Gilderfluke&Co BR-SDC Serial Device Controller - Manual (Page 39)

e) Edit Strings:
This toggles you between the menu where serial strings are edited, and the menu
where the trigger inputsʼ actions are configured.
f) Frame Rate:
The standard frame rate is always thirty Frames Per Second in the parts of the world
that use NTSC video standards. In places where PAL video standards prevail, the stan-
dard frame rate is twenty-five Frames Per Second. This command allows you to select
which frame rate will be used by the Br-SDC.
Since delay times, LaserDisk and DVD player commands are all based on the frame
rate, changing this setting will affect all of these. A delay of 500 frames is 16.6 seconds
at thirty FPS. It changes to 20 seconds if the frame tare is lowered to twenty-five FPS.
9) Mode:
The 1/4-J6 input on a Br-SDC/09 or Br-SDC/422 can be switched between two
modes of operation. In the first of these, each of the eight inputs on the 1/4-J6 are used
individually to trigger strings on either the opening or closing edges of each input. In the
ʻBinaryʼ mode, the eight inputs are grouped together to form a binary value, which can
then be sent as part of a serial string. Any 1/4-J6 input change that does not equal zero
is considered to be a ʻclosingʼ action, and the string set for ʻbit 0 closingʼ, will take place.
Any change in the 1/4-J6 inputs which results in a ʻzeroʼ value will be treated as an
ʻopeningʼ edge, and the actions set for ʻbit 0 closingʼ, will take place.
When set for ʻBinaryʼ mode, a binary coded keypad (like the KP-100 or KP-200) can
be attached to the 1/4-J6 input. A string set to be sent on the bit 0 closing edge will have
the binary value of the 1/4-J6 input inserted into it. This can be set to send a ʻshow re-
questʼ and ʻplayʼ command to a Sd-50, Br-Brain4, Sd-25, Sd-10, Br-miniBrick8 or
other controller.
On the Br-SDC8s, there are five modes of operation available, instead of the two on
the Br-SDC/09 or Br-SDC/422. The number of the mode is displayed on the menu next
to the ʻmodeʼ command:
1) Mode 0: This is the ʻmultiplexerʼ mode. Instead of sending strings in response to
the inputs, it simply routes the serial to/from on the Br-SDC8ʼs ʻConfig./Mux. RS-
232 portʼ (female DE-09) or ʻMux./RS-422ʼ (female Rj-12) ports to one or more of
the eight multiplexed male DE-09 plugs.
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