Gilderflukeco 8 Bit Digital Audio Systems Manuel d'utilisateur

- Eight Bit Digital Audio Systems -- AB-100 AudioBrick -- AB-Clock Clock and Carillon System -- DR-50 MiniRepeater -- AB-50 MiniAudioBrick -- Eight Bi

AB-100 Digital AudioRepeaterAmpExt. InputsBecause it is completely solid state, a Digital Audio Repeater never re-quires any maintenance. A sound wh

¥ Volume, Bass and Treble controls on every card.¥ You can use any number of cards in a system to provide any num-ber of simultaneous audio tracks.To

show the capacities with a variety of sounds using different sized Eproms:Approximate Play Times:Estimated Playing Times For Various Types Of SoundsHi

Actual Playing Times:The following tables show in seconds the capacities of several differenttypes of Eproms at several different fixed bandwidths

- 4 KHz Bandwidth (8,789 Hz UPDATE RATE) -Eprom type: 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080Size: 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8Number of byte

- 7.5 KHz Bandwidth (17,578 Hz UPDATE RATE) -Eprom type: 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080Size: 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8Number of b

- 15 KHz Bandwidth (35,156 Hz UPDATE RATE) -Eprom type: 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080Size: 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8Number of by

2) HALF MUTE AUDIO3) UN-MUTE AUDIO4) RESET REPEATER TO START5) STOP REPEATER IMMEDIATELY6) START REPEATER7) START REPEATER LOOPING A SPIEL8) STOP REPE

Front Panel Adjustments, Inputs & Indicators:Several adjustments and indicators are available on the front panels ofthe AB-100, AB-Clock, DR-50 an

c) Press and hold the button down while plugging the power supplyback into the wall.d) After the repeater reboots, release the button.d) Reassemble th

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- AB-100 and AB-Clock Connections -The connections to the AB-100 and AB-Clock are identical. See the sec-tions of this manual that cover the AB-50 and

Start Inputs and Status Outputs:Both the 'start' inputs and 'status' output for the AB-100 or AB-Clock areoptically isolated from

adapter cable, so long as the wire isn't too long and there arenÕt too manyAB-100s and AB-Clocks attached to the same serial line. To gain the fu

- AB-100 AudioBrick Configuration -To configure the system through the serial port, you need to connect thesystem just as you do for any serial commu

any card, you should use the <ESC>ape key to redraw the screen whilesaving the print in the modem program running on your computer. This filecan

system.All cards in the system must be set to the same baud rate. The defaultspeed is 9600 baud. This command doesn't take effect until you ente

This command is used to switch the AUX PORT between selecting directly(1 of 8) instead of using binary inputs for requesting up to 255 differentspiels

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A System Overview ... 1AB-100 Digital AudioBrick ...

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- AB-100 AudioBrick Summary of Setup Commands -"a" ENTER TRACK NUMBER:"b" BAUD RATE:"c" ODD PARITY TOGGLE:"d"

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- AB-100 AudioBrick Serial Port Commands -The MACs digital audio system can be controlled by simple switch clo-sures to start and stop playback or lo

tween each character sent. Without this delay, you might over run theDigital Audio RepeatersÕ incoming data buffer.If you have hooked up the Digital A

4) Cocked - You can set a flag on any number of different cards in thedigital audio system which, when set, will cause those cards to re-spond to comm

- AB-100 AudioBrick Serial Commands -"a" (TRACK#) Enter Setup Echo Mode:This command puts the one card addressed by the TRACK# into thismode

fies the operation of this one card and no other parts of the system.EXAMPLE: to put card 00 into ECHO ALL mode: e00EXAMPLE: a 'Start Track# 00&a

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PA Zone Enables ... 20Half-Mute Zone Enables ...

BYTE 8 through 72 = ASCII HEX DATA DUMP FROM CONFIGURATION EEpromBYTE 73 = CARRIAGE RETURNBYTE 74 = LINE FEEDEXAMPLE: to poll the configuration for ca

"I" Reset All:"JÓ Reset Cocked:"K" (GROUP#) Reset Group:These commands reset the addressed card(s) to the start of their memo

Cards in the system. After the cocked flags are reset, no cards in the systemwill respond to any COCKED commands.EXAMPLE: to un-cock all cards in the

")" (TRACK#) (SPIEL#) Select Spiel Track:"*" (SPIEL#) Select Spiel All:"+" (SPIEL#) Select Spiel Cocked:"/" (G

fied by the TRACK#. To use these commands to tighten the synchronizationbetween cards, you will need to stop the clock before issuing StartCommands,

cards. When a valid PA request comes in to any card, it opens up the ap-propriate PA TRUNK LINE to feed the audio from the PA STATION to theRepeater

Summary of AB-100 AudioBrick Serial Port Commands:"a" (TRACK#) Enter Setup Echo Mode:"b" Exit Setup Echo Mode:"c" (TRACK

")" (TRACK#) (SPIEL#) Select Spiel Track:"*" (SPIEL#) Select Spiel All:"+" (SPIEL#) Select Spiel Cocked:"/" (G

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AB-Clock Configuration:To configure the AB-Clock through the serial port, you need to connectthe system just as you do for any serial communications (

Mute Track ... 33Mute All ...

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tolling the hours on each full hour. ÔCHIME 1Õ is the sound played for all butthe last chime in a sequence, which is played as ÔCHIME 2Õ. This allows

Sometimes the neighbors donÕt like to hear a clock tolling at all hours ofthe night. This command is used to set the hours during which the AB-Clockwi

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BYTE 1031 = LINE FEED¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥"O&qu

Summary of AB-Clock Setup Commands:"a" Select and Play a Sound:"b" Baud Rate:"c" Odd Parity Toggle:"d" Eprom T

AB-Clock Serial Port Command:This command will only be accepted by the AB-Clock when it is not al-ready in configuration mode."s" (TRACK#) (

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- MX-100 / MX-200 -- Memory Expansion Boards -for use with AB-100Digital Audio RepeatersA MX-100 or MX-200 Memory Expansion Board is used to increase

Sound On 1/4 Hour ... 43Sound On 1/2 Hour ...

Configuration and Installation:Each MX- Repeater card plugs into J-5 (2 x 17 pin header) and J-4 (1 x24 pin header) on the card below. They are mounte

- DR-50 MiniRepeaters -Mini AudioBrickpower supplypower supplyA input +A input -B input +B input -output +groundoutput -line outputvolumebasstreble- A

or more sounds at any remote location. You can just screw an AB-50 to thewall, attach an amplifier and speaker and you have a completed soundsystem.Ac

Configuration Dipswitches:There are two opto-isolated inputs on each MiniRepeater which can beused for starting, stopping, and resetting them. All con

When this switch is turned on the one-shot circuit on the B input isdisabled. When used in combination with other switches, it allowsyou to hold the r

Eprom Installation:The MiniRepeaters can hold a single Eprom in any of the following sizes:27C01027C02027C04027C080The unused upper address bits are i

Top 1) A input negative2) A input positive3) B input negative4) B input positive5) Ground6) Negative audio output7) Positive audio output8) + 5 volt s

Trigger Inputs: Each J6 cable is arranged in the following order.The inputs to the DR-50s are optisolated. You must provide a 12 to24 VDC voltage to p

AB-50 Connections:The inputs and outputs on an AB-50 are connected as follows:1) power supply2) power supply3) A input positive4) A input negative5) B

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Balanced Audio Output ... 69Digital Audio Repeater/Mixer to Adjustment Card ...

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- SNDCMP8.EXE -- Eight Bit Digital Audio Compressor -for use withAB-100 Digital Audio RepeatersandDR-50 or AB-50Mini Audio RepeatersThe Eight Bit Digi

The Omit Flag Byte CheckBox should only be used when programmingsamples for our 1.0 revision repeaters. This can also be used for burningEproms for

Any of the previously ÔADDedÕ sample files can be highlighted on theSNDCMP8 main window. The length of the sample will then be displayedand you can se

ed up (padded out with silence) or down (lopped off at the closestone KByte boundary) once the sound is converted to the final sam-ple rate. This chec

- Internal Details -The format of the data which is burned into the Eproms is in blocks of 1KByte each. The first byte of the audio data is normally r

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- Summary of AB-100 and AB-Clock Connections -- J-10 -- 1/4Ó Stereo Phone Jack -- Balanced Audio Output -SLEEVE GROUNDRING -OUTPUTTIP +OUTPUT- J-3 --

- J-4 -- 18 PIN SIP HEADER -- Digital Audio Repeater/Mixer to Memory Expansion Card -1MEMORY CHAIN (NORMALLY REMOVED)2 MEMORY CHAIN3 Eprom CHIP SELECT

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- HEXadecimal to Decimal to Percentage -The following chart shows decimal, HEXadecimal, and a few percentageequivalents to aid you when you need to co

- MACs Eight Bit Digital Audio System -- A System Overview -The MACs Eight Bit Digital Audio System has been developed to meet allof your needs for D