Owner's manual
Overview .............................................................................................. 1
Front of the BR-MultiShow Bricks ............................................................... 3
RS-422 Serial Port ............................................................................................................ 3
PC and Compatible Connections ................................................................................ 3
Apple Macintosh Connections ..................................................................................... 3
Board Error LED ................................................................................................................3
DMX-512 LED ....................................................................................................................3
Brick Heart ....................................................................................................................... 3
Heartbeat ......................................................................................................................... 3
Z-Brick .............................................................................................................................. 4
BackPlane Connections ........................................................................ 4
Show Programming & Animation Data Eproms .......................................... 7
Serial Port Commands ......................................................................... 10
To enter the configuration mode .................................................................................... 10
To display the status of this card .................................................................................... 10
To download the configuration of this card ................................................................... 10
To reload saved configuration ....................................................................................... 10
BR-MultiShow Configuration .................................................................. 11
Serial Port Address ......................................................................................................... 12
Numbering System ......................................................................................................... 12
DMX Rx Checksum ......................................................................................................... 12
VT-52 Compatible Display .............................................................................................. 13
Input Commands ........................................................................................................... 13
Do Nothing ............................................................................................................... 13
Start ..........................................................................................................................13
Stop Immediately ...................................................................................................... 13
Loop ......................................................................................................................... 13
Stop at End ............................................................................................................... 13
Pause Sequencer ...................................................................................................... 13
Continue Sequencer ................................................................................................. 13
E-Stop Sequencer ...................................................................................................... 14
Clear E-Stop .............................................................................................................. 14
PowerOn/E-Stops go to show number ............................................................................ 14
Ease-In Speed ................................................................................................................ 14
Ease-In Channels ........................................................................................................... 14
Information ....................................................................................................................15
Reload Default Configuration ........................................................................................ 15
Play ................................................................................................................................15
Download configuration ................................................................................................ 15
eXit ................................................................................................................................. 16
Upload configuration ..................................................................................................... 16
+ .................................................................................................................................... 16
Data Dump ..................................................................................................................... 16
Using Z-Bricks with a BR-MultiShow ......................................................... 17
Output Capacity ....................................................................................................... 19
Decimal to HEXadecimal to ASCII to Percentage ...................................... 22
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