Gilderfluke&Co Pb-DMX - Manual (Page 38)

on each edge of each input. You can also set specific shows to be played on any edge
of either input. A ʻclosingʼ is when you apply a voltage to an input. An ʻopeningʼ is when
that voltage is removed.
The Pb-DMX/32 has only two inputs. The ʻCʼ and ʻDʼ input selections are used for
configuring inputs for BR-MultiBrick32, Sd-50s and other devices made by Gilderfluke
& Company that have up to four inputs. Although any settings you make in the ʻCʼ and
ʻDʼ inputs will be downloaded to the Pb-DMX/32, it wonʼt do anything with them.
Note that there is a subtle, yet very important difference between a ʻplayʼ and a ʻloopʼ
command. Both the ʻplayʼ and ʻloopʼ will start a show. The difference is at the end of the
show. A ʻplayʼ will simply get to the end of the show and do absolutely nothing. A ʻloopʼ
command will get the end of the show and then look around for what options have been
set for the end of the particular show which just finished. This can be to ʻdo nothingʼ, or
to jump to another show. When in doubt, it is always safer to use a ʻloopʼ command.
What will happen at the end of each show?........
Select any file in the list of shows to be Auto Downloaded. You can then use the
popup below the list to set what will happen at the end of each show. If you set it to
jump immediately back to itself, the show will loop back on itself until another show is
started. You can also select whether another show can step on the one that is currently
running.
Do the deed........
Press the ʻDownloadʼ button. This will open a standard Mac/Windows ʻfile saveʼ dia-
log. The default name will be the name of the first show on the AutoDownload list. You
can change the FileName to any other legal name you wish. Press ʻOKʼ to start the
download. If this FileName has been used previously, then PC•MACs will ask if it is OK
to overwrite the older file. Go ahead and overwrite it.
A dialog with a progress bar will show the download taking place. You can cancel it if
you like, but if you do stop the download mid way you may need to power down the Pb-
DMX/32 and reset it before it can be talked to again..
An AutoDownload to a Pb-DMX/32 should take about twenty seconds at most. If you
AutoDownload takes more than a minute, it probably means that you are sending more
channels to the Pb-DMX/32 than you should. Go ahead and cancel, power down and
reset the Pb-DMX/32. Select the appropriate number of channels and try it again.
Enjoy the results........
Because we set the Brick to play on power up, it will begin playing the show as soon
as the AutoDownload finishes. You should also get a confirmation of the AutoDown-
loadʼs success. If you selected any actions to take place on the two inputs, you can test
these as well.
Did it all fit?........
The Pb-DMX/32s have what is for most applications lots of extra memory space.
Now that you have downloaded the shows, you can check on how much space they
really occupy. Press the ʻReportʼ button. This will open up a report that is generated at
the same time as the AutoDownload file. This report is also saved to your disk under the
same FileName as the AutoDownload file, but with the extension ʻ.setʼ. You can open
this with Windows Notepad.
The value shown as the ʻEprom Endʼ for the last show in the set is the actual last
byte of data sent to the EEprom of the Pb-DMX/32. This will have to be a bit below
65,536 to fit properly.
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