Gilderfluke&Co Mp3-50 Audio & Show Controllers - Manual (Page 11)

trigger inputs does. Eight of the inputs are from the outside world
through optoisolators, The other eight inputs come directly from
the Show Control side of the Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40, if these
options are installed. Any of the inputs can be used to ramp
audio to preset levels, select and play specific AudioFiles or select
AudioFiles from a preset list or randomizer. Shows can be selected
directly by an input, or using a binary pattern to allow access to
all 255 different possible audio files.
• Mounts stand alone, in 2-3/4” Augat Snap Track, or up to 10 in a
Mp3-50/CC10 cage (Mp3-50 only).
• Runs on any voltage from 12 to 24 volts DC. The Mp3-50s, Mp3-
50/8s or Mp3-50/40s can even be run from batteries! For maxi-
mum output with the onboard amplifier, use 24 volts, and add
approximately 25 Watts (for amplifier) plus your loads when select-
ing your power supply.
Features of the Mp3-50/8 and Mp3-50/40 include:
• Adds eight (Mp3-50/8) or forty (Mp3-50/40) digital (on/off) Show
Control outputs to a Mp3-50.
• DMX-512 input for programming or controlling the audio play-
back. DMX-512 output for sixteen channel from onboard Show
Control memory or when running from RealTime updates through
the RS-232 serial port.
• Automatic ‘program in place’ download through the serial port on
your PC or through the SmartMedia card. There are no Eproms to
program or install! The amount of time it takes to download shows
the Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40 depends on the length of the
show(s). Short shows take only seconds. Shows that fill the entire
Mp3-50/8s or Mp3-50/40s memory will take about ten minutes to
download. Show audio and animation data can be distributed to
clients by sending out preloaded SmartMedia cards.
• 512 KBytes of nonvolatile Show Control memory. Using all forty
Mp3-50/40 Show Control outputs, this gives a show capacity of
about an hour at thirty updates per second! About five hours for
the Mp3-50/8 using all eight of its outputs! Once downloaded,
show data is retained for approximately forty years, with or without
power applied. Up to 255 individual shows can be loaded onto a
Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40 at one time.
• Mp3 Audio files can be selected, played and audio levels con-
trolled from the Show Control System. Left and Right audio out-
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