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Printed October 1, 1999

Line Level Out

Balanced Output

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Unbalanced Output

Power

Supply

RS-422

Serial Port

Aux. Port

1/4 J6 In

AB-100 AudioBrick

Gilderfluke & Co.

Glendale, California

Status Output

Common

Input 'B'

Input 'A'

AB-100 AudioBrick

Gilderfluke & Co.

Glendale, California

Set

Clock

Manual

Start

Start Inputs

Running

Delaying

Bass

Treble

Check

Date

Volume

Heart

AB-100 or AB-Clock Digital Audio Repeater

DR-50 MiniRepeater

Mini AudioBrick

power supply

A input +

A input -

B input +

B input -

ground

output -

line output

volume

bass

treble

AB-50 MiniAudioBrick

ILDERFLUKE

& C

205 S. F

LOWER

URBANK

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91502-2102

818/840-9484

800/776-5972

818/840-9485

Summary of Contents for AB-100 AudioBrick

Page 1: ...ioBrick Gilderfluke Co Glendale California Status Output Common Input B Input A 1 AB 100 AudioBrick Gilderfluke Co Glendale California Set Clock Manual Start Start Inputs Running Delaying Bass Treble Check Date Volume Heart AB 100 or AB Clock Digital Audio Repeater DR 50 MiniRepeater Mini AudioBrick power supply power supply A input A input B input B input output ground output line output volume b...

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Page 3: ...0 Indicators 11 Running LED 11 Start LED 11 ÔDelayÕ LED 11 LCD Display 11 AB 100 and AB Clock Connections 12 Line Level Output 12 Aux Port 1 4 J6 Input 12 Start Inputs and Status Outputs 13 Power Supply 13 RS 422 Serial Port 13 AB 100 AudioBrick Configuration 15 Enter Track Number 16 Baud Rate 16 Odd Parity Toggle 17 Eprom Type 17 Inputs Debounce 17 DR 400 Mode 17 Select From Aux 17 Direct Select ...

Page 4: ...cho Mode 28 Enter Global Echo Mode 28 Exit Global Echo Mode 28 Enter Echo All Mode 28 Exit Echo All Mode 29 Enter Echo Mode 29 Exit Echo Mode 29 Track Status Report 29 Special Default Setup 30 LED Port Status 30 Switch Status 30 Enter Configuration Mode 30 Memory Address Status 31 Dipswitch 1 Status 31 Dipswitch 2 Status 31 Aux Port Status 31 Configuration Dump 31 Load Configuration 32 Start Comma...

Page 5: ...ct Spiel Commands 34 Select Spiel Track 35 Select Spiel All 35 Select Spiel Cocked 35 Select Spiel Group 35 Set Delay 35 Set Memory Address 35 Clock Commands 35 Stop Clock 35 Start Clock 35 Mute Masks 36 PA Command 36 Clear PA Request 36 Summary of AB 100 AudioBrick Serial Port Commands 38 AB Clock Configuration 41 Select and Play a Sound 42 Baud Rate 42 Odd Parity Toggle 42 Eprom Type 42 Input De...

Page 6: ...Hz Bandwidth 54 4 KHz Bandwidth 54 5 KHz Bandwidth 54 7 5 KHz Bandwidth 54 10 KHz Bandwidth 54 15 KHz Bandwidth 54 Configuration Dipswitches 55 Switch 1 Reset from ÔAÕ 55 Switch 2 Reset from ÔBÕ 55 Switch 3 Stop from ÔAÕ 55 Switch 4 Stop from ÔBÕ 55 Switch 5 Enable Stop 55 Switch 6 Mute Enable 55 Switch 7 ÔAÕ Input Continuous 55 Switch 8 ÔBÕ Input Continuous 55 Switch 9 ÔA2Õ Continuous 56 Eprom In...

Page 7: ...RS 485 Serial Data 69 Power Supply 69 Digital Audio Repeater Mixer to Memory Expansion Card 70 Start Inputs Status Output and Audio Output 70 HEXadecimal to Decimal to Percentage 72 GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 818 840 9484 800 776 5972 FAX 818 840 9485 vii ...

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Page 9: ...in installations where you need many relatively short audio sources Examples are ride through attractions shooting galleries miniature golf courses and museum displays Up to 32 of these cards can be installed in each 1 3 4 inch tall CC 3250 card cage A DR 50 can be set to play continuously or only when triggered The DR 50 circuitry is identical to the AB 50 AB 50 As above but comes in its own 4Ó x...

Page 10: ...switch inputs Multiple spiels can be accessed sequentially in the AB DR 50s An AB 100 or AB Clock can actually stop using any memory at all if an instant of silence occurs Two opto isolated switch inputs as well as a parallel auxiliary port and RS 485 serial port on each card AB 100 AB Clock only OP 100 optoisolator available for auxiliary port 1 4 J6 input is com patible with all our animation sy...

Page 11: ...ividual messages is known as a spiel To access these in dividual spiels on a card you can use the serial port interface to the audio system or the AUX PORT available on each card Any spiel on any card can be played through or looped at any time When using the AB Clock to select and play spiels the order of priorities is as follows If it finds any sound it should play it will skip the remainder of ...

Page 12: ...19 9 Min 15 9 Min 11 9 Min 8 Min 6 Min each Expansion 32 chips 39 8 Min 31 Min 23 Min 16 Min 12 Min 8 Min Low Rumbles Sharp Sound Effects Each Chip 1 chip 111 8 Sec 74 6 Sec 59 7 Sec 44 7 Sec 29 8 Sec 22 3 Sec Number Of 27C040 Memory Chips High Voices Music High Music Voices 29 8 Sec 8 Min 119 3 Min 2 Khz 3 Khz 4 Khz 5 Khz 7 5 Khz 10 Khz 15 Khz each Repeater 16 chips 59 6 Min 39 8 Min 32 Min 24 Mi...

Page 13: ...er 6 Expansions 208 Eproms 2 908 05 5 816 10 11 632 20 23 264 41 46 528 81 Repeater 7 Expansions 240 Eproms 3 355 44 6 710 89 13 421 77 26 843 55 53 687 09 3 KHz Bandwidth 7 031 Hz UPDATE RATE Eprom type 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080 Size 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8 Number of bytes per Eprom 65 536 131 072 262 144 524 288 1 048 576 1 Eprom 1 DR 50 MiniRepeater 9 32 18 64 37 28 ...

Page 14: ...ons 240 Eproms 1 789 57 3 579 14 7 158 28 14 316 56 28 633 12 5 KHz Bandwidth 11 718 Hz UPDATE RATE Eprom type 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080 Size 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8 Number of bytes per Eprom 65 536 131 072 262 144 524 28 1 048 576 1 Eprom 1 DR 50 MiniRepeater 5 59 11 18 22 37 44 74 89 48 2 Eproms 11 18 22 37 44 74 89 48 178 96 3 Eproms 16 78 33 55 67 11 134 22 268 44 4...

Page 15: ...ions 240 Eproms 894 78 1 789 57 3 579 14 7 158 28 14 316 56 10 KHz Bandwidth 23 437 Hz UPDATE RATE Eprom type 27C512 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080 Size 64K x 8 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8 Number of bytes per Eprom 65 536 131 072 262 144 524 288 1 048 576 1 Eprom 1 DR 50 MiniRepeater 2 80 5 59 11 18 22 37 44 74 2 Eproms 5 59 11 18 22 37 44 74 89 48 3 Eproms 8 39 16 78 33 55 67 11 134 22 4 Epro...

Page 16: ...d after a AB 100 or AB Clock has received a reset command In many applications this allows a single start signal to be used for a number of the Digital Audio Repeaters The actual start of the spiels is then adjusted in the field as need ed The DELAY LED on the front of each AB 100 or AB Clock shows when it is in delay mode before starting its spiel When a AB 100 or AB Clock is in looping mode the ...

Page 17: ...the beginning of the current spiel 3 Jump immediately to the beginning of the next spiel 4 Ignore the early start for now but save and do it as soon as the current spiel is done Also available on all AB 100 and AB Clocks is a single optoisolated status output On the AB 100 this output is active whenever a spiel is being played On an AB Clock it can be configured to pulse once each minute pulse onc...

Page 18: ...er Start input It can be configured identically ÔSet ClockÕ Button An AB Clock adds two additional recessed buttons that are used to check and set the clock You must use the end of a pencil or paper clip to press this button This button is used to set the clock Each time you press it the minutes will be incremented by one If the ÔCheck DateÕ Button is held in when this button is pressed then the h...

Page 19: ...when a The repeater is performing a delayed start or the delay between each iteration of a loop b The repeater is skipping over a part of the audio that has been en coded in the Eproms as a moment of silence You can tell when the repeater is doing a Ôrunning delayÕ because the Running LED will also be lit at the same time LCD Display AB Clocks also have a LCD Display added to them which is used to...

Page 20: ... you are using a source other than our Animation Control Systems the connections are as follows SUPPLY not used Brown PIN 1 red PIN 2 orange PIN 3 yellow PIN 4 green PIN 5 blue PIN 6 violet PIN 7 grey PIN 8 white PIN 9 black PIN 10 GROUND not used DATA BIT 7 DATA BIT 6 DATA BIT 5 DATA BIT 4 DATA BIT 3 DATA BIT 2 DATA BIT 1 DATA BIT 0 5 to 24 VDC SUPPLY GROUND DATA BIT 7 DATA BIT 6 DATA BIT 5 DATA ...

Page 21: ...nnector is as follows SIGNAL NAME Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 N C Pin 3 5 VDC Pin 4 12 to 15 VDC Pin 5 12 to 15 VDC RS 422 Serial Port For AB 100 and AB Clocks a six position RJ 11 modular telephone style connector is used for the serial data Facing the end of the cable with the release latch upwards its pin out is as follows COLOR SIGNAL NAME LEFT WHITE SIGNAL GROUND BLACK SERIAL DATA OUT FROM REPEATER RE...

Page 22: ...GNAL SIGNAL FROM TO AUDIO SYSTEM 2 3 DATA OUT SERIAL DATA IN TO REPEATERS GREEN 3 2 DATA IN SERIAL DATA OUT FROM REPEATER BLACK 7 5 GROUND SIGNAL GROUND BLUE or WHITE Apple Macintosh computers have true RS 422 serial ports built in To con nect to the digital audio system the pin out is as follows view is of connec tor on the outside of a Macintosh to serial data in to repeaters yellow to serial da...

Page 23: ...______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ M B input Closing ______ __on__ ______ __on__ ______ ______ ______ ______ O B input Opening ______ ______ __on__ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ P PB input Closing __on__ ______ ______ ______ __on__ __on__ ______ ______ Q PB input Opening ______ ______ __on__ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ R Aux input Closing ______ ______ ______ ______ _____...

Page 24: ...ater reboots release the button d Reassemble the AB 100 AB Clock The defaults are now reloaded You can reconfigure the AB 100 AB Clock through the serial port at address 00h operating at 9600 baud no parity a Enter Track Number This command is used to tell the card which addresses it should respond to from the serial commands No two cards in the system should have the same address assigned to them...

Page 25: ...is com mand doesn t take effect until the eXit command is completed e Inputs Debounce This command allows you to set the number of times the software inside the Digital Audio Repeater will check any inputs before it actually believes a change has happened A typical value is 0A If you experience multiple triggers on any input just raise this number until the problem disappears f DR 400 Mode NOT USE...

Page 26: ...f Stopped This toggle allows you to tell an AB 100 to mute all the audio when the Repeater is stopped This can be used if the mix inputs to the card aren t used for anything else This defaults to a off condition j Start Delay This command is used to set the START DELAY for this card If the START DELAY is anything other than 0000 then any start which follows a reset will cause the Repeater to delay...

Page 27: ...n NOT USED WITH AB 100 AudioBrick In the Public Address System there are a number of different ways to assign priorities to different PA STATIONS and PA zones This command allows you to assign a single PA STATION as the second priority PA STATION Any valid PA requests made by the second priori ty PA STATION will be honored by this card at the exclusion of any other PA requests except those from th...

Page 28: ... a single group of cards This command is used to select which of 12 GROUP ASSIGNMENTS this card will respond to Acceptable input range for GROUP ASSIGNMENTS are from 0 to F If you need less than 12 GROUPS you should assign the unused spaces to any of the group numbers you have already used H PA Zone Enables NOT USED WITH AB 100 AudioBrick You can tell any card in the system to respond to up to 8 d...

Page 29: ...power supply or powered output When each Digital Audio Repeater card resets or is first powered up it checks the conditions on all the inputs inverts them and then compares them with the steady state conditions of the inputs What this means is that on power up if an input you are using to tell a card to run is in the run condition the system will start immediately If multiple inputs to the system ...

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Page 31: ...DARD PA PRIORITIES p PA ZONE PRIORITIES q Loop All G GROUP ASSIGNMENTS H PA ZONE ENABLES I HALF MUTE ZONE ENABLES J FULL MUTE ZONE ENABLES K A INPUT CLOSING EDGE L A INPUT OPENING EDGE M B INPUT CLOSING EDGE O B INPUT OPENING EDGE P PB INPUT CLOSING EDGE Q PB INPUT OPENING EDGE R AUX PORT INPUT CLOSING EDGE S AUX PORT INPUT OPENING EDGE x or X eXit SETUP MODE GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA...

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Page 33: ...response from a sec ond card before the first has finished then the two may try to output data at the same time This won t cause any damage but may result in garbled data at the receiver It is also possible to overload the digital audio system with too many commands through the serial port You don t want to take too much time away from the Digital Audio Repeater to serve the serial port If you are...

Page 34: ...T SEVEN DATA BITS ODD PARITY BIT ONE STOP BIT When the parity is enabled any data with a parity error in it is simply ig nored There are a number of methods that you can use to access a number of cards in the digital audio system at the same time If you are controlling the audio through the serial input you can use any or all of them as best suits your application The Types of Commands Available a...

Page 35: ...to commands of this type Once cocked you will have to un cock a card to stop it from responding to any more COCKED com mands EXAMPLE A Start Cocked command will start only those Digital Audio Repeaters which have had their COCKED flags set GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 818 840 9484 800 776 5972 FAX 818 840 9485 27 of 72 ...

Page 36: ...he system out of SETUP ECHO MODE EXAMPLE to take any and all cards out of SETUP ECHO mode b c TRACK Enter Global Echo Mode This command puts the one card addressed by the TRACK into this mode while taking all other cards out of this mode The one card that is in this mode will echo all non track specific commands accepted by the sys tem This type of echo can be used in an automated system to ensure...

Page 37: ...de h i TRACK Track Status Report This command responds with a stream of ASCII HEX data containing the current status of the card specified by the TRACK BYTE 1 2 LED Port Status BIT 0 MUTE STATUS 1 muted BIT 1 DELAY STATUS 1 in delay BIT 2 HALF MUTE STATUS 1 half muted BIT 3 not used BIT 4 RUN STATUS 1 running BIT 5 STATUS OUTPUT STATUS 1 on BIT 6 PA STATUS 1 on BIT 7 REPEATER CLOCK ENABLED 1 on BY...

Page 38: ... the TRACK BIT 0 A INPUT STATUS 1 closed BIT 1 B INPUT STATUS 1 closed BIT 2 PB INPUT STATUS 1 closed BIT 3 not used BIT 4 not used BIT 5 not used BIT 6 not used BIT 7 not used EXAMPLE to poll the input Switch Status for card 00 l0000 m 5AA5 TRACK Enter Configuration Mode This command puts the card specified by the TRACK into the configura tion mode All other cards in the system are locked off fro...

Page 39: ...th the current contents of the configuration EEprom for the Digital Audio Repeater specified by the TRACK This string of 74 ASCII characters is led off by the character string s5AA5 As it hap pens this is the lead in string for the CONFIGURATION LOAD command This allows you to save the configuration of one or more Digital Audio Repeaters in your computer for later retrieval or archiving and then s...

Page 40: ...onfiguration Dump command Start Commands t TRACK Start Track u Start All v Start Cocked w GROUP Start Group These commands start the digital audio Repeater playing on the card s addressed by the command If an addressed card is looping it will have its looping mode reset If the card is already playing it can be configured to do one of the following things 1 IGNORE IT 2 SAVE THE START UNTIL IT FINIS...

Page 41: ...te Commands T TRACK Un Mute Track U Un Mute All V Un Mute Cocked W GROUP Un Mute Group These commands unconditionally un mute the card s selected If the card s selected have their PA system active the PA system will continue to hold the cards in a half muted condition until it is finished X TRACK Cock Track This command sets the cocked flag on the Digital Audio Repeater Card specified by the TRACK...

Page 42: ... is located in the first 16 memory chips and there is no delay entered then the card will use a special fast looping mode This will give you seamless looped spiels To accomplish the fast looping mode the start of the loop is considered to be where ever the last start or loop command was given What this means is that if you play a part of a spiel located in the first 16 memory chips and then stop t...

Page 43: ... of 1 minute 080CH is equal to 2060 counts which is equal to 60 00184866 seconds 00080C TRACK ADDRESS Set Memory Address Address bits 10 through 42 for the Eprom array are stored in the micro controller These can be read out using the Memory Address Status com mand or loaded using this command Because the addressing for any memory chips mounted on expansion boards is not direct this method can onl...

Page 44: ...holds true for the SECOND PRIORITY PA STATION ex cept that TOP PRIORITY PA requests will take precedence over these too If no other priority options are on then all other valid PA requests are treated equally If more than one valid PA request is active at a time the audio from both will be mixed If the STANDARD PRIORITIES are on then it uses the PA STATION number to prioritize PA requests Any requ...

Page 45: ...ears the PA request by turning off the TRUNK of the PA request If all the trunk lines are off then it turns off the PA LED on the front of the card and allows the mute level to return to whatever it was before EXAMPLE to clear any PA requests which used trunk line 3 3 GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 818 840 9484 800 776 5972 FAX 818 840 9485 37 of 72 ...

Page 46: ...G Load Configuration t TRACK Start Track u Start All v Start Cocked w GROUP Start Group x TRACK Stop Track y Stop All z Stop Cocked G GROUP Stop Group H TRACK Reset Track I Reset All J Reset Cocked K GROUP Reset Group L TRACK Mute Track M Mute All N Mute Cocked O GROUP Mute Group P TRACK Half Mute Track Q Half Mute All R Half Mute Cocked S GROUP Half Mute Group T TRACK Un Mute Track U Un Mute All ...

Page 47: ...t Spiel Group TRACK DELAY TIME Set Delay TRACK ADDRESS Set Memory Address TRACK Stop Clock TRACK Start Clock HALF MASK FULL MASK Mute Masks PA ZONE PA STATION TRUNK PA Command TRUNK Clear PA Request GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 818 840 9484 800 776 5972 FAX 818 840 9485 39 of 72 ...

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Page 49: ...v tick tock delay 02 O reload defaults i B input action 02 j PB input action next w J 6 direct select yes X eXit hours for weekly tolling none 01 none 07 none 13 none 19 none 25 none 02 none 08 none 14 none 20 none 26 none 03 none 09 none 15 none 21 none 27 none 04 none 10 none 16 none 22 none 28 none 05 none 11 none 17 none 23 none 29 none 06 none 12 none 18 none 24 none 30 none 23 59 59 Monday 1...

Page 50: ...ggle enables the ODD PARITY data check on the serial port on the AB Clock Parity is a method of confirming that the data sent to the audio system arrives intact Any data that gets jumbled is ignored If ODD PARITY is enabled it must be enabled on your computer or terminal The default value for this command is OFF This command doesn t take effect until you enter the eXit command It is not normally u...

Page 51: ...m 01 to 97 and play it enter a value from 1 to 97 to do this c Mute the AB Clock When in this mode the word ÔMUTEDÕ will appear on the command line on the screen if any and no sounds will be started by the AB Clock until this signal is removed Sounds selected by the other hardware inputs or from the Select and Play a Sound command will still be played enter a value of Ô98Õ to do this This mode is ...

Page 52: ... will elapse between each tick or tock sound Valid entries are from 00 none to 99 seconds If a peri od of less than one second is required between the tick and tock sounds a single spiel that holds both sounds can be recorded and played back on both the ticks and the tocks w J 6 Direct Select When toggled ÔONÕ this command tells the AB Clock to use a Ôone of eightÕ selection for the 1 4 J 6 port o...

Page 53: ...lay and editing by the Schedule Displayed command below Hours for weekly tolling 24 hour operation c If you enter smaller hour first and then a larger hour then the auto matic tolling will play only for the hours selected This is displayed as follows the word ÕweeklyÕ will be replaced by whichever schedule has been selected for display and editing by the Schedule Displayed command below Hours for ...

Page 54: ... whatever show is next in the sequence Entering 01 through 31 will select and play a specific show at the time you entered Entering all 0Õs for the time and the show you want to play will clear out a special request and the word ÔnoneÕ will be displayed on the screen M Configuration Download This command responds with the current contents of the configuration EEprom for the AB Clock This string of...

Page 55: ...command in error hitting an ESC ape key will get you back to the setup mode All the setup commands that don t take effect immediately take effect when the eXit command is entered This includes things like the BAUD RATE so you will have to change the baud rate of the terminal you are using at this time The eXit command asks you if you want to save the current setup perma nently If you answer Y the ...

Page 56: ...tic Tolling k Sound On Hour l Sound On 1 4 Hour m Sound On 1 2 Hour o Sound On 3 4 Hour p Sound On Chime 1 q Sound On Chime 2 t Sound On Tick u Sound On Tick v Tick Tock Delay w J 6 Direct Select H Set Clock I Set Tolling Hours J Skip Weekends K Schedule Displayed L Modify Schedule M Configuration Download O Reload Defaults x or X eXit Setup Mode GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 8...

Page 57: ... off its string with a s5AA5 data saved in the configuration dump command can be reloaded into the audio system by simply sending back to it To do this 1 Tell your modem program to delay slightly between characters so you donÕt over run the input buffer of the AB Clock or lower the baud rate 2 Tell your computer to send out the previously saved output string from the CONFIGURATION DUMP command Sum...

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Page 59: ...ng with the socket marked as ROM 1 and extending through the socket marked ROM 32 There can be no breaks in the Eprom sequence and the MX card must be completely filled if additional MX cards are going to be used WHEN INSTALLING Eproms BE SURE TO OBSERVE THE PIN ONE MARKINGS ON THE Eproms SOCKETS AND PRINTED CIR CUIT BOARDS PLUGGING AN Eprom IN BACKWARDS CAN DAMAGE BOTH THE Eprom AND REPEATER The ...

Page 60: ...ards The first card on top of the Repeater is always an EVEN one The cards are al ways configured as follows FIRST MX MEMORY EXPANSION EVEN SECOND MX MEMORY EXPANSION ODD THIRD MX MEMORY EXPANSION EVEN FOURTH MX MEMORY EXPANSION ODD FIFTH MX MEMORY EXPANSION EVEN SIXTH MX MEMORY EXPANSION ODD SEVENTH MX MEMORY EXPANSION EVEN All MX 200 cards are factory configured as EVEN card since they are norma...

Page 61: ...sired The spiels can be accessed sequentially our full sized Digital Audio Repeaters can access spiels randomly Each AB 50 or DR 50 MiniRepeater holds one Eprom for audio storage This limits the maximum capacity of each repeater to about thirty seconds at its maximum bandwidth 15 KHz At voice bandwidths this can be stretched to between sixty to ninety seconds If longer play times are need ed then ...

Page 62: ...128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8 Number of bytes per Eprom 131 072 262 144 524 288 1 048 576 One Eprom in each AB 50 or DR 50 14 91 sec 29 83 sec 59 65 sec 119 30 sec 5 KHz Bandwidth 11 718 Hz UPDATE RATE Eprom type 27C010 27C020 27C040 27C080 Size 128K x 8 256K x 8 512K x 8 1 M x 8 Number of bytes per Eprom 131 072 262 144 524 28 1 048 576 One Eprom in each AB 50 or DR 50 11 18 sec 22 37 sec 44...

Page 63: ...y lock out any starts from the card as long as the B input is held active SWITCH 5 ENABLE STOP When this switch is turned on the repeater will pay attention to the ÔstopÕ commands encoded into the Eprom When off it will re peatedly play whatever is recorded on the Eprom until it is explicitly told to stop You can use this switch to make a repeater start running from a pulse on the A input until yo...

Page 64: ...S When this switch is turned on the one shot circuit on the A input is disabled When this switch is ÔonÕ with a combination of other switch es this will allow you to tell the AB 50 to loop as long as this input is held active Turning this switch ÔoffÕ will enable the one shot on the ÔAÕ input so that a signal on this input will only start the repeater once GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91...

Page 65: ...dio output Bottom 7 Positive audio output The A and B inputs require a powered switch closure The voltage applied can be anywhere between 5 and 24 volts AC or DC The audio outputs are a 10 dB balanced line level signal If one of the two outputs is left floating the output from the DR 50 will be excessively noisy If you are using an amplifier with a single ended input you will need to 1 attach the ...

Page 66: ...PIN 3 Output 2 GREEN card 2 Balanced Audio Line Level Positive PIN 16 Output 2 BLUE card 2 Balanced Audio Line Level Negative PIN 4 Ground 3 VIOLET card 3 Ground PIN 17 Output 3 GRAY card 3 Balanced Audio Line Level Positive PIN 5 Output 3 WHITE card 3 Balanced Audio Line Level Negative PIN 18 Ground 4 BLACK card 4 Ground PIN 6 Output 4 BROWN card 4 Balanced Audio Line Level Positive PIN 19 Output...

Page 67: ...el 1 data bit 6 Card 8 Start 14 yellow channel 1 data bit 5 Card 7 Stop 15 green channel 1 data bit 4 Card 7 Start 16 blue channel 1 data bit 3 Card 6 Stop 17 violet channel 1 data bit 2 Card 6 Start 18 gray channel 1 data bit 1 Card 5 Stop 19 white channel 1 data bit 0 Card 5 Start 20 black unregulated power supply 21 brown circuit ground no connection 22 red channel 2 data bit 7 Card 12 Stop 23 ...

Page 68: ...rminals To do this 1 Attach a jumper wire between terminal 1 and terminal 3 for the A input and or terminal 1 and terminal 5 for the B input 2 Attach your switch es between terminals 2 and 4 for the A input and terminals 2 and 6 for the B input The audio outputs are a 10 dB balanced line level signal If one of the two outputs is left floating the output from the AB 50 will be excessively noisy If ...

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Page 71: ...ssume when we tell you to install a copy of the software on your hard disk you know how to do this Refer to the instructions that come with your Eprom Programmer to learn how to burn Eproms Double clicking on the SNDCMP8 program or its icon brings up the fol lowing menu Taking up most of the space on the menu is a list of samples that have been previously selected using the ADD button These sounds...

Page 72: ...der they appear in the list This button is used to move a highlighted file fur ther up in the list 4 Demote The files are loaded into the Eprom set in the order they appear in the list This button is used to move a highlighted file fur ther down in the list 5 Build This button tells the program to do the deed It opens a stan dard Mac Windows file save dialog that allows you to name and se lect whe...

Page 73: ...75 KHz 3 KHz 2 KHz 0 KHz absolute silence The Filter Rate is virtually always set to be equal to or below the Sample Rate that is set for a sound 3 Silence Threshold Sounds that are going to be programmed into an AB 100 and AB Clock can have all the ÔsilentÕ portions of the sound removed from the final Eprom set The reason you may want to do this is to reduce the amount of Eproms the samples will ...

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Page 75: ...hz 7 50 KHz 1 0 0 500 0 KHz 5 00 KHz 0 1 1 375 0 KHz 3 75 KHz 0 1 0 300 0 KHz 3 00 KHz 0 0 1 200 0 KHz 2 00 KHz 0 0 0 OFF 8 OFF bit6 0 no effect 1 end of all sampled data after this 1 KByte is played bit7 0 no effect 1 stop after this 1 KByte is played GILDERFLUKE CO 205 S FLOWER BURBANK CA 91502 2102 818 840 9484 800 776 5972 FAX 818 840 9485 67 of 72 7 If the sample frequency is set to delay the...

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Page 77: ... 11 MIX B POT INPUT 12 MIX B POT WIPER 13 MIX A POT INPUT 14 MIX A POT WIPER 15 DIGITAL POT INPUT 16 DIGITAL POT WIPER 17 GROUND 18 VOLUME POT REFERENCE 19 1 2 MUTE WIPER 20 VOLUME WIPER J 7 RJ 11 6 POSITION TELEPHONE CONNECTOR RS 485 Serial Data COLOR SIGNAL NAME LEFT WHITE SIGNAL GROUND BLACK SERIAL DATA OUT FROM REPEATER RED SERIAL DATA OUT FROM REPEATERS GREEN SERIAL DATA IN TO REPEATERS YELLO...

Page 78: ... Eprom CHIP SELECT 10 13 Eprom CHIP SELECT 11 14 Eprom CHIP SELECT 12 15 Eprom CHIP SELECT 13 16 Eprom CHIP SELECT 14 17 Eprom CHIP SELECT 15 18 Eprom CHIP SELECT 16 19 LOGIC 5 VOLT SUPPLY 20 LOGIC 5 VOLT SUPPLY 21 LOGIC 5 VOLT SUPPLY 22 GROUND 23 GROUND 24 GROUND J 9 7 POSITION screw terminal Start Inputs Status Output and Audio Output 1 STATUS OUTPUT 2 COMMON 3 B INPUT RESTART 4 A INPUT START 5 ...

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