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3.4.6.2.3 Active After Waiting Time
This configuration allows to set the photocell as "normally closed" for the first impulse and then having it
change to "normally open" until the end of an athlete's test. Let’s look at an example:
Agility Test when an Athlete Starts "Within" a Photocell.
The athlete cuts the two photocells acting as starting line, the timer starts a countdown of N seconds (equal
to the "Waiting Time" set by the user with the "Configure Photocell" function - 3 seconds in the example in
the screenshot above), during which the athlete has time to prepare for the start. As soon as the athlete
starts, the photocell transmits the start and automatically resets the "normally open" configuration, ready to
generate a lap or stop impulse when the next passage interrupts it.
Pressing "New Athlete" on the timer, the photocell returns to the "Starting from Inside" configuration.
BEEP
N.Closed for N sec.
then N.Open
3,2,1…GO!
If there are more photocells, they can be set differently as required (in the example below the first is
configured as "active after waiting time" and the second as "normally open").
BEEP
N.Closed for N sec.
then N.Open
3,2,1…GO!
BEEP
N.Open