Gilderfluke&Co BR-MultiBrick32 - Manual (Page 25)

8) Set the 'first channel' and 'last channel' boxes to set the number
channels you want to go into this AutoDownload file. A BR-
MultiBrick32 holds four channels worth of data. If this is the first (or
only) BR-MultiBrick32 in the system, the addresses are typically set
for ‘0’ to ‘3’.
9) The ‘Calculate Brick Start Frames’ checkbox must always be
checked.
10) The ‘Save Brick Starts’ checkbox should not be checked.
11) You can quickly test if the BR-MultiBrick32 is attached to the serial
port properly by hitting the ‘Reset MiniBrick’ button. Of course, this
will also erase any show data that was already in the BR-
MultiBrick32’s flash memory. PC•MACs will report if the Reset was
successful or not.
12) Press the ‘Build’ or ‘Download’ button to begin the saving process.
A ‘Build’ will just save the AutoDownload file to your disk, without
sending it to the BR-MultiBrick32. A ‘Download’ will save the file to
disk and send it to the BR-MultiBrick32. A standard file save dialog
will open. Double check the Directory location and name the file
as desired. (it defaults to the name of the first show in the list). You
can tell Windows to save the file to a different directory, if need-
ed. PC•MACs will warn you if a file already exists in this location
with this same name. Hit OK (or change the name & hit OK if you
want to preserve the older file) to save the data to a file.
After doing an AutoDownload, if you press the ‘Report’ button, PC•MACs
will display the information about the AutoDownload file you just saved. This
information is also saved in a text file with the same name as the Flash
Memories, but with the extension of ‘.set’. You can open this file with any
text editor (like Notepad or Wordpad). The numbers shown for ‘Brick start’
and ‘Brick end’ are what you need to enter into the 'Smart' Brick Brain to set
the start and end of each show (If you will be running the BR-MultiBrick32 as
a 'Smart' Brick). The ‘Eprom Memory start’ and ‘Eprom Memory end’ are
the actual locations of the shows in the Flash Memory set. The number
shown for the ‘Eprom Memory End’ for the last show in this file set is the last
byte which will be saved into the Flash Memory. If your Flash Memory is
smaller than this number, you will need to use external show data storage
(such as a BR-SmartMedia) or have your BR-MultiBrick32 retrofitted with a
larger Flash memory. Contact Gilderfluke & Co. if you need to have your
flash memory expanded.
The AutoDownload file that PC•MACs automatically generates will have
the extension of filename.Ann. The 'A' in the extension flags it as a
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