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O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Overview .............................................................................................. 1 BS-ANA as a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) ........................................................................... 1 BS-ANA as a Smart Brick ................................................................................................... 1 Front of the Analog Smart Brick ..................
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O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Overview: This is an output card which has sixteen 0-10 volt analog outputs, a single DMX-512 output and a port for attaching Z-Bricks. The analog outputs can be set to use either eight or twelve bits of resolution. It is designed to be used as an output card for use in a PC¥MACs system, or as a playback only Smart Brick in a Smart Brick installation.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Power requirements for each BS-ANA are 18 to 24 VDC. The actual current requirements are determined by the loads attached to the unit (up to 20 ma. per output). The Smart Analog Brick itself draws approximately 200 ma..
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 On the Front of the Analog Smart Brick: A) RS-422 Serial Port: This is used to configure the BS-ANA. It is compatible with all of the RS-422 Serial Ports used on Gilderfluke & Company products. As a convenience, the four active lines on this connector are bussed to the backplane of the card cage.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 12 on the backplane. This allows the DMX-512 signals to be bussed between cards within a card cage. The default position for JP-1 is ÔneitherÕ. 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.
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O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 BackPlane Connections: The BackPlane connection is through a sixty position double sided edge connector (thirty connections on each side on .1Ó centers). This normally is plugged into a card cage, but can also be used with an IDS or other discrete edge connector. We recommend an Insulation Displacement (IDE) connector for the latter.
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O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 output command to this output, you should then be able to adjust it for 10.00 volts using R4. The adjustments for the endpoints on each of the sixteen outputs are individually set through the setup screen.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Animation Data Eproms: The Eproms used for all all of the 'Brick' products manufactured by Gilderfluke & Company have traditionally each contained one channel (eight bits) worth of data. The Eproms used on the BS-ANA, EFB Smart Brick and RTU/FSK Units for storing animation data each carry a number of channel's worth of data.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 The Eprom file that PC¥MACs generates will have the extension of filename.Mnn. The 'M' in the extension flags it as a 'multiple channel' Eprom file. The 'nn' is the HEXadecimal address of the first channel in the Eprom set. Once saved, this file can be burnt into any Eprom from 1 Mbit (27C010) to 8 Mbits (27C080). The BS-ANA supports all four standard thirty-two pin Eproms.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Serial Port Commands: The following commands are used to communicate with BS-ANAs and just about any other piece of equipment manufactured by Gilderfluke & Company. Just by attaching the serial port of your PC, PLC or terminal to the serial port of the Smart Brick, you can access these commands. To enter the configuration mode: Type the following.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Analog Smart Brick Configuration: To communicate with the BS-ANA through the serial port, you can use just about any computer or terminal which has a serial port on it. Some newer computer designs, like the Apple Macintosh, come with serial ports which are directly compatible with the RS-422 / RS-485 signal levels the BS-ANA wants to see.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Configuration Screen: For eight bit resolution outputs, the menu will appear as follows. Percentage values have been selected for the numbers. At the top of the screen the size of the Animation Data Eprom installed (if any) is shown. If the Animation Data Eprom isn't found, then 'not found' will appear in this space. -Gilderfluke & Company - Analog Smart Brick - version 2.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 ( on some keyboards). If more characters have been entered before the than are allowed, then the characters already entered will scroll to the left to make room for the new entries. Once a command has been invoked, characters can be erased one-by-one by using the key ( on some keyboards). An entire entry can be erased by hitting the ape key.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Percentage numbering systems for display and entries. When percentage is selected, all entries are still made in Decimal numbers. h) VT-52 Compatible Display: When this toggle is enabled, the BS-ANA will use special escape sequences to clear the screen (ape 'E'), clear the current line (ape 'l'), or position the cursor (ape 'Y' ROW COLUMN).
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 7) 5 seconds 8) 7.5 seconds 9) 10 seconds If any output crosses or reaches the level it is being commanded to, it will drop out of Ease-In mode and begin following the command normally. You can tell when an Ease-In is being performed by the Heartbeat jumping to a speed twice normal. Once all outputs have dropped out of Ease-In mode, the heartbeat will return to its regular rate.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 changed. When you have finished making the adjustments, hitting the , or will save write these variables to the table on the main part of the screen. To set the endpoints for any output, just follow these simple steps: 1) Select the output you want to adjust: You can do this using the Ôj) Output to Test & AdjustÕ, Ôn) NextÕ or Ôl) LastÕ commands.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 and it will then change to Ôn/aÕ. 8) Save your changes: Hitting the , or Ô0Õ key on your keyboard will exit this mode and write the changes to the BS-ANAÕs EEprom. These new values will also now appear on the upper part of the screen on the line next to the arrow.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ s) FAX 818/840-9485 Upload configuration: This command (which doesn't appear on the menu) is the compliment of the Download Configuration command. To invoke it, all you need to do is tell your modem program to send the file saved by the 'download' command back to the BS-ANA. This will automatically invoke the upload command and store the incoming data.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Using Z-Bricks with a BS-ANA: A Z-Brick is a card that can be used with any BS-ANA to add thirty-two digital outputs to it. The data for the Z-Brick comes either from the DMX-512 that is being received by the BS-ANA or from the Eprom onboard the BS-ANA. With proper buffering, any number of Z-Bricks can be added to a BS-ANA. Each adds another thirty-two digital outputs to the BS-ANA.
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O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ #1 ground (brown)-- #1 ground (brown)-- #2 bit 7 (red)-- #2 bit 7 (red)-- 2.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 Edge Connector: All of the connections to and from Z-Brick Cards are available on the 60 position edge connector.
O GILDERFLUKE & C .¥ 205 S. FLOWER S T. ¥ BURBANK, CA 91502 ¥ 818/840-9484 ¥ 800/776-5972 ¥ FAX 818/840-9485 - Decimal to HEXadecimal to ASCII to Percentage The following chart shows decimal, HEXadecimal, ASCII and a few percentage equivalents to aid you when you need to convert between numbering bases. Also shown are the 'special' characters used by PC¥MACs and Smart Brick Animation Control Systems and RTU/FSK units.
