Optically Isolated Trigger Input Actions
The following Input Actions are used to start, stop, and generally control the Br-EFB
through its two optically isolated trigger inputs. The optically isolated trigger inputs can
be used as the sole method to control the Br-EFB, or as an adjunct to the Br-EFB’s
Rs-422, USB and Ethernet ports.
You set what each of the Trigger Inputs will do on the AutoDownload dialog,
(usually) after you have finished programming all of your shows and are ready to send
them to the Br-EFB.
The Br-EFB has two Trigger Inputs. You can set different Input Actions for the
on the input and the ‘opening Edge’
.This allows you to do things like
‘pause’ a show on a closure of an input, and then ‘continue’ it on the opening of the
same input.
Pc•MACs uses the ‘Target Device’ to know what options are available for the
Trigger Inputs, number of sequencers available, and even the size of the
AutoDownload memory available. It looks this up from the GilderGearList each time
you do an AutoDownload, so if new features have been added to the Br-EFB since
your last AutoDownload, you will be able to access them.
Some of the Input Actions require you to enter a second or third value from the drop
downs just to their right. Typically these will be a show, or range of shows for the Input
Action to use.
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The ‘closing edge’ is when current starts flowing through the optically isolated input, which is usually when an attached switch
‘closes’. The status of all the Trigger Inputs can be seen on the Br-EFB’s ‘status’ command and ‘main’ menu.
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The ‘opening edge’ is when current stops flowing through the optically isolated input, which is usually when an attached switch
‘opens’. The status of all the Trigger Inputs can be seen on the Br-EFB’s ‘status’ command and ‘main’ menu.
