PRICOM Design The Dream Player MC, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Dream Player MC User Manual Version 2 0 Copyright 2018 PRICOM Design ...

Page 3: ...3 1 Power Input 7 3 2 Audio Output Connector 8 3 3 Trigger Input Terminal Strip 9 3 4 Mode Switches 12 3 5 PNET Control 12 3 6 Mounting Holes 12 4 Introducing the CONFIG TXT File 13 4 1 General Mode Setup 14 4 2 Trigger Input Configuration 15 4 3 Control Output Configuration 16 4 4 Track Playback Configuration 17 4 5 Audio Mode Configuration 18 5 Firmware Updates 19 5 1 Updating Your Firmware 19 5...

Page 4: ... such as a button or motion sensor directly attached to the board The MC may also be integrated with external PRICOM Input modules which communicate via the PRICOM Network PNET This gives you the ability to have multiple trigger locations and the option to trigger up to 32 individual audio tracks External PNET Output boards enable control of lamps LED s relays or other animation devices You can al...

Page 5: ...nual 2 Using the Dream Player MC The following pages describe the Configuration and operation of the Dream Player MC You can make it as simple or as complicated as you wish With so many options and Configurations available to you the possibilities are endless ...

Page 6: ... MC is already playing the sound will fade out and stop or whatever the settings on the CONFIG TXT file may be set for This button is also used to update firmware when a new version becomes available 2 4 PNET Control The Dream Player MC may be controlled via external PRICOM trigger boards using PNET enabling you to individually control up to 32 separate files PNET boards can also be used to contro...

Page 7: ... pull towards yourself You will feel it when the card is secured If the card is not properly inserted into the socket it will pop back up The only time the card will remain down is when it is correctly inserted into the connector 2 9 Mode Switches The Dream Player MC has an on board DIP switch that is used to designate the slot number for use with external PNET Trigger Boards Switches 1 4 will set...

Page 8: ... be treated as Track 1 During normal operation the Dream Player will play track 1 by default when the on board button is pressed or is triggered from an outside source via the trigger input 2 11 Loading the SD Card In order for the Dream Player MC to read your audio files they must be copied onto your micro SD Card Any standard SD Card reader attached to any computer can be used The Dream Player M...

Page 9: ...n with PNET trigger boards 12VDC is highly recommended At this voltage the Dream Player MC will draw about 400mA when playing so make sure to use a power supply that can supply at least 1A of current As a convenience to you we also offer wall transformer power supplies tested and ready to run with your Dream Player at www pricom com To connect the power supply to the Dream Player MC locate the 2 p...

Page 10: ...ited by the quality of the speakers you choose If you are at a loss for what speakers to get we offer some reviews of speakers we have purchased on line with some links to how you may purchase them Please visit www pricom com and check out the Media Speaker review on Bob s Bench To connect your speakers to the Dream Player MC simply plug in the stereo plug from the speakers into one of the 4 Audio...

Page 11: ...Terminal Strip Pinout P4 Terminal Name Description 1 GND Convenience Power Supply Ground 2 Trigger 1 Opto Isolated Trigger 1 Input 3 Trigger 2 Opto Isolated Trigger 2 Input 4 Trigger 3 Opto Isolated Trigger 3 Input 5 Trigger 4 Opto Isolated Trigger 4 Input 6 POS Opto Isolator Shared Power Input 7 5V Convenience Power Supply 5VDC The trigger input terminals Trigger 1 to Trigger 4 provide connection...

Page 12: ...h any suitable switching device such as a push button or relay Figure 2 Simple Trigger Input Button Connections Note The actual function of each Trigger Input is determined by the settings in the CONFIG File More detailed application information is located in Section 4 of this manual In the next example we will use an external power supply to enable the opto isolators to completely isolate the Dre...

Page 13: ...Here we have connected the 4 function outputs of the TF4 to the 4 Dream Player Trigger Inputs Since the DCC Decoder must be connected to the DCC System where there is considerable noise some kind of isolation would help us here The Dream Player opto isolators keep the DCC system completely isolated from the Audio Ground and remove any chance of noise entering the sound system and speakers Note tha...

Page 14: ...oards using PNET Enabling you to individually control up to 32 separate tracks The Dream Player communicates to these trigger boards using the 6 wire modular jacks 3 6 Mounting Holes The Dream Player MC can be mounted to any non conducting surface using the supplied mounting holes Although there are not any components on the back of the MC using some form of stand off would be advisable to keep fr...

Page 15: ... it starts with CONFIG and ends with txt For example CONFIG bobsstuff txt CONFIG txt and CONFIG thisismysampletestfile txt would all work There should only ever be one CONFIG TXT file on the micro SD Card The CONFIG TXT File does not have any file size limit you may write as much as you want and make as many comments as you wish If for some reason you forget what a particular function does the des...

Page 16: ...nning of the file once it reaches the end rather than stopping For instance if you had four files on your card and triggered them all at the same time then files 1 and 2 will play through to the end and loop back to the beginning while tracks 3 and 4 will play to the end and stop Multi Random This feature allows random playback of a specific track number from up to 8 sub files For example you can ...

Page 17: ...d signal NO Retrigger This feature is very important for motion sensors If you set the trigger or a trigger comes during playback the Dream Player will ignore any inputs during playback Think of a Motion Sensor where objects are continually passing in front of it causing the sensor to constantly re trigger In normal playback this means the track would be constantly fading in and out stopping playb...

Page 18: ...ill become active for the specified amount of time after the file plays Control Play The control output will simply stay active as long as the file is playing Control Loop In the case of a looping track this setting will activate the control output at the loop point i e the end of the track Control Pulse Time You may define exactly how long the output is active Times may be set either across all t...

Page 19: ...he millisecond that you need You may use anything from 1MS to 65000MS If you have No Fade enabled then the fade time is irrelevant Fade In Time Contrastingly you might also need a Fade In time for track resume to work properly It works exactly the same as the Fade Out Time only these settings set how long the Fade In time should be Setting a nice fade out time and then fade in time when resuming i...

Page 20: ... want to set the volume for each individual track This effectively provides you with a handy little mixer inside the Dream Player without having to hook up any additional hardware You may ask why not just set everything to 100 The reason being is that if each file is recorded at normal digital full scale like a CD is recorded the output of all four files combined will be too much for the output an...

Page 21: ...COM Downloads would be a good example After you save the file to your machine you simply copy it to your micro SD Card Make sure to have only one firmware file on the SD Card 5 3 How to Update Your Firmware To initiate the firmware update process follow the steps below 1 Power off the Dream Player 2 Remove the micro SD Card 3 Load the SD Card into your computer 4 Copy the PDI File onto the card En...

Page 22: ...or problems Generally the problems end up being simple fixes that can be diagnosed and repaired by you the user with help from us here 6 2 E mail If you are experiencing trouble with your Dream Player please let us know We are here to help you and want your experience to be creative and fun If you need help of any kind please contact us via e mail The support e mail address is Help pricom com 6 3 ...

Page 23: ...ptically isolated with built in current limit resistors Audio Output Line Level 8 Channel Analog Audio Output Connection using 4x 3 5mm 1 8 Stereo Jacks Allows direct connection of amplified media speakers Audio Formats 16bit 8 Channel 44 1KHz WAV file Sample Rate 44 1KHz Output Level 3V Peak To Peak Maximum Storage Device Micro SD FLASH Card 2GB up to 16GB Files use about 40MB minute 2GB about 1 ...

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