Gilderfluke&Co 'Smart' Brick Animation Control System - Manual (Page 171)

- PIONEER LaserDisk (or DVD) Commands -
The Pioneer LaserDisk and DVD players all share a common
command format. A full description of the commands can be
found in the technical publications available from Pioneer
Communications of America. They can be reached at (408)
988-1702.
LaserDisks used with the Standard Smart Brick Brain must be
recorded in the CAV format. This allows up to 1/2 hour per side.
The Rack Smart Brick Brain supports both CAV and CLV format
disks. CLV disks can hold up to one hour per side. Not all players
will support the commands needed for using CLV disks in an ani-
mation control system. The player must be able to position the
disk to a frame (and pause on that frame if it is to be used in a
multiple LaserDisk (or DVD) installation).
The LaserDisk (or DVD) player must be configured for 9600
baud, eight bit data, and one stop bit (4800 baud can also
work in some applications). On the LD-V8000, you also must set
the ‘TxD Terminator’ to ‘’. Other data rates can be used,
but lower baud rates can’t get the data across fast enough for
the Smart Brick Brain while a show is running. Whatever the data
rate used, you must set the Smart Brick Brain, LaserDisk (or DVD)
player, and the terminal or computer you are using to configure
the system to the same speed. If parity is used, then you need to
set the data word length to 7 bits, and the parity to ‘odd’. You
must also set the Smart Brick Brain to recognize ‘odd’ parity as
well. Connections are made as follows:
Pioneer LaserDisk (or DVD)
DB-15 SIGNAL SIGNAL FROM/TO Smart Brick Brain
2 DATA OUT - serial data in to Smart Brick Brain (GREEN)
3 DATA IN - serial data out from Brick Brain (BLACK)
1, 11 or 15 GROUND signal ground (BLUE or WHITE)
The electrical output from PC•MACs is at RS-422 voltage levels
rather than the RS-232 that these LaserDisk (or DVD) players really
want to see. If this causes a problem, or it the wire runs between
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