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Author Topic: Pennywise Patch PIN Ken McFall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 615 From: Haringey, London. Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-20-2003 02:56 PM                     Anyone got a Patch pin for Pennywise CA21 automation....  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-22-2003 01:34 AM                     Maybe. What's a patch pin?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-22-2003 01:37 AM                     Never heard of this. What Manny said! And what IS the right tool for the job?  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-22-2003 07:32 AM                     Presumably these are the diode pins that go in the matrix.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-22-2003 03:16 PM                     You're thinking of the wrong automation Dave.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-23-2003 04:51 PM                     Still waiting to learn what a patch PIN is...  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-23-2003 05:15 PM                     Aha! I had taken a quick look at the manual and saw the matrix on the panel, I didn't look further and see that it's a LED matrix not a pin matrix. Now I'm just as curious as to what a patch pin might be...  |  IP: Logged Bill Langfield Master Film Handler Posts: 280 From: Prospect, NSW, Australia Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-24-2003 09:53 AM                        This is just a guess, Ken might not be referring to a physical pin, but a PIN as in Password. The Pennywise Ezymation IV’s that I use require a password to get into the computer to change subroutines or patches, like Auto Slide, Auto Start, Auto Stop. Standard programs and their steps don’t need a password to be modified, just the subs do. Bill.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-24-2003 10:17 AM                     Now this is starting to make some sense. If this is indeed about a password for the CA-21 automation, there is a master PIN...at least, for the ones I have. The same PIN works on both the wall-mount and console-mount units. I believe that a different code can be programmed into the EPROM, along with custom features. I elected to keep the original password. Still, I wonder if Pennywise leaves their PIN in place, in case a "back door" is needed. Question: Do all CA-21's come from Australia or are some made in the U.S.A.? Or somewhere else?  |  IP: Logged Ken McFall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 615 From: Haringey, London. Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-24-2003 10:40 AM                     Hi Guys, sorry its been a while getting back to you.... Yes the 'Patch Pin' is a password to get into the Pennywise automation. There are two, one for setup which I have and one for Patching the relays onto different functions, which I don't have. I have the manuals so all I need is the pin. Our units don't respond to the pin I have... so was wondering if there is indeed a 'master' pin out there. I'm desperate to get on with some work but am being held back.... It's quite simple, all I want to setup is a pulse for the CD player, they have been modified to accept a pulse to start or stop playing. For some reason this was never wired in on the original install. Looks like I'll have to wait until the Pennywise dealer sorts it out.... but I hate waiting when I can get on with the job myself [ 02-24-2003, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: Ken McFall ]  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 02-24-2003 12:04 PM                     All Pennywise automations are made in Australia, while some outboard parts such as interface boards, are made by some distributors. Christie, Kinoton, Monee and other distributors either sell the Pennywise product as part of their line or have customized systems made. Richard Fowler Kinoton America Inc.  |  IP: Logged

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