Gilderflukeco Br-miniBrick8 Manuel d'utilisateur

Br-miniBrick8ServoMotor & Digital Output Show Control SystemThe Br-miniBrick8 is a complete, stand-alone Show Control System. It features

Br-miniBrick8 LEDs, Switches and ConnectionsThere are only a small number of connections on each Br-miniBrick8. You will need to attach a

Green ʻGoʼ button:The green ʻgoʼ button is used for programming the Br-miniBrick8 without a com-puter. See the ʻProgramming without a Comput

1. Connect the DMX-512 shield to the Br-miniBrick8 power supply ʻgroundʼ. This sig-nal is normally found on pin #1 of a standard DMX-512 XLR-5 con

external source of power for these two inputs, you can ʻstealʼ some juice from the Br-miniBrick8ʼs power supply connections.Power Supply:The Br

on the wires to determine the proper orientation for these connectors: The ʻ-ʼ wire is usually brown or black. Note that most ServoMotors

Wire #ColorFunction1BrownCircuit Ground2RedData bit 73OrangeData bit 64YellowData bit 55GreenData bit 46BlueData bit 37VioletData bit 28GrayData bit 1

3. DRV-05: This is a specialty solid state driver board for use with up to eight PEM Leapfrog Fountain jets. It has eight outputs, each rate

Configuration MenuIf you arenʼt using the ServoMotor outputs, you will not need to configure the Br-miniBrick8. Even if you are using the Ser

Set ServoMotor EndpointsThese two commands are used to set the endpoints for the two ServoMotor outputs. By adjusting the endpoints, you can set how

DMX-512The DMX-512 input on the Br-miniBrick8 is active ONLY when the RS-232 serial cable is not connected. The DMX-512 output is disabled if th

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Br-miniBrick8 Serial Port CommandsThe Br-miniBrick8 can be accessed through the serial port from any computer running just about any modem progra

The Hyper Terminal program that comes with Windows ʼ95, ʼ98, W2K and XP will not work for sending AutoDownloads. For some strange reason it has be

START or LOOP command. If a show is currently ʻloopingʼ, the requested show will be played at the end of the next ʻloopʼ.If a show selection has

Programming the Br-miniBrick8 without a ComputerThe digital outputs of the Br-miniBrick8 can be ʻProgrammed in Placeʼ using only the three button

Setting Operating Modes:Press and hold the red ʻRecordʼ button. Press the red ʻRecordʼ button nine to twelve more times, until you see the green ʻ

Programming the Br-miniBrick8 with a ComputerThis section of the manual is for those of you who arenʼt installing the MACs-USB Smpte Card in their com

You will be able to access every feature of the PC•MACs program except for the real-time commands (Play, Record, Rehearse, Single Step, etc.

You can modify any FigureName by selecting it and choosing Channels pulldown/ʻModify' command or by simply double clicking on the FigureN

OffLine button on the main window, or using the OffLine pulldown/ʻShow OffLine...' command. PC•MACs will always remember the las

Rules to remember...a. Channels are selected by clicking with the left mouse button.b. If you left-click ON a channel, that ONE channel w

Br-miniBrick8 Overview! 1Br-miniBrick8 LEDs, Switches and Connections! 4LEDs:! 4Red ʻRecordʼ button:! 4Green ʻGoʼ button:! 5Blue ʻDataʼ button:! 5RS-2

If you press down the <shift> on your keyboard and right mouse click on a digital, you can then ʻshiftʼ it left or right without chang

pulldown/ʻReverse' command. The selected stairway will now be reversed. This is useful for programming chase sequences.Stretch and compress time.

Select one or more analog channels for one or more frames worth of time. Under the Edit pulldown you can select the following commands to:a. 'Cle

Programming a Br-miniBrick8 with a RealTime LicenseThis part of the manual is for those of you who arenʼt installing the MACs-USB Smpte Card in their

The MACs USB RealTime Dongle can freely be moved between any number of computers. Only the computer that has the MACs USB RealTime Dongle

Popup the analog ʻassignʼ popup and select one of the analog channels you created. Repeat this for the second analog input. If you have ServoMotor

Saving your show (again)...At this point it is time to save the work you have done so far. Use the File pulldown/ʻSave' command. If you want

dow. Now when you start a ʻPlayʼ, PC•MACs will playback the area displayed on the OffLine window and then stop.Single Step Playback...

AutoDownloading Your Shows to your Br-miniBrick8This section of the manual is for those of you who are downloading your show(s) to a Br-miniBri

At this point you probably only have one show to download. This would be the one you have been working on. Just leave this one show on the l

Changing the channels you selected...! 23Another way to change the channels you selected...! 23Changing the amount of time selected...!

What will happen at the end of each show?...Select any file in the list of shows to be Auto Downloaded. You can then use the popup at

FCC and CE Compliance:Br-miniBrick8s which are hardware revision 3.0 or later have been tested to comply with FCC and CE requirements. Revi-sions

HEXadecimal to Decimal to ASCII to PercentageThis chart shows decimal, HEXadecimal, and a few percentage equivalents to aid you when you n

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Br-miniBrick8 OverviewThe Br-miniBrick8 can be used to control animated shows and displays, fountains, fireworks, lighting, sound systems, simulator

PC•MACsʼ editing tools to perfect the sequences you have programmed in RealTime. When you have all of your shows completed, you can download

•The Br-miniBrick8 supports update rates from one frame per second to a maximum of one hundred frames per second when using the PC•M