Gilderfluke&Co BR-S User Manual

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(“Critical Application”).

Gilderfluke & Company equipment is not de­signed, intended, authorized or warranted to be
suitable in life support applications, devices or
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BR-SmartMedia Overview ................................... 1

MultiShow mode ................................................... 1

Serial mode ......................................................... 2

‘Dumb’ Brick ........................................................................... 3

Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) .................................... 5

DMX-512 Recorder mode ....................................... 6

On the Front of the BR-SmartMedia .................... 9

Show Running LEDs ............................................... 9

SmartMedia Activity LED ........................................ 9

Z-Brick Connector ................................................. 9

Board Error LED ................................................... 10

DMX-512 LED ...................................................... 10

Brain Heart/Running LED ....................................... 10

Heartbeat LED .................................................... 10

Address Switches ................................................ 10

On the Back of the BR-SmartMedia ................... 12

‘Smart’ Brick Network ........................................... 14

‘J6’ Inputs .......................................................... 14

‘J8’ Inputs .......................................................... 15

PC and Compatible Connections ........................................ 16

Apple Macintosh Connections ............................................. 17

DMX-512 Data In/Out ........................................... 18

Preparing Animation Data for AutoDownloads 19

Serial Port Commands ...................................... 23

Echo Commands ................................................ 24

Echo On .............................................................................. 24

Echo Off .............................................................................. 24

Card Reset ........................................................ 24

Card Status ....................................................... 25

Start Commands ................................................ 27

Start Track ............................................................................ 27

Start Global ......................................................................... 27

Stop Commands ................................................ 27

Stop Track ............................................................................ 27

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Stop Global ......................................................................... 27

Loop Commands ................................................ 28

Loop Track ........................................................................... 28

Loop Global ......................................................................... 28

Stop at End Commands ....................................... 28

Stop at End Track ................................................................. 28

Stop at End Global ............................................................... 28

Select Show Commands ...................................... 28

Select Show Track ................................................................ 28

Select Show Global .............................................................. 28

Show Pause Commands ...................................... 29

Pause Show ......................................................................... 29

Continue Show .................................................................... 29

AutoDownload .................................................... 29

RealTime Update ................................................ 30

BR-SmartMedia Hardware Configuration ......... 31

Address ............................................................. 31

BR-SmartMedia Software Configuration ........... 34

MultiShow Mode ................................................. 37

Numbering System .............................................................. 37

Input Commands ............................................................... 39

1/4 J6 Input bit 0 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 1 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 2 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 3 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 4 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 5 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 6 .............................................................39

1/4 J6 Input bit 7 .............................................................39

Green Input ....................................................................39

Blue Input ......................................................................39

Ease-In Speed: ..................................................................... 41

PowerOn/E-Stops Go To Show Number ................................. 42

Ease-In Channels ................................................................. 42

Information .......................................................................... 46

Reload Configuration: ......................................................... 46

MIDI Mode ......................................................... 53

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 53

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 53

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Numbering System .............................................................. 53

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 53

Ease-In Speed ...................................................................... 53

Operating Mode .................................................................. 53

Monitor Channel ................................................................. 54

MIDI Keyboard Channels ...................................................... 54

Voice, Press Velocity, and Release Velocity .......................... 56

String Trigger Channel ......................................................... 56

Edit Strings..... ...................................................................... 56

Analogs to Ease-In: .............................................................. 57

Info ..................................................................................... 57

Reload Configuration: ......................................................... 57

Play a Show: ........................................................................ 57

Save Configuration: ............................................................. 57

Test Shows: .......................................................................... 57

eXit ..................................................................................... 57

Intelix Mode ....................................................... 58

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 58

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 58

Numbering System .............................................................. 58

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 58

Ease-In Speed: ..................................................................... 58

Operating Mode .................................................................. 58

Monitor Channel ................................................................. 59

Intelix Strings ........................................................................ 59

String Trigger Channel ......................................................... 60

Edit Strings..... ...................................................................... 60

Analogs to Ease-In: .............................................................. 60

Info ..................................................................................... 60

Reload Configuration: ......................................................... 60

Play a Show: ........................................................................ 60

Save Configuration: ............................................................. 60

Test Shows: .......................................................................... 60

eXit ..................................................................................... 60

Rexroth Quick Write Mode .................................... 61

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 62

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 62

Numbering System .............................................................. 62

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 62

Ease-In Speed: ..................................................................... 62

Operating Mode .................................................................. 62

Monitor Channel ................................................................. 62

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Rexroth Channels.... ............................................................ 62

Analog Resolution ................................................................ 63

String Trigger Channel ......................................................... 64

Edit Strings..... ...................................................................... 64

Analogs to Ease-In: .............................................................. 64

Reload Configuration: ......................................................... 64

Play a Show: ........................................................................ 64

Save Configuration: ............................................................. 64

Test Shows: .......................................................................... 64

eXit ..................................................................................... 64

Orpan Modes ..................................................... 65

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 66

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 66

Numbering System .............................................................. 66

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 66

Ease-In Speed: ..................................................................... 67

Operating Mode .................................................................. 67

Monitor Channel ................................................................. 67

String Trigger Channel ......................................................... 67

Edit Strings..... ...................................................................... 67

Analogs to Ease-In: .............................................................. 67

Info ..................................................................................... 67

Reload Configuration: ......................................................... 67

Play a Show: ........................................................................ 67

Save Configuration: ............................................................. 67

Test Shows: .......................................................................... 67

eXit ..................................................................................... 67

Moog Motion Base Modes .................................... 68

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 74

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 74

Numbering System .............................................................. 74

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 74

Ease-In Speed ...................................................................... 74

Operating Mode .................................................................. 74

Motion Base ID ..................................................................... 74

Monitor Channel ................................................................. 74

Analog Resolutions .............................................................. 74

String Trigger Channel ......................................................... 75

Edit Strings..... ...................................................................... 75

Oversampling ...................................................................... 75

Analogs to Ease-In ............................................................... 75

Info ..................................................................................... 75

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Reload Configuration .......................................................... 75

Play a Show ......................................................................... 75

Save Configuration .............................................................. 75

Test Shows ........................................................................... 75

Serial RealTime Update Mode ............................... 76

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 77

Baud Rate ........................................................................... 77

Numbering System .............................................................. 77

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 77

Ease-In Speed ...................................................................... 77

1st Channel Offset .............................................................. 77

Operating Mode .................................................................. 77

Analogs to Ease-In ............................................................... 77

Info ..................................................................................... 77

Reload Configuration .......................................................... 77

Play a Show ......................................................................... 77

Save Configuration .............................................................. 77

Test Shows ........................................................................... 77

eXit ..................................................................................... 77

DMX-512 Recorder Mode ..................................... 78

DMX-512 ............................................................................. 78

Numbering System .............................................................. 78

VT-52 Compatible Display .................................................... 78

Ease-In Speed ...................................................................... 78

Current Show ...................................................................... 78

Record Show ....................................................................... 78

Wipe Show ........................................................................... 79

Analogs to Ease-In ............................................................... 79

Info ..................................................................................... 79

Reload Configuration .......................................................... 79

Play a Show ......................................................................... 79

Save Configuration .............................................................. 79

Test Shows ........................................................................... 79

eXit ..................................................................................... 79

HEXadecimal to Decimal to Percentage ......... 80

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A note about this manual:

This manual covers the specifics of the BR­SmartMedia. To program the BR-SmartMedia
you will also need the PC•MACs manual sec­tions that cover PC•MACs software.

The BR-SmartMedia is often programmed
in ‘Software-only’ or ‘Hardwareless Realtime’
mode. If you are using the PC•MACs MACs-
SMP or MACs-USB for programming your BR­SmartMedia through the DMX-512 input,
please refer to the PC•MACs ‘Unlimited’
mode.

The full PC•MACs manual can be down­loaded from our web site at:

http:/ /www.gilderfluke.com

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BR-SmartMedia Overview

The BR-SmartMedia is a unique product in the Gilderfluke &
Company lines. It is a combination of several previous products:
BS-Serial, BS-DMX-Tx, and BR-MultiShow. In all modes, show data
is output through DMX-512 or the Z-Buss. In the ‘serial’ mode, the
card will also output data in a variety of serial formats through a
secondary RS-422 serial port. Built-in serial modes are available
that support MIDI, Moog motion bases, Intelix mixers, and Rexroth
feedback cards. More modes can be added if needed, or you
can write strings for controlling LaserDisks, DVDs, projectors, or
whatever.

BR-SmartMedia in MultiShow mode: Strictly speaking,

when in MultiShow mode, the BR-SmartMedia is neither a
'Smart' Brick nor a 'Dumb' Brick. It is a stand-alone DMX­512 output show controller. The BR-SmartMedia can
have up to 265 shows loaded on it. Up to eight of these
shows can be played back at the same time, com­pletely independently of the others. MultiShow mode is
used when:

1) You need ‘off-board’ or ‘centralized’ memory stor­age for a system that will be running multiple ani­mation sequences simultaneously.

One way you might want to think of MultiShow mode

is as eight separate distributed 'Dumb' Brick systems,
which happen to share the same DMX-512 output
cable. All eight sequencers can run completely inde­pendently of the others. Each has its own inputs that tells
it when to start or stop. Each can be told to loop one or
more shows, or stop and wait for the next trigger at the
end of the show.

Using the serial port, up to 256 BR-SmartMedia cards

(or any other Gilderfluke & Co. cards) can share the

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same ‘multidrop’ RS-422 serial network. This can easily in­terface with commercially made touch screen operator
panels, PCs, or even Internet or telephone modems. The
latter two allow you to control and monitor the system
from around the block or from the other side of the world.

The data from these eight show sequencers are
combined into a single DMX-512 output stream. Up to
256 channels worth of analog or digital output cards,
dimmers and other DMX-512 compatible equipment
can be attached to the DMX-512 output. Any individual
DMX-512 channel can be controlled by any of the eight
sequencers. Its neighbors can be controlled by the
same, or any other sequencer. Even a single digital out­put bit within a channel can be controlled by a different
sequencer than its neighbors.

Whether any of the sequencers are running or not,
thirty times each second, all 256 channels of show data
are transmitted through the Z-Brick and DMX-512 data
outputs. The DMX-512 output can be used to control
light dimmers, automated spotlights, color changers,
fog and wind machines, or any other pieces of equip­ment which will accept standard DMX-512 inputs. The Z­Brick output can be used for additional digital outputs
through one or more Z-Bricks.

All shows programmed for use in MultiShow mode
must be programmed at thirty frames per second.

BR-SmartMedia in Serial mode: When configured in Serial

mode, the BR-SmartMedia can be used as either a
‘Smart’ or ‘Dumb’ brick. It can be used when:

1) You need to add a DMX-512 or serial output to a

‘Smart’ or ‘Dumb’ Brick system.

2) You have exceeded the onboard flash memory

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capacity of another Brick card, and need to add
almost unlimited ‘off-board’ memory storage.

3) You want to have ‘centralized’ memory storage, but
only need to run a single sequencer at one time.

Animation and lighting data is stored on the

SmartMedia Flash Card and transmitted out in a DMX­512 and/or secondary serial data port. The serial data
can be transmitted in a number of different formats. It
has dedicated modes for controlling MIDI devices,
Moog Motion Bases, Intelix matrix mixers, Rexroth DCC
Servo cards, and more. The second serial port can be
set to operate at baud rates from 2400 baud to 115
KBaud.

1) BR-SmartMedia as a ‘Dumb’ Brick: Switch #4
must be in the ‘Dumb’ Brick position to operate as a
‘Dumb’ Brick. There should never be both ‘Smart’
and ‘Dumb’ Bricks in the same card cage.
Damage may result if there are.

A ‘Dumb’ Brick is typically used in stand alone
applications, where the show runs continuously or
when triggered by an external event. Multiple
‘Dumb’ bricks can be triggered simultaneously, but
will not be automatically synchronized as the Bricks
in a ‘Smart’ Brick system are.

This BR-SmartMedia acts just like any other
Playback-Only 'Dumb' Brick, playing animation
data from the AutoDownload file found on the
SmartMedia Flash Card. The BR-SmartMedia can
be set to start and play a show at power up, or only
play when triggered. The start trigger can come
through the four optically isolated trigger inputs, or
the RS-422 serial port. The BR-SmartMedia then

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uses the show data stored in the AutoDownload file
on the SmartMedia Flash Card to update its out­puts at the appropriate frame rate.

The animation sequence which is to be used on

the BR-SmartMedia is usually generated on a
PC•MACs Animation Control System. During pro­gramming, the DMX-512 input or RealTime up­dates through RS-422 serial port can be used so
that you can see the animation sequence as it is
programmed. Once programming is completed
and your show(s) saved to disk, the data is down­loaded to the SmartMedia onboard the BR­SmartMedia through the serial port.

2) BR-SmartMedia as a 'Smart' Brick: Switch #4 must
be in the ‘Smart’ Brick position to operate as a
‘Smart’ Brick. There should never be both ‘Smart’
and ‘Dumb’ Bricks in the same card cage.
Damage may result if there are.

A ‘Smart’ Brick system is used when you need to
synchronize any number of ‘Bricks’ together on a
‘Smart’ Brick Network under the control of a single
‘Smart’ Brick Brain. The Brain itself allows shows to be
triggered at specific times of the day using a real
time clock and the Brains’ 365 day schedule, and
locked (synchronized) to Smpte time code,
LaserDisks and DVDs, or the Brains’ own internal or
external clock. A single Brain and ‘Smart’ Brick net­work can run a single time line at one time.

This BR-SmartMedia acts just like any other
Playback-Only 'Smart' Brick, playing animation
data from a the AutoDownload file on the
SmartMedia Flash Card. As a 'Smart' Brick, it re­quires a 'Smart' Brick Brain to run. The 'Smart' Brick

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Brain tells all the 'Smart' Bricks attached to it (includ-

ing the BR-SmartMedia) where in the show it is. The

BR-SmartMedia then uses this information to access

the appropriate data in the AutoDownload file on

the SmartMedia Flash Card and update its out-

puts.

The animation sequence which is to be used on
the BR-SmartMedia is usually generated on a
PC•MACs Animation Control System. During pro­gramming, the DMX-512 input or RealTime up­dates through RS-422 serial port can be used so
that you can see the animation sequence as it is
programmed. Once programming is completed
and your show(s) saved to disk, the data is down­loaded to the SmartMedia onboard the BR­SmartMedia.

In all of the above modes, all 256 channels of
DMX-512 of the AutoDownload file on the
SmartMedia Flash Card are transmitted through
the Z-Brick and/or DMX-512 data outputs. The Z­Brick output can be used for additional digital out­puts through one or more Z-Bricks. The DMX-512
output can be used to control light dimmers, auto­mated spotlights, color changers, fog and wind
machines, or any other pieces of equipment which
will accept standard DMX-512 inputs.

Using the serial port, up to 256 BR-SmartMedia
cards (or any other Gilderfluke & Co. cards) can
share the same ‘multidrop’ RS-422 serial network.
This can easily interface with commercially made
touch screen operator panels, PCs, or even
modems to control and monitor the system from
around the block or from the other side of the world.

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BR-SmartMedia as a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU): In this

mode the card receives up to 256 channels of DMX­512 data transmitted by a PC•MACs Animation Control
System, or any other source of DMX-512 data. In a hard­wareless RealTime PC•MACs system 1, up to sixteen
eight-bit wide channels of animation control data is re­ceived through the BR-SmartMedia’s RS-422 serial port. It
uses the DMX-512 or RealTime serial data to update its
outputs. The BR-SmartMedia will retransmit DMX-512
data from channels 0 to 255 (0 to 15 for RealTime serial
data). The DMX-512/RealTime serial inputs allow the BR­SmartMedia to be used as a permanent output device
for a Control System, or the DMX-512/RealTime serial
data can be used temporarily until the SmartMedia is
programmed so the BR-SmartMedia can be used as a
'Smart' or ‘Dumb’ Brick.

BR-SmartMedia in DMX-512 Recorder mode: This is a

mode which is used to ‘capture’ an incoming stream of
DMX-512 data. This data can be saved into an
AutoDownload file that can then be used to play back
the sampled DMX-512 just as if it were generated using
a PC•MACs Show Control System. Typically this is used to
sample a lighting system’s output so that the rather ex­pensive lighting board that the lighting designer knows
and loves can be returned to the rental house. The BR­SmartMedia then takes the place of the lighting board
in the permanent installation.

A BR-SmartMedia is not normally left in Recorder

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The ‘Hardwareless Realtime’ Mode of operation of PC•MACs requires a li­cense be purchased to upgrade PC•MACs from ‘Software-Only’ mode. It
allows you to program and review your shows in Real-Time as they are
being programmed. This requires a security key to be entered and vali­dated in the PC•MACs software. If you would like to use this feature but
do not have a security key, contact Gilderfluke & Company to have
your software upgraded.

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Mode after the data has been sampled. It is switched to
whatever other mode best suits the application.

The second reason you may need the Recorder

Mode menu is that this is where you will find the com­mand to reformat a SmartMedia Flash Card. If the for­mat of a SmartMedia Flash Card is damaged, or if the
Flash Card is reformatted in a PC, it will need to be refor­matted. If you reformat a SmartMedia Flash Card on a
PC, it will work OK on a PC, but not in the BR-SmartMedia
until it has been reformatted. We have found that this will
even repair SmartMedia Flash Cards that have stopped
working in MP3 players and other devices that expect
the format to be in the SmartMedia Forum’s standard ar­rangement. PCs do not format Flash Cards to this stan­dard.

The DMX-512 standard was developed by the United States
Institute for Theatrical Technology (USITT) for a high speed (250
KBaud) asynchronous serial data link. Although it was originally
designed for controlling light dimmers, it is now supported by
hundreds of suppliers throughout the world for controlling all kinds
of theatrical equipment.

Even though the DMX-512 standard calls for up to 512 chan­nels of data, the DMX-512 transmission from PC•MACs is limited
to 256 eight bit wide channels. You can address your DMX-512
compatible output devices to respond to any address between
00 and 255. Addresses above the 256th are used in PC•MACs
for transmitting a checksum. The BR-SmartMedia can use this to
verify that the data received from PC•MACs has no transmission
errors in it. If you address a light dimmer or other DMX-512 device
to addresses 256 or 257, you will see this verification data dis­played as a flickering pattern.

All 256 channels of data are also transmitted through the Z-

Brick port. Depending on the mode and data stored, 256 or 512

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channels of DMX-512 can be transmitted. The Z-Brick output can
be used for additional digital outputs through one or more Z­Bricks. The DMX-512 output can be used to control light dimmers,
automated spotlights, color changers, fog and wind machines,
or any other equipment which will accept standard DMX-512 in­puts. Channels where no data is stored in SmartMedia are
cleared when operating as a 'Smart' or 'Dumb' Brick.

The BR-SmartMedia can be mounted in one 1” wide slot in

any of our Brick Card cages. The BR-SmartMedia can be used in
conjunction with any selection of 'Smart' Bricks, 'Smart' Brick Brains,
Electronic FeedBack (EFB) 'Smart' Bricks and Z-Bricks in the same
card cage. Card cages with one, two or sixteen slots are avail­able. The card cages provide all the connections for power sup­ply, control signals and outputs that any Brick card will need.
Several different styles of output connectors are available on the
one and two slot card cages. The sixteen slot card cage mounts
in seven inches of standard 19” rack space (4-1/2“ of space be­hind the panel). In some applications you may need to mount a
single BR-SmartMedia. This can be done by mounting the BR­SmartMedia on standoffs, and connecting to the BR­SmartMedia's edge connector with a mating connector. We usu­ally recommend a card cage.

Power requirements for each BR-SmartMedia are 18 to 24

VDC. The BR-SmartMedia draws approximately 200 ma..

The BR-SmartMedia is a design upgrade from all earlier ver-

sions of the BR-MultiShow, BS-Serial, and BS-DMX-Tx. The chief dif­ferences are:

1) Combines the function of three different cards.

2) SmartMedia for show data storage instead of Eprom.

This allows shows to be programmed and downloaded

in seconds.

3) Operates as either a ‘Smart’ or ‘Dumb’ Brick

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4) Runs cooler with a switching power supply.

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On the Front of the BR-SmartMedia

A) Show Running LEDs: These eight LEDs are lit to show that a se-

quencer is running a show. In MultiShow mode, all eight of these

LEDs are used. In any of the single sequencer modes of opera-

tion, only the ‘Sequencer A’ LED will light to show that it is running

a show (or advancing frames if being operated from a Smart Brick

Brain as a ‘Smart’ Brick).

During ‘Ease-Ins’, these LEDs will flash to show that the se-

quencers are in the process of doing an Ease-In.

Some operations that monopolize the CPU on the BR­SmartMedia will shut down all other normal operations. During
these times, these eight LEDs will flash in a circular chase pattern
to show the card is occupied. Some of the things that will cause
this condition are:

a) Doing initial mapping of the AutoDownload file on the

SmartMedia Flash Card the first time it is plugged in. The BR-

SmartMedia must read the entire AutoDownload file off the

SmartMedia Flash Card to find where Windows has hidden

all of its parts.

b) During AutoDownloads.

c) Configuration downloads.

d) Configuration uploads.

B) SmartMedia Activity LED: This LED lights when any extended

SmartMedia operation is going on. Just like the light on the front
of a floppy disk drive, you should not remove the SmartMedia
Flash Card or power down the BR-SmartMedia card while this LED
is lit.

C) Z-Brick Connector: This twenty pin IDS connector is used to con-

nect to one or more Z-Bricks. When enabled, the BR-SmartMedia
outputs data from the DMX-512 input or onboard SmartMedia to
this connector. The format of the data is as follows:

IDS pin # SIGNAL

1 Data bit 0
2 Data bit 1
3 Data bit 2
4 Data bit 3
5 Data bit 4
6 Data bit 5

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7 Data bit 6
8 Data bit 7

9 Address bit 0
10 Address bit 1
11 Address bit 2
12 Address bit 3
13 Address bit 4
14 Address bit 5
15 Address bit 6
16 Address bit 7
17 ground
18 ground
19 Strobe/
20 Reset/

When the address and data lines are valid, the rising edge of

the Strobe line will latch the data into the addressed outputs.

D) Board Error LED: This LED will flash when:

1) BR-SmartMedia has just booted

2) An error is found in the DMX-512 data checksum

3) An error is found in the 'Smart' Brick Network checksum

E) DMX-512 LED: This LED will be lit when the BR-SmartMedia is re-

ceiving DMX-512 or RealTime updates via the RS-422 serial port.

F) Brain Heart/Running LED: ‘Smart’ Brick mode: The heartbeat from

the 'Smart' Brick Brain is transmitted throughout the system over
the 'Smart' Brick Network. The presence of a healthy heartbeat
means that the data on the 'Smart' Brick Network is getting
through cleanly. If it ever stutters or flashes erratically (or not at
all), then there is a problem with the 'Smart' Brick Brain, the 'Smart'
Brick Network, or the BR-SmartMedia. As the DMX-512 takes prece­dence over the 'Smart' Brick Network, this LED will go dark whenev­er a DMX-512 signal is present.

G) Heartbeat LED: This LED Flashes continuously while the CPU is run-

ning. If it ever stops for more than a fraction of a second, the
'Deadman' circuit in the BR-SmartMedia will automatically reset
the CPU. While performing an Ease-In, the heart rate will double.

H) Address Switches: These two rotary switches on the front of the

BR-SmartMedia are used to set the address of the RS-422 serial
port where this card will be found. Normally, only one card is set
to use any one address. If more than one card is set to the same

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address, then the serial ports can not be attached to the same
RS-422 multidrop network at the same time.

The RS-422 serial address for the BR-SmartMedia is set using
Hexadecimal numbers on these switches. The first digit of the
Hexadecimal address is set on the upper of the two switches. The
second digit of the hexadecimal address is set on the lower of the
two switches. If you are not sure how these translate from decimal
numbers, a chart at the end of every Gilderfluke & Company
manual will show you the equivalent numbers.

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On the Back of the BR-SmartMedia

The BackPlane connections to the BR-SmartMedia is through a sixty posi-

tion double sided edge connector (thirty connections on each side on .1”
centers). This is normally plugged into a card cage, but can also be used
with an IDS or other discrete edge connectors.

The first ten positions are used for the ‘Smart’ Brick Network and J8 con-

nection ('Smart' Brick Network or optically isolated triggers, Depending on
the position of Switch #4 the ‘Smart/Dumb Brick Switch’) and the primary RS­422 Serial Port (used for configuration and serial commands). They are nor­mally bussed between all the cards in the card cage (although they can be
separated by cutting the lines if desired).

The next forty positions are used to connect the majority of the BR-

SmartMedia signals to the output cabling.

The last ten positions are used to provide power to the BR-SmartMedia.

Five pins are used for the positive connection and five are used for ground.
This provides a higher current capacity than single pins would.

The pinout of this connector is as follows:

output wire # Edge pin # color wire function

J8/BrickNet Black 1 brown J8 Common (black)/Smart BrickNet Data -

J8/BrickNet White 2 red J8 ‘D’ (white) input/'Smart' BrickNet Data +

J8/BrickNet Red 3 orange J8 ‘B’ (red) input/'Smart' BrickNet Clock +

Serial Port red #3 4 yellow TxD + out from BR-SmartMedia

J8/BrickNet Green 5 green J8 ‘A’ (green) input/'Smart' BrickNet Clock -

Serial Port Black #2 6 blue TxD - out from BR-SmartMedia

J8/BrickNet Yellow 7 violet J8 Status (yellow) out/'Smart' Brick Strobe +

Serial Port Yellow #5 8 gray Rx + in to BR-SmartMedia

J8/BrickNet Blue 9 white J8 ‘C’ (blue) input/'Smart' BrickNet Strobe -

Serial Port green #4 10 black Rx -in to BR-SmartMedia

Ribbon cable #1 11 brown 1/4 J6 in Ground
Ribbon cable #2 12 red 1/4 J6 in bit 7
Ribbon cable #3 13 orange 1/4 J6 in bit 6
Ribbon cable #4 14 yellow 1/4 J6 in bit 5
Ribbon cable #5 15 green 1/4 J6 in bit 4
Ribbon cable #6 16 blue 1/4 J6 in bit 3
Ribbon cable #7 17 violet 1/4 J6 in bit 2
Ribbon cable #8 18 gray 1/4 J6 in bit 1
Ribbon cable #9 19 white 1/4 J6 in bit 0

Ribbon cable #10 2 0 black 1/4 J6 in + Supply

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Ribbon cable #11 2 1 brown secondary RS-422 ground
Ribbon cable #12 2 2 red secondary RS-422 Serial Rx - data into card
Ribbon cable #13 2 3 orange secondary RS-422 Serial Rx + data into card
Ribbon cable #14 2 4 yellow secondary RS-422 Serial Tx - data out of card
Ribbon cable #15 2 5 green secondary RS-422 Serial Tx + data out of card
Ribbon cable #16 26 blue secondary RS-422 ground
Ribbon cable #17 2 7 violet Green Input negative
Ribbon cable #18 28 gray Green Input positive
Ribbon cable #19 2 9 white Blue Input negative
Ribbon cable #20 3 0 black Blue Input positive

Ribbon cable #21 3 1 brown MIDI n/c (MIDI DIN pin #3)
Ribbon cable #22 32 red MIDI Tx - (MIDI DIN pin #5)
Ribbon cable #23 33 orange MIDI ground (MIDI DIN pin #2)
Ribbon cable #24 3 4 yellow MIDI Tx + (MIDI DIN pin #4)
Ribbon cable #25 3 5 green secondary RS-422 TxD - out from card (ver. 1.1+)
Ribbon cable #26 3 6 blue ground
Ribbon cable #27 3 7 violet secondary RS-422 TxD + out from card (ver. 1.1+)
Ribbon cable #28 3 8 gray ground
Ribbon cable #29 3 9 white secondary RS-422 Serial Rx - in to card (ver. 1.1+)
Ribbon cable #30 4 0 black ground

Ribbon cable #31 4 1 brown secondary RS-422 Serial Rx + in to card (ver. 1.1+)
Ribbon cable #32 4 2 red ground
Ribbon cable #33 4 3 orange
Ribbon cable #34 4 4 yellow
Ribbon cable #35 4 5 green
Ribbon cable #36 4 6 blue
Ribbon cable #37 4 7 violet
Ribbon cable #38 4 8 gray
Ribbon cable #39 4 9 white
Ribbon cable #40 5 0 black

n/a 51 black power supply ground
n/a 52 black power supply ground
n/a 53 black power supply ground
n/a 54 black power supply ground
n/a 55 black power supply ground
n/a 56 red + power supply input
n/a 57 red + power supply input
n/a 58 red + power supply input
n/a 59 red + power supply input
n/a 60 red + power supply input

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Note that on BR-SmartMedia cards revision 1.1 and later the
secondary serial port is also brought out on the edge connector
on pins #35 through #41. This matches the pinout for the sec­ondary serial port on the BS-BRN-CRD Smart Brick Brain. This allows
you to use the secondary serial port connector found on the first
slot of our BR-CC10 and BR-CC11 three slot card cages for the
secondary serial port.

To simplify wiring to any MACs Animation Control System, the
connectors used on our card cages are what are called 'insula­tion displacement connectors'. These simply snap on to an entire
cable, automatically 'displacing' the wire insulation and making
contact with the wires within. This means that an entire forty wire
cable can be terminated in seconds. All connectors are polar­ized, to keep them from being plugged in backwards.

‘Smart’ Brick Network: If Switch #4 is in the ‘Smart’ Brick position, the

BR-SmartMedia will be operating as a ‘Smart’ Brick. The ‘Smart’ Brick
Network normally found on a ‘Smart’ Brick is brought out on the
edge connector. When plugged into any Gilderfluke & Co. Brick
card cage, this will be brought out on a RJ-12 connector on the
card cage. There should never be both ‘Smart’ and ‘Dumb’ Bricks
in the same card cage. They share the same pins on the edge
connector and backplane. Damage may result if both are in­stalled in the same card cage.

The ‘Smart’ Brick Network signals to the BR-SmartMedia are
brought in through a six position RJ-12 (six position, six conductor
modular telephone style connector) on the card cage. Facing
the end of the cable with the release latch upwards, its pin out is
as follows:

COLOR SIGNAL NAME:

LEFT #1 white Smart Brick Net Data +

#2 black Smart Brick Net Data -

#3 red Smart Brick Net Clock +
#4 green Smart Brick Net Clock ­#5 yellow Smart Brick Net Strobe +

RIGHT #6 blue Smart Brick Net Strobe -

‘J6’ Inputs: If the BR-SmartMedia is acting as a 'Dumb' Brick, then

Switch 5 is used to select whether the ‘J6’ power for the optoisola­tors is provided by the same power supply as the BR-SmartMedia,
or is provided by an external isolated source. When operating as a
'Smart' Brick, this switch has no effect.

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The 1/4 J6 Input is optically isolated. It can be set to run from
an external power source (default configuration) or the same
power as the Rack Smart Brick Brain. This is selected by moving
Switch 5 as shown on the board.

Brown) PIN #1

red) PIN #

(orange) PIN #3

(yellow) PIN #

reen) PIN #5

(blue) PIN #

(violet) PIN #

PIN #8

(white) PIN #

(black) PIN #10

+

xternal Power

GROUND (not used

DATA BIT 7

DATA BIT 6

DATA BIT 5

DATA BIT 4

DATA BIT 3

DATA BIT 2

DATA BIT 1

DATA BIT 0

+ 5 to 24 VDC SUPPLY

Brown) PIN #1

red) PIN #2

(orange) PIN #3

(yellow) PIN #4

reen) PIN #5

(blue) PIN #

(violet) PIN #

PIN #8

(white) PIN #

(black) PIN #10

GROUND

DATA BIT 7

DATA BIT 6

DATA BIT 5

DATA BIT 4

DATA BIT 3

DATA BIT 2

DATA BIT 1

DATA BIT 0

SUPPLY (not used

Internal Power

‘J8’ Inputs: If Switch #4 is in the ‘Dumb’ Brick position, the BR-

SmartMedia will be operating as a ‘Dumb’ Brick. The trigger inputs
and status output normally found on a ‘Dumb’ Brick are brought
out on the edge connector. When plugged into any Gilderfluke &
Co. Brick card cage, this will be brought out on a RJ-12 connec­tor on the card cage. There should never be both ‘Smart’ and
‘Dumb’ Bricks in the same card cage. They share the same pins
on the edge connector and backplane. Damage may result if
both are installed in the same card cage.

There are four optically isolated digital inputs which can be
used to start, stop, pause or select specific show sequences to
play. Facing the end of the wire, with the latch upwards, the
pinout of a standard ‘J8’ cable is as follows.

WHITE #1 (Input 'D')

BLACK #2 (common)

RED #3 (Input 'B')

GREEN #4 (Input 'A')

LED

2.2K-4.7k

YELLOW #5 (status out)

BLUE #6 (Input 'C')

J8 with Sw8 set for INTERNAL power

Any event can be triggered on either the ‘closing’ or ‘opening’
edge of any input. A ‘closing’ is when you apply a voltage to an

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WHITE #1 (Input 'D')

BLACK #2 (common)

RED #3 (Input 'B')

GREEN #4 (Input 'A')

YELLOW #5 (status out)

BLUE #6 (Input C')

J8 with Sw8 set for

+ 12 to 24 VDC SUPPLY

+

LED

2.2K-4.7k

EXTERNAL power

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input. An ‘opening’ is when that voltage is removed. The inputs

can be triggered on any voltage from 12 to 24 VDC. If you don’t

have an external source of power for these two inputs, you can

‘steal’ some juice from the BR-SmartMedia’s power supply connec-

tions. Just put the ‘J8 Power’ switch in the ‘Internal’ position.

Power Supply: The last ten contacts of the BR-SmartMedia’s edge

connector are used for the power supply connections. The BR-

SmartMedia can be run from any supply voltage from 9 to 24

VDC.

The power supply input is protected from reversed polarity. An
idle BR-SmartMedia draws only about 150 milliamperes. The LEDs
on its face will usually draw far more current than the BR­SmartMedia itself.

Primary RS-422 Serial Port: This is used for configuration, uploading

a n d d o w n l o a d i n g c o n f i g u r a t i o n s , s t a t u s i n q u i r i e s ,
AutoDownloading show data to SmartMedia, and serial port
RealTime updates. It is compatible with all the RS-422 Serial Ports
and protocols used on Gilderfluke & Company products.

The four active lines on this connector are bussed to the
backplane of the card cage. This allows you to communicate to a
whole card cage full of BR-SmartMedia, 'Smart' Brick Brains,
Electronic FeedBack (EFB) 'Smart' Bricks and other cards through
the connector on the card cage. They just need to be set to dif­ferent addresses.

The serial data signals from the BR-SmartMedia are brought
out on a six position RJ-12 (six position, six conductor modular
telephone style connector) on the card cage. Facing the end of
the cable with the release latch upwards, its pin out is as follows:

COLOR SIGNAL NAME:

LEFT #1 white Signal Ground

#2 black - Serial data out from card

#3 red + Serial data out from card
#4 green - Serial data in to card
#5 yellow + Serial data in to card

RIGHT #6 blue Signal Ground

PC and Compatible Connections: If you are only talking to a
single BR-SmartMedia and your wire length is short, you may be
able to simply cross wire the RS-232 serial port on your PC to talk
to the BR-SmartMedia. This does not work on all PCs, as some
don’t swing their RS-232 outputs as far as they should. If it does

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not work with your PC, you may need to get a RS-232 to RS-422
converter to talk to the BR-SmartMedia. To cross wire the RS­422/RS-485 signals from the BR-SmartMedia to the RS-232 serial
port of an IBM compatible, cross connect the signals as follows:

DB-25 DE-9 Signal Signal from/to BR-SmartMedia

2 3 DATA OUT - Serial data into card (#4 green)
3 2 DATA IN - Serial data out from card (#2 black)
7 5 GROUND Signal Ground (#1 white or #6 blue)

Apple Macintosh Connections: Apple Macintosh computers

have true RS-422 serial ports built in. To connect to the BR­SmartMedia, the pin out is as follows (view is of male connector
facing the end of the cable):

o + serial data in to card (#5 yellow)

to - serial data in to card (#4 green)

signal ground (#1 blue or #6 white)

678

345

12

from + serial data out from card (#3 red)

from - serial data out from card (#2 black)

The BR-SmartMedia expects to see the serial data in the fol-

lowing format:

ONE START BIT

EIGHT DATA BITS

ONE STOP BIT

BR-SmartMedia responds appropriately to all commands

which are used by other Gilderfluke & Co. serially controlled de­vices. These are used for configuration, uploading and download­ing configurations, status inquiries, AutoDownloading show data
to SmartMedia, and serial port RealTime updates. It will ignore all
commands which are not addressed to it, or not appropriate for it
to respond to. This allows it to share the same RS-422 serial buss
with additional BR-SmartMedia, Digital Audio Repeaters, 'Smart'
Brick Brains and any other serially controlled devices. The only re­quirement is that each unit be addressed to a different location.

Secondary RS-422 Serial Port: This is used for sending serial data

from the BR-SmartMedia while it is in any of the ‘Serial’ modes. It is
compatible with all the RS-422 Serial Ports and protocols used on
Gilderfluke & Company products.

The serial data signals from the BR-SmartMedia are brought

out on the edge connector. In a three slot card cage, hardware

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versions 1.1 and later will also bring out the secondary serial port
on the ‘aux.’ serial port from card cage slot #1. This is a six posi­tion RJ-12 (six position, six conductor modular telephone style
connector) on the card cage. Facing the end of the cable with
the release latch upwards, its pin out is as follows:

COLOR SIGNAL NAME:

LEFT #1 white Signal Ground

#2 black - Serial data out from card

#3 red + Serial data out from card
#4 green - Serial data in to card
#5 yellow + Serial data in to card

RIGHT #6 blue Signal Ground

DMX-512 Data In/Out: Ten pin Male header connector. The BR-

SmartMedia will stop listening to the 'Smart' Brick network whenev­er there is a DMX-512 signal present on this input.

The DMX-512 standard was developed by the United States
Institute for Theatrical Technology (USITT) for a high speed (250
KBaud) asynchronous serial data link. Although it was originally de­signed for controlling light dimmers, it is now supported by hun­dreds of suppliers throughout the world for controlling all kinds of
theatrical equipment.

Even though the DMX-512 standard calls for 512 channels of
data, the DMX-512 transmission from PC•MACs is limited to 256
eight bit wide channels. You can address your DMX-512 compati­ble output devices to respond to any address between 00 and

255. Addresses above the 256th are used in PC•MACs for trans­mitting a checksum. The BR-SmartMedia can use this to verify that
the data received from PC•MACs has no transmission errors in it. If
you address a light dimmer or other DMX-512 device to addresses
256 or 257, you will see this verification data displayed as a flick­ering pattern. Note that at frame rates higher than sixty FPS, not
all 256 channels can be transmitted through the DMX-512 out­put.

The DMX-512 standard calls out a 5 pin XLR connector or
screw terminals for all connections. All card cages will provide ei­ther screw terminals or other appropriate connection for attach­ing the DMX-512 input and output.

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