User Manual

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You can navigate between the menu items with the Select button and you can
choose an option with the Acknowledge button. Please note that you can go one
step back by selecting << and clicking the Acknowledge button.
1.3.1 MENU: Timeline
Within the Timeline menu you can choose/see:
Squelch: •
With the squelch setting you can suppress weak transponder signals.
This is sometimes useful if participants are walking near the loop or the
coaxial cable and are picked up accidently. E.g. if the squelch setting is set
to -40 dBm, all transponders with received strength below -40 dBm will be
ignored.
Gate time•
Auxiliary:•
For holdoff and edge settings. Holdoff is the time in milliseconds the decoder
will wait before accepting a new pulse via one of those inputs. At the start
of the pulse the holdoff period will be active. During the holdoff period all
other signals will be ignored.
The Edge setting determines at which edge it will be triggered. You can
choose from Rising, Falling, Any or None.
With Rising there is a reaction on a pulse that looks the following:
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With Falling there is a reaction on a pulse that looks the following:
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With ‘Any’ there is a reaction on both type of edges.
When you select ‘None’ there is no reaction at all.
1.3.2 MENU: Clock
Within the Clock menu you can choose/see:
Set Clock• :
Here you can change the date and the time of day. To set your decoder to
a specic time in seconds: First select the time in hours and minutes that
you wish to set the decoder on. After this, the decoder will ask you to select
ACCEPT. At the exact moment ACCEPT is selected, the decoder clock will
start at the selected time from zero seconds. For example: the new time
setting for the decoder is 11.15; when you press ACCEPT, the decoder clock
will start counting at the exact time, 11h:15m:00s.