Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Operator Control Panel The Kp-300 has all the controls that are needed to run any motion base or other Smart Brick system. It mounts in 5-1/4” of standard 19” rack space.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Safety Disclaimer: Any electronic or mechanical system has a potential to fail. Certain applications using Gilderfluke & Company equipment may involve potential risks of death, personal injury, or severe property, or environmental damage (“Critical Application”).
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Overview................................................................................... 9 Kp-300 Panel Indicators..................................................................... 11 Error Input Logged LEDs!.................................................................................. 11 Error Input Status LEDs!............................................................
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 DipSwitch #5: Pause Buss Disables Show Starts!.......................................... 35 DipSwitch #6: E-Stop Triggers Alarm Output!................................................. 35 DipSwitch #7: HPU-Stop Triggers Alarm Output!............................................ 35 DipSwitch #8: Pause Buss Triggers Alarm Output!.........................................
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Six High Current Optoisolated Outputs!...........................................................70 J1 Inputs To The Kp-300 Expansion!.................................................................70 Thirty-two Optoisolated Inputs To The Kp-300 Expansion!............................ 71 Kp-300 Installation/Best Practices....................................................
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 A note about this manual: This manual covers the specifics of the Kp-300. To program the Kp-300 you will also want to refer to the PC•MACs manual sections that cover the PC•MACs software. The Kp-300 is typically programmed in ‘Software-only’ or ‘Hardwareless RealTime’ mode.
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Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Door, Ramp, Seat Belt and other 'Safety' Switches HPU error signals (Oil low, overtemp, filter dirty, etc.) HPU Run/Stop Status Signals HPU Run Output HPU Kp-300 Relay Outputs 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 1/4 J6 Outputs 5 7 6 8 0 Inputs 9 10 11 12 1 13 2 14 3 15 4 16 5 17 J6 Inputs 6 18 19 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Pb-DMX with 3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Overview The Kp-300 features fifteen safety inputs, plus an onboard E-Stop Button and Keyswitch that can be used to lock the system. All the safety inputs are ʻfail safeʼ (they want to see a closure on them and will be triggered by any wire break).
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 the Kp-300, remotely via a switch closure, or automatically as part of the motion profile program. Each safety input as well as the built in E-Stop Button and Keyswitch have indicator LEDs that show their current status. a) A green light means that the input is ʻOKʼ. b) A yellow light means that the input has been logged as ʻtemporarily unusedʼ.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Panel Indicators There are sixty-one LED indicators and one or two LCD displays on the front of the Kp-300. They are used as follows: A) Error Input Logged LEDs ! (One yellow LED for each Error Input) (Fifteen LEDs total) These are lit to show that an input has been logged as inactive for the current show.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 All the inputs are configured to ʻfail safeʼ, which is to say that an error is triggered by an open circuit on an input. This is true even for the Kp-300ʼs EStop Button and Keyswitch. These are wired in series and trigger an E-Stop if this connection is opened at any point.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 the safety inputs can be logged by either pressing the Log Belts Button or activating the Remote Log Belts Input by pressing Remote Log Belts Button(s) attached to it. If you want to automatically log belts from the motion profile, just set the Remote Log Belts Input for Internal Power and attach the two wires for this input together so it is always active.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 The Show Cycle Count Advance Input pulse is typically programmed to take place towards the end of the motion base program. This lets a show which is aborted for any reason not be counted. The LCD module that displays the current show cycle count permanently stores the count each time it is advanced. The count will be retained even if power is removed from the Kp-300.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 from running. This technique should be used in applications that donʼt use the Blocking Valve Output. Typical of these are most electric motion base installations. H) Show Pause Buss LED (One red LED) This LED lights to show that the Kp-300 currently has an unresolved Show Pause condition. If this LED is ON, you should not run the show.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 the HPUs wired into one of the error inputs of the Kp-300. This input is configured to keep the motion base from running if the HPU ʻHand/Off/Manualʼ switch is in anything but the ʻAutoʼ position. c) The Blocking Valve Output from the Kp-300 can be run through the ʻAutoʼ position of the HPU ʻHand/Off/Manualʼ switch.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 is started and a time after it is stopped where any HPU pressure sensors inputs will need to be bypassed. Do this by programming the Bypass Buss you are using and Remote HPU Start Input to be active at the beginning of the show. The Bypass Buss needs to be active for the time it takes for the HPU to build up pressure.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 vince the Kp-300 that the inputs are in the ʻsafeʼ position, and so they will not be logged as ʻunoccupiedʼ. The Show Pause functions are usually disabled during the E-Stop and Load/Unload shows by the Show Pause Reset Input from the Smart Brick System.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 disable the Kp-300 Show Pause functions. This is normally programmed active only during the E-Stop and Load/Unload shows. Seat belts can be logged at any time that the Show Pause Reset Input from the Smart Brick System is active.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Stopped Input. Unlike the HPU Running Input, this input is not used for any other purpose than lighting this LED. To help keep shows from being run when the HPU has been started by its local Hand/Off/Auto switch, the HPU Stopped Input and HPU Running Input signals are often routed through the ʻAutoʼ position on the switch.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 configured to pause the currently running show on a closure on this input5 . When a show is 'continued', the signal is dropped on the Green ʻPauseʼ Output to the Smart Brick Brain. This input must be configured to continue the currently running show on an opening on this input.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Operator Controls The Kp-300 has just a small number of operator controls. Most of these have LEDs that can be lit under program control, or indicate their current status. A) E-Stop Button/Keyswitch These two switches are wired in series. Opening either one will cause an E-Stop and HPU Stop event on the Kp-300.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 input together so it is always active. Whenever the Show Pause Reset Input is programmed active, the inputs that are set to be logged will automatically be logged. Input logging actually takes place at the instant that the Log Belts Button, Remote Log Belts Input, or Show Pause Reset Input are released.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 If shows must be run in a certain order, you can program this into the motion profile stored on the Smart Brick System. An example of this would be a motion base that has separate entrance and exit doors. The main shows all lead into a show that leaves the exit doors opened6.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 E) HPU Stop Button This Button is used to reset the latch on the Kp-300 that turns on the HPU Run Output. This is an optional feature. If you donʼt want the HPU to be started and stopped remotely, just donʼt use this button. The HPU Stop Button parallels the Remote HPU Stop Input from the Smart Brick System.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 to pause the currently running show on a closure on this input8 . When a show is 'continued', the signal is dropped on the Green ʻPauseʼ Output to the Smart Brick Brain. This input must be configured to continue the currently running show on an opening on this input.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Jumper Configuration There are about seventy-five jumpers that must be set on the Kp-300 before it can be used. Not to worry though, each of the fifteen safety inputs has only five options that you can choose. There is also one jumper that globally affects the E-Stop latches. The jumpers are located on the back of the printed circuit board that is used in the Kp-3009.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 ommend that you document the final positions of all jumpers by marking them on the drawing above (or a copy of it) The jumpers are: A) Latched E-Stop This is the only jumper that is not related to the fifteen individual safety inputs.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 C) Seat Belt Logging (One jumper for each safety input) The fifteen Safety Inputs can be set to be ʻLoggedʼ either manually or automatically. Not Logging Input Logged Once an input which is open (green LED is not on) has been logged, it will be ignored until it is logged as active again. This feature is typically used (as its name implies) to log seat belt inputs.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 By moving the jumper to the E-Stop position, an input will trigger an EStop show when it opens. Moving it to the Show Pause position will cause an input to pause the show when it opens. If this input is not being used for either an E-Stop or Show Pause, it should be removed.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 ʻPauseʼ. Typically this is done during the E-Stop and Load/Unload shows to prevent these shows from being paused. F) Bypass Buss One G) Bypass Buss Two (One jumper for each safety input) The fifteen Safety Inputs can be temporarily disabled from causing a Show Pause or E-Stop from the motion profile programmed into the Smart Brick System.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 trigger an E-Stop, they will need to be bypassed during the EStop and Load Unload shows. This is because although you want these inputs to trigger an error while the motion base is in motion, you donʼt want this to trigger an E-Stop when someone opens the doors for the passengers to be loaded and unloaded.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Although any E-Stop error will stop the HPU, as soon as the E-Stop show has started running the HPU can be restarted. By using this jumper in addition to the E-Stop jumper, the HPU cannot be restarted until the error condition is cleared. A typical example of this featureʼs use is on the input used for the HPU oil level sensor.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 DipSwitch settings on the Kp-300 (v3.0+) (EIGHT POSITION DIPSWITCH) The DipSwitch is used to select several options on the v3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 ON# = HPU-Stop Buss disables new show starts When on, this DipSwitch will keep any shows from being started When the HPU-Stop buss is active (the HPU-Stop Buss LED is lit) using the ʻShow Startʼ buttons, even if the ʻShow Startʼ Enables are active.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 H) DipSwitch #8: Pause Buss Triggers Alarm Output OFF# = Does nothing ON# = Pause Buss Triggers Alarm Output When on, when the Show Pause buss is active (the Show Pause Buss LED is lit), the alarm output will be active too. The alarm output can be attached to a buzzer, bell or other annunciator to give an audible/visual indication of an error condition.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 DMX-512 Address Selection on the Kp-300 (v3.0+) (TWO HEXADECIMAL DIPSWITCHES) To support the DMX-512 input, the v3.0+ Kp-300 adds a two position rotary DipSwitch which is used to set the DMX-512 address The DMX-512 addressing is zero-based, HEXadecimal numbering. Valid addresses between 00h and FFh.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Sample Shows Although the Kp-300 has no microcontroller on it of any kind, the Smart Brick System does. Whether or not the Smart Brick System is mounted on the back of the Kp-300 or remotely, the configuration for the Smart Brick Brains and motion profiles are identical. The Kp-300 must be used with Smart Brick Brains with firmware revisions of 1.13 or later.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 a) The motion base is programmed with all axis at the parked positions. This can be seen in the upper, analog data pane. All the analog channels are down along the bottom ʻ0%ʼ line in the E-Stop and Load/Unload Shows. b) Disable the Blocking Valve Output to the Kp-300. This will park a hydraulic Motion base (the hardware on the Kp-300 will have actually turned off the output before this).
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 j) Turn on/off any lights as needed to allow the passengers to be evacuated. k) On at least the first iteration of this show you will need to stop the image/audio playback for the show and start the traditional ʻrun for your livesʼ video message 13.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Moog E-Stop command requires that the PC under the Moog motion base be rebooted before the motion base will move again. This is a little too drastic for our tastes. The Moog Park will just move the motion base home if it is engaged. The Moog Reset will reset any minor error conditions in the PC under the motion base.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 only the valid show selections. The eight ʻShow Pilotʼ outputs are shown doing a simple circular chase pattern. f) Whenever a Show Start Button LED is programed to indicate that a Show Start Buttons is valid, it is also necessary to actually enable the corresponding Show Start Button Enable Input from the Smart Brick System to make the Show Start Buttons active.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 they are automated they usually need to be programmed to open (or stay open) during the Load/Unload time. j) (optional) Turn on/off any lights as needed. k) (optional) You may want to start a visual/audio message to the motion base passengers during the Load/Unload show.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 b) Enable the Blocking Valve Output to the Kp-300 just before motion start. Disable it just after motion end. This will enable a hydraulic Motion base so that it is able to start moving. This is usually done just before the movement is to start. It is then disabled again just after the movement is ended. Removing the Blocking Valve Output will cause a hydraulic motion base to park itself.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 motion base is going to start moving, a hair before the Blocking Valve Output is programmed ON. This output is turned back ON as soon as the motion base has stopped moving, as soon as it is safe for the riders to unbuckle their seat belts and start getting ready to leave the capsule.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Program a Remote HPU Start Input into the show data. When the HPU is started as part of the motion profile, there will usually be a time just after it is started where any HPU pressure sensors inputs will need to be bypassed. In this case, you can see ʻBypass 2ʼ being used for this at the start of the show.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 so that the ride is added to the running count. i) After the ʻCycle Counterʼ has been pulsed, and all the motion base axis have returned to the 0% position, the ʻBlocking Valveʼ Enable is turned back off. This disables all movement on the motion base. j) (optional) Close any cabin doors as needed at show start. Open them again at show end.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 the list of shows that are to go into the AutoDownload. The order is unimportant, but we usually put the E-Stop and Load/Unload shows at the top of the list, and all the ʻMainʼ shows after. You can use the promote/demote buttons to put the shows in any order you prefer.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 theses), or the settings on the last AutoDownload. Unless you have added or removed channels from your site file since the last AutoDownload using this site file, you should let Pc•MACs set this for you. 8) Build AutoDownload File: Give the file a name (it defaults to the name of the first show in the AutoDownload list) and point Windows to where you would like it to be saved.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 (assuming it is not getting realtime updates from Pc•MACs through the serial port or DMX-512), the Br-Brain4 will read in the AutoDownload file and begin running your shows. Accessing More Than Eight Shows on a Kp-300 Although there are only eight Show Start Buttons, the control system has a capacity for 255 shows.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 cling on and off between every show is to use an extended load/unload show to turn off the HPU if the ride isnʼt restarted within a certain period of time. To do this, just make a new extended length load/unload show. The length of the show and the delay is up to you. If you want to wait five minutes before the HPU automatically cycles off, then make this show five minutes long.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 any E-Stop event Power Up "Start" Main Show #1 E-Stop 1 Show "Start" Main Show #2 "Start" Main Show #3 Main Shows are started by an operator pressing one of the 'Show Start' buttons.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Connections There are only four connectors on the Kp-300 (v1.n & v2.n) or seven connections (v3.0+) version Kp-300. Prior to the v3.0 revision, a separate digital output card (typically a Br-ZBR Z-Brick) was used to control the Kp-300. It uses a thirty position insulation displacement connector to connect to the digital outputs of the Z-Brick. The v3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 tem. The v3.0+ Kp-300 has a separate pair of screw terminals for attaching the 24 vdc supply. Not surprisingly, the inputs to the Kp-300 are all compatible with the digital outputs on all of our animation control systems. In most cases the digital outputs will be coming from a Z-Brick. The digital output from all Gilderfluke & Co, animation systems is called a ʻJ6ʼ connector.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 1. Show Start Button LED Inputs ! Eight Inputs to Kp-300 These inputs control the LEDs that are next to each of the eight Show Start Buttons. They are controlled directly by the motion control profile stored in the Smart Brick System. This allows the LEDs to be programmed on, off or flashing as desired at any point in time.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Typically the Show Start Buttons to call up all the shows that are loaded into Smart Brick System are programmed as active during the E-Stop and Load/Unload shows. During the main shows, typically none of them are enabled. If any are enabled, then the user can jump directly out of the currently running show and into the one(s) that have been enabled.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 another. This makes it safe for you to configure the system to jump between shows as described above. If you need show start switches that are external to the Kp-300, just attach up to eight momentary switches between the eight Show Start Show Start Button Enable Input and the Show Select Outputs from the Kp-300.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 motion base applications, the power is removed from the blocking valves during the Load/Unload times so that there is no possibility of the motion base moving while riders are walking in and out. This input is used for motion profile stored in the Smart Brick System to request that the blocking valve attached to the motion base be turned ʻonʼ to allow the motion base to move.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 E-Stop and Load Unload shows. This is because although you want these inputs to trigger an error while the motion base is in motion, you donʼt want this to trigger an E-Stop when the doors are opened for the passengers to be loaded and unloaded.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 4) Remote HPU Start Input to Kp-300 This input is used by the motion control profile on the Smart Brick System to commands the HPU to start. This is an optional feature. If you donʼt want the HPU to be started and stopped automatically, just donʼt use it. The Remote HPH Start Input parallels the HPU Start button on the front of the Kp-300.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Input logging actually takes place at the instant that the Log Belts Button, Remote Log Belts Input, or Show Pause Reset Input are released. The LED next to the Log Belts Button will light whenever the seat belts are being logged. G) 24 vdc Power Input to the Kp-300 (v3.0+ Only) (TWO POSITION SCREW TERMINAL) Connect the regulated 24 vdc used to power the Kp-300 to these two terminals.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Outputs to Smart Brick Brain (20 POSITION RIBBON CABLE CONNECTOR) This connector is used to send messages and show requests from the Kp-300 to the Smart Brick Brain.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 1) Green ʻPauseʼ Output from Kp-300 This output is activated when there is a Show Pause event on the Kp-300. This event causes the Pause Buss to go active, which causes the Show Pause Buss LED to be lit. The Green ʻPauseʼ Output from Kp-300 is used to tell the Smart Brick Brain to initiate a Show Pause through its Green ʻPauseʼ Output.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 J1 Inputs to the Kp-300 (FEMALE DB-25 CONNECTOR) This connector is used for the first ten Error Inputs to the Kp-300.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 J2 Inputs & Outputs to the Kp-300 (MALE DB-25 CONNECTOR) This connector contains the remaining five Error Inputs, as well as the HPU Run Output signal that turns the HPU on and off and the Remote Log Belts Input.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 This input should be fed 24 vdc from the HPU controller whenever the HPU is running. Unless this signal is received by the Kp-300, the Blocking Valve Output will never turn on and the Show Cycle Counter will not advance.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 error input which has been configured to force the HPU off. If the HPU is running, on the beginning of any E-Stop event, this output will be forced off. This output normally goes to the start relay on the HPU. When it is active, the HPU should begin running. The capacity of this output is 150 ma continuous at 24 vdc.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 sors, over temperature warnings, and other sensors on the HPU are often wired to these inputs. Each of these error inputs are optoisolated and can be configured to be run from the same 24 vdc supply as the Kp-300, or from an external source of 24 vdc. All of these inputs ʻfail safeʼ.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Relay Outputs 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 1/4 J6 Outputs 5 7 6 8 0 Inputs 9 10 11 12 1 13 2 14 3 15 4 16 5 17 J6 Inputs 6 18 7 19 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 2) Six High Current Optoisolated Outputs (SIX 2 POSITION SCREW TERMINALS) These six optoisolated outputs can each sink one amp of current each, or a total of 1.1 amps on all eight outputs. Whatever you are controlling should be connected between the two pins of the screw terminals. The polarity is shown on the PCB.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 The 24 vdc supply and ground lines can be used to power sensors or other devices. They are PTC fused for 1.1 amp of current. 4) Thirty-two Optoisolated Inputs To The Kp-300 Expansion (40 POSITION J6 SHROUDED MALE HEADER) This connector is used for thirty-two more optically isolated Inputs to the Kp300 Expansion.
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Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Kp-300 Installation/Best Practices The Kp-300 is an operator panel, and with the addition of the Br-Brain4 and card cage on its back, it can be the entire control system for a motion base or other attraction. For motion bases, the Kp-300 is often mounted on a pedestal adjacent to the entrance to the attraction. Pre-made pedestals are available from several 19” rack manufacturers.
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