Gilderfluke&Co old Smart Brick Manual - Manual (Page 18)

- Smart Brick Brain Dipswitches -
There is one eight position dipswitch located inside the cover of the Smart Brick Brain. Once set, it is
not normally used again. Most of these settings are available through the menus on the Rack Smart Brick
Brain.
SWITCH 1: not used
SWITCH 2: Bridge LaserDisk errors. When on, the Brick Brain will try to bridge over any dropouts in
the communications with a LaserDisk player. This is used to bridge over the three or more sec-
onds it takes a LaserDisk player to recover from a glitch.
SWITCH 3: Countdown Halt mode: When on, any input on the BLUE line will freeze the countdown
between shows at the current value. When this input is released, the countdown will continue
just as if nothing had happened.
SWITCH 4: Coin-Op mode. Turning this switch on puts the brick into a special mode used for coin
operated games. A show will be started each time a start command comes in on the green
input (A number of shows are normally set up so that a different show plays at each start). The
countdown selects and plays show 3Fh each time it ends. If the RED input gets a closure,
then show 3Eh will play.
SWITCH 5: This dipswitch is used to tell the Brick Brain how big the memory installed in the Smart
Bricks is. This switch should be turned ÔonÕ when using 64K Smart Bricks, and ÔoffÕ when using
16K Smart Bricks. When running at 15 frames per second, a 64K Smart Brick has a capacity of
just over 72 minutes while a 16K one is around 18 minutes. At 30 frames per second the ca-
pacities are 36 minutes for a 64K Brick and 9 minutes for a 16K Brick.
SWITCH 6: This switch can be used to disable all of the ÔRecord KeyswitchesÕ on all of the Smart
Bricks in your installation. When this switch is ÔonÕ, it is possible to record data into the Smart
Bricks. When it is ÔoffÕ, there is no way to put the Smart Bricks into ÔrecordÕ mode, even if the
ÔRecord KeyswitchÕ on the Bricks is turned ÔonÕ. The record LEDs on the front of the Smart Bricks
will not even turn on if recording has been disabled in this way. After programming a show
you should turn this switch ÔoffÕ to absolutely eliminate the possibility of someone turning on a
Smart BrickÕs ÔrecordÕ keyswitch and altering any data.
SWITCH 7: This switch is used to load the default values into the EEprom on the Brick Brain. You
should never need to use this switch. What it does is sets the serial port to 9600 baud and the
card address to number 00. This brings a new Brick Brain up far enough for us to load the re-
maining parts of the configuration and test it.
SWITCH 8: This switch should be turned ÔonÕ when using an IBM Backup box with the Brick Brain. At
all other times it should be left ÔoffÕ. If it is on, the Brick Brain will ignore any inputs on the PB or
1/4 J-6 inputs, and will only reset and step frames in response to inputs from the J-8 input.
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