext
Add the next to js/receiver.js
.
Join your audio system
Most Hello-Fi methods and powered audio system will embrace an auxiliary (AUX) enter for connecting issues similar to your newly-created balenaSound gadget. To do that you’ll want to make sure you have the appropriate cables. The audio output on the Raspberry Pi (and the PHAT DAC) is a 3.5mm stereo audio jack, and most AUX inputs are going to be both the identical or maybe extra generally a phono/RCA enter, that are the person pink and white connectors. Due to this fact you’re going to want a cable to work along with your setup. The AmazonBasics vary is an efficient place to start out trying, the cables are good high quality with out costing an excessive amount of.- 3.5mm to RCA cable (Amazon USA)
- 3.5mm to RCA cable (Amazon UK)


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