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getting controller commands out on the
RS485 network link.
Use the
Select Drive with the SD card
section to
choose the SD card. The drop-down menu will
default to the first removable drive on your system. If
you forgot to plug the SD card/SD card writer into
the PC, do it now and click the
Refresh Drive List
button.
Finally, click the
Place Show on the SD Card
button to write the current Show, Schedule and
possibly current time to the SD card. You will see
this window when it is done:
Interactive Trigger Connections
The following diagram shows the connections for a
momentary contact switch (A) and a motion detector
(B) to the DC-MP3 input header. The push button is
connected to trigger input 2 and the motion detector
is connected to trigger input 1. The push button is a
normally open switch, meaning it closes the circuit
when activated. The motion detector is a normally
closed switch, meaning it opens the circuit when
activated.
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The picture above shows both trigger switches in
their ‘off’ (untriggered) position.
The Hardware Utility would be used to configure
Show02 for the push button (‘A’) as follows:
•
“Plays when triggered” selected
•
“Select Switch Number” would have radio
button ‘2’ selected
•
“Trigger Switch Type” would have radio
button “Norm Open” selected.
Show01 for the motion detector (‘B’) would be
configured as follows:
•
“Plays when triggered” selected
•
“Select Switch Number” would have radio
button ‘1’ selected
•
“Trigger Switch Type” would have radio
button “Norm Closed” selected.
Updating the DC-MP3 Firmware
You must have:
•
Hardware Utility version 1.5.10 or later, see
the section
Hardware Utility Version
