® Waves System
V 1.2 - 2014
I.D. AL - MicroPlayer mkII - Wav MP3 Audio player - User manual
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receives an instruction, this same instruction is sent to its output and so on. Caution , when numerous
players are chained up a latente period can exist at the end of the chain.
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Mode 2:
Monitoring mode
In this mode, the player send onto its Tx serial output, some information on its status.( see previous
chapter describing the procedure )
An external device can therefore receive informations to know if the player is in a reading mode or in a
stop mode. These functions can be used to check the good functioning of the player.
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Mode 3:
Advanced monitoring mode
The advanced mode has the same functions that the standard monitoring mode and the additional
function is the regular sending of informations on its status. A frame is sent every 250 ms describing the
status of the player among 3 possibilities:
1 - Stop - send a frame indicating that the player does not read and wait for a command
2 - Playback - send a frame indicating that the player reads a file
3 - Other -No frame sent : the player is not available. The memory card is missing or defective, power
supply default or the player is out of order
This mode is used in a context of security message management. A frame fault reports an error and
allows to intervene to solve the default.
Command line:
#RS_MONITORING:x
x = a value 0,1, 2 or 3
0 = no monitoring
1 = "daisy chain" mode
2 = monitoring mode
3 = advanced monitoring mode
Example :
#RS_MONITORING:1
The player is on "daisy chain " mode
If the line is missing , the factory setting value by default is used it has to say 0, no monitoring.
See chapter 6 for informations on RS232 protocol.
5.6 - Choose of the playback folder when powering - #BOOT:xxx
Sometimes, it can be necessary to define the folder that will be played when powering. By default, the
folder 000 is used as autoplay folder.
Command line:
#BOOT:xxx
xxx a number between 000 et 999
Example:
#BOOT:015
the player will read the content of the 015 folder when powering..
If the line is missing, the " factory setting" value by default will be used , 000 for the folder 000.
If the folder does not exist , the player turns into stop mode and waits for an instruction
