Manual

have true RS-422 serial ports built in. To connect to the BR-
MultiBrick32, the pin out is as follows (view is of male connector
facing the end of the cable):
t
o + serial data in to card (#5 yellow)
to - serial data in to card (#4 green)
12
345
678
from - serial data out from card (#2 black)
from + serial data out from card (#3 red)
signal ground (#1 blue or #6 white)
The BR-MultiBrick32 expects to see the serial data in the follow-
ing format:
ONE START BIT
EIGHT DATA BITS
ONE STOP BIT
Unlike many of the products manufactured by Gilderfluke &
Company, the 1.nn revision BR-MultiBrick32s respond only to the
commands to enter the configuration mode, download/upload
configuration and status inquiries. It will ignore all other com-
mands, which allows it to share the same RS-422 serial line with
additional BR-MultiBrick32s, BS-ANAs, Digital Audio Repeaters, 'S-
mart' Brick Brains and other serially controlled devices. The only re-
quirement is that each unit be addressed to a different location.
Starting with revision 2.00 BR-MultiBrick32s, the RS-422 serial
port is available full-time. As a multidrop Serial network, it can be
used to select and play shows, check the status of a card, or
AutoDownload shows from any point on the network. Since it is
100% compatible with the RS-422 serial ports on all other Gilder-
fluke & Company equipment, a multidrop network can consist of
up to 256 other Gilderfluke & Company devices.
Since this is probably the most widely used of industrial data
networks, a myriad of other pieces of equipment are available
which will also work with the RS-422 serial buss. A typical applica-
tion is to use a touch screen operator interface to access and
play shows. These generally use a user definable graphical inter-
face. You pretty much draw a button, and then attach a string to
it. When this on-screen button is pushed, this string is sent out to
control the downstream equipment.
DMX-512 Data In/Out: Five pin MiniDIN connector (revision 1.nn
cards only). Revision 2.0 and later BR-MultiBrick32 have only the
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