Gilderfluke&Co 'Smart' Brick Animation Control System User Manual

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that same switch or push button is opened. A closing
edge on the 1/4 J6 Port is considered to be any of the
eight inputs closing if the DIRECT SELECT option is 'on', or
any change in the input (except going to all inputs
open) if the DIRECT SELECT option is off. A opening edge
on the 1/4 J6 Port is when all eight of the inputs go to an
open condition.

The hardware for the 'GREEN', and 'BLUE', inputs need

an external power source for the opto isolators to run. The
1/4 J-6 input can be jumpered on the Rack Smart Brick
Card to use an external power supply or the internal
power supply. Connections for these are shown else-
where in this manual.

If you want the Smart Brick System to start playing

shows as soon as it is powered up, you can set a ‘START’
or ‘START LOOPING’ command on the opening edge of
any of the inputs. On power-up, the Smart Brick Brain will
check all of the inputs and find that the one you are
using has just opened. It will then act upon any com-
mands you have set for this edge. This would normally
be a ‘START’ command if you only want the Smart Brick
System to play a single show, or a ‘START LOOPING’ com-
mand if you want it to continue playing shows until it is
told to stop. We normally use the ‘PB opening’ edge to
start shows on power-up (you can use any of the ‘openi-
ng’ edges) and then put in a ‘STOP’ or ‘STOP AT END’
command on the ‘PB closing’ command so that we can
stop the shows once they have started.

If multiple inputs to the system arrive simultaneously,

they have the following priorities:
1) '1/4 J6 Port“ INPUTS
2) 'GREEN' input
3) 'BLUE' INPUT

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