Gilderfluke&Co BR-ANA Analog Output Smart/Dumb Brick - Manual

Br-ANA
Sixteen Output Analog Card
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! The Br-ANA is used when you need to control anything that needs
a 0-10 vdc analog control voltage. These include animated shows,
lighting, motion base simulators, pneumatic and hydraulic systems,
special effects, signs, fountains, and more.
A Digital device is either on or off, like a light switch. An Analog device
is on, off, or at any point between, like a light dimmer. The speed of the
change is set by how fast you turn the knob. In animation, analog
movements give the fluid, lifelike movements needed to bring an ani-
mated figure to life. They can move fast, slow or anywhere in between.
! Br-ANA is a controller with sixteen 0-10 volt analog outputs, a full
512 channel universe of DMX-512 input and output and a legacy port for
attaching Z-Bricks. The analog outputs are oversampled at four times the
showʼs frame rate, so they are typically updated at 120 Hz for ultra
smooth analog outputs.
! For storing shows, the Br-ANA uses any standard Sd or
SdHC flash card. These can hold months worth of shows! For
triggering those shows, there are four optically isolated inputs, or
the RS-422 networkable serial port can be used.
Br-ANAs can be used as standalone show controllers, as a ʻmasterʼ, con-
trolling slaves attached to a DMX-512 network, or they themselves can be
ʻslavesʼ, following data sent to them through a DMX-512 network.
! The Br-ANA can also be used a as ʻSmartʼ Brick, receiving time code
information from a ʻSmartʼ Brick Brain, and using this time code to access
the shows stored on its local Sd- or SdHC flash card to update its outputs.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485
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