Gilderfluke&Co old Smart Brick Manual - Manual (Page 76)

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ÒqÓ Tape Deck Pulse:
This command is used to set how long the pulse sent out through the ÔstopÕ, ÔplayÕ, and ÔrewindÕ relay
outputs is. The length is the number of heartbeats the output will stay active after they are initially turned
on. Valid entries are from 0 to 255 (00H to FFH). A value of 0 latches the outputs on permanently when
they are set.
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ÒrÓ Error Count:
In SMPTE synchronized shows, the error count is the number of consecutive good frames of SMPTE
time code which must be received before the Brick Brain believes what it is hearing. This is used to bridge
over short dropouts or bad SMPTE data received when the tape deck is just starting up.
In LaserDisk synchronized shows, the error count is the number of times the Brick Brain will try to start
a show by sending the LaserDisk player a ÔsearchÕ string. It will display ФE6Х error on the Heads Up Display
during this period. If the LaserDisk player doesnÕt respond as expected for the Ôerror countÕ number of
tries, then it will try to go into a ÔstartupÕ sequence to try and spin up the LaserDisk. The error message ФF2Х
will then be displayed as an attempt is being made to start up the LaserDisk player.
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ÒsÓ Frame Rate:
This command is used to set the Frame Rate for all the shows in the Smart Brick System. This is the
number of times each second which the Smart Brick System will update all of the outputs with new data.
Valid frame rates for SMPTE synchronized shows are 12, 15, 24, 25, and 30 frames per second.
Valid frame rates for LaserDisk synchronized shows are 15, 25, and 30 frames per second.
Valid frame rates for Internally clocked shows are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 30, 32,
50, 60, 75, and 100 frames per second.
Valid frame rates for externally clocked shows are from 1 to 100 frames per second.
This entry will accept any value between 00 and 99. 00 is used to enter a 100 frames per second
frame rate. If the entry isnÕt valid for the time code you are running, a ФE5Х error will be displayed on the
Heads Up Display when an attempt is made to start the show.
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ÒtÓ Brick Record Enable:
This toggle is used to globally enable and disable the ÔRecordÕ function on all Record/Playback Smart
Bricks attached to this Rack Smart Brick Brain. When this toggle is OFF, then even when the RECORD KEY
is turned to the ON position on the Smart Bricks, they wonÕt go into record mode.
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ÒuÓ Early Starts:
The user has the choice of what each Brick Brain does when it is still playing a show and receives a
new 'START' or 'LOOP' command. The options are:
1) DO NOTHING.
2) JUMP FORWARD to the next show.
3) JUMP BACKWARDS to the start of the current show.
4) BANK START so that it won't be acted upon until the current show finishes. Show requests will be
banked up to 11 requests deep. Starts can be banked up to 256 deep.
The JUMP FORWARD and JUMP BACKWARDS commands have the lowest priority of all possible show
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