Trouble Connecting To Roon Core : A Solution

If you are having difficulty obtaining or maintaining a connection with your Roon Core using a mobile device you may find my experience helpful. 

I have both an Android phone (LG V30+) and an Apple IPad Pro which suddenly and for no clear reason would not consistently connect to my Roon Core which is located on a Windows 10 PC. The library is on a Synology Raid NAS. By way of contrast, the Sonos control software on the same devices has never had connection problems and music from the same file source broadcasts to the Sonos satellites very reliably. Also, the Roon software on the PC itself has had no problems with connecting.

After exploring various possible solutions including disabling Norton 360, I discovered that setting the PC to a fixed IP address was the solution. Since doing this, my controlling devices have been finding the core with minimal delays. There are still brief lags which I do not have with the Sonos Controllers but the main thing is ROON now works!

If only Roon would integrate Deezer, I could drop using the Sonos software for the most part….

If you wish to try this, you can easily find instructions on how to set a fixed IP address on YouTube. I also decided to set a fixed IP address for my NAS but that in itself did not solve the issue. It was only once the PC with the Roon Core was set that things stabilized….

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Update post - Easter --- Roon on my Android phone continued working until just before Easter and then stopped for no apparent reason for three days. On Easter Sunday it suddenly started working again for the whole day but from Easter Monday it has no-longer worked. During this whole time, Roon on my iPad has been working fine on the same network.... Go figure....

It is now May 2020 and a new Roon update has been installed. It seems a little more reliable but still not perfect. The troubleshooting continues!

It is now June 2020  and Roon has been running reliably for several weeks and the solution related to Norton 360 and its firewall. Only when I granted public network access did the problem go away... I had previously tried disabling the firewall to no avail.... This is why I had previously discounted it as the problem.... But now both the LG and the iPad connect reliably every time... provided of course the Roon core is up and running... It easy to forget if the computer needs a restart for some reason....

I would like to share this review of my favourite headphones... the NAD VISO HP50

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/headphones-reconsidered-nad-viso-hp-50-mr-speakers-ether-ii.27512/

Talking Adelaide Architecture

The evolution of our suburbs continues, sometimes with striking developments like the new zinc clad “A”-shape geometric modernism in Baliol St. College Park but more frequently with bland boxiness and beige rendering that smothers the earth and pays no heed to energy efficiency. Is this the suburban landscape we want? Is it the suburban landscape we deserve? How much should be left to the individual’s requirements and how much influence should planners have? Where do individual’s requirements, community standards and planning needs intersect and how much should they be allowed to diverge? Is there an Adelaide aesthetic to be proud of? What will a future version of Adelaide: Light and Stone look like?

I don’t always find it easy to decide if a new building has a good aesthetic, or even an old building for that matter! So I have been thinking about my personal values for a while, particularly as I accumulated photos to include in Adelaide: Light and Stone.

Deciding if a building is good is not always a straightforward decision and goes beyond personal preference. For me, a building can work because it is interesting rather than beautiful. Sometimes when it contrasts with its surroundings rather than blending in.

For now, I have adopted the approach of looking at a building and imagining making a postcard to send to friends overseas. Would I choose to include the building or would I go out of my way to avoid including the building as part of the image? This certainly brings a finer focus to the decision making…. And sadly, as I walk around our streets, the answer is too frequently “avoid”. Frequently not because the building is astonishingly ugly, but because it is depressingly bland (although one could argue the difference!).

So when you are thinking about constructing a new building or just painting your existing one, use some ruthless honesty and try imagining it on a post-card. Is this an image that stirs emotion and admiration from the viewer? Enough to make a stranger want to visit your city or suburb? If it doesn’t, is there an alternative affordable alternative? It does not have to be an expensive solution. It could be a change of colour or the plants in the garden. Take some inspiration from places you have visited and why you enjoyed looking at the buildings. Why you might have photographed them! Together we can create an environment we enjoy living in and one that we are proud to display to visitors.

Adelaide: Light and Stone Calendar

In addition to the book, there is now an Adelaide: Light and Stone calendar available from redbubble. It features a few new photos that don't appear in the book as well as some that do in smaller formats as well as a number of feature photos... Redbubble calendars are of lovely quality both in terms of the printing and the paper. You can decide which date they start at too!

ADELAIDE: Light and Stone promotional release for locally printed version

The 200 beautiful photos of the City of Adelaide and environs in this engaging book have been taken by local photographer Paul Weston during the past fourteen years. The book is a totally local product, being printed by Openbook Howden at St Marys.

The collection started from a simple premise of displaying the city and region at its natural best. That is, whenever the LIGHT is right and often this is at night!  The book itself began more recently, when Paul could not find a suitable gift for an overseas student who had been staying at his home. The result is a photographer’s personal view of what people love about Adelaide.

Images have been arranged to take the viewer on a journey from the Adelaide Hills, down into the heart of the city, its beaches and parks and out into the surrounding countryside. There is also an architectural journey in time, from contemporary iconic structures to those of early Adelaide when the city had more STONE buildings than any other Australian state capital. Local stone was a more available building material than timber and it features heavily in this book.

Another feature of this book is the use of multiple small photos to create an immersive and rewarding experience. The effect is stimulating and satisfying, like a degustation meal at one of Adelaide’s fine restaurants!  

ADELAIDE: Light and Stone is a compact, lightweight (375 gms) quality product making it the perfect gift for the traveller or coffee table book for home and office.

Adelaide - Light and Stone in stores in Adelaide

Now available at Booked in the North Adelaide Village, Dymocks, Glenelg and City, Imprints in Hindley Street, Urban Cow and Streetlight both in Vaughan Place and Dillons in Norwood. In the hills at Stirling in Matilda Bookshop and at Hahdorf in Storison. Please message me from Facebook if you can't get a copy. Facebook Link . (At Dymocks in the city, its upstairs near the Special Orders counter.)

Adelaide - Light and Stone is now on Facebook!

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