Puppet Keyboard

David Buckley 20 July 2009 - @16Nov09

This consists of the original puppeting keyboard with a new extension to the rear.
To use
The keyboard must be plugged into an 8052AH-Basic Show-computer, plug the 26-way flat cable connector into the matching socket on the Show-computer.
(The 25D connector on the flat cable, if out, is for the Probocis and should not be connected).
The Show-computer must be set to Program 4 on the black hex-switch.
Set switch, connect flat cable, then plugin 24volt power to Show-computer.

See below for Hex-switch settings to run RAM1, RAM2, and EEPROM shows.

Along the top from left to right are:-
The LED-bar - when all the LEDS are lit an 8k Show is full.
One LED indicates 512 bytes of data, ie 256 moves.
The Orange and Red LEDs indicate the end of memory is near.
Four black push buttons:-

Goto START,

BACK set current position back 512 bytes of data, One LED.

STOP - set the current Show-End.

FORWARD set current position forward 512 bytes of data, One LED,
Green LED - Play LED
Red LED - Record LED
Green push-switch - Start PLAY
Red push-switch - Start RECORD

Channel enables
Below these are 8 LEDs and 8 switches.
When the switch is up the LED lights and the associated channel is active for puppeting and RECORD.
The channels are 1 - 8 or 9 - 16, left to right.

Active Channel Bank
The active channel bank is set as before by the toggle switch between the puppeting buttons for channels 4 and 5.
Down is channels 1 - 8.
Up (Green LED on) is channels 9 - 16.
The Active bank can be changed at any time.

Active Show
The keyboard can Record (puppet) to two separate memory areas in the 8052 computers.

Show0 in RAM, Channel-Switch set to 1 -8 on power-up/reset

Show1 in RAM, Channel-Switch set to 9 -16 on power-up/reset

RECORD
Records from the current position in memory, indicated by the LED-bar.
When the end of memory is reached the end of the recording is automatically set to the end of memory.
To end a recording before the end of memory press one of the other control buttons.
To set the Current Position as the end of the recording, ie Show-End press STOP.
If RECORD is held down during power-up/reset then the current RAM Show - Show0, Show1 will be copied to the EEPROM for use in the 6502 computers (will play at 6 minute speed only).

PLAY
Plays from the current position to the Show-End
To play from any where else use BACK or FORWARD or START.
If PLAY is held down during power-up/reset then Looping-Play will be enabled until power-up/reset and PLAY started.

Power-up / Reset options

If RECORD is held down during power-up/reset then the current RAM Show - Show0, Show1
will be copied to the EEPROM, for use in the 6502 computers (will play at 6 minute speed only).
Record and Play LEDs will light until done.
If PLAY is held down during power-up/reset then Looping-Play will be enabled until power-up/reset and PLAY started.
Active show is Show0 in RAM if Channel-Switch set to 1 -8 on power-up/reset
Active show is Show1 in RAM if Channel-Switch set to 9 -16 on power-up/reset
Hold down FORWARD during power-up/reset for 3 minute speed.
Hold down START during power-up/reset until the Play LED blinks to CLEAN the Active RAM Show.
Record and Play LEDs will light until done.

8052AH-Basic Show-computer Hex-switch settings

run show in RAM1.
run show in RAM2.
run show in EEPROM.
run Puppet-keyboard program (this page).
run Test-channel program - Hex-switch will then select channel to be cycled.
run NameIt program - renames an EEPROM.
run Probocis puppeting program (only in one computer, which?).

[Note: @ 03Oct09. Although Program 5_Puppet.txt (4 on hex switch) does 3min and 6min shows, only 6 min is supported by 2_RunRAM0.txt, 2_RunRAM1.txt, 4_RunEEPROM.txt and 6502 computers.]