Gilderfluke&Co BR-SmartMedia - Manual (Page 23)

Note that on BR-SmartMedia cards revision 1.1 and later the
secondary serial port is also brought out on the edge connector
on pins #35 through #41. This matches the pinout for the sec-
ondary serial port on the BS-BRN-CRD Smart Brick Brain. This allows
you to use the secondary serial port connector found on the first
slot of our BR-CC10 and BR-CC11 three slot card cages for the
secondary serial port.
To simplify wiring to any MACs Animation Control System, the
connectors used on our card cages are what are called 'insula-
tion 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 polar-
ized, to keep them from being plugged in backwards.
‘Smart’ Brick Network: If Switch #4 is in the ‘Smart’ Brick position, the
BR-SmartMedia will be operating as a ‘Smart’ Brick. The ‘Smart’ Brick
Network normally found on a ‘Smart’ Brick is brought out on the
edge connector. When plugged into any Gilderfluke & Co. Brick
card cage, this will be brought out on a RJ-12 connector on the
card cage. There should never be both ‘Smart’ and ‘Dumb’ Bricks
in the same card cage. They share the same pins on the edge
connector and backplane. Damage may result if both are in-
stalled in the same card cage.
The ‘Smart’ Brick Network signals to the BR-SmartMedia are
brought in through a six position RJ-12 (six position, six conductor
modular telephone style connector) on the card cage. Facing
the end of the cable with the release latch upwards, its pin out is
as follows:
COLOR SIGNAL NAME:
LEFT #1 white Smart Brick Net Data +
#2 black Smart Brick Net Data -
#3 red Smart Brick Net Clock +
#4 green Smart Brick Net Clock -
#5 yellow Smart Brick Net Strobe +
RIGHT #6 blue Smart Brick Net Strobe -
‘J6’ Inputs: If the BR-SmartMedia is acting as a 'Dumb' Brick, then
Switch 5 is used to select whether the ‘J6’ power for the optoisola-
tors is provided by the same power supply as the BR-SmartMedia,
or is provided by an external isolated source. When operating as a
'Smart' Brick, this switch has no effect.
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