Bricasti Design Bricasti M10 Owner's, Manual

Installing the M10 

The M10 can control from one to 8 M7s.  Included your M10 kit is one 10 meter serial cable, for 
connecting the M10 to the first M7 and one serial terminator for the last unit.  This kit is for connection one 
M7 to the M10. 
 

Upgrading the M7s 

If you are adding the M10 to your current setup, you may need to upgrade your M7. If your M7 serial # is 
#0885 or lower, then you will need to upgrade the M7.  Units with serial # 886 and onwards will support 
the M10 with no need to upgrade.  See the Software Upgrade Section of this manual for detailed 
instructions.  

Connecting the M10 to one M7 

Connecting one M7 to the M10 is simple; just connect the supplied serial cable to M10, the other end to the 
M7, and install the terminator plug on the loop thru connector on the M7

. 

Below, an example of one M7 with the termination plug installed  
 

Connecting more than one M7 to the M10 

Connecting more than one M7 to the M10 is also simple; just connect the supplied serial cable to M10, the 
other end to the first M7, and install the terminator plug on the loop thru connector on the last M7.  In this 
case you may have to provide a short serial cable to connect the first M7 to the second if you have not 
ordered one from Bricasti. 

Below, an example of 2 M7s connected to one M10.  Top machine is unit #1 and has the M10 connected, an optional short serial loop 
connector connects to the lower #2 unit and termination plug installed on lower #2 unit.  

To connect more M7 to the chain, just loop from one to the next and terminate the last one.  The order in 
which the units are connected will determine the machine number sequence when using them from the 
M10.  First machine is #1, second one is #2 and so on up to 8. 

Power Requirements 

The M10 derives its DC power from the M7 it is connected to.  The M7 power supply is sufficient to 
operate the M10 with cable lengths up to 30 meters.  If your installation requires longer runs then an 
additional 12v DC power supply may be required to remotely power the M10.   If your installation has this 
requirement please contact your distributor for more details to source a suitable power supply and wiring 
diagrams. 

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