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5.9 Advanced Features
In bebalance adjustment of more specific
features can be acessed by clicking Advanced.
This opens an overlay form similar to the screen
highlighted below. The features displayed will be
appropriate to the mode selected.
Grip Current
It is possible to select High, Medium or Low Grip Current.
This setting provides adjustment of grip strength and
battery consumption; the lower the setting, the lower
the grip and current draw. Note: This has minimal effect
on operation speed.
Speed Control
Should you want to open or close the hand at less
than maximum speed, the numeric up / down controls
provide independent hand opening and closing speeds;
40 (default) being maximum.
Timer Control
For modes 1, 2, 3 and 4 there are two numeric up
/ down controls to change mode timings. The upper
control
Mode Change Period sets the window of time
to search for a mode change signal. In these modes
additional signals received will have have no effect and
will be considered to be the same signal.
The lower control Mode Return Period sets the period
after which the mode reverts to default where there has
been no activity. Setting the slider to zero deactivates
the revert feature. For Mode 5 there is no upper control
as mode change is activated by a co-contraction signal.
Dwell Threshold (Upper and Lower)
This feature is only used on Mode 1. The Upper control
sets the time that the signal has to exist to be identified
as a CLOSE signal. The Lower control sets the value for
the period a signal has to be held once considered an
OPEN signal.
Signal Select and Increase on Threshold
This feature is used on Mode 4 and Mode 5. This feature
offers
Open and First protocols. The default is Open
which means that the hand will move in response to
receipt of the larger signal if both exceed the electrode
on-threshold. When the
First option is selected, the
hand will open on receipt of the first signal to exceed
the threshold and remains with this signal even if a larger
opposing signal is received.
The exception to the First signal protocol is when an
opposite signal exceeds the value of the controlling signal
by the amount set on the
Minimum Dwell Threshold
control. If this happens the larger signal becomes the
dominant signal. If multiple signals are received to open
and close, the hand will continue to open unless the
close signal exceeds the amount set on the
Minimum
Dwell Threshold control, which is a value above the
standard electrode level.
Dwell Threshold (Min and Max)
This feature is only used on Mode 2. The minimum
control sets the level that the signal has to exceed within
a time set by the maximum control.
Direction Change Timer
This control is used in Mode 3 only. It is used to
set the additional time window when a second
signal will be accepted as an additional same
direction movement. If set to zero, hand movement
will alternate with the next detected signal.