Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-DMX/32 Digital Relay Output Show Control System The Pb-DMX/32 is a complete, stand-alone Show Control System that plugs right onto eight, sixteen, twenty-four or thirty-two position Grayhill ʻG5ʼ relay mounting boards. The combination of the Pb-DMX/32 controller and relays provides up to thirty two high current (rated at 3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Safety Disclaimer: Any electronic or mechanical system has a potential to fail. Certain applications using Gilderfluke & Company equipment may involve potential risks of death, personal injury or severe property or environmental damage (“Critical Application”).
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Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Changing the amount of time selected........# Modifying digitals with a right mouse click........# Modifying analogs with a right mouse click........# Cut, Copy and Paste, just like a word processor........# Paste something a bunch of times........# Cut, Copy and Paste to a file........# Reverse events in time........# Stretch and compress time........# Adding and subtracting time........
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY! HEXadecimal to Decimal to ASCII to Percentage! Pb-DMX/32 v1.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 A note about this manual: This manual covers the specifics of the PbDMX/32. To program the Pb-DMX/32 you will also want to refer to the PC•MACs manual sections that cover the PC•MACs software. The Pb-DMX/32 is typically programmed in ʻSoftware-onlyʼ or ʻHardwareless Realtimeʼ mode.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-DMX/32 Overview The Pb-DMX/32 can be used to control animated shows and displays, fountains, fireworks, lighting, sound systems, simulators, slide and movie projectors, fiber optics, window displays, motors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, special effects, signs, machines and machine tools in process control, or anything else that can be controlled by an electrical signal.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 # # The Sd-50/8 and Sd-50/40 units combine built in animation and lighting control (DMX-512 in and out), audio repeaters, and amplification. The Sd-50s are even available with ʻAtomicʼ clock or GPS-based triggering based upon time or position on the globe.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 • Automatic ʻprogram in placeʼ download through the RS-232 serial port on your PC and the included PC•MACs software. It takes about thirty seconds to download a ten minute show. • RS-232 port is connected using a 1/8” mini plug. Serial cables are available from Gilderfluke & Co. as the Mp3-50/CBL.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-DMX/32 LEDs, Switches and Connections There are only a small number of connections on each Pb-DMX/32. You will need to attach a power supply, whatever you are controlling, and (optionally): a)#A switch (or two) to start the Pb-DMX/32. b)#DMX-512 input and/or output cables. LEDs: 1.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 2. On each subsequent press of the Red ʻTestʼ button, the first, and then each subsequent output will be selected and forced ʻonʼ. The Red ʻRx Dataʼ LED will now be lit. Note that this will step through ALL thirty-two possible outputs, even if you have the Pb-DMX/32 plugged into a smaller (eight, sixteen or twenty-four) position relay module or have some relays removed. 3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 When used as an input, The DMX-512 terminals accept standard DMX-512 data from any source of DMX-512 data. This DMX-512 can come from a lighting control board, Br-SmartMedia, Br-Brain4, Sd-50, or any other source of DMX-512. The PbDMX/32 will accept data with or without GilderChecksums.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 occasionally, check your DMX-512 wiring. You may need to terminate the DMX-512 data lines with a 120Ω resistor. If the Pb-DMX/32 receives a DMX-512 signal on this input, or even spurious noise that sounds to it a lot like DMX-512, it will stop running any animation sequence and stop to listen for valid DMX-512 data.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Each relay module is protected by a standard five millimeter diameter, twenty millimeter long (5x20 mm) glass fuse rated at five amps (Littelfuse part number 217005 or equivalent). These can be removed and replaced from the relay modules without using any tools. We chose to build the Pb-DMX/32 around the Grayhill ʻG5ʼ relay modules because of these fuses.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Shows Capacities for Pb-DMXs The ʻStockʼ memory capacity of a version 1.1+ Pb-DMX/32 is 4 MBytes. This is actually just shy of 4.2 million bytes of storage. A very small amount of space is used for storing settings, and donʼt occupy much space in the flash memory. If this is not sufficient, you have the option of purchasing your controller with an ʻExtendedʼ memory.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Number of Number of Bytes Standard Standard Standard Extended Eight Bit needed Show Show Show Memory Channels per Sec. Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity needed (@ 30 (Seconds) (Minutes) (Hours) (Seconds) FPS) Extended Extended Memory Memory Capacity Capacity (Minutes) (Hours) 1 2 3 4 30 60 90 120 136,667 68,333 45,556 34,167 2,278 1,139 759 569 38.0 19.0 12.7 9.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 very quickly burn through the onboard flash memory. If loading up all 512 possible channels, it will hold only 4.4 minutes worth of show data (9.0 minutes with the ʻExtendedʼ memory option)! If the standard 4 MBytes of flash memory is insufficient for your application, the PbDMX/32sʼ memory can be doubled to 8 MBytes. This will double all the numbers in the chart above.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Configuration Menu You will only rarely need any changes to the configuration. Using GIlderTerm, plug in the serial cable to the Pb-DMX/32. Press the ʻconfigureʼ button to bring up the following menu: - Gilderfluke & Co. Burbank, California * Pb-DMX/32 * v3.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Press the ʻbʼ key to select the mode of operation for the DMX-512 port. Your choices are: 1. DMX-512 Receive 2. DMX-512 Transmit 3. DMX-512 Transmit (w/checksums) When used as an input, The DMX-512 terminals accept standard DMX-512 data from any source of DMX-512 data. This DMX-512 can come from a lighting control board, Br-SmartMedia, BsBrain4, Sd-50, or any other source of DMX-512.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-DMX/32 Serial Port Commands The Pb-DMX/32 can be accessed through the serial port from any computer running just about any modem program. The computer you are using doesnʼt even need to have any PC•MACs software installed on it. This is a feature that most users should never need to use. We prefer to use our own ʻmodemʼ program, GilderTerm.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 The Hyper Terminal program that comes with Windows ʻ95 and ʼ98, W2K and XP will not work for sending AutoDownloads. For some strange reason it has been written to randomly change any binary value that is larger than one hundred twenty-seven. Unlike most Gilderfluke products, the address for the Pb-DMX/32 is fixed at ʻ00ʼ. This is why the address in this command is ALWAYS ʻ00ʼ.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 tions. With this flag set, it is possible to set a sequence of shows playing in any order. Since the ʻnextʼ show can be any show you ask for, one show can be played over and over again, or you can set up a sequence of shows which will be repeated until the PbDMX/32 is told to stop. Unlike most Gilderfluke products, the addressed version of this command for the PbDMX/32 is fixed at ʻ00ʼ.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Programming the Pb-DMX/32 with a Computer This section of the manual is for those of you who arenʼt installing the MACs-USB Smpte Card in their computer. If you do have a MACs-USB Smpte Card installed in your computer, please refer to the appropriate sections of this or the PC•MACs manual. All of the real-time features of PC•MACs are covered there.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 You will be able to access every feature of the PC•MACs program except for the real-time commands (Play, Record, Rehearse, Single Step, etc.). Select the serial port........ If a serial port has already been selected, or you arenʼt going to be downloading anything, you can skip this step.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 You can modify any FigureName by selecting it and choosing Channels pulldown/ ʻModify' command or by simply double clicking on the FigureName you want to change. Creating some output channels........ If you donʼt foresee ever using analog functions, then only create the digitals. If you donʼt foresee ever using digital functions, then only create the analogs.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 You should save the show often enough that you wonʼt get really pissed off if the computer was to crash. Editing your show........ If you have already moved the channels you want to edit over to the OffLine window, you can skip the next step and open the OffLine window directly. Do this by pressing the OffLine button on the main window, or using the OffLine pulldown/ʻShow OffLine...
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 events. By default, PC•MACs will display two to four seconds of a show (depending on screen resolution). Which channel is which?........ As you move the cursor over any analog or digital function, you will see its name displayed in the lower right corner of the window. This is how you can tell one channel from another.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 A second way to change the amount of time selected is to +left click anywhere in the white background area of the window (anywhere but on a channel). The selected area will extend to the new click point. Modifying digitals with a right mouse click........ You can draw or undraw any digital function by right-clicking on it and sliding the mouse left or right.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 ʻInsert Macro...' and File pulldown/ʻInsert Multiple Macros...' commands. This allows you to ʻpasteʼ in a movement that you ʻcopiedʼ months ago. The only limitation to the number of Macro files you can save is the capacity of your hard disk. Reverse events in time........ Now that you have a bunch of staircases, select one or more of them by left-clicking anywhere except on the channels.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 e. 'Set to Yak...': Only if a Audio or video file is used for synchronization. The audio waveform is transferred into the digital function(s). f. 'Set Digitals Off': The selected digital function(s) are turned 'Off' in the selected area. g. 'Set Digitals On': The selected digital function(s) are turned 'On' in the selected area. More ways to modify an analog channel........
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Programming a Pb-DMX/32 with a RealTime License This part of the manual is for those of you who arenʼt installing the MACs-USB Smpte Card in their computer, but will be licensing the ʻHardwareless RealTimeʼ mode. If you do have a MACs-USB Smpte Card installed in your computer or arenʼt licensing ʻHardwareless RealTimeʼ, you can skip reading this section of the manual.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 The MACs USB RealTime Dongle can freely be moved between any number of computers. Only the computer that has the MACs USB RealTime Dongle installed at the time will have access to the RealTime features of PC•MACs. Select the serial port........ If a serial port has already been selected, you can skip this step.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Popup the analog ʻassignʼ popup and select the analog channel you created. If you have. The analogs can be moved by clicking anywhere on the Soft Console and sliding the mouse left and right, up and down (depending on which slider you assigned it to). The ʻPunch Outʼ buttons allow you to temporarily place an input into ʻplaybackʼ (they wonʼt alter the data) without unassigning them.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 At this point it is time to save the work you have done so far. Use the File pulldown/ ʻSave' command. If you want to save any show under a different name, you can just use the File pulldown/ʻSave as...' dialog. One step forward, three steps back........ Now that you have done a pass or two, you can move on to programming some other output channels.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Single Step Playback........ You can enable Single Step Playback or Single Step Record using the commands found under the OffLine pulldown. When in Single Step Mode, the frame at the center of the OffLine Editing Window is highlighted, and you can step your show forwards or backwards one frame at a time by using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 AutoDownloading Your Shows to your Pb-DMX/32 This section of the manual is for those of you who are downloading your show(s) to a PbDMX/32 for the first time. It will lead you through all of the steps necessary to send your show(s) through the serial port for permanent storage on a ʻBrickʼ.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 At this point you probably only have one show to download. This would be the one you have been working on. Just leave this one show on the list of shows to be Auto Downloaded to the Pb-DMX/32. How many channels to send to the Bricks?........ You can now select the number of the channel to be downloaded to the Bricks. The Pb-DMX/32 holds between one and four channels of digitals.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 on each edge of each input. You can also set specific shows to be played on any edge of either input. A ʻclosingʼ is when you apply a voltage to an input. An ʻopeningʼ is when that voltage is removed. The Pb-DMX/32 has only two inputs.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Rinse and repeat........ If you want to make any changes in your show, you can close the AutoDownload dialog and use PC•MACs to make any more changes in the show. You can then AutoDownload again at any time. All the settings on the AutoDownload window will be saved so that you donʼt need to enter them again on the next AutoDownload.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-08, Pb-16, Pb-24 and Pb-32 Dimensions Pb-DMX/32 v1.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 Pb-DMX/32 v1.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485 FCC and CE Compliance: Pb-DMX/32s which are hardware revision 3.0 or later have been tested to comply with FCC and CE requirements. Revisions earlier than this may have passed testing, but were not certified at the time of manufacture. Because Pb-DMX/32s are low voltage DC devices, neither UL or CE require safety testing.
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