Alcorn Mcbride 8 TraXX, User Manual

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Front Panel Controls and Indicators
The 8TraXX provides controls that can accommodate a wide variety of installations. The front panel
incorporates eight test pushbuttons, a mute-all button, media status indicator, playing status indicators, mute
status indicator, and a Compact Flash slot. All front panel buttons can be disabled by a special serial command
for systems requiring tamper-free remote control.
Test Channel Buttons
The numbers next to the
test button match the
channel and file
numbers (i.e. Button
number 1 plays file
number 1 to channel 1,
Button number 2 plays
file number 2 to track 2,
etc.
The front panel contains a row of eight pushbuttons. These buttons allow you to test
play each of the unit’s 8 channels. When a test channel button is pressed, the file
with the same number as the button number will 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 loop from end to beginning.
Channel Status LEDs
While the 8TraXX is
booting up, the channel
status LEDs will
illuminate one at a time
from left to right,
indicating channel
initialization.
Next to each Channel Test button is a green LED. If a channel is currently playing,
the corresponding LED will be illuminated. A channel LED flashes if an error
occurs on the corresponding channel. Refer to the Error Indicators section below for
details.
Mute All Button and LED
A pushbutton on the far right of the front panel causes all channels to mute.
Pressing the button once causes all channels to mute. Pressing it again causes all
channels to unmute.
The red LED next to the Mute-All pushbutton is activated whenever any of the
8TraXX channels are muted.
August 8, 2006 • Alcorn McBride 8TraXX User’s Manual • Rev 1.8 • Page 3