I’m experiencing a problem with Hyperion, whenever I use a wired connection the lights flash random colors when I play a media file. This doesn’t happen when I use a USB WiFi dongle so I figured the problem is that the ethernet cable leaks power. I’ve tried to switch cables but as I expected that didn’t help so the problem seems to be my router.
So I was wondering, does anyone else have this problem? Is it a common thing that routers leak power or is it just mine? If it is a common thing, has anyone found a solution for this issue (besides grounding, unfortunately thats not possible for me)?
If you use Hyperion with a wired connection without ground connection, please let me know.
I’m experiencing a problem with Hyperion, whenever I use a wired connection the lights flash random colors when I play a media file. This doesn’t happen when I use a USB WiFi dongle so I figured the problem is that the ethernet cable leaks power. I’ve tried to switch cables but as I expected that didn’t help so the problem seems to be my router.
So I was wondering, does anyone else have this problem? Is it a common thing that routers leak power or is it just mine? If it is a common thing, has anyone found a solution for this issue (besides grounding, unfortunately thats not possible for me)?
If you use Hyperion with a wired connection without ground connection, please let me know.
@timk95 said:
So I was wondering, does anyone else have this problem? Is it a common thing that routers leak power or is it just mine? If it is a common thing, has anyone found a solution for this issue (besides grounding, unfortunately thats not possible for me)?
Have you tried to use an unshielded (UTP instead of [S/]STP) ethernet patch cable?
These lack the ground connection (the shielding) which could be the ultimate issue.
I sure can however this is not RasPlex related problem. It happens on OMSC for example aswel, it seems to be a hardware problem. I’ve posted it here on the RasPlex forum because I figured that there would be other people with the same issue.
If you still want me to create an issue on GitHub, I’ll make one.
RP1 b+ with microSD 32GB Class 10 and 0.5.0 = Everthing alright always. 0 Problems in 1 year.
The same RP1 b+ with 0.6.0 or 0.7.1 = The lights flash random colors when I play a media file and hyperion logo (top right) appears and disappears randomly very often.
RP2 with the same microSD and 0.6.0 or 0.7.1 = The lights flash random colors when I play a media file and hyperion logo (top right) appears and disappears randomly very often.
I used the same hyperion.config.json for all and the original too. I tested with wifi and LAN and the problem continues.
I have a several days searching and I can not find similar problem except for this post. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, of course. The same configuration. Hyperion works well in all 3 cases, but in the last two cases, randomly flashing LEDs occasionally with vivid colors.
I connected LEDs with a power supply and the Raspberry Pi with another one. It makes less flash and the rainbow square has disappeared. Did it need even more power?
Regards.
By the way, I changed the file config.txt by:
900
333
450
2
What fixed it for me was making sure the LAN cable wasn’t anywhere near power cables. At the time I created this topic my LAN cable ran right next to a power cable.
