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Microgate 

Witty TAB User Manual 

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P6

 

 

C

ONTINUOUS 

T

IMING

 

Continuous  Timing  Program    with  the  possibility  of  setting  a  number  of  seconds  -  the  so-called 
"dead time" -, during which incoming impulses are not considered. 

Time  keeps  running  until  the  yellow  L

AP

-R

ESET

  button  is  pressed  and  every  incoming  impulse  is 

considered as a Lap. 

t __

 

Insert  the  amount  of  SECONDS  of  the  dead  time,  during  which  no  impulse  is 
accepted (0-60) 

 

e.g. Three-seconds dead-time 

P6     t 3 

 

START

STOP

Discarded

LAP 1

LAP N

 < T

dead 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for WITTI-TAB

Page 1: ...User Manual Version 1 1...

Page 2: ...mpulse Radio Power 13 1 5 Use of the Display Board in Manual Mode 15 1 6 Brightness Sensor 15 2 Internal Programs 16 2 1 P0 Start and Stop 18 2 2 P1 Start Lap1 Stop 19 2 3 P2 Start Lap1 Lap2 Stop 19 2...

Page 3: ...Microgate Witty TAB User Manual Page 3 of 33 2 18 P97 LED Segments Test 30 2 19 P98 Photocell Radio Signal Test 30 2 20 P99 Parameter Configuration 31...

Page 4: ...5 LEDs with 4 punctuation marks full stop or colon with manual automatic brightness adjustment Radio module 433 434MHz multi frequency transceiver Radio transmission Digital FSK transmission redundan...

Page 5: ...Intelligent external Pb battery charger device Battery life 10 hours Buttons START STOP button LAP RESET button Connections Type B MICRO USB connector to connect to a PC Jack connector for external in...

Page 6: ...ram settings1 LAP RESET Yellow LAP RESET button used for manual LAP signals and for confirming program settings2 USB USB cable connector for firmware updating I O 3 5 mm jack for external sensors such...

Page 7: ...e outlet A LED on the power adapter see below allows monitoring the charging process which is approximately 5 hours STATUS STATUS LED on WITTY TAB NORMAL Mode Battery charged Low battery Battery compl...

Page 8: ...nt or with an orange light if the battery status is low A continuous beeping sound is produced until the correct alignment with the reflector or a similar reflecting surface is found To switch off the...

Page 9: ...ith the kit proceed as follows Take the little platform off the tripod s top and screw it onto the photocells and below the reflectors the platform is square shaped and therefore allows 4 mounting dir...

Page 10: ...TOCELL ON STATUS STATUS LED NORMAL Mode Battery charged Battery empty Green Pause Red Pause BOOTLOADER Mode The photocell has not been switched on pressing the ON OFF button but connecting the USB cab...

Page 11: ...en both photocells are interrupted To mount the photocells screw the C bracket onto the tripod platform the photocells and the reflectors as shown in the figure the photocells are mounted at 90 with r...

Page 12: ...ansmission channel of both the timer and photocells which must have the same channel Please refer to chapter 2 20 for information about changing the channel number In case of rainy weather radio trans...

Page 13: ...be used to rebuild the event with absolute precision If more than 1 2 seconds pass between two impulses e g start and stop photocell there will be no problems of course Start Stop 2 5 sec 1 2 Trasmiss...

Page 14: ...ith others STO Frame Start L1 0 8 sec 1 2 Trasmission of STA for 1 2s Trasmission of L1 for 1 2s Stop Trasmission of STO for 1 2s 0 6 sec 1 2 STA Frame L1 Frame If there are many close intermediate ti...

Page 15: ...impulse when the timer is stopped the display board is reset to the starting time 1 6 BRIGHTNESS SENSOR Display board LED brightness can be set manually from the menu or assessed automatically dependi...

Page 16: ...p with reaction time at start P8 Event Counter Counter increasing automatically with each impulse P9 Parallel Event Counter Two counters left and right for two photocells P10 Date and Time Displays da...

Page 17: ...the chosen program further settings may be required or the program is executed immediately To change the parameters of a particular setting use the GREEN START STOP button to increase digits one by o...

Page 18: ...e running time the second impulse stops the timer and the final time is displayed for 5 seconds finally time is reset To reset the display board without waiting 5 seconds press the yellow LAP RESET bu...

Page 19: ...isplays the intermediate time for 5 seconds then the running time is shown again The third impulse stop event has the final time displayed for 5 seconds and then automatically resets to zero START STO...

Page 20: ...ual Page 20 of 33 In the above mentioned cases it is not necessary that the number of photocells be the same as that amount of intermediate times one photocell used as start stop lap is enough e g Lap...

Page 21: ...99 C __ Insert the amount of CENTIMETERS of the speed base length 0 99 S _ Insert the measurement unit 0 m s 1 km h 2 mph e g Speed base 36 58 meters 40 yards measurement unit mph P3 L 36 C 58 S 2 Whe...

Page 22: ...base and the measurement unit L ___ Insert the number of METERS of the speed base length 0 999 C __ Insert the amount of CENTIMETERS of the speed base length 0 99 S _ Insert the measurement unit 0 m s...

Page 23: ...he display time in seconds of the final time L __ Insert the number of LAPS 0 20 for inline timing it equals the number of photocells 2 exclude the start and stop photocells t __ Insert the amount of...

Page 24: ...e so called dead time during which incoming impulses are not considered Time keeps running until the yellow LAP RESET button is pressed and every incoming impulse is considered as a Lap t __ Insert th...

Page 25: ...ears the display board detects a false start and shows a blinking FFFFFF If the athlete starts after the GO sign the reaction time e g 0 31 is shown on the display board for 5 seconds The athlete runs...

Page 26: ...This program works as a counter that is increased with each impulse or when the green START STOP button is pressed To reset the counter press the yellow LAP RESET button Examples of use counting push...

Page 27: ...cells are used The first impulse of two photocells is used to define which photocell is displayed on the left side and which on the right side In the example below first interrupt photocell A so that...

Page 28: ...l cable code CAB172 is necessary to connect the ReacTime to the jack input on the Witty TAB t __ Insert the duration in number of SECONDS for how long the reaction time should be visible 5 to 60 secon...

Page 29: ...lay mode depending on the test configuration The program is supporting the following test types of the Witty SEM Change Direction Shows the time between the first activation of the Witty SEM to the ne...

Page 30: ...low LAP RESET button 2 19 P98 PHOTOCELL RADIO SIGNAL TEST The Radio Signal Test Program allows checking the correct functioning of radio transmission between photocells and the display board as well a...

Page 31: ...he channel has been set correctly CH _ Insert the radio channel number 1 8 assigned to the display board and to all photocells which are in configuration mode in that moment L _ It is possible to choo...

Page 32: ...til a new impulse is received PrEC Precision of the final time 0 Seconds 2 Hundredths rES _ External reset on jack input OFF External reset disabled On External reset enabled The external reset gets d...

Page 33: ...t or in the individual manuals are or may be registered trademarks belonging to the individual firms Microgate REI2 RaceTime2 and MiSpeaker are registered trademarks belonging to Microgate s r l Windo...

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