MedeaWiz® Sprite . MedeaWiz® Sprite High Definition Video Player User Manual FW version 20160509 Manual version 1.05 Note that this manual may change periodically Please go to www.MedeaWiz.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2 What’s in the box .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Sprite Quick Start Guide................................................................................................................................
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Introduction The MedeaWiz Sprite is a High Definition digital video repeater capable of HD 1080p HDMI output. It has a direct trigger input and a 2-way communications serial port. The Sprite will loop a video when power is applied, play a different video on a trigger or serial command, and then go back to the looping video. The Sprite has no black space when looping or changing files. It will hold the last frame of video until the first frame displays.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . What’s in the box The Sprite comes with 1) IR remote control 2) AC adaptor, universal 100 to 240 Volt AC input, regulated 5 Volt DC output 3) AV cable, 3.5mm 4 pole to RCA red, white and yellow 4) I/O plug, 3.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Sprite Quick Start Guide The MedeaWiz® Sprite ships with the Video Output set to HDMI at 720p and the Control Mode set to “Trigger Low No Interrupt” Mode to use a pushbutton trigger. Most users can simply connect their HDMI monitor and install their SD memory card, with files named in the same way as the earlier model MedeaWiz players. Example 1: You have one file that you need to run in a loop when power is turned on: Name the file 000.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . On-Screen Menu for Setup Press the “Setup” button on the remote control to enter the on-screen menu. Use the orange “Arrow” keys to navigate, the green “Enter” key to make a selection, and the yellow “Return” key to go back one level. Pressing the “Return” key twice will exit the menu and begin file play.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Menu Language Select the language.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Screen Saver Select the time delay for the screen saver. The Screen Saver is only active in the “Off” manual play mode. It is not active in other control modes.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Video Output Mode Select the video output needed to match your monitor. Select NTSC to use the Composite video output from the 3.5 mm AV jack using the yellow RCA plug from the included A/V cable. Select PAL for Composite video for some areas other than the Americas that use PAL video files and monitors. The HDMI selections will route the video to the HDMI connector only.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Audio Output Mode Select the audio output needed. Select HDMI to route the audio through the HDMI cable to your monitor or amplifier with HDMI input. Select A/V to route the audio to the 3.5mm 4 pole AV jack and use the red and white RCA plugs from the included A/V cable. The audio output will require an amplifier or amplified speakers. It can’t directly drive speakers.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Play Mode Select the play mode needed for your application Selections with no external input control: Select Off to manually play files using the IR remote control. Select Video to play all video files in a circular loop. Select Audio to play all audio files in a circular loop. Select Photo to play all photo files in a circular loop. Selections with external input control: Select Video Control Mode to loop video file 000.xxx and trigger / command other video files to play.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Control Mode Select the external Control Mode for your application Select Trigger Low No Interrupt to use a pushbutton or other contact closure event. When triggered, the file 001.xxx will play to the end with no interruption. Select Trigger Low with Interrupt to use a pushbutton or other contact closure. When triggered, the file 001.xxx will play and will re-start if re-triggered. Select Trigger High No Interrupt to use a contact opening event. When triggered, the file 001.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Baud Rate Select the baud rate for the serial port The baud rate is the speed of the serial communication and should match the settings on your external controller. The default is 9600 bps. To use the legacy MedeaWiz DV-68K pushbutton control interface with the Sprite, set the baud rate to 4800. You will also need to fabricate or purchase an interface cable to adapt to the 4p4c modular connector on the DV-68K.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . SD/ USB Start Mode Select the memory device to start from While files will play from the USB port from a USB drive, some HD video may not play well from some USB drives. For high bit rate files we recommend using the SD port with an SD card of sufficient speed to match your video file’s bit rate. For some HD video files a Class 4 may be ok, while others may need a faster Class 6 or Class 10. Test your video. Many SD cards are formatted FAT32 and will allow up to a 4GB file size.
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MedeaWiz® Sprite . Firmware Version Displays the currently installed firmware version We may provide other versions of the firmware in the future. Check at www.MedeaWiz.com or www.TeamKingsley.com for updates.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Firmware Upgrade How to upgrade the firmware We may release upgraded firmware in the future. Please check http://www.medeawiz.com/ for updates. 1) Use a blank USB drive or one with your video files on it. Do not use one that contains items not meant for the Sprite. Copy the new .img firmware file to the drive. 2) Unplug the power to the Sprite. Insert the USB drive into the Sprite. Plug in the power.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Wiring Connections Rear Panel Left to right 1) Power input. Regulated 5 Volts DC only. Center positive. 2) AV output. Composite video, stereo audio left and right 3) HDMI high definition video with audio 4) Control Input / Output.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . External Control – Wiring a Pushbutton to the I/O Port Using a pushbutton or other dry contacts The Control Mode should be set to Trigger Low No Interrupt or Trigger Low with Interrupt. The screw terminal adaptor shown above on the right is now included with the Sprite. Note that the numbers near the screws match to the numbers on the plug at the left, which is used in examples later in this manual. You can trigger multiple Sprites from one pushbutton.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . External Control - Wiring for Serial Communications to the I/O Port The Sprite can be controlled by a Show Control or micro controller like a Basic Stamp, PIC, Atmel, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Prop-1 or etc. using serial communications at 3.3V or 5V levels. Note that RS232 levels from a PC or PLC serial port will require a level translator like the MAX3232 series. Do not allow negative voltage below ground to be applied to the Sprite.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . PLC Output Interfacing The Sprite can be controlled from a Programmable Logic Controller using “dry contacts” like a push button, or voltage output. The sinking output is the preferred method if dry contacts are not available. The Sprite has an internal 10K pullup so the Sourcing output requires a low resistance from Output to Common to pull the Sprite’s internal voltage down to a “LOW”. The 1K* shown is an example and can vary depending on the +V voltage.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Motion Sensor Wiring There are many possibilities to add a motion sensor to the Sprite. One way is to use a common burglar alarm sensor with normally closed contacts. Wire the contacts like the pushbutton example and set the Sprite’s Control Mode to “Trigger High No Interrupt” The alarm sensors are normally 12 Volt so you will need a separate power supply for them. There are also small PIR motion sensors available that use 5 Volt power and have a TTL voltage output.
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MedeaWiz® Sprite . Using legacy DV-68K and TK series interfaces with the Sprite The Sprite can work with the older DV-68K and TK-68K or TK-69K series of pushbutton controllers. For the DV-68K you will need to set the baud rate of the Sprite to 4800. For the TK series, depending on the settings and installed program in the TK circuit board, you will most likely need to update the program in the TK to 9600 baud and the Sprite “End Of File” marker byte, 0xEE.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Serial Port Control from your Show Controller or Micro-processor For simple file playing, the serial codes are the same as the codes for the earlier MedeaWiz models. The serial communications is on the 3.5mm 4 pole jack at 2400, 4800, 9600 or 19200, 8N1 at 3.3 to 5 Volt TTL levels. The factory default is 9600. Send one byte, Decimal 1 (Binary 0000 0001, Hex 01) to play file 001.xxx. Send Decimal 2 (Binary 0000 0010, Hex 02) to play file 002.xxx and etc.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Serial Port Control Commands For Sprite FW version 20160509 Code 0x00 0x01 \\ Definition Play file 000.xxx Play file 001.xxx \\ Remarks Play files 000.xxx up to file 200.xxx by sending a single hex byte. 0xC8 0xC9 Play file 200.xxx Use numerical values, not CHAR values.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . 0xE3 0xE4 0xE5 0xE6 0xE7 0xE8 0xE9 0xEA Mute KEY VOLUME Up Key VOLUME Down Key Mute the audio Volume Increase Volume Decrease 0xEB 0xEC 0xED 0xEE 0xEF 0xF0 0xF1 0xF2 PAUSE Key FB Key FF Key Pause / Play Fast Rewind Fast Forward PREVIOUS Key NEXT Key Back to Previous file Go to Next file 0xF3 0xF4 0xF5 0xF6 0xF7 0xF8 0xF9 0xFA 0xFB 0xFC 0xFD 0xFE 0xFF We may add other functions in the future. Let us know if there something you think would be useful.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . IR Remote Control We use a generic remote control that is used for various models of video repeaters and DVD players. Not all buttons / functions will respond, and some are only valid in certain modes. Most of our Customers will only use the remote for initial setup of the repeater. This is an IR control, and needs to be pointed directly at the front of the Sprite. The Sprite may respond to some other device’s IR remote in unwanted ways.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Power Supply The Sprite is one of the most energy efficient “green” video repeaters available today. Using only 5 Volt DC power at an average of 400 mA, it takes only about 2 Watts to run. The Sprite requires a regulated 5 Volt DC power supply, which is included. The power connection takes a barrel plug with 1.35mm ID and 3.5mm OD, center Positive. Use of a wrong power supply will void the warranty.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Supported Video Formats MedeaWiz® DV-S1 Sprite Specification CPU F10 Card Reader SD / MMC up to 32GB USB Host 1x USB2.0 ; supports external hard disk up to 2TB Audio Mp3(all max bitrate:320kbps) wma(standard/pro max bitrate:384kbps) Ogg(Q1-Q10 500kbs) flac(lever0-8 max bitrate:1.60mbps) APE( max bitrate: 950kbps) AAC(max bitrate 448kbps) AC3 (AC3 only 640kbps) DTS(Dts only 3.84Mbps) Video WMV(VC-1,WMV7, WMV8 max bitrate: 40Mbs)) VOB(MPG2 max bitrate: 45Mbps) PMP( Xvid, H.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Trouble FAQ My video has a glitch or green area when looping or triggered This can happen if your video pixel size and frame rate are not matched to the settings on the Sprite. The file’s pixel size should be 1920 x 1080 for the 1080p or 1080i settings, and 1280 x 720 for the 720 settings. It may also be helpful to keep all files the same format and encoding. Do not compress the files. Let the bit rate be high at the normal setting.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Support We do our very best to answer your calls and emails in a timely manner. We generally return calls and emails within 2 hours or less during business hours. We do monitor emails in the evenings and weekends and will try to respond outside of business hours. Please read the entire manual. If we have a good manual then we will get fewer calls. Let us know where we can improve it to help others in the future.
MedeaWiz® Sprite . Custom Orders For large quantity orders we can offer: Custom firmware Sprite player without some or all accessories Sprite circuit board only to enclose in your OEM design Please email sales@MedeaWiz.com for a quote.
