GPIO: Which pins correspond to which buttons?

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The following table describes the outputs (numbered left to right) on the 12-pin GPIO for Series 4 (XTx44, XDx34, HDx24) and Series 3 (XTx43, XDx33, HDx23) players:

The following table and diagram illustrate the pinout of the DA15 GPIO connector on earlier models: 

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The Switch/LED connector is a DA15 Female. This connector is used to allow the BrightSign to control external LEDs or other devices requiring 24mA of current or less.

In order to connect an LED:

  • Connect the LED outputs to the LED ANODE
  • Connect the LED CATHODE to ground. 

If you want to connect another device, then the output is capable of sourcing or sinking up to 3.3V at 24mA, but there is a series resistor of 100Ω in each line. The connector also allows the connecting of external contact closures to the ground. 

In order to connect a switch:

  • Connect one side of the switch to the switch input
  • Connect the other side of the switch to one of the ground pins on the DB15 connector

The connector can also supply 3.3V at up to 500mA to an external device. The 3.3V output is polyfuse-protected and can source up to 500mA. If one BrightSign player is driving the inputs on another BrightSign player, then you can drive at most three inputs from one output. The following calculations explain this limitation:

Note: The GPIO outputs have 100Ω series resistors; the GPIO inputs have 1K pullup resistors to 3.3V; and the input threshold on the 541 chips is 2V high and .8V low. The high voltage is not problematic, but the low voltage can be if there are too many inputs connected to one output.

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    Jean Michel

    The text "is a series resistor of 100W" makes no sense. Perhaps you mean 100 Ohm?

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    David Ebaugh

    Is there any electrical problem with attaching a single switch on multiple BrightSigns in parallel?

    i.e. Switch is wired to "Button 1 I/O" on 4x HD1022's.  This is to execute the same programming on all 4 HD1022's upon pressing button 1. 

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    Adam Kaczmarek

    David Ebaugh I don't know will there be any electrical problem with setup you mentioned. However you could connect switch to a single BrightSign player (master) and send from it a sync signal to other BrightSign players.

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    Vincent Webber

    To Whom This May Concern

    I took a GPIO (db15) cable and clipped off one end, i then attached pin 7 (button 1) to the trigger and pin 14 (ground) to the ground on the trigger. I turned off all of the equipment then plugged up the button to the GPIO port on a HD1022. When i press the button i get no response on the brightsign.

    I also have a USB button that i ordered from your website, button 1 works on it and makes the program run as intended.

    Did i wire the button wrong? The cable is a 6' cable, is there a maximum length? any tip, hints, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This is concerning the fire program your team has helped me program.

    Kind Regards

    vincent

     

     

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    Vincent Webber

    I have also tried crossing every combination of wire with no result

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    Lyndon

     

    I don't know which fire program you're referring to, but if you're wired to 7 and 14, that should work on the HD1022. You can also take a paperclip, bent in two, and insert it into pin ports 7 and 14 on the connector to trigger button 1.  You can confirm if that works. if the paperclip works, then it sounds like a wiring or connector issue.

     

    You mention also a usb button. You project is setup for both usb buttons and gpio, or you're trying to convert it?

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    Dax Cruz

    I'm wondering if you attach a switch that can play and pause a presentation?

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    Colin O'Rourke

    We see that the buttons activate a specific video. is it possible to program the brightsign that the video only plays as long as the button is held? 

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