Gilderfluke&Co Mp3-50 Audio & Show Controllers - Manual (Page 62)

Preparing Animation Data for AutoDownloads
The Eprom Memories used for the original 'Brick' products manufactured
by Gilderfluke & Company each contained one channel (eight-bits) worth
of data. As memory sizes increased, later products used Eproms which con-
tained several channels each. The Flash Memories used on the Mp3-50/8
or Mp3-50/40, BR-MultiBrick32, BR-ANA, BR-EFB and BR-SmartMedia use
a MultiChannel format with a complex data header to allow them to be
AutoDownloaded from PC•MACs. The following instructions apply to all of
cards that use AutoDownload files.
After you have finished programming your show(s), files are AutoDown-
loaded from PC•MACs by:
1) Selecting the 'Save as AutoDownload...' command from the 'File'
pulldown.
2) Use the ‘Add’ button to select any additional show(s) you would
like to be saved into this AutoDownload file.
3) Use the ‘Promote’ and ‘Demote’ buttons to move selected show(s)
into the order you would like to save them in the Flash Memory.
4) Select the ‘first show’ and what will happen to the Mp3-50/8 or
Mp3-50/40 on power up. If you have set the Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-
50/40 to ‘wait’ at power up, then the first frame of the show you
have selected will be output as soon as power is applied to the
Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40.
5) Set what will happen on each of the four ‘J8’ optoisolated inputs.
You can set different actions for both the opening and closing
edges.
6) Select each show to be downloaded one at a time and set what
will happen at the end of each show and whether it can be
‘stepped on’. Any show which ‘can be stepped upon’ can be in-
terrupted mid-show by a new show start coming in. Any show
which ‘can not be stepped upon’ will ignore all additional start
commands while it is still playing.
7) Set the ‘Brick Serial Address’ to send the AutoDownload file to. This
is the serial address of the Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40 you want it to
be received by. All other cards will ignore the data being sent to
this one card. With Mp3-50/8 or Mp3-50/40, the address is usual-
ly the same as the ‘start’ channel set in the next step.
8) Set the 'first channel' and 'last channel' boxes to set the number
channels you want to go into this AutoDownload file. If you are
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