Gilderfluke&Co Analog Output Smart Brick (ver 2.nn w/Eprom memory) - Manual (Page 11)

J6/A #31 41 brown circuit ground
J6/A #32 42 red + unregulated power output (protected to 1 amp)
J6/A #33 43 orange Output 3 (03h) Positive Analog Output
J6/A #34 44 yellow Output 3 (03h) Negative Reference
J6/A #35 45 green Output 2 (02h) Positive Analog Output
J6/A #36 46 blue Output 2 (02h) Negative Reference
J6/A #37 47 violet Output 1 (01h) Positive Analog Output
J6/A #38 48 gray Output 1 (01h) Negative Reference
J6/A #39 49 white Output 0 (00h) Positive Analog Output
J6/A #40 50 black Output 0 (00h) Negative Reference
n/a 51 black power supply ground
n/a 52 black power supply ground
n/a 53 black power supply ground
n/a 54 black power supply ground
n/a 55 black power supply ground
n/a 56 red + power supply input
n/a 57 red + power supply input
n/a 58 red + power supply input
n/a 59 red + power supply input
n/a 60 red + power supply input
In all the animation systems made by Gilderfluke & Company, all Analog input and output
cabling is through what we call 'J6/A' standard output cables. These are forty wire cables
which are made up of four identical four channel wide cables. A J6/A cable is often split up
into four individual cables called a 1/4 J6/A. Each 1/4 J6/A also includes a common power
supply and ground wire which allow it to provide power for analog output accessories like
Electronic FeedBack (EFB) controllers and Sixteen Channel Servo Controllers (both of these
cards require a power supply of 18 volts be used for the BS-ANA).
To simplify wiring to any MACs Animation Control System, the connectors used on the J6/A
cables are what are called 'insulation displacement connectors'. These simply snap on to an
entire cable, automatically 'displacing' the wire insulation and making contact with the wires
within. This means that an entire forty wire cable can be terminated in seconds. All connectors
are polarized, to keep them from being plugged in backwards.
Analog loads are connected between each of the Positive outputs and its associated
Negative reference. The output capacity of each output is 20 ma. The output voltage range
can be adjusted from the BS-ANA to anywhere between 0 and 10 volts. Current amplifiers are
available if additional current capacity is required for your application.
The negative reference is at a voltage of approximately 1.6 volts above the circuit ground.
The negative references are all connected on the BS-ANA, but there must be no direct
connections made between any of the negative references and the circuit
grounds anywhere in the animation system
.
The '+ unregulated power output' for each 1/4 J6/A is protected by a solid state circuit
breaker (PTC Fuse) rated for 1 amp. You should treat each 1/4 J6/A as an individual, and not
cross the outputs or power output lines from one 1/4 J6/A to the lines from another. Doing this
won't cause any damage, but can reduce the protection for the outputs that the circuit
breakers normally provide. The 'Output Fuse' LEDs on the front of the BS-ANA show the condi-
tion of each of the PTC fuses. Each of these is a LED and resistor between the ground (pin #1
brown) wire and power output (pin #2 red) wire. Each of these will be lit if the corresponding
circuit breaker is OK. The resistor is 4.7 Kohms.
R4 is the one adjustment on the BS-ANA. It sets the gain for the Digital to Analog (D/A) con-
verters on the board. To set it, pick any output and set the minimum and maximum scaling to
their minimums and maximums through the configuration screen. When you send a full scale
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