Gilderfluke&Co 'Dumb' Brick Animation Control System - Manual (Page 42)

DB-25 DE-9 SIGNAL SIGNAL FROM/TO AUDIO SYSTEM
2 3 DATA OUT - serial data IN to Micro Console (GREEN)
3 2 DATA IN - serial data OUT from Micro Console (BLACK)
7 5 Ground signal ground (BLUE or WHITE)
Apple Macintosh computers have true RS-422 serial ports built in. To connect to the Micro Console,
the pin out is as follows for a Macintosh mini-DIN-8:
to + serial data in to card (#5 yellow)
to - serial data in to card (#4 green)
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8
from - serial data out from card (#2 black)
from + serial data out from card (#3 red)
signal ground (#1 blue or #6 white)
The Micro Console expects to see the serial data in the following format:
ONE START BIT
EIGHT DATA BITS
ONE BIT
Unlike most of the products made by Gilderfluke & Company, the Micro Console is NOT designed to
operate on a multidrop serial network. For this reason it assumes it it is the only device using the serial
port. There is no configuration ÔcommandÕ needed to bring up the menu. Just press the or
ape key. This will bring up the following menu:
-Gilderfluke & Company - Micro Console - version 1.00 - copyright 1987-1996 DCM-
a) Micro Console mode- J6
b) numbering system- percentage
c) VT-52 mode- yes
d) DMX checksums- yes
e) assignment range- 0-63
f) dumb bricks- no
g) step forward
h) step backwards
i) go to frame- .,...,..0
j) set start frame- .,...,..0
k) set end frame- .,.16,383
1) save Eprom
2) verify Eprom
3) restore Eprom
4) save archive
5) verify archive
6) restore archive
7) clear brick
r) restore default configuration
s) save current configuration
t) test brick
brick frame= .,...,..0 enter command-
a) Micro Console mode: This command is used to select which of two modes
the Micro Console is operating in. These are ÔPC¥MACsÕ or
ФJ6Х mode for working with record/playback Bricks.
If you need to switch between these two modes without
using the serial port you can press and hold the ÔunassignÕ
button and then the ÔassignÕ button.
You can tell if you are in PC¥MACs mode without using the
serial port. If it is the display will say Ôno con to PCÕ when not
connected to a PC¥MACs Smpte card for a few seconds.
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