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

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Overview .............................................................................................. 1

BS-ANA as a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) ........................................................................... 1
BS-ANA as a Smart Brick ................................................................................................... 1

Front of the Analog Smart Brick ................................................................ 3

RS-422 Serial Port ............................................................................................................ 3

PC and Compatible Connections ................................................................................ 3
Apple Macintosh Connections ..................................................................................... 3

DMX-512 Data In/Out ....................................................................................................... 3
Output Fuse Indicators ..................................................................................................... 4
Output Level Indicators .................................................................................................... 4
Z-Brick .............................................................................................................................. 4
Board Error LED ................................................................................................................ 5
DMX-512 LED .................................................................................................................... 5
Brick Heart ....................................................................................................................... 5
Heartbeat ......................................................................................................................... 5
Address ............................................................................................................................ 5

BackPlane Connections ........................................................................ 5

Animation Data Eproms ......................................................................... 9

Serial Port Commands ......................................................................... 11

To enter the configuration mode .................................................................................... 11
To display the status of this card .................................................................................... 11
To download the configuration of this card ................................................................... 11
To reload saved configuration ....................................................................................... 11

Analog Smart Brick Configuration .......................................................... 12

Use Front Panel Address ................................................................................................ 14
First Output Addressed At ............................................................................................... 14
DMX Rx Checksum ......................................................................................................... 14
Over Sampling enabled ................................................................................................. 14
Sequencer Enabled ........................................................................................................ 14
sequencer frame rate /2 ................................................................................................ 14
Numbering System ......................................................................................................... 14
VT-52 Compatible Display .............................................................................................. 15
twelve bit resolution ...................................................................................................... 15
Output to Test & Adjust ................................................................................................... 15
Test Output ..................................................................................................................... 15

Test One Output ........................................................................................................ 15
Test All Outputs .......................................................................................................... 15

auto Ease-In ................................................................................................................... 15
Set Analog Endpoints ...................................................................................................... 16
Force Output to a Value ................................................................................................. 16
set Min/Max/forced using keypad .................................................................................. 16
PowerOn Defaults .......................................................................................................... 18
Download configuration ................................................................................................ 18
Reload Default Configuration ........................................................................................ 18
eXit .......................................................................................................................... ....... 18
Upload configuration ..................................................................................................... 19
+ .................................................................................................................................... 19
Data Dump ..................................................................................................................... 19

Using Z-Bricks with a BS-ANA .................................................................. 20

Output Capacity ....................................................................................................... 22

Decimal to HEXadecimal to ASCII to Percentage ...................................... 24

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