Gilderfluke&Co Smart User Manual
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- Operating Instructions -
for the
- Smart Brick System-
April 4, 2001
LaserDisk
Player
SMPTE
source
external clock
source
Smart Brick
Heads Up
Display
Card cage with playback-only
Smart Brick Cards
Smart Brick
Heads Up
Display
Brick
Brain
terminator
terminator
playback-only
Smart Brick
Card cage with playback-only
Smart Brick Cards
Smart Brick
up to a mile
playback-only
Smart Brick
playback-only
Smart Brick
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The Parts of the Smart Brick System .................... 1
BR-MultiBrick32 .................................................................... 2
BS-CRD ................................................................................. 2
BS-ANA .................................................................................. 2
BS-EFB ................................................................................... 2
BS-DMX-Tx ............................................................................ 2
BS-Serial ............................................................................... 3
BR-ZBR .................................................................................. 3
Time Bases .......................................................... 5
LaserDisk (or DVD) ................................................................ 5
Smpte ................................................................................... 6
Internal Time Base ................................................................ 8
External Time Base ............................................................... 9
Smart Brick Configuration .................................... 10
6264LP RAM ........................................................................ 11
62256LP RAM ...................................................................... 12
27C64 Eprom ..................................................................... 13
27C128 Eprom ................................................................... 14
27C256 Eprom ................................................................... 15
27C512 Eprom ................................................................... 16
27C010, 27C020, 27C040 or 27C080 Eprom .................... 17
Enabling the Outputs When Stopped .................................. 18
Disabling the Outputs When Stopped ................................. 19
DMX Forever! ...................................................................... 20
DMX On Occasion .............................................................. 21
J-6 Digital Output Cables .................................... 23
DC Drivers ..................................................................... 26
DPDT relay board ........................................................... 26
Reed relay board ........................................................... 27
I/O module .................................................................... 27
Solid State Relay Fanning Strip ....................................... 27
Smart Brick System Commands ............................ 29
Enter Interactive Echo Mode .............................................. 34
Exit Interactive Echo Mode ................................................. 34
Enter Global Echo Mode ..................................................... 35
Exit Global Echo Mode ....................................................... 35
Enter Echo All Mode ........................................................... 35
Exit Echo All Mode .............................................................. 36
Enter Echo Mode ................................................................ 36
Exit Echo Mode ................................................................... 37
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Track Status Mode .............................................................. 37
Smart Brick Brain Status ..................................................... 38
Switch Status ...................................................................... 39
Enter Setup Mode ............................................................... 39
Memory Address Status ...................................................... 40
J-6 Port Status .................................................................... 40
Download Configuration .................................................... 40
Upload Configuration ......................................................... 42
Start Commands ................................................................. 42
Start Track ...................................................................... 42
Start Global ................................................................... 42
Start Cocked ................................................................. 42
Start Group .................................................................... 43
Stop Commands ................................................................. 43
Stop Track ...................................................................... 43
Stop Global ................................................................... 43
Stop Cocked ................................................................. 43
Stop Group .................................................................... 43
Reset Commands ............................................................... 43
Reset Track .................................................................... 43
Reset Global .................................................................. 43
Reset Cocked ................................................................ 43
Reset Group .................................................................. 43
Cock Track ......................................................................... 44
Un-Cock Track .................................................................... 44
Un-Cock Global .................................................................. 44
Loop Commands ................................................................ 45
Loop Track ..................................................................... 45
Loop Global ................................................................... 45
Loop Cocked ................................................................. 45
Loop Group ................................................................... 45
Stop at End Commands ...................................................... 46
Stop at End Track ........................................................... 46
Stop at End Global ......................................................... 46
Stop at End Cocked ....................................................... 46
Stop at End Group ......................................................... 46
Select Show Commands ..................................................... 46
Select Show Track .......................................................... 46
Select Show Global ........................................................ 46
Select Show Cocked ...................................................... 46
Select Show ................................................................... 46
Set Brick Address ................................................................ 47
Advance One Frame ........................................................... 47
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Go Back One Frame ........................................................... 47
Summary of Serial Commands ............................. 48
Rack Smart Brick Brain ....................................... 51
Rack Smart Brick Brain Connections ...................... 52
Rack Smart Brick Brain Messages ......................... 57
Rack Smart Brick Brain Configuration .................... 61
Enter Track Number ............................................................ 63
Baud Rate ........................................................................... 63
LD Serial Port ...................................................................... 64
VT-52 Mode ........................................................................ 64
Numbers ............................................................................. 64
Show Storage ...................................................................... 64
Respond to Group .............................................................. 65
Set Clock ............................................................................ 65
InfraRed Mode .................................................................... 65
Coin-Op Mode ................................................................... 68
Select from J6 .................................................................... 68
Direct Select ....................................................................... 68
Debounce ........................................................................... 69
Running Delay .................................................................... 70
Tape Deck Pulse ................................................................. 70
Error Count ......................................................................... 70
On Startup .......................................................................... 71
Immediate Jumps ............................................................... 71
Countdown Hold ................................................................. 72
Player Type ......................................................................... 72
LaserDisk Time .................................................................... 72
Dropout Protection ............................................................. 72
Print Show Counters ........................................................... 73
Input Triggering Commands ............................................... 74
'GREEN' Input Closing Edge ............................................ 74
'GREEN' Input Opening Edge .......................................... 74
'BLUE' Input Closing Edge ............................................... 74
'BLUE' Input Opening Edge ............................................. 74
'PB' Input Closing Edge ................................................... 74
'PB' Input Opening Edge ................................................. 74
'1/4 J6 Port' Input Closing Edge ...................................... 74
'1/4 J6 Port' Input Opening Edge .................................... 74
Countdown End ............................................................ 74
Pause/Return to Zero (RTZ) ....................................... 76
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Continue/Increment ................................................ 76
Start ........................................................................ 77
Loop ........................................................................ 77
Stop ........................................................................ 78
Stop at End .............................................................. 78
Tape Deck ............................................................... 78
More..... .............................................................................. 80
Load Defaults ...................................................................... 80
Download Configuration .................................................... 80
eXit Setup Mode ................................................................. 82
Rack Smart Brick Brain Show Menu ........................ 84
Show Name ........................................................................ 85
Time Code .......................................................................... 86
Brick Start ........................................................................... 86
Brick End ............................................................................ 86
At End of this Show ............................................................. 86
‘Next’ Show ......................................................................... 88
Frame Rate ......................................................................... 89
Early Starts .......................................................................... 90
Start String .......................................................................... 90
Multi-Disk String ................................................................. 91
End String ........................................................................... 93
LaserDisk Starts .................................................................. 93
LaserDisk 1 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 2 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 3 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 4 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 5 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 6 ..................................................................... 93
LaserDisk 7 ..................................................................... 94
Next Entry ........................................................................... 94
Next In Sequence ............................................................... 94
Last Entry ............................................................................ 94
Kopy Another Show ............................................................. 94
More..... .............................................................................. 95
Load Defaults ...................................................................... 95
Download Configuration .................................................... 95
eXit Setup Mode ................................................................. 97
Rack Smart Brick Brain String Setup Menu ............... 99
Alter Strings ...................................................................... 100
More..... ............................................................................ 100
Load Defaults .................................................................... 100
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Download Configuration .................................................. 101
eXit Setup Mode ............................................................... 103
Smart Brick Brain Delay Setup Menu ..................... 105
Set Delays ......................................................................... 105
More..... ............................................................................ 105
Load Defaults .................................................................... 106
Download Configuration .................................................. 106
eXit Setup Mode ............................................................... 108
Smart Brick Brain 1/4 J6 Setup Menu .................... 110
Input Triggering Commands ............................................. 110
'1/4 J6 Port' Input Closing Edge .................................... 110
'1/4 J6 Port' Input Opening Edge .................................. 110
Pause/Return to Zero (RTZ) ..................................... 112
Continue/Increment .............................................. 112
Start ...................................................................... 113
Loop ...................................................................... 113
Stop ...................................................................... 114
Stop at End ............................................................ 114
Tape Deck ............................................................. 114
1/4 J6 Input Triggering Commands .................................. 114
Bit 0 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 114
Bit 1 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 114
Bit 2 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 114
Bit 3 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 114
Bit 4 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 114
Bit 5 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 115
Bit 6 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 115
Bit 7 Input Closing Edge ............................................... 115
Sequentially ........................................................... 115
Randomly .............................................................. 115
Normally ................................................................ 116
Select from J6 .................................................................. 116
Direct Select ..................................................................... 116
More..... ............................................................................ 117
Load Defaults .................................................................... 118
Download Configuration .................................................. 118
eXit Setup Mode ............................................................... 120
Smart Brick Brain Schedule Setup Menu ................ 123
Alter Entry ......................................................................... 123
Next Entry ......................................................................... 124
Last Entry .......................................................................... 124
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Kopy Entry ......................................................................... 124
More..... ............................................................................ 124
Load Defaults .................................................................... 125
Download Configuration .................................................. 125
eXit Setup Mode ............................................................... 127
Smart Brick Brain Calendar Setup Menu ............... 129
Alter Entry ......................................................................... 129
Next Entry ......................................................................... 130
Last Entry .......................................................................... 130
Kopy Entry ......................................................................... 130
More..... ............................................................................ 130
Load Defaults .................................................................... 130
Download Configuration .................................................. 131
enter Keys ........................................................................ 132
eXit Setup Mode ............................................................... 133
Brick Brain Lock Counter/Timer Setup ................... 135
Decrement on any show that plays .............................. 136
Decrement when a specific show plays ....................... 136
Decrement on each minute ........................................ 136
Decrement on each hour ............................................ 137
Tampering ................................................................... 137
Lock Configuration ...................................................... 137
Smart Brick MiniBrain ....................................... 141
Brick Memory Size ............................................................ 143
Brick Memory Size ............................................................ 143
Brick Memory Size ............................................................ 143
Double Show .................................................................... 144
Frame Rate ....................................................................... 144
Stop On Green Opening ................................................... 145
Run Continuous ................................................................ 145
Heads Up Display ............................................ 147
Error Messages ................................................................ 148
Brick Overflow .............................................................. 148
Smpte Time Code Error ................................................ 148
End Of Show ................................................................ 148
String Error ................................................................... 148
Invalid Frame Rate ....................................................... 148
LaserStart Error ............................................................. 149
LaserLoop Error ............................................................ 149
Start Error ..................................................................... 149
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Response Error ............................................................. 149
Call Home ................................................................... 149
Sending String ............................................................. 150
Starting LaserDisk (or DVD) ............................................ 150
Start and End Strings ........................................ 153
SPECIAL STRING CHARACTERS ............................... 154
End-O-String: (00) ........................................................ 154
LaserSearch: (01) ......................................................... 154
PB: (02) ........................................................................ 154
Blue: (03) ..................................................................... 154
Green:(04) .................................................................. 155
Stop: (05) .................................................................... 155
Play: (06) ..................................................................... 155
Rewind: (07) ................................................................ 155
LaserSearch for CLV LaserDisks (or DVD)s: (08) .............. 156
LaserSearch for CLV LaserDisks (or DVD)s: (09) .............. 156
Don't Care: (80h) ........................................................ 156
ASCII Characters to be Sent Out ............................ 157
ASCII Characters to be Received ........................... 158
PIONEER LaserDisk (or DVD) Commands .......................... 161
SONY LaserDisk Commands ............................................. 167
Panasonic LaserDisk Commands ..................................... 173
HEXadecimal to Decimal to Percentage ....... 178
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- The Parts of the Smart Brick System -
The Smart Brick System is a modular Animation
Control System which consists of One Smart Brick Brain
and any number of Smart Bricks attached to it. Since
the number of Smart Bricks attached to each Smart
Brick Brain is unlimited, Animation Control Systems of
any size to be assembled just by plugging them together.
Smart Brick Systems can be used to control animated shows and displays, fountains, fireworks, lighting,
sound systems, simulators, slide and movie projectors,
fiber optics, window displays, motors, pneumatic and
hydraulic systems, special effects, signs, machines and
machine tools in process control, etc. .............
The Smart Brick Brain is a small microprocessor
controlled unit which can synchronize any number of
Smart Bricks to a LaserDisk (or DVD) player, Smpte time
code, internal time base, or external time base. In addition it can control the LaserDisk (or DVD) player or
tape deck and provide a real time clock or countdown timer for the delay between shows. For all but
the Smpte time code, it can instantly randomly access
any show stored in the system (Smpte synchronized
shows are slaved to whatever show the Smpte time
code is requesting). At the end of any show it can automatically jump to any other show, either with or without a user adjustable delay before playing this next
show. If it is already playing a show and it gets a request for another show, it can be told to ignore the request, store it until done with the current show, or jump
to it immediately.
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A MiniBrain can be used if you don’t need to syn-
chronize your show with an external time code or randomly access more than two shows.
Smart Brick Brains are attached to the Smart Bricks
by up to a mile of six conductor modular telephone
wire. (This is the same type of wire and connector as
found on the standard Bricks, but is incompatible with
the signals which they use.) Just about any number of
Smart Bricks can be attached to a single Brain (If the
wire runs are long and there are a lot of Smart Bricks
attached, a repeater may be required in the line.)
Make sure that this cable does not have its wires
flipped from one end to the other. If the wire run is
long, then a terminator should be installed at the two
extreme ends of the line.
The Smart Bricks are available in a variety of config-
urations to suit your needs:
• BR-MultiBrick32: Thirty-two output Program-in-Place
Brick.
• BS-CRD: thirty-two output playback-only Smart 'Brick'
card. For mounting in card cages or on standoffs.
Shows are stored in Eprom.
• BS-ANA: Analog Output Smart Brick card. Features six-
teen 0-10 volt and two hundred fifty-six channels of
DMX-512 output. Runs from DMX-512 input or onboard
show data EPROM. (Refer to the BS-ANA manual for de-
tails on this product.)
• BS-EFB: Four Channel Electronic FeedBack Smart Brick
card. Runs from DMX-512 input or EPROM.
• BS-DMX-Tx: DMX-512 output Smart Brick. Sends two hun-
dred fifty-six channels for controlling lighting equipment.
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(Refer to the BS-DMX-Tx & BS-Serial manual for details on
this product.)
• BS-Serial: As above, but upgraded to control MIDI,
Moog Motion Bases, Rexroth feedback cards, Stepper
controllers, etc. (Refer to the BS-DMX-Tx & BS-Serial manual for details on this product.)
• BR-ZBR: Z-Brick card for use with BS-ANA, BS-DMX-Tx, BS-
Serial or BS-EFB to add thirty-two digital outputs. Card
cage mounted. (Refer to the BS-ANA or BS-DMX-Tx & BSSerial manual for details on this product.)
The Smart Brick System is completely modular. If one
Smart Brick doesn’t have enough outputs, you simply
add more, stacking them until you have enough outputs to do the job.
The Smart Bricks can all be located at one or more
central locations, or they can be built right into whatever it is they are controlling. This latter method allows
you to wire an entire attraction by just stringing up a six
conductor modular telephone line to connect all your
figures. It also allows you to remove a figure’s animation system along with the figure when it is removed for
maintenance, and then run them both on a service
bench away from the rest of the show for testing and
adjustment. A Smart Brick System can consist of any
combination of record/playback Smart Bricks,
playback-only Smart Bricks and card cage mounted
Smart Bricks.
In most cases the Smart Brick system is programmed
using a PC•MACs Animation Control System. Once programmed the show is downloaded to the Smart Brick(s)
and the Smart Brick Brain configured to match the
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show(s).
Playback-only Smart Bricks store their data in Eprom
type memory chips. This is about the safest way known
to store any type of data. One Eprom is used to store
each individual eight bit wide channel, which means
that when you have to perform a minor change in one
output, you don’t have to replace all the Eproms in the
system. Some newer Smart Bricks store the animation
data in Flash Eproms. These can be programmed in
place by sending the data to the Smart Bricks through
their serial ports.
Quick Start:
When shipped, the Smart Brick Brain is usually configured to start playing show number one
when the 'manual start' pushbutton on its front
is pressed. This show is set up to clock from the
internal time base at thirty frames per second.
To see the system work, attach some Smart
Bricks to the Smart Brick Network connector on
the Smart Brick Brain and plug everything in.
When you push the 'manual start' pushbutton,
you should see the system start clocking
through the frames. Each time you push the
'manual start' button, show number one should
start over from its beginning.
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- Time Bases -
The Smart Brick System can be used with four normal time bases. If the frame rate is the same for all
shows, you can use any of the time bases within the
same system. The supported time bases are:
1) LaserDisk (or DVD): The Smart Brick Brain has an RS-422
serial port on it which can be attached to the serial port
on many professional quality LaserDisk (or DVD) players.
The Smart Brick Brain talks to the LaserDisk (or DVD) player
to synchronize the entire system to the show being
played. All control for the LaserDisk (or DVD) player is provided by the Smart Brick Brain. Systems with LaserDisk (or
DVD) players in them are limited to running either fifteen,
twenty-five or thirty Frames Per Second (FPS), as these are
the frame rates for the video reproduction.
The LaserDisk (or DVD) players which are currently
supported are the Pioneer ‘LD-’, Sony ‘LDP-’ and selected
Panasonic players. The Pioneer LaserDisk (or DVD) code
was developed and tested on an LD-V8000, which is
Pioneer’s top of the line unit. It should be compatible with
all of the earlier models in this series as well. The advantages of the LD-V8000 are: four audio channels (two
analog and two digital), frame memory during random
access, separate front panel controls, and faster access
times than all of its predecessors.
The Sony LaserDisk code was developed and tested
on an LDP-2000. It should be compatible with all of the
other models in this series as well.
If more than a single LaserDisk (or DVD) is to be controlled from a single Smart Brick System, then a LaserDisk
Multiplexer must be used. Each of these allow seven
LaserDisk (or DVD) players to be connected to the Rack
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Smart Brick Brain.
LaserDisks are available in two different recording for-
mats. These are Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) and
Constant Linear Velocity (CAV). Either can be made to
work, but the CAV format is preferred. It is the only format
in which all of the LaserDisk players’ commands are supported
2) Smpte: (pronounced “SIMP-T“) is a time code which was
developed by the Society of Motion Picture and
Television Electronics for use in audio, film, and television
production. It is normally recorded on a spare audio
track on the medium being used (audio tape, video
tape, or film), and then used to synchronize various
pieces of compatible equipment together. As an industry standard, virtually every audio, video or film studio will
have the equipment to lay down a Smpte time code
track.
Smpte is usually recorded at thirty frames per second
(although twenty-five frames per second is used in
Europe and places where this is the normal television frequency, and twenty-four frames per second is occasionally used in film production). What this means is that
thirty (or twenty-four or twenty-five) times each second a
number is recorded on the tape or film which represents
the hours, seconds, minutes and frame (00:00:00.00)
represented by this particular little stretch of medium.
Since each little stretch is represented by a unique number, Smpte is known as an ‘absolute’ time code. No matter where the tape is, the Smart Brick Brain will instantly
evaluate the numbers it gets from the Smpte time code,
and play the appropriate animation data.
With Smpte synchronized shows, the Smpte ‘hour’ is
used to tell the Smart Brick Brain which show it is actually
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running. The ‘hours’ Smpte supports are 00 through 23 to
give you twenty-four possible Smpte synchronized shows
(Smpte hour ‘00’ is mapped to show number ‘24’ by the
Smart Brick Brain, since 00 isn’t a valid show number).
Any individual show can be as long as an hour. When
told to start running a Smpte show, the Smart Brick Brain
will start listening for any Smpte coming in. When it picks
up a good Smpte signal, it looks at the ‘hour’, and then
checks to see if it is the number of a Smpte synchronized
show, and if so, plays it. Note that if the show number the
Smart Brick Brain expects to be played when it starts listening for the Smpte is not the show number it actually
receives, it will play the latter. If the show number it receives isn’t assigned as a Smpte show, then it will display
an error message on the Heads Up Display and not
play anything. For this reason random access commands for Smpte synchronized shows are somewhat at
the mercy of whatever Smpte hour is actually received
from the Smpte source.
If more than twenty-four Smpte synchronized shows
are required, you can use an output from the animation
system to stop the system ‘mid show’. This technique can
be used to break up a single long show into as many
shorter sequences as you would like.
Since Smpte is often provided by an audio or video
tape deck, the Smart Brick Brain has three outputs which
can be programmed to send signals to the tape deck
at the beginnings and ends of the shows. These are typically used to start, stop and rewind the tape deck. These
outputs are simple relay closures, which can usually be
attached directly to the remote control inputs on a tape
deck.
Frame rates supported by the Smart Brick Brain are
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fifteen or thirty FPS when using Smpte recorded at thirty
FPS, twenty-five FPS when using Smpte recorded at
twenty-five FPS, and twelve or twenty-four FPS when using
Smpte recorded at twenty-four FPS. All type of Smpte
must be recorded ‘non-drop frame’ for compatibility with
the Smart Brick Brain.
Smpte is a type of time code which is prone to minor
errors. The Smart Brick Brain automatically bridges over
these until it gets a number of consecutive consistent
Smpte frames. You can set the size of this number when
configuring the Smart Brick Brain to anywhere from one
to two hundred fifty-six consecutive frames.
3) Internal Time Base: If there is no need for synchroniza-
tion to an audio or video source, you can use the crystal
controlled time base in the Smart Brick Brain to clock the
entire system. This type of show is often used for chase
sequences, test shows, when you just don’t need to synchronize a show to anything else, or to keep the figures
moving between the main Smpte or LaserDisk (or DVD)
synchronized shows. Frame rates supported are:
1 FPS
2 FPS
4 FPS
5 FPS
8 FPS
10 FPS
12 FPS
15 FPS
16 FPS
20 FPS
24 FPS
25 FPS
30 FPS
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32 FPS
50 FPS
60 FPS
64 FPS
75 FPS
100 FPS)
4) External Time Base: This is generally used when you
need to tie the Smart Brick System to an external clock.
Typical uses of external time base sync are to lock the
system to a mechanical device like a motion picture
camera or projector so that it will follow at any speed, or
to synchronize two incompatible systems so that data
can be transferred between the two. Frame rates supported are from one to one hundred FPS (this is simply
the number of frames displayed on the Heads Up
Display, as the actual rate will follow whatever clock rate
is fed to the Smart Brick Brain).
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- Smart Brick Configuration -
The majority of the configuration for the Smart Bricks is handled in the Smart Brick Brain. The exceptions to this are those
jumpers which set the size and type of memory used in each
Smart Brick, and whether or not you would like the outputs from a
Smart Brick to be disabled when ever the system is not advancing frames.
The one jumper which the Smart Bricks have on them retain
the same callout as are used in the normal Micro MACs Bricks. All
configuration is done on JP-2. The two things which Smart Bricks
must be configured for are the memory size and type and the
‘enable/disable when stopped’.
In all of the following drawings, the jumper pins are shown as
circles contained within an outline of the header assembly. Pins
which are used for a given configuration are shown as filled-in,
while those which remain hollow are not being used. The jumper
plugs (used for connecting adjacent pins)or wires (used for connecting pins which are not adjacent) which connect the pins are
shown as black lines. Any pin which is shown filled in with black,
but which does not have any wire or jumper plug shown on it,
must have all wires and/or jumper plugs removed from it in the
actual Smart Brick you are configuring.
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- 6264LP RAM -
To configure a Record/Playback Smart Brick for use with
6264LP static RAM Chips for a capacity of 16,384 (16K) frames.
As shown, the RAM chips must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the top of each socket.
DMX data
DMX
heart
DMX Error
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
6264LP 6264LP 6264LP 6264LP
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U6
U11 (ch 3)
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- 62256LP RAM -
To configure a Record/Playback Smart Brick for use with
62256LP static RAM Chips for a capacity of 65,536 (64K). As
shown, the RAM chips must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the top of each socket. This configuration requires
a wire wrapped jumper.
DMX data
DMX
DMX Error
heart
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
62256LP 62256LP 62256LP 62256LP
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U6
U11 (ch 3)
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- 27C64 Eprom -
To configure a Playback-only Smart Brick for use with 27C64
Eprom Chips for a capacity of 8192 (8 K) frames. The Eprom
chips must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the
top of each socket.
DMX data
DMX
DMX Error
heart
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
27C64 27C64 27C64 27C64
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U11 (ch 3)
2
U6
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- 27C128 Eprom -
To configure a Playback-only Smart Brick for use with 27C128
Eprom Chips for a capacity of 16,384 (16K) frames. The Eprom
chips must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the
top of each socket.
DMX data
DMX
DMX Error
heart
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
27C128 27C128 27C128 27C128
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U6
U11 (ch 3)
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- 27C256 Eprom -
To configure a Playback-only Smart Brick for use with 27C256
Eprom Chips for a capacity of 32,768 (32 K) frames. The Eprom
chips must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the
top of each socket.
DMX data
DMX
DMX Error
heart
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
27C256 27C256 27C256 27C256
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U11 (ch 3)
2
U6
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- 27C512 Eprom -
To configure a Playback-only Smart Brick for use with 27C512
Eprom Chips for a capacity of 65,536 (64K) frames. This is the default memory configuration for Smart Bricks. The Eprom chips
must be ‘South’ justified, leaving four unused holes at the top of
each socket.
DMX data
DMX Error
DMX
heart
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
27C512 27C512 27C512 27C512
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
3
U5
channel
U11 (ch 3)
channel
No
U6
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
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- 27C010, 27C020, 27C040 or 27C080
Eprom -
To configure a Playback-only Smart Brick for use with:
27C010 Eprom for a capacity of 131,072 (128 K) frames
27C020 Eprom for a capacity of 262,144 (256 K) frames
27C040 Eprom for a capacity of 524,288 (512 K) frames
27C080 Eprom for a capacity of 1,048,576 (1024 K) frames
DMX data
DMX
heart
DMX Error
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
27C010
27C020
27C040
27C080
27C010
27C020
27C040
27C080
27C010
27C020
27C040
27C080
27C010
27C020
27C040
27C080
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
U5
3
channel
U11 (ch 3)
channel
No
U6
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
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- Enabling the Outputs When Stopped -
This jumper plug must be installed for the Smart Brick to work. It
has two possible positions. This position should be used if you
want the outputs to be active at their programmed levels, even
when the system is not advancing frames. This is used if you
don’t care that some outputs might stay on even when the system is no longer advancing frames. It is almost always used if
there are any analog functions attached to a Smart Brick, as disabling the outputs which feed a D/A converter would cause it to
slam to one of it’s extremes.
DMX data
DMX
heart
DMX Error
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes
2
U6
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
No
channel
3
U5
U11 (ch 3)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- Disabling the Outputs When Stopped -
This jumper plug must be installed for the Smart Brick to work. It
has two possible positions. This position will cause all of the outputs to turn off whenever the Smart Brick System stops advancing
frames and the ‘running delay’ counter has run out. This is useful
if damage might result from leaving certain outputs in your system turned on indefinitely, as could occur if the system were
stopped while those outputs were active.
DMX data
DMX
heart
DMX Error
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U6
U11 (ch 3)
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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- DMX Forever! -
This jumper plug is available only on Smart Bricks that have
the DMX-512 option installed. If set to ‘Yes’, data on the outputs
retains the last DMX-512 data that was received until new DMX512 data is received.
DMX data
DMX
heart
DMX Error
DMX-512 Address
Brain heart
JP2
DMX-
512
in/out
DMX-512
Forever!
Yes No
channel
3
U5
channel
U6
U11 (ch 3)
2
channel
U12 (ch 2)
channel
1
U7
0
U8
U13 (ch 1)
U14 (ch 0)
JP3
U17 26LS32
JP6
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