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Time Mode Options
Once MicroSet is running in the Time Mode you can access several Time Mode Options.
These are additional functions that are related to the measurement of rate. Some of them
are extra cost options. If you wish to add an option you don’t have, give us a call.
To access the Time Mode Options in your MicroSet, press the BEGIN button while the
Time Mode is running. You can step through the different Time Mode Options that may
be in your timer by pressing BEGIN several times.
Show Error Per Day
The first Time Mode Option allows MicroSet to display rate readings as seconds of error
per day rather than as Beats Per Hour or Seconds Per Beat.
To activate the Error Per Day option you should be running in the Time Mode. You should
have already displayed one or more rate readings, and the reading should be close to
the correct rate for the watch you’re working on. If the reading is not close to the correct
rate, the error will be too great to display as seconds per day.
Enter the Time Mode Options by pressing BEGIN. The LCD screen will say:
Show error/day?
To answer “Yes”, press the PLUS key. If you wish to answer “No”, press the Minus key.
Assuming you answered “yes”, MicroSet will then guess the correct rate for the watch
based on the last reading that was taken. MicroSet is programmed to recognize the
most common watch rates. For example, MicroSet might say:
Target: 18000.00
This means that MicroSet has guessed that the correct rate (the “target” rate) for this
watch is 18000 BPH. If this is correct, just hit the BEGIN key and MicroSet will return to
measuring the rate of the watch, but now the rate will be displayed as seconds of error
per day. In other words, MicroSet will now tell you how fast or slow the watch is. If the
value shown is positive, the watch is fast. If the value is negative, the watch is slow.
If the rate MicroSet guesses is not correct for the watch, you can manually adjust the
target rate. To do this, press the MINUS key (for “No”) when MicroSet guesses the wrong
rate. MicroSet will then show you the last reading it made on your watch.
Let’s say you were working on a watch, and the last reading taken in the Time Mode was
20946.55 Beats Per Hour. MicroSet would show this value on the LCD screen:
Target: 20946.55
MicroSet needs to know the correct rate for the watch before it can calculate the error
between the correct rate and the current rate. You need to know the correct rate for
the watch. In this case, the correct rate might be 20944.44 BPH. You can adjust the
proposed number with the PLUS and MINUS keys. To make the value larger, press (or
hold) the PLUS key. To make it smaller, press (or hold) the MINUS key. When you press
PLUS or MINUS the proposed rate will change by a small amount. If you hold the key
down, the value will change rapidly. If you hold the key down even longer, the value will
change even more quickly.
Use the PLUS and MINUS keys to change the proposed Target rate from 20946.55 to
20944.44. The LCD screen will say:
Target: 20944.44
To enter this value and begin timing the watch again, press the BEGIN key. MicroSet will
now show you the rate of the watch in terms of seconds per day of error.
