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EventPlayer mkII (EP220/EP230)

Show control player (audio+DMX+output contact)

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Category: Show Control Player

Description

Applications

Specifications

Are you looking for an event management audio player for your sound and lighting projects?

An answer to a wide range of installation needs

A true creator of events, the Event Player mkII has been specially designed to meet the diversity of your applications.

Enhance monuments or works of art, dramatise shop windows, animate shows or escape games, control musical fountains or entertainment venues… with the Event Player mkII, you can simultaneously control sound, light and movement.

As soon as you switch it on, the player executes your broadcast scenario precisely. The Event Player mkII is highly interactive: control playback using buttons or sensors, broadcast content at specific times and dates, and manage the player via Ethernet.

Simplify your installations by using the integrated audio amplifier. Install the Event Player mkII in all types of environments or in a technical rack

Powerful, controlled technology

Thanks to its ingenious content organisation system, the creation of your scenarios is determined by modifying file and folder names using a simple file manager. Numerous options are available for your applications, from the simplest to the most complex.

Create your shows with the editing software supplied: draw your events intuitively on your PC screen in synchronisation with the sound. Test the results in real time using the player’s built-in interface (EP330).

Designed and manufactured in France, the Event Player mkII comes with a 3-year warranty.

Point-of-sale promotions, window dressing.
Exhibitions, shows, trade fairs, shopping arcades, etc.
Promotion and enhancement of historical and cultural heritage.
Presentation of models.
Message boxes.
Musical fountains.
Special effects generator for castles, haunted houses, escape games, fairground rides, etc.

Interface and connectivity

Backlit LCD display – 2 × 16 characters
Status LED
Click wheel (volume and configuration menu)
Infrared sensor – Protocol: Sony SIRC, 12-bit, 38 kHz carrier
USB 2. 0 ‘Full Speed’ (12 Mb/s), standard mass storage driver, type-A
microSD card slot
Ethernet 10/100 Mbit/s, RJ45 connector
Line-level unbalanced stereo audio output on standard RCA connectors
Line-level unbalanced stereo auxiliary audio input on standard 3, 5 mm (TRS) connector
Class D amplified stereo speaker audio output on 3.81 mm plug-in terminals
DMX512 output on female XLR3 connector
One stand-alone opto-isolated input contact on 3.81 mm plug-in terminal block (typical anti-rebound time : 25 ms)
RS-232 serial link on 3.81 mm plug-in terminal block (9600, 19200, or 38400 bauds)
2 power supply outputs distributed over 3.81 mm plug-in terminal blocks
External DC power supply connector – Socket: Ø 2.1 mm / 5.5 mm
EP230 only :
- 8 combined optoisolated input contacts on 3.81 mm plug-in terminal block (typical anti-rebound time: 25 ms)
- 8 MOSFET outputs (500 mA per output, max 20 V) on 3.81 mm plug-in terminal block
- USB 2. 0 peripheral connector, standard ‘serial port’ driver, Micro-B, dedicated to USB to DMX512 functionality
- RJ9 connector to which an external infrared sensor can be connected
- 5 V DC power supply output (500 mA) on 3.81 mm plug-in terminal block
- 2 power supply outputs distributed over 3.81 mm plug-in terminal blocks

Audio file formats supported

MP3 (.mp3) : MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III, mono / stereo, 16-bit, 44.1 / 48 kHz, from 32 kbit/s to 320 kbit/s, CBR (Constant Bit Rate) or VBR (Variable Bit Rate), with or without ID3v1/2¹ metadata
Proprietary audio format for obfuscated MP3 files (. mp3): to protect MP3 audio content²
WAV (.wav): mono / stereo, 16-bit LPCM, 44.1 / 48 kHz, WAVE_FORMAT_PCM or WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE

¹ Certain ID3v1 and ID3v2.4 end-of-file metadata may cause unwanted noise at the end of files.

² Contact Waves System for more information about this feature.

Other supported file formats

SC2 (.sc2): show control file in ‘Show Control V2’ format
TM2 (.tm2): time scheduling file (scheduler.tm2) in ‘Scheduler V2’ format
TXT (.txt): file for the serial link (serial. txt) in plain text format (only printable 7-bit ASCII characters) with CR / LF, LF or CR end-of-line characters

Storage media

Supports the FAT32 file system (read/write)
Supports long file names limited to 63 characters maximum including extension
Types of storage media accepted :
- microSDSC cards
- microSDHC cards
- USB memory sticks
Supports up to 1000 root folders, each containing up to 999 files

Network

On-board FTP server for remote content updates
On-board SNTP client for clock synchronisation
Static IP address (DHCP not supported)
IPv4 compatible (IPv6 not supported)

On-board clock

Maximum clock drift :
- From 0 to +50°C: 3.8 ppm – 120 seconds per year
- From +50 to +60°C: 5.0 ppm – 156 seconds per year
- Ageing: ±3 ppm/year
Time retention without power supply : up to 2 months

Audio amplifier

Speaker output:
- 2 × 8 W – 8 Ω, THD+N = 1%, 1 kHz
- 2 × 10 W – 8 Ω, THD+N = 10%, 1 kHz
- 2 × 15 W – 4 Ω, THD+N = 1%, 1 kHz
- 2 × 19 W – 4 Ω, THD+N = 10%, 1 kHz

Power supply

Player power input:
- Nominal voltage: 12 V DC
Supplied AC adapter input:
- Voltage: 100 V to 240 V
- Frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz

Current consumption (at 12 V)

Typical consumption when reading from microSD card, without using amplified outputs: 170 mA
Recommended power supply for full use of the device – output current: 3.45 A

Thermal information

Operating ambient temperature: 0 to +60 °C
Storage temperature: -20 to +60 °C

Dimensions

Width: 140 mm – 1/3 19″ rack
Height: 43 mm – 1U
Depth (with removable terminal blocks): 208 mm

Weight

543 g (with removable terminal blocks)