Gilderfluke&Co BR-SmartMedia - Manual (Page 9)

BR-SmartMedia Overview
The BR-SmartMedia is a unique product in the Gilderfluke &
Company lines. It is a combination of several previous products:
BS-Serial, BS-DMX-Tx, and BR-MultiShow. In all modes, show data
is output through DMX-512 or the Z-Buss. In the ‘serial’ mode, the
card will also output data in a variety of serial formats through a
secondary RS-422 serial port. Built-in serial modes are available
that support MIDI, Moog motion bases, Intelix mixers, and Rexroth
feedback cards. More modes can be added if needed, or you
can write strings for controlling LaserDisks, DVDs, projectors, or
whatever.
BR-SmartMedia in MultiShow mode: Strictly speaking,
when in MultiShow mode, the BR-SmartMedia is neither a
'Smart' Brick nor a 'Dumb' Brick. It is a stand-alone DMX-
512 output show controller. The BR-SmartMedia can
have up to 265 shows loaded on it. Up to eight of these
shows can be played back at the same time, com-
pletely independently of the others. MultiShow mode is
used when:
1) You need ‘off-board’ or ‘centralized’ memory stor-
age for a system that will be running multiple ani-
mation sequences simultaneously.
One way you might want to think of MultiShow mode
is as eight separate distributed 'Dumb' Brick systems,
which happen to share the same DMX-512 output
cable. All eight sequencers can run completely inde-
pendently of the others. Each has its own inputs that tells
it when to start or stop. Each can be told to loop one or
more shows, or stop and wait for the next trigger at the
end of the show.
Using the serial port, up to 256 BR-SmartMedia cards
(or any other Gilderfluke & Co. cards) can share the
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