Manual

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1.1.1 The DIP-switches
There are two switch field’s inside. One with 12 DIP-switches and one with 4 DIP-
switches. Their functions are outlined in this chapter. It is important to note that
changes made to the DIP-switches (12 switch-field) 1, 2 and 3 are activated only
after a power-down, power-up cycle. Switches 4 through 12 take effect at once.
DIP-switch with 12 switches:
OFF
ON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Frame rate
SW 24 Frs 25 Frs 30 Frs 29.97 Frs
1 ON OFF OFF ON
2 OFF OFF ON ON
3 ON Drop Frame with 29.97 and 30 frames
Note. Drop Frame with 24 is slow 24 (23.98frs!)
Drop Frame with 25 in Reader mode is Enhanced reader (see
section 3.4)
Operating modes
SW Gen Gen/ RTC Read/Gen Read
4 OFF OFF ON ON
5 OFF ON OFF ON
Display modes
6 ON Time code only displayed .
No transition to userbits when slate closed.
Display userbits with RED button.
OFF Normal slate function .
Slate open Time code display.
Slate closed Display userbits for 2 secs,
or userbits with RED button.
7 ON Clapped time shown for 2 minutes.
OFF No clapped time displayed .
Note: With SW 7 down LED display shuts off after 3 minutes.
8 ON Advance display frames as selected by switches 9. 10. 11.
OFF Retard display frames as selected by switches 9.10.11.
Frs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9 1’s 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
10 2’s 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
11 4’s 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
12 OFF Running time code shown when clapstick lifted.
ON Userbits shown for one second.