Gilderfluke&Co 'Smart' Brick Animation Control System - Manual (Page 15)

- Time Bases -
The Smart Brick System can be used with four nor-
mal 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 pro-
vided 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 advan-
tages 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 con-
trolled 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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