Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System
Copyright©1992-2007 by ACS, Sarasota, Florida
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. The RED LED flashes four times at power up?
Q. The RED LED flashes two times when I try to play a sound, and no sound plays? Why is my
CFSOUND.INI file not making the CFSound III perform using the features I have specified ?:
This is by far our most commonly asked question. 99% of time, it is because your files have double
extensions. I.E. "01C.WAV.WAV" or "CFSOUND.INI.INI". Later versions of Windows hide the file
extensions in explorer, so by putting ".WAV" or ".INI" in the filename, you are actually causing a
duplicate file extension.
To turn the hiding of file extensions off in Windows XP, do the following:
Click on Start
Then Click on Control Panel
Next, Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab on the Folder Options Window
Scroll down to "Hide Extensions for Known File Types"
Click on the Check box to the left of it to remove the check mark
Click on the Apply Button
Now the complete file names will be displayed in Explorer, and any folder, and you can remove the
duplicate file extensions.
Note that this error indication may be normal if running in Basic Mode if there were no CFSound Mode
Filename Format files on the card.
Q. What Inputs and outputs are available on the main CFSound board, without adding I/O Modules
?:
The CFSound main board has a single PTT(Push To Talk) Relay for an output and two contact inputs
that appears as Contact #25 & #26 for inputs. Additional Inputs and outputs are added by adding I/O
Modules. The CFSound III can accept one I/O module.
Q. I have a motion sensor tied to an old industrial looping tape deck. The first time the sensor is
broken it will play the first of three tracks, the second time the same sensor is broken it plays the
second track on the tape and the third time it plays the third track. Can your machine duplicate this
task ?:
Yes, the CFSound III can function as you described. You make three entries into the [CONTACTS]
section of the CFSOUND.INI file that you place on the Compact Flash Card.
[Contacts]
SequenceContactNumber=dd
FirstSoundNumber=ff
LastSoundNumber=ll
-->
Setting the SequenceContactNumber to anything greater than zero, causes the input # dd to operate in
a sequencing mode.
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FirstSoundNumber sets the first wav file number to be played in the sequence as # ff.
-->
LastSoundNumber sets the last wav file number to be played in the sequence as # ll.
You would replace dd with the contact input you wanted to function this way, ff with the first sound that
you wanted it to play, and ll with the last sound you want it to play. Every time there is a contact closure on
