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August 8, 2006     •   Alcorn McBride 8TraXX User’s Manual    •    Rev 1.8      •  

 

Summary of Contents for 8 TraXX

Page 1: ...8 TraXX Eight Independent MP3 Players User s Guide...

Page 2: ...n applications where a malfunction can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury Customers using or selling Alcorn McBride products for use in such applications do so at their own risk and a...

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Page 4: ...le to Channel__________________________________________________________________ 7 Loop Play__________________________________________________________________________ 7 Assign Sound____________________...

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Page 7: ...ers the latest in Digital Audio Repeater technology combining MP3 audio with Compact Flash for a rugged reliable maintenance free solution to your playback needs Access time is nearly instantaneous Al...

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Page 9: ...ill be activated and played out the corresponding channel Pressing a button once plays the sound Pressing it again while the sound is playing stops playback Holding the button down causes the sound to...

Page 10: ...edia activity It illuminates whenever the Compact Flash media is being accessed The LED is also used for error indication refer to error indication section below Error Indications The Channel Status L...

Page 11: ...pectively Repeatedly activating a play input while a channel is playing will restart the channel It is possible to prevent sounds from restarting during play by adding 1000 to the sound number i e Sou...

Page 12: ...near the power connector Ground Lift In the event of AC hum or noise this switch may be set to the off position to isolate the 8TraXX circuit ground from the chassis Contacts Voltage Inputs Be sure t...

Page 13: ...the channel number in ASCII Message Response R CR Comments If no sound number is specified the number specified with the last Select File command see below will be used Sound numbers 1 through 511 ar...

Page 14: ...e time using the assigned sound numbers for each channel specified by a previous Select File command Command Bytes ncSE CR or nncSE CR or nnncSE CR or nnnncSE CR where n nn nnn or nnnn is the sound nu...

Page 15: ...current version of the installed firmware Note The firmware version can also be obtained by holding down the 8th front panel channel button as power is applied to the 8TraXX The channel LEDs on the f...

Page 16: ...in the show controller starting at the flag number designated by the flag offset parameter This parameter is in HEX and has a range of 0x40 to 0x77 variable offset WAK CR Selects Variable Offset Mode...

Page 17: ...ered the correct command Check for avail E11 Media Not Present Is the Compact Flash inserted Formatted A recommended brand E12 Search Error Selecting the correct file Is the file on the card Is it nam...

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Page 19: ...e space requirements The most common bitrate is bolded Bitrate Kbps Quality File Size min Original WAV Best quality achievable is whatever the source is 10 47Mbytes 80 FM radio quality 594Mbytes 96 Ne...

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Page 21: ...ssage Format Status Byte Control Number Control Value Function Status Byte control change Control Number Range Control Value Range Play Channel 176 64 71 select channels 1 8 1 122 selects sound number...

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Page 23: ...lowed to be interrupted while playing and start over or if it should keep playing through to completion and ignore incoming play requests Sound numbers 1001 to 1511 are uninterruptible meaning that re...

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Page 25: ...and copy your MP3 files to that directory Sounds can be numbered as shown below SND00001 MP3 up to SND09999 MP3 Interruptible versus Uninterruptible Operation With files in the sounds subdirectory an...

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Page 27: ...no Supports all the MPEG 1 and 2 sampling frequencies and the extension to MPEG 2 5 including 48 44 1 32 24 22 05 16 12 11 025 8 KHz Accepts MPEG 2 5 Layer III MP3 elementary compressed bitstreams wit...

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Page 29: ...hicle power connection A windows program GPS Builder is used to capture geographical points and make a playlist which resides on the Compact Flash card installed in the AM4 or DVM7400 You can download...

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Page 31: ...rack have identical encoding parameters i e bitrate sample frequency encoding format etc Q When skipping between files on a single track there is a long delay between when I issue the play command and...

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Page 33: ...C 100 F free air circulation 0 90 relative humidity non condensing 20 g max Vibration with removable Compact Flash Card Controls Test Button for each track Mute All button Playing LED for each track...

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