The advice about switching PiCorePlayer off seems to be that whilst it runs in RAM and is immune to power-off corruption, LMS can be corrupted by power removal, presumably if it's writing data at the time.
I've been in what I thought was the good habit of switching off via the UI and then removing power. Occasionally other members of the family have switched off the main power without doing this, thus far without any problems.
In looking at whether I should leave the power on permanently I've done some measurements of current consumption of my system. It drops by less than 2mA when turned off from the UI, so Im wondering what does get turned off. I notice if I switch off like this and then go to the LMS settings they show that LMS is still running.
So I'm now wondering whether a full shutdown is required if we want to be certain that LMS doesn't get corrupted?
The Advanced mode operations panel on the piCorePlayer Main Page suggests that Shutdown is not really required and that "piCorePlayer can be turned off at the switch".
Can someone clarify?
I've been in what I thought was the good habit of switching off via the UI and then removing power. Occasionally other members of the family have switched off the main power without doing this, thus far without any problems.
In looking at whether I should leave the power on permanently I've done some measurements of current consumption of my system. It drops by less than 2mA when turned off from the UI, so Im wondering what does get turned off. I notice if I switch off like this and then go to the LMS settings they show that LMS is still running.
So I'm now wondering whether a full shutdown is required if we want to be certain that LMS doesn't get corrupted?
The Advanced mode operations panel on the piCorePlayer Main Page suggests that Shutdown is not really required and that "piCorePlayer can be turned off at the switch".
Can someone clarify?