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ACS Compact FLASH III User Manual

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Thursday, February 08, 2007
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S a ra s o t a , F L . 3 4 2 4 0 (9 4 1 )3 7 7 -5 7 7 5 F A X (9 4 1 )3 7 8 -4 2 2 6
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Copyright(c)1992-2007 by ACS, Sarasota, FL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • Page 1 S a ra s o t a , F L . 3 4 2 4 0 (9 4 1 )3 7 7 -5 7 7 5 F A X (9 4 1 )3 7 8 -4 2 2 6 www.acscontrol.com Copyright(c)1992-2007 by ACS, Sarasota, FL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Table of Contents Overview ............................4 Features..............................4 Connections ............................. 5 Main Connector ..........................5 Power Supply Connection ......................5 Built-in Contacts Connection ....................5 Speaker Connection........................6 Serial Connector ..........................6 Remote Volume Connector ......................7 Line-Level Audio Outputs........................
  • Page 3 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Mechanical............................ 32 Firmware Revisions ........................33 Upgrading the Firmware ......................34 Copyright©1992-2007 by ACS, Sarasota, Florida ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 4: Overview

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Overview Thank you for purchasing the Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System; be assured that it will provide you with thousands of hours of trouble free, solid-state operation. You will also find that it is simple to change audio themes or tracks and is easy to make your own recordings or program the device.

  • Page 5: Connections

    12VDC @ 1.0A. ACS supplies two different versions of the wall-mounted transformer power supply for the CFSound- III. The version in the black enclosure has a white stripe on the positive lead which should be connected to pin 9 of the Main connector with the other lead to pin 10.

  • Page 6: Speaker Connection

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System emitters connected to ground and are buffered by an inverting gate. The following diagram is representative of the Contact #25 input and is similar for Contact #26: Contact #25 GROUND The input is activated by sinking current from the Contact input pin to ground. A Ground connection is supplied on pin 10 of the Main connector for this purpose.

  • Page 7: Remote Volume Connector

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System one-to-one cable from a PC serial port may be used. The Windows HyperTerminal accessory may be used to view the diagnostic messages and manually issue commands to start/stop/queue sounds: Pin # Signal Name Signal Name...

  • Page 8: Compact Flash Card Requirements

    Please do not force the card to insert. Otherwise, some of the 50 pins in the socket may become damaged and the card and/or Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System may become unusable.

  • Page 9: Formatting The Cf Card

    If a CF card is not present, the unit runs in Basic Mode by starting the ACS Basic interpreter and accepting/executing a subset of Basic commands that don t require file I/O via the serial port.
  • Page 10 You can also connect the RS-232 port of the Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System to the RS- 232 port of your computer or PLC to control up to 255 sounds using serial commands.

  • Page 11: Sample Filenames

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System If a C appears after the hex number in the filename, the sound file will be played on a closure of the corresponding optional contact input module input or serial command. The sound will start playing when the associated contact input goes from an open to closed state.

  • Page 12: Compact Flash Card Loading And Scanning

    Once programmed with the desired sounds and correct filenames, the card is inserted into the slot on the front of the Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System. The green LED indicator should begin to flash indicating that the unit is scanning and loading the files from the card. When the card is correctly loaded and scanned, the green LED should glow steadily.
  • Page 13 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System [Section] / Parameter Description QuestionContacts=dd Sets the number of question contacts to the decimal value dd. Default=4. AnswerContacts=dd Sets the number of answer contacts to the decimal value dd. Default=4. NoAnswerTimeout=dd Sets the delay in seconds between the end of the question sound and the timeout answer sound to the decimal value dd.
  • Page 14 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System [Section] / Parameter Description ContactOffsetAmount=dd Sets the value that will be added the the input contact number when the OffsetContactNumber input is active, to offset the actual sound number that will play to the decimal value dd.

  • Page 15: Quiz / Kiosk Mode

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Quiz / Kiosk Mode The CFSound III may be configured to operate in a Quiz or Kiosk mode. This mode is enabled by including the requisite [Quiz] section entries in a CFSOUND.INI file on the card with the QuizMode=TRUE parameter.
  • Page 16 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System There are two additional, optional sounds that may be played in Quiz mode. The AwaitAnswerSound=xx parameter, if xx is non-zero, causes sound file xx.WAV to be played after the question sound while awaiting an Answer contact activation. In the preceding example, this would play sound file 7F.WAV.

  • Page 17: Sequential Sound Playout

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Sequential Sound Playout The CFSound III may be configured to allow a single contact closure (or opening) to play several sounds in sequence; one each time it is closed (or opened). This mode is enabled by including the requisite [Contacts] section entries in a CFSOUND.INI file on the card with the SequenceContactNumber=dd...

  • Page 18: Rs-232 Serial Port Protocol

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System RS-232 Serial Port Protocol Sound play-out may also be controlled via commands received via the serial port. The data format is 2400 baud, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Sounds may be started, queued and stopped using a simple ASCII protocol: <SOH>...

  • Page 19: Basic Mode

    Basic Mode In Basic Mode, the operation of the CFSound-III is controlled by the interpreted execution of a user written program that is written in the ACS Basic language. BASIC is the acronym for Beginners All- purpose Symbolic Instruction Code a easy to learn programming language developed by Kemeny &...

  • Page 20: Diagnostic Led Codes (Red & Green Leds)

    No valid *.WAV files of a CFSound Mode Filename Format found on the CF Card Four starting ACS Basic. This code will continue until a Basic RUN command is issued. Five No valid FAT or FAT32 file system found on the CF Card, execution stops.

  • Page 21: Digital Audio Recording

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Digital Audio Recording Initially make all recordings (either music or voice) with a sample rate of at least 44KHz and 16-bit mono or stereo. This high quality, first-generation recording will later provide the greatest bandwidth and produce the best sounding final audio.

  • Page 22: Optional Plug-In Modules

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Optional Plug-in Modules The Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System supports optional plug-in modules to provide Contact I/O and audio power amplifier capability. CFSound III Contact Sense 8 Module This module provides eight contact inputs. The contacts are numbered 1 through 8 and are associated with sound files named 01.WAV through 08.WAV.

  • Page 23: Cfsound Iii Contact I/O 8 Module

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System CFSound III Contact I/O 8 Module This module provides eight contact inputs and eight contact outputs. The contacts are numbered 1 through 8 and are associated with sound files named 01.WAV through 08.WAV. If an S token is present in the sound filename, the associated output contact and on-board PTT relay will be activated whenever the sound is played.
  • Page 24 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System The Output connectors OUT1 and OUT2 consist of two 10 pin, 2 piece terminal block style mounted adjacently. The pinout is shown in the following diagram and table: OUT2 OUT1 OUT2 Pin # Signal...

  • Page 25: Cfsound Iii Contact Sense 24 Module

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System CFSound III Contact Sense 24 Module This module provides twenty four contact inputs. The contacts are numbered 1 through 24 and are associated with sound files named 01.WAV through 18.WAV. The Cathodes of the LEDs in the optocouplers are connected to the Input connector port pins. The Anodes of the LEDs in the optocouplers are connected to an internal 12VDC power supply, with a 680 ohm current limiting resistor in series.

  • Page 26: Contact Wiring

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Contact Wiring On the optional Contact Modules, switch contacts are wired between the Input pin number and a ground located on either end of the connector. Switches may be one of two forms: Normally Open (N.O.) or Normally Closed (N.C.). Switches that are Normally Open have no electrical connection between the switch terminals unless the switch is activated closed.

  • Page 27: Frequently Asked Questions

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System 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 ?:...
  • Page 28 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System the input specified in dd, it will play the files from ff to ll in sequence, then start over again at ff, and keep repeating. Q. Can I use a momentary contact closure to initiate a message, but the message needs to stop by using another momentary closure (or open?).
  • Page 29 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System a. Store inputs/triggers, and play them when the current sound in finished b. Not store inputs/triggers while a sound is being played Q. I am having addressing problems. With the 'old' units I was able to run a lead from common to '0nCPR' and have the unit start playing a track "n"...
  • Page 30 LEXAR Media Compact Flash cards are not 100% compatible in True IDE mode and as such are NOT COMPATIBLE with the Compact Flash III Digital Audio System. We have asked Lexar for technical information on this incompatibility, and they have not responded.

  • Page 31: Sample Messages

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System have measured this delay at 5-15 seconds. Q. How long does it take the CFSound-III to play a sound in response to a contact closure ?: The unit debounces the contact inputs every 20mSEC. It requires a three read sequence of open, open, closed to qualify a contact input as valid.

  • Page 32: Sample Power Up Message, Basic Mode

    Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Sample Power Up Message, Basic Mode CFSound-III v3.10 on Nov 15 2006 12:39:32 cksum=8DF2A34E Model Number: SanDisk SDCFH-64 Firmware Revision: Vdg 8.21 Serial Number: 111921F2403S0502 # of Cylinders: 490 # of Heads: 8 # of Sectors/Track: 32...
  • Page 33 Changed partition table logic to handle CF cards formatted without a 10-12-06 partition table. Rewrote partition table logic to improve compatability with various CF card formats. Upgrade ACS Basic to v1.5. Added extra Red LED flashing error codes, and allow up to four codes to be flashed in 3.10 11-15-06 sequence.
  • Page 34 The process requires a PC running Windows with an available serial port. A USB serial port may or may not work depending upon how well the device s driver was written. ACS recommends using a conventional serial port if possible.
  • Page 35 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Step Description / Photo Remove the shunts from the BOOT jumper block. Connect the programming computer's serial port to the CFSound-3's serial port. Apply power to the CFSound-3. Start the SPIBOOT Windows programming utility. Press the ellipsis button ... to navigate to the desired firmware file if the filename and path are not correct.
  • Page 36 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System Press the CFSound-III Reset Button. The SPIBOOT software should begin programming. Note that there is an initial delay of up to 15 seconds while the flash memory on the CFSound-III is being erased. The progress bar above the status...
  • Page 37 Compact FLASH III Digital Audio System CFSound-III. Re-install the shunts on the BOOT jumper block so they connect 1 to 2 and 3 to 4 as shown: Copyright©1992-2007 by ACS, Sarasota, Florida ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

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