Owner's manual

- J-6 Digital Output Cables -
In all animation systems made by Gilderfluke & Company all
input and output cabling on the Smart Bricks is through what we
call ‘J-6’ standard output cables. These are 40 wire cables which
are made up of four identical eight bit wide ‘channels’. A J-6
cable is often split up into four individual channels. As each
channel also includes a common power supply and ground
wire, each ‘1/4 J-6’ cable is made up of ten wires, and can be
used to control eight individual ‘digital’ (off/on) devices, or one
eight bit wide ‘analog’ device.
In all animation systems made by Gilderfluke & Company, all
outputs are open collector switches to ground, and all inputs are
opto isolators. Flyback diodes are included in the outputs for driv-
ing inductive loads:
typical output
typical input
fuse
flybac
k
diode
supply supply
To simplify wiring to any MACs animation system, the connec-
tors used on the J-6 cables are what are called ‘insulation dis-
placement connectors’. These simply snap on to an entire cable,
automatically ‘displacing’ the wire insulation and making con-
tact with the wires within. This means that an entire 40 wire cable
can be terminated in seconds. All connectors are polarized, to
keep them from being plugged in backwards. Although there
are tools made specifically for installing these connectors, the
tool we find works best is a small bench vise.
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