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ASC3

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1 General

The startclock ASC3 is a device for sports with individual start and fixed countdown time. It
helps the athletes and starters to organize the start procedure. There are several programs
available to cover different sports. Each program has 9 different start interval times. An
acoustic countdown, a start light and a visible countdown help you to organize the start pro-
cedure.

A-C ..... Start lights (red, yellow and green)
D ........ Bib (Start Number) - yellow
E ........ Countdown Time - red
F ......... Time of day with hours, minutes and seconds - green

1 ......... Green push button
2 ......... Yellow push button
3 ......... Program push button
4 ......... Start input (e.g. startgate for skiing) with green and black banana socket
5 ......... Connector for push button for start interval setting and countdown start
6 ......... Start output with banana sockets
7 ......... Multiport
8 ......... Volume for speaker
9 ......... Socket to connect an external speaker
10 ....... Battery condition and charging LEDs
11 ....... On / Off – switch
12 ....... External 12V power connection (12 – 15 VDC)
13 ....... Fuse 1.0 A for power supply
14 ....... Mains connector to recharge internal battery of built in power pack (100-240VAC)

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Summary of Contents for ASC3

Page 1: ...Manual Version E140514 ...

Page 2: ...an according to IEC 60364 1 Never touch the mains plug with wet hands Never touch live parts Cleaning Please clean the outside of the device only with a smooth cloth Detergents can cause damage Never submerge in water never open or clean with wet cloth The cleaning must not be carried out by hose or high pressure risk of short circuits or other damage Liability Limitations All technical informatio...

Page 3: ...hat the display board ASC3 is in conformity with the following standard s or other normative documents s Safety IEC 60950 1999 EN 60950 2000 EN 60335 1 2002 A11 2004 A1 2004 A12 2006 A2 2006 EMC EN55022 2006 A1 2007 EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 EN61000 3 2 2006 EN61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 A2 2005 Additional Information The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 7...

Page 4: ...e Startclock 7 2 Operation 8 2 1 Parameters 8 2 2 Starting up the Startclock 8 2 3 Programs 13 3 Parameter setting 28 3 1 Parameter Setting in the Startclock 28 3 2 Parameter setting by PC 33 4 Multiport 33 4 1 RS232 Interface 33 4 2 Remote Control ASC3 RC 34 34 4 3 GPS Receiver 35 4 5 Commands for reading data from device 36 4 6 Commands for setting data 37 5 Technical Data 38 ...

Page 5: ...green D Bib Start Number yellow E Countdown Time red F Time of day with hours minutes and seconds green 1 Green push button 2 Yellow push button 3 Program push button 4 Start input e g startgate for skiing with green and black banana socket 5 Connector for push button for start interval setting and countdown start 6 Start output with banana sockets 7 Multiport 8 Volume for speaker 9 Socket to conn...

Page 6: ...put channel is used for the synchronization with another device It re ceives an external impulse for synchronization or if you press the green push button for syn chronization it also outputs an impulse via this socket to another device 1 1 5 Contact for Countdown Interval Setting 5 At this red and black banana socket 5 you can connect a push button With this push but ton you can change the countd...

Page 7: ... red LED numbers separated by a colon 3 digits for countdown 1 4 Start Light A B and C The start light has a red yellow and green LED cluster The start light looks like a traffic light for the starter 1 5 Horn 8 9 The horn is used to release an acoustic signal of the count down This acoustic countdown is normally in use during the final 5 seconds If the count down takes longer than 10 seconds a wa...

Page 8: ...YES in the countdown display E With the green push button 1 you switch be tween YES and nO YES save memory nO clear memory With the yellow push button PB2 2 you con firm the selection to clear or save the memory 2 2 2 Scanning GPS device After the memory is cleared or saved the message SCAn gPS is shown The next 10 seconds the ASC3 scans the serial port to receive the time of day from the GPS devi...

Page 9: ...ckets 4 or by pressing the green push button PB1 1 When the time of day is started you can set the program you want to use 2 2 4 Setting the Program After the synchronization the time of day display F shows the running time of day for five seconds After five seconds the time of day disap pears and ProgrA is shown in the time of day display F The countdown display E shows the last used program numb...

Page 10: ...time is shown Press the button to move from one countdown interval to the next countdown interval When the desired countdown time is shown in display E wait for about 4 seconds and the standard ASC3 program continues c External push button connected at red black banana socket 5 Press the push button for 3 seconds until display F shows Cd number from 0 to 9 The number is blinking Display E shows th...

Page 11: ...trol ASC3 RC you can count the bib up with the push button and you can count it down with button If you press the button and at the same time for 4 seconds it resets the start list and switches to the first start number of the start list b Bib Automatic At the end of a countdown interval including the shown negative time it automati cally moves to the next start number No Bib on Display If the ASC...

Page 12: ...ress the yellow push button PB2 2 for 6 seconds until the display F shows brIGHT Set the brightness with the green push button PB1 1 Confirm the selected value with the yellow push button PB2 2 b Remote Control ASC3 RC Press the button for about 7 seconds until it shows brIGHT Select the brightness level by pressing the button until it shows the correct brightness Wait for four seconds and it chan...

Page 13: ...ogram 60 61 manual countdown countdown reset possible Program 61 61 manual countdown countdown timeout possible Program 62 62 manual countdown countdown stopping possible Program 63 63 manual countdown before start with time of day after start run time Program 64 64 manual countdown before start with 00 00 00 after start run time Program 7 07 automatic countdown alpine skiing min 15 sec interval P...

Page 14: ... White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 30 min CD2 0 40 min CD3 0 45 min CD4 1 00 min CD5 1 15 min CD6 1 30 min CD7 1 40 min CD8 2 00 min CD9 2 30 min CD0 Break Countdown Display Start Light Horn 10 10 Red low 9 9 Red off 8 8 Red off 7 7 Red off 6 6 Red off 5 5 Green low 4 4 Green low 3 3 Green ...

Page 15: ...untdown time White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 30 min CD2 0 40 min CD3 0 45 min CD4 1 00 min CD5 1 15 min CD6 1 30 min CD7 1 40 min CD8 2 00 min CD9 2 30 min CD0 Break Countdown Display E Start Light Horn 10 10 Red low 9 9 Red off 8 8 Red off 7 7 Red off 6 6 Red off 5 5 Red low 4 4 Red low ...

Page 16: ...e Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 30 min CD2 0 40 min CD3 0 45 min CD4 1 00 min CD5 1 15 min CD6 1 30 min CD7 1 40 min CD8 2 00 min CD9 2 30 min CD0 Break Countdown Display E Start Light Horn 10 10 Red low 9 9 Red off 8 8 Red off 7 7 Red off 6 6 Red off 5 5 Red low 4 4 Red low 3 3 Yellow low 2 ...

Page 17: ...t remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 30 min CD6 1 15 min CD2 0 40 min CD7 1 30 min CD3 0 45 min CD8 1 45 min CD4 0 50 min CD9 2 00 min CD5 1 00 min CD0 Break Countdown Display E Start Light Horn 10 10 Red low 9 9 Red off 8 8 Red off 7 7 Red off 6 6 Red off 5 5 Yellow low 4 4 Yellow low 3 3 Yellow low 2 2 Yellow low 1 1 Yellow low 0 0 Green high 1 1 Green off ...

Page 18: ...tness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 05 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 10 min CD7 0 45 min CD3 0 15 min CD8 1 00 min CD4 0 20 min CD9 1 30 min CD5 0 30 min CD0 Break Intervals of 3 and 6 seconds Intervals between 7 and 11 seconds Intervals over 12 seconds Countdown Display E Start Light Horn 5 5 Red low 4 4 Red low 3 3 Red low 2 2 Red low 1 1 Red low 0 0 Green high next interval next interval ...

Page 19: ... external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 10 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 15 min CD7 0 45 min CD3 0 20 min CD8 1 00 min CD4 0 25 min CD9 1 30 min CD5 0 30 min CD0...

Page 20: ...ana Socket 4 start input from external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 10 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 15 min CD7 0 45 min CD3 0 20 min CD8 1 00 min CD4 0 25 min ...

Page 21: ... sport Green Black Banana Socket 4 start input from external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 10 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 15 min CD7 0 45 min CD3 0 20 min CD8 ...

Page 22: ...start with countdown for any sport Green Black Banana Socket 4 start input from external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 10 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 15 min CD...

Page 23: ...own for any sport Green Black Banana Socket 4 start input from external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Intervals CD1 0 10 min CD6 0 40 min CD2 0 15 min CD7 0 45 min CD3 0 ...

Page 24: ... gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect a push button for setting countdown time White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 15 min CD2 0 20 min CD3 0 30 min CD4 0 40 min CD5 0 45 min CD6 1 00 min CD7 1 15 min CD8 1 20 min CD9 1 30 min CD0 Break The table below shows the ASC3 at a 15 sec...

Page 25: ...e e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect a push button for setting countdown time White Banana Socket 6 output of start impulse zero impulse Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness Countdown Intervals CD1 0 15 min CD2 0 20 min CD3 0 30 min CD4 0 40 min CD5 0 45 min CD6 1 00 min CD7 1 15 min CD8 1 20 min CD9 1 30 min CD0 Break The table below shows the ASC3 ...

Page 26: ...When you have a connection between the PC software and the ASC3 please click on Write BIB and Delays P9 Input now the start time of the race e g in the example to the left it is 12 00 00 Now click the button Read From Excel At this time you have to read the prepared excel start list After the list is imported it will look like shown in the picture to the left Now click the button Upload To Startcl...

Page 27: ...cted to red black banana socket 5 it switches to green for 5 seconds and a high tone sounds for one second Sports mass start for any sport Green Black Banana Socket 4 start input from external start trigger device e g start gate photocell Red Black Banana Socket 5 to connect push button for activating start Multiport remote control for bib and countdown brightness standard Bib OFF Countdown Interv...

Page 28: ...d countdown time LIGHt start light adjustment tOnE speaker tone L for low tone or H for high tone SEtUP to reset all parameters to standard company setup 01 00 gPS GPS offset of correction time 16 LEA bib show the ID number bib on the display on or off 3 1 1 Display the Start Times dISStt The display F shows blinking dISStt Display Start Time Press the green push button PB1 1 and display F shows t...

Page 29: ...torE Now you can delete the memory It shows StorE in the time of day display F and in display E YES With the green push button PB1 1 you switch between YES and nO YES save memory nO clear memory With yellow push button PB2 2 you confirm the selection to clear or save the memory 3 1 4 Select the Program ProgrA The display F shows ProgrA and the display E shows the currently selected program number ...

Page 30: ...d0 Display F shows LigHt light and display E shows the selected time The start light shows the set color for this time Display F shows LigHt and the countdown display E the time The start light shows red yellow green or all colors light is switched off When pressing the yellow button PB2 2 the light blinks Press the green button PB1 1 to change the light color Press the yellow button PB2 2 to save...

Page 31: ...Horn Low Countdown Time 3 Horn Low Countdown Time 2 Horn Low Countdown Time 1 Horn High Countdown Time 0 3 1 8 Factory Settings SEtUP It is possible to change many parameters of the ASC3 If you have troubles with the changes you made we recommend resetting the ASC3 to factory settings This means all the settings you changed are reset to factory values The display F shows blinking SEtUP SETUP Displ...

Page 32: ...hat GPS time is not corrected to match the rotation of the earth so it does not contain leap seconds or other corrections that are periodically added to UTC GPS time was set to match UTC in 1980 but has since diverged When you buy the GPS the time is set correctly in May 2014 the leap is 16 seconds In average every second year another leap second is added here These changes can be cor rected manua...

Page 33: ...s This port includes the RS232 interface the GPS input signal for time synchronization and the input for the remote control 4 1 RS232 Interface The RS232 interface has different functions Output of time difference of all start times times from start input 4 green and black banana socket and lead leg times RS232 interface to control the startclock from a PC time of day display countdown display hor...

Page 34: ...3 RC is connected at the socket 7 that says multiport Next Bib press button Previous Bib press button Reset Bib to First Bib in List press button and simultaneously Select Countdown press button Select Brightness press button for six seconds Function as PB1 of ASC3 press button Function as PB2 of ASC3 press button The ASC3 RC is always delivered together with the startclock ASC3 ...

Page 35: ...time that the GPS receiver obtains is al ways the UTC Coordinated Universal Time In order to display the correct time of your time zone you have to set an offset to the UTC time in the parameter setup In order to set the time of day with a GPS re ceiver please connect it at the Multiport 7 of the ASC3 Position the GPS receiver in such a way that it has unhindered view to the sky In order to receiv...

Page 36: ...ues on line PC to ASC3 to start DCR PC to ASC3 to stop and send again DCR ASC3 to PC D HH MM SS m ss C HCR HH hours MM minutes SS seconds m current countdown time minutes ss current countdown time seconds C color Black 0 Red 1 Yellow 2 Green 3 4 5 4 Get current values PC to ASC3 SCR one time ASC3 to PC S HH MM SS m ss C XX m ss bCR HH hours MM minutes SS seconds m current countdown time minutes ss...

Page 37: ... T color 0 off 1 red 2 yellow 3 green H sound 0 off 1 high 2 low ASC3 to PC L CR 4 6 5 SET DISPLAY Has effect only if device is in slave mode PC to ASC3 DHHtpMMtpSSmtpssTHCR HH hours MM minutes SS seconds M countdown time minutes ss countdown time seconds T color 0 off 1 red 2 yellow 3 green H sound 0 off 1 high 2 low Tp two points ASC3 to PC D CR 4 6 6 GOTO SLAVE MODE PC to ASC3 SLAVECR ASC3 to P...

Page 38: ...isting of 3 LED clusters red yellow green External Speaker 4 Ohm Operative temperature range 25 to 60 C 13 to 140 F Memory about 2000 start times Multiport PC 2400 Baud 1 start bit 8 data bit 1 stop bit no parity bit Printer 2400 Baud 1 start bit 8 data bit 1 stop bit no parity bit 1 empty 2 Channel 0 Start and GPS sync 3 Remote Control Up 4 Remote Control Down 5 to 9 empty 10 RS232 TX 11 RS232 RX...

Page 39: ...Manual ASC3 Page 39 ...

Page 40: ...Manual ASC3 Page 40 Subject to changes Copyright by ALGE TIMING GmbH Rotkreuzstr 39 6890 Lustenau Austria www alge timing com ...

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