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ChronoPlayer

User Guide

V1.0 - July 12, 2016

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Page 1: ...ChronoPlayer User Guide V1 0 July 12 2016 2016 Waves System...

Page 2: ...detailed list of the technical support options we suggest that you visit our site www id al com Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent any commitment fr...

Page 3: ...structions This device has been shipped out from our facilities in perfect working condition In order to preserve these conditions for safety and to avoid any risk of accidental bodily injury the user...

Page 4: ...from the mains when it is no longer used or for the purpose of maintenance Handle the power cord by using only the plug Never remove the plug by pulling the power cord Electrical connections repairs...

Page 5: ...f the File 22 6 Control of the ChronoPlayer with a Timestamped Programming Scheduler 23 6 1 Introduction 23 6 2 Principle 23 6 3 Creation of a Timestamped Programming File 25 6 4 Application of a Time...

Page 6: ...n Clock 45 A VI Power Supply 45 A VII Consumption 12 V supplied 46 A VIII Temperatures 46 A IX Size 46 A X Weight 46 Appendix B Infrared Remote Control 47 Appendix C Built in Clock 48 C I Principle 48...

Page 7: ...are played automatically according to an AutoPlay setting a timestamped programming or a triggering by external events dry contact inputs RS 232 serial commands etc The ChronoPlayer aims at playing m...

Page 8: ...mes assigned to the files and the folders This smart programming allows a wide flexibility of use A line level stereo audio output on a standard RCA connector Power supply A 12 V mains adapter is requ...

Page 9: ...ry settings and it is ready to operate when a prepared media is inserted in see the chapter Control of the ChronoPlayer with the Folders and the Files 1 Prepare and insert a quality SD memory card or...

Page 10: ...trigger the playback of folders An input is activated if it is connected to the ground of the player The states of all the inputs are combined to form a binary code identifying the folder to play Tri...

Page 11: ...006 BP7 007 BP8 008 BP9 009 BP10 010 BP11 011 BP12 012 BP13 013 BP14 014 BP15 015 D1 to D28 1N4148 diodes 15 push buttons mapped to 4 inputs 11 2016 Waves System Figure 1 Examples of triggering device...

Page 12: ...s The ChronoPlayer support page www id al com provides test contents that can be used as an example for the first startup of the player The content update of the storage device has to be performed as...

Page 13: ...t 3 digits represent the folder number and are therefore the main part of its name The folders are numbered from 000 to 999 Example Folder No Description 000 Folder number 0 AutoPlay folder which is a...

Page 14: ...4 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 031 032 033 063 064 065 127 128 129 254 255 Special case The folder 000 is the folder played by default on startup if present If this folder is mi...

Page 15: ...o 999 of the next folder to play which can also be the number of the folder itself in order to play it in a loop By default if this tag is missing the playback stops at the end of the folder Example F...

Page 16: ...played in random mode SEQ playback of the numbered files from 001 to 999 of the folder in ascending order see the chapter Organization of the Files inside the Folders RND playback in a random order Ex...

Page 17: ...cts or through RS 232 or other is ignored and the playback of the current folder is not stopped 5 1 6 RSxxx Send Bytes onto the RS 232 Output When the folder is called a list of bytes is transferred b...

Page 18: ...xx the xxx ID of the line containing the bytes to send related to the xxx of the tag RS002 line 002 The tag RS002 will send the sequence of bytes of the line 002 of the serial txt file Example of line...

Page 19: ...aken into account at any time by the player Example Folder Name Action Performed by the Tag 000 J000 The folder 000 is played in a loop on startup 001 WHL J000 The folder 001 is played in a loop while...

Page 20: ...olders the filenames define the behavior of the playback In sequential mode the files must be numbered The names are composed of 3 digits 001 to 999 and of the name of your choice Playback options tag...

Page 21: ...folder is not a special case Its playback is just instantaneous since there are no files to play This means that the tags of an empty target folder are applied normally if any The playback stops in su...

Page 22: ...like the RSxxx tag of the folders except that it applies at the beginning of the playback of the file not at the beginning of the playback of the folder See the section RSxxx Send Bytes onto the RS 23...

Page 23: ...The ChronoPlayer uses its built in clock to perform scheduled actions These actions are stored in a timestamped programming file named the Scheduler file The timestamped programming file is made of a...

Page 24: ...mand requires the number of the folder to play 3 first digits between 000 and 999 The folder has to be stored in the root folder of the storage device The way a folder is played depends on the tags ap...

Page 25: ...files generated by the Scheduler software are TM2 files with the tm2 extension e g my programming tm2 6 4 Application of a Timestamped Programming to the Player Once the Scheduler programming file ha...

Page 26: ...e 3 digit number of the folder in which the player is stopped the total duration of the pending audio file the full name of the pending audio file If the filename exceeds the display width it scrolls...

Page 27: ...the date and time as well as the reference time zone of the player perform a long push more than 3 seconds on the Volume Menu knob in order to access the setup menu The first line displays the name of...

Page 28: ...a UTC relative offset If the selected country has several regional rules the player displays Region Select and validate a region among the proposed list The player displays Time zone on the first line...

Page 29: ...d validate a day in the selected month The date is set It is now possible to adjust the time 3 Time setup Select and validate an hour Select and validate a minute in the selected hour Select and valid...

Page 30: ...lected setting value Value Volume dB Value Volume dB Value Volume dB Value Volume dB 0 MUTE 17 11 6 34 5 5 51 2 0 1 38 6 18 11 1 35 5 3 52 1 8 2 31 2 19 10 6 36 5 0 53 1 6 3 27 3 20 10 2 37 4 8 54 1 5...

Page 31: ...Use the V xx and V xx tags to change the volume during the playback of a folder or of a file This modification is relative to the main volume for folders and to the volume of the folder for files See...

Page 32: ...ure the monitoring mode of the RS 232 serial link BOOT xxx 000 to 999 000 Define the folder to play on startup INPUTxx cmd xx 01 to 15 cmd PLAY STOP NEXT_TRACK PREV_TRACK FOLDERyyy yyy 000 to 999 VOLU...

Page 33: ...he serial link it means that all the players execute the command sent whatever the number identifying the player 9 2 Volume Setting VOLUME xx It is possible to define the volume to be used on startup...

Page 34: ...n exist at the end of the chain Mode 2 Monitoring mode In this mode the player sends some information about its status onto its Tx serial output see the chapter RS 232 Serial Link Protocol Transmissio...

Page 35: ...000 for the folder 000 If the folder does not exist the player stops and waits for an instruction 9 6 Assign Specific Commands to the Inputs INPUTxx cmd By default each input combination triggers the...

Page 36: ...Infrared Remote Control BUTTONx cmd The two special buttons of the infrared remote control see the chapter Infrared Remote Control are assigned by default to the volume control With the file config tx...

Page 37: ...OLUME 48 Player volume at power on 48 BAUDRATE 9600 Baud rate of the serial link 9600 bauds RS_MONITORING 1 Monitoring mode Daisy Chain BOOT 005 AutoPlay folder played on startup 005 INPUT01 PREV_TRAC...

Page 38: ...minder A byte is composed of 8 bits b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 A byte representation is noted 10000000b in binary or 80h in hexadecimal 10 1 1 Byte 1 Status 1xxxxxxxb The status byte is a frame synchroni...

Page 39: ...71 Play folder command 02 Playback control command 03 Volume control command 00h 00000000b Not used 01h 11h 21h 31h 41h 51h 61h and 71h 0xxx0001b Play folder command The folder is designated by the b...

Page 40: ...by the data byte as follows Table 20 Possible values of the data byte Value hexadecimal Value binary Description 01 00000001 Play 02 00000010 Stop 03 00000011 Next file in the current folder 04 000001...

Page 41: ...efine the kind of data sent through RS 232 4 monitoring modes exist The monitoring mode is defined in the configuration file config txt see the chapter Configuration File The Daisy Chain Monitoring an...

Page 42: ...2 Possible values of the data byte Value hexadecimal Value binary Description 00 00000000 Player ready The player reports that it is ready and available on startup 01 00000001 Not used 02 00000010 Not...

Page 43: ...layer among 3 possibilities Table 23 Possible values of the data byte Value hexadecimal Value binary Description No frame sent No frame sent The player is unavailable because of some issue 01 00000001...

Page 44: ...the ChronoPlayer 2 Make sure that the SD card is properly formatted in FAT32 USB flash drives are not supported 3 Copy the file CHRONO bin at the root of the SD card 4 Eject the SD card with the eject...

Page 45: ...4 1 kHz Broadcast Wave Format not supported A III Other File Formats Supported Timestamped programming file scheduler tm2 Scheduler TM2 tm2 format Configuration file config txt raw text format txt Ser...

Page 46: ...ack Height 44 mm Depth with terminal block connectors 100 mm A X Weight 200 g with the pluggable terminal blocks 46 2016 Waves System Note Various professional software for composition and editing cre...

Page 47: ...ed sensor fitted at the front of the player 1 Button 1 2 Stop 3 Next file 4 Volume 5 Button 2 6 Previous file 7 Play 8 Volume This remote control supports the transport commands Play Stop Next file Pr...

Page 48: ...Africa Americas Antarctic Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Ocean Australia Europe Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean 2 Select a country relative to the world area The listed countries depend on the chosen world are...

Page 49: ...pdate the player prompts the user to set the time zone on each startup until the operation has been performed On the other hand the date and time are not parameters but values that evolve according to...

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