User manual

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Chapter 2
Front & rear panel
ThefrontpaneloftheM2onlycontainsapowerbuttonwithLEDpowerindicator,two
USBconnectionports,anSD/MMCmemorycardslotandanareaforinstallinganoptional
touch-screeninterface.
Afterpressingthepowerbutton,thesystemstart-upprocedure(whichonlytakesafew
seconds)willtakeplace.Duringthestart-upprocedure,thepowerLEDwillblink.Afterthe
blinking,theLEDwillconstantlyilluminatateandthesystemisfullyreadyforoperation.
TheprovidedUSBportsarebothA&Btypeports.UsingtheB-typeport,thesystemcan
beconnectedtoacomputerforperformingupdatestothesystemfirmware.TheSD/MMC
memorycardslotcanbeusedforthesamepurpose,butalsoprovidesthepossibilitytoload
andsavespecificsystemconfigurationfiles.Audiofilesstoredonthememorycardcanbe
retrievedatpre-definedmomentsorexternallytriggered.
Theprovidedrectangularareacanbeusedforinstallingtheoptionaltouchscreendisplaykit
(M2DIS),whichcanbeusedforcontrollingandconfiguringallM2functions.Theoptional
moduleexistsofa7’touchcreenwitha16/9widescreenformatandaresolutionof800x480
pixels.Anintegratedprocessorhandlesthecommunicationwiththemainsystemprocessor.
Front Panel overview
M2