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Page 1: Compact Flash
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System Revision 2.1a Friday, March 02, 2001 6233 E. Sawgrass Rd Sarasota, FL. 34240 (941)377-5775 FAX(941)378-4226 www.acscontrol.com Copyright(c)1992-2001 by ACS, Sarasota, FL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contact Input Connector Pinout ....................... 4 DB-9 Serial Connector Pinout ......................4 Power & Speaker Connectors ......................4 Programming the Compact FLASH Card..................5 Installing and Removing the Compact FLASH Card ................5 Audio Rates Supported ..........................5 Filename Formats............................. 5 Sample Filenames ..........................7 Compact FLASH Card Loading and Scanning ................. -
Page 3: Overview
It truly is as simple as removing the old card and plugging in the new one. Depending on the manufacturer, Compact FLASH Cards may be re-used up to 10,000 times. -
Page 4: Connections
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System Connections Front View Contact Inputs Compact FLASH Card Slot Operation & Card Indicators Rear View RS-232 Command Port AC/DC Wall Transformer In AC/DC Power In Line Level Out Volume Control Speaker Out Contact Input Connector Pinout... -
Page 5: Programming The Compact Flash Card
PCMCIA adapter or a Compact FLASH adapter connected to your parallel port. Sound files are copied to the Compact FLASH Card just as if it were a disk drive. The files used are the standard “*.WAV” files typically employed by Windows and DOS audio applications for years. - Page 6 You can also connect the RS-232 port of the Compact FLASH Digital Audio System to the RS-232 port of your computer or PLC to control up to 127 sound commands.
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Page 7: Sample Filenames
Contacts on the optional expansion board read as closed when the board is not installed, thus sounds assigned to those contacts as closures will play when the Compact FLASH Card is inserted or the unit is reset. -
Page 8: Rs-232 Serial Port Protocol
San Disk cards will not work properly with input expansion modules installed. There seems to be a problem with the San Disk card driving the extra capacitance of an additional expansion module. Compact FLASH Cards are available in many local electronics or camera stores or can be ordered directly from ACS. -
Page 9: Power Requirements
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System Power Requirements The idle current of a CFSound unit with an 8MB Kingston CF card installed is ~170mA @ 12VDC input. With a background sound playing at a moderate level, the current consumption averages ~250mA @... -
Page 10: Digital Audio Recording Procedures
After your editing is complete and you are ready to make a file for the Compact FLASH Digital Au- dio System, use Cool Edit or a similar program to convert or down sample it to a 16KHz, 8 bit monau- ral clip. -
Page 11: Optional Contact Outputs
Partial Maxi SPST Relay 24 Base + 4 An OEM Compact Flash Sound module (CF Sound) may also utilize expanded contact inputs to trigger sounds by stacking a Maxi Contact Sense 24 module on connector EXP. This Contact Sense 24 module is configured for Base + 0 address via jumper block JB1. -
Page 12: Pc & Mac Card Readers
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System PC & Mac Card Readers Type (1) : ISA Interface ActionTec, ISA Interface, Drive Bay Mount, two slots (type II & III), for PC (DOS, Windows 3.x, 95/98, & NT, and OS/2), 'Plug n Play', 5 year warranty ---------- Special Comment: ActionTec PC700 is our best seller due to its superior quality and low cost Microtech CardMaster, ISA Interface, Drive Bay Mount, two slots (type II &... -
Page 13: Type (3): Universal Serial Bus (Usb) Interface
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System System 6.x), with SCSI cable, 1 year warranty - $199 Microtech Digital PhotoAlbum.p , SCSI Interface, one slot, for PC (Windows 95/98, NT, 3.1, and OS/2), with SCSI cable, 1 year warranty ---------------- Microtech Digital PhotoAlbum... -
Page 14: Sample Card Insertion Messages
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System Sample Card Insertion Messages Kingston 8meg CF Card Detected... Found 2 devices on this ATA interface: Device 0 type is ATA. Device 1 type is ATA. Device 0 is the selected device... Soft Reset... ATA Set Features 8-bit... -
Page 15: Centenial 8Meg Card
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System files directories volume labels ------- ------- ------- total ======= ======= ======= 13303808 bytes free Centenial 8meg Card CF Card Detected... Found 2 devices on this ATA interface: Device 0 type is ATA. Device 1 type is ATA. - Page 16 Compact FLASH Digital Audio System 11 0BCS.WAV 16000 Hz 11340 C 12 0CCS.WAV 16000 Hz 9078 C 13 0DCS.WAV 16000 Hz 11864 C 14 0ECS.WAV 16000 Hz 12922 C 15 0FCS.WAV 16000 Hz 10966 C 16 10CS.WAV 16000 Hz 13354 C 17 11CS.WAV...
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Page 17: Firmware Revisions
Compact FLASH Digital Audio System Firmware Revisions Version Date Notes 3-16-98 First release. 4-20-98 Corrected filename parsing to utilize 2 digit hex, made check for COPR flags to start at filename[2]. 4/24/98 Changed sound filename parsing to check for BACKGRND.WAV be- fore looking for HEX filenames since BA is valid hex but out of range.
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