Br-minibrick8 overview, Br-minibrick8 – Gilderfluke&Co Br-miniBrick8 User Manual

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Br-miniBrick8 Overview

The Br-miniBrick8 can be used to control animated shows and displays, fountains,

fireworks, lighting, sound systems, simulators, slide and movie projectors, fiber optics,
window displays, motors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, special effects, signs, ma-
chines and machine tools in process control, or anything else that can be controlled by
an electrical signal.

The Br-miniBrick8 is a complete stand-alone Show Control System. It can be used

singly, or in combination with additional Br-miniBrick8s, Smart Bricks, Dumb Bricks or
Digital Audio Repeaters. To add sound, use a Sd-10 or Sd-25 Audio Repeaters. If you
need fewer outputs, consider our Br-miniBrick4.
For more i/o, use the Br-MultiBrick32. For built
in animation and lighting control, audio repeaters,
and amplification, use our Sd-50 series of con-
trollers. The Sd-50s are even available with
ʻAtomicʼ clock or GPS-based triggering based
upon time or position on the globe.

You can program the digital outputs of a Br-

miniBrick8 without a computer. Press and hold
the

red ʻRecordʼ button

until the first output

flashes. Press again to step to the output you
want to record. When you are ready to record,
press the

green ʻGoʼ button

. While you press

(and hold!) the

red ʻRecordʼ button

, anything you

do on the

blue ʻDataʼ button

is recorded on this

one output. Anything previously recorded on the
other outputs will play back as you record this
output. The Br-miniBrick8 will remember exactly
what you do and precisely when you did it. You repeat this until you have all eight out-
puts programmed just the way you want them.

To program the Br-miniBrick8 using a computer, you can ʻdrawʼ the sequence you

need on the screen of your computer using our included PC•MACs software. When
you have all of your shows completed (or just want to take a look at them), you can
download them to a Br-miniBrick8 in about twenty seconds through the standard RS-
232 serial port on your PC. You can then make additional changes and download again
and again until you are completely satisfied with your show. Once your show is perfect,
the PC can then go away. The Br-miniBrick8 will run by itself.

With the optional PC•MACs ʻRealTimeʼ license or PC•MACs hardware (MACs-USB

Smpte Card and a programming console), you can program in RealTime. PC•MACs
will remember exactly what you do and precisely when you did it. You can then use

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2.75"

2.00"

Record

RS-232

1/4 J6

Data

Trigger

DMX

512

vdc

9–24 vdc

1 2

Servos

Outputs

Br-miniBrick8

Gilderfluke & Company

Burbank, California

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