Gilderfluke&Co DMX-512, Serial, and MIDI Output Smart Bricks - Manual (Page 25)

sent from the animation data. The disadvantage of this feature is that it takes as one frame of
time for each entry ion the string to be buffered in before it can be sent. A 200 character
long string will take 202 frames of data to build up and send out. This translates to almost
seven seconds at 30 FPS.
Data for these strings is typically hand entered using PC¥MACsÕ OffLine editing tools. The
target channel may be defined as either a single eight bit analog or as eight separate digital
functions within the same byte. If it is defined as an analog, you can use the ÔSet to a Value...Õ
commands to enter each frame of the string (be sure to turn off the ÔCut/PasteÕ options under
the ÔPreferencesÕ pulldown). If it is defined as eight digital channels, you can just draw in the
binary data as needed.
j) Intelix Strings: This is a Intelix Mode specific command. This command is used to set up the
commands that the Intelix Matrix mixer will respond to. The format of all Intelix strings is pretty
similar. The typical string to use with the BS-Serial is the one that adjusts the level of a single
matrix mixer cross point in real time.
In the following example, the audio which is present on input number four is being sent to
output number five. The level of the mix is set by animation channel twenty.
Ф251Х (header for all commands), Ф0Х (MSB of command length), Ф5Х (LSB of command
length), Ф2Х (class), Ô14 (message I.D.)Õ, 4 (input number), 5 (output number)
Consult the Intelix programming manual for specifics on all other Intelix serial commands.
The Intelix mixer currently supports baud rates of 9600, 19.2 KBaud and 38.4 KBaud. There
is no reason to use anything but the highest rate available. The maximum string length for the
matrix mix commands is eleven bytes. The maximum number of matrix points you should try to
control is eleven when using 38.4 KBaud and thirty FPS. If you use the Ôframe rate /2Õ feature,
you can double this to control twenty-two matrix points simultaneously.
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EPROM: 123 channels @ 30 FPS / first show is 12345 frames long
Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0) _20 |251|__0|__5|__2|_14|__4|__5|__0|__0|
1) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
2) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
3) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
4) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
5) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
6) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
7) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
8) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
9) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
A) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
B) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
C) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
D) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
E) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
F) xxx |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
enter number of string to edit, or <ESC>ape to return to main menu (0-F)-
l) String Trigger Channel: This command is used to set the address of the eight bit channel that
is used to trigger the strings which are entered using the next command. Setting this value to
255/0FFh will disable this feature.
Any eight bit channel of animation data can be used to trigger the sending of the strings
which are entered using the next command. There are a total of sixteen strings available.
Each bit triggers one string to be sent on the rising edge, and a second completely different
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