Gilderfluke&Co Br-miniBrick8 - Manual (Page 21)

The Hyper Terminal program that comes with Windows ʼ95, ʼ98, W2K and XP will not
work for sending AutoDownloads. For some strange reason it has been written to ran-
domly change any binary value that is larger than one hundred twenty-seven.
Start Global ʻuʼ
This command is available ONLY firmware revisions 3.07 and later of the Br-
miniBrick8.
This command starts the animation playing on the Br-miniBrick8. The shows will
always start from the beginning. If the Br-miniBrick8 was previously looping shows, it
will have the ʻLOOPING SHOWSʼ flag reset.
At the end of a show which has been started using this command, the Br-
miniBrick8 will simply stop. If you need the Br-miniBrick8 to pay attention the ʻat endʼ
actions which were set when the show was downloaded, then you should use the ʻloopʼ
command instead.
If the Br-miniBrick8 receives a start command after it has received a request for a
specific show, it will play that show. Otherwise, it will play the show that has been set as
the ʻnextʼ show for the show which is currently playing (or most recently played show if it
is not currently playing). If this is the first show played after a Br-miniBrick8 is reset, it
will play the show which has been set as the ʻfirstʼ show during the AutoDownload. Re-
quests for specific shows can come only from the serial port.
When shows are downloaded to the Br-miniBrick8, they can be set to ignore addi-
tional start commands while they are playing. This allows individual shows to be
ʻsteppedʼ upon or not. If the Br-miniBrick8 is already playing a show which has this op-
tion set, it will ignore this command.
Stop Global ʻyʼ
This command is available ONLY firmware revisions 3.07 and later of the Br-
miniBrick8.
This command unconditionally stops the Br-miniBrick8. The stop happens at the
current frame being played, and the outputs are frozen in the condition they were in
when the stop was received
Loop Global ʻ”ʼ
This command is available ONLY firmware revisions 3.07 and later of the Br-
miniBrick8.
These command acts much like the START commands, except they also set the
ʻLOOPING SHOWSʼ flag. At the end of the show, the Br-miniBrick8 will check for what
was set as the ʻat endʼ functions for the show which just completed, and take those ac-
tions. With this flag set, it is possible to set a sequence of shows playing in any order.
Since the ʻnextʼ show can be any show you ask for, one show can be played over and
over again, or you can set up a sequence of shows which will be repeated until the Br-
miniBrick8 is told to stop.
Select Show Global ʻ*ʼ [nn] (show#)
This command is available ONLY firmware revisions 3.07 and later of the Br-
miniBrick8.
Up to two hundred fifty-five different animated shows can be stored on a single Br-
miniBrick8. This command can be used to select an individual show on the selected
Br-miniBrick8. Individual shows can be requested using Hexadecimal numbers with a
range of 01 to FF. Once a show is selected, it will be played on the next serial port
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