Gilderfluke&Co Sd-50 Audio & Show Controllers User Manual
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sushu, West-Japan. The ‘Atomic’ Clock synchronizes the clock inside the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/
40 once each day. These radio signals are not available (or strong enough to be used) in all
parts of the world.
can be used to continuously synchronize the clock inside the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/
40 to the world time standards broadcast from the GPS satellites orbiting over the earth. This
keeps the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 synchronized to UTC (also known as ‘Zulu’ or ‘Greenwich
Mean Time’ (‘GMT’)) to within .001 of a second. Multiple Sd-50/8s and Sd-50/40s located
anywhere on Earth can be scheduled to play the same shows and sounds at the same times,
and will play them with .001 second accuracy. A more down-to-earth application would be to
synchronize the sounds and animation on a series of parade floats so that they all play with
perfect synchronization. The GPS receivers will work anywhere a clear view of the sky is
available. They are sealed to IP67 standards for mounting outdoors or in wet locations, and
come with a 25 foot cord to allow them to be mounted where they can receive the best GPS
signals.
• AudioFiles can be selected, played and audio levels
controlled from the Show Control Sys-
. Digital controls can be used to
between full, half and completely muted. The
can be set up to 9.9 seconds. Left and Right audio outputs can also be
to one or two analog channels, and the volume can be controlled individually, or assigned to
the same analog control channel and controlled together.
• Two hundred fifty-five shows can be loaded onto a Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 at one time. Shows
can be accessed sequentially or directly using the four optoisolated
or serial com-
mands sent through the
. The ‘Next’ show can be set for the end of any
show, allowing you to loop a single show or build ‘chains’ of shows.
• The Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 supports update rates from one frame per second to a maximum of
one hundred frames per second. Different shows can each be programmed at different frame
rates. This allows you to program ‘delay’ shows that tick along at a low frame rate between
your main shows, and use very little memory.
• Four optoisolated
to synchronize Sd-50/8s or Sd-50/40s with pushbuttons or other
real-time events. Multiple Sd-50/8s or Sd-50/40s can be triggered simultaneously or sequen-
tially. Each Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 input can be set to start, stop, pause, continue, or directly
select and play a specific show. Different actions can be requested on each inputs’ opening or
closing edges. If not used for anything else, the four optically isolated inputs can be used to
select and play up to fifteen shows at random through using a binary weighted pattern.
• Shows can also be triggered via the
or
serial ports,
• Each of the eight (Sd-50/8) or forty (Sd-50/40)
load of 150 ma., or 500 ma. peak. This is enough to drive small solenoid valves, relays, LEDs
and similar loads. Relays can be used to control higher current or voltage loads (DRV-03, Pb-
DMX/08 through Pb-DMX/32, Pb-08 through Pb-32, LC-8SP, or SSR-FS). If more than forty
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