Gilderfluke&Co old Smart Brick Manual - Manual (Page 130)

wait for this input during a start string, and then have this input also stop any show when it is
triggered. This would have the unfortunate effect of stopping the show before it has even
started. This command is not available on Rack Smart Brick Brains when using Panasonic
LaserDisk Players.
Green:(04): When found in a string, this character causes the Brick Brain just to sit and wait until it
gets an input on the GREEN input. Be sure that there are no conflicting commands which this
input may trigger when you activate it. (An example of this would be to have a command to
wait for this input during a start string, and then have this input also stop any show when it is
triggered. This would have the unfortunate effect of stopping the show before it has even
started.
Stop: (05): When found in a string, this character causes the Brick Brain to close the STOP relay
output. It will then reopen at a later time as set by the TAPE DECK PULSE setting. When running
a tape deck from the Smart Brick System, this would normally be used to stop the tape deck at
the end of each show.
Play: (06): When found in a string, this character causes the Brick Brain to close the PLAY relay out-
put. It will then reopen at a later time as set by the TAPE DECK PULSE setting. When running a
tape deck from the Smart Brick System, this would normally be used to start the tape deck at
the beginning of each show.
Rewind: (07): When found in a string, this character causes the Brick Brain to close the REWIND
relay output. It will then reopen at a later time as set by the TAPE DECK PULSE setting. When
running a tape deck from the Smart Brick System, this would normally be used to rewind the
tape deck at the end of the last show on the tape.
LaserSearch for CLV LaserDisks: (08): (Rack Smart Brick Brain only!) When found in a string, caus-
es it to send out a search command to the LaserDisk player to find the frame number found in
the LaserDisk Start for the current show. This command is for use with CLV players only. These
use ÔtimeÕ references rather than ÔframeÕ numbers to access the disk, and can hold up to 1
hour worth of data.
LaserSearch for CLV LaserDisks: (09): (Rack Smart Brick Brain only!) As above, but searches for
hour one, rather than hour zero.
Don't Care: (80h): This character is used when you need to get an ASCII character returned from
the serial port, but just donÕt give a damn what it is that you receive. The Brick Brain will simply
wait until it gets any character through the serial port. This is the only one of the Ôspecial char-
actersÕ which is used when receiving characters from the serial port.
The strings are up to 12 characters long. The first seven can be accessed directly at the start or end
of any show. All the characters in a string will be sent until a Ф00Х is encountered in the string. If no Ф00Х is
found, they will simply fall through to the start of the next string and start sending it as well. This allows
you to send long strings made of of several of the individual strings, or to access the last two strings. As
an example of this:
If you needed to send a string 30 characters long, you could start by using string seven for the first
twelve characters, and then string eight for the next twelve characters, while the last six characters
would be found in string nine.
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