Hi Ralf, thank you for your input. I am quite sure there "should" be light. The card is specified for this. I will check the connections again. Maybe I messed up with the molex in some way. best, Hendrik-Jan 2013/8/23 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 17:55 +0200, Hendrik-Jan Heins wrote: >> to be honest, this is the first time ever I am trying to use TOS an a >> card, so I have no idea. > > In my experiences it's as Clemens said, there always should be light, > but ... > > perhaps your card does provide optical and coaxial SPDIF and you need to > set some jumpers on the board?! Just a shot in the dark. > > My card, a professional sound card, does provide ADAT, this is optical > and at the same time it does provide SPDIF coaxial, but I can set it, to > use the optical ADAT IOs, to become optical SPDIF IOs ... IIRC ;), I > don't need SPDIF. > > I remember that a blind user couldn't get SPDIF working for his Envy24 > card, using alsamixer. Since I've got Envy24 cards installed as > MIDInterfaces, I used the GUI for those cards and compared it with > alsamixer. The blind user struggled hours and couldn't get SPDIF > working, while it took just a few seconds, when I used the GUI mixer and > compared it with the settings for alsamixer and then sent him what t do > by email. > > IMO alsamixer sometimes is hard to understand ;). The blind user, that > blind that he does use Braille, but not completely blind user, was able > to notice a red light, but there anyway was no sound, so I guess, if > there's no light, something might be fishy. But again, just a shot in > the dark. > > Regards, > Ralf > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
