ACN-TL
Rev. 6.00
©2019, Ambient Recording GmbH
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Main Menu
↑
Mode
FPS
TC
Sync (L, TL(E)) / Slate (LS) ACN
Sys
Sync menu only available on Lockit and TinyLockit (
“Extended”
), Slate Menu only on LockitSlate
To open the Main Menu press the 3-directional configuration wheel in home screen, navigate by
toggling left/right. Menus are rotational, so you can go from the first to the last setting by moving left.
Pressing the highlighted selection will open its submenu, pressing the arrow up/house symbol will take
you back again. When there is no further submenu the current active setting will be highlighted. If you
do not want to apply changes just press on the highlighted selection and you will fall back to main
menu without alterations.
Mode Menu
↑
C-Jam
TRX
Reader (LS)
Selecting the operation Mode will allow for one step configuration when initializing your Lockits for a
new project. Just pick your application and all necessary adjustments will be performed automatically
under the hood. Together
with the “Full” Jam mode and auto frame rate setting
there is hardly anything
left to do but choose your sync option on ACL204 if applicable and Jam sync your units via cable or ACN
after having put one unit into C-Jam Master mode. Each mode has a dedicated LED blink code of the
two colored LEDs above the OLED display, which will also show selected mode and active transmission
direction.
“C
-
Jam”
:
This default setting
combines the “classic” Lockit mode with ACN functions. Jammed once via
cable or ACN the unit will run as autonomous TC generator with standalone accuracy of .1ppm.
With a C-Jam Master in the network t
he devices will automatically adopt their pace to a “Master” unit for
unprecedented zero drift accuracy and divergence down to 10uS.
Jamming over ACN:
On powering up, Lockit devices will generally start up in idling slave mode with a red flashing LED and
output muted. You can jam the units now via cable, a single ACN Jam or a continuous master
broadcast. This can be triggered from the ACN menu of an
y unit. While a single “Jam” will
absolutely
suffice for frame accurate sync over 30hrs and beyond, assigning one deliberate unit as
“Master”
you’ll
never have to worry about TC for the rest of the day as long as this Master keeps running. The other
units will automatically jam their gene
rators and follow as “Slaves” indicated
by “S” and an according
blink code. The intelligent C-Jam algorithm will automatically improve the accuracy and establish zero
latency, zero drift lock between units within the ACN.
“Slaves”
will also automatically re-jam after powering on or a battery swap. As ACN broadcasts only
happen every 6 seconds, it may take this long for a freshly booted
“Slave”
to pull in.
If “Slaves” lose
