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Preparation For Use (Using Electric Eyes)
TEAM PENNING (1)
1) Attach each electric eye to a tripod. Place the
eyes on opposite sides of the arena to form a start
line between them.
Extend tripod legs fully
to en-
sure the electric eyes are high enough to be bro-
ken by the horse's body (not its legs).
2) Turn the electric eyes ON. The power indicator
lamp on each unit should glow steadily. If the in-
dicator is blinking, the battery is low and should
be replaced.
3) Align the electric eyes. The electric eye on the
opposite side of the arena should be directly in-
line when sighting down either line on top of the
electric eye (left to right alignment), and when
sighting down the crack on the side of the eye (up
and down alignment).
4) After the timer console is turned on (see below),
walk through the electric eye beam to force the
eyes to send a message to the timer console. This
makes the timer console update its electric eye
alignment indicator (see below).
Preparation For Use (General)
1) With the timer console off, connect the timer
console to whichever horn you are using (see the
Horn Operation
instructions page).
2) Turn on the timer console in the announcer's
booth. The power switch is located at the upper
right corner of the timer.
3) The current event type (Barrel Racing, Team
Penning, etc.) is shown on the Status Display on
the timer console.
If
TEAM
PEN
is not displayed,
select Team Penning as follows:
a) Press SETUP to access setup functions.
b) Press ENTER to pick a new event.
c) Press NEXT CHOICE until
Team
Penning
is displayed.
d) Press ENTER to select Team Penning.
Setting Horn Times
Default horns are at 30 and 60 seconds (warning
horn and final horn, respectively). These can be
changed as shown below. Once changed, the new
horn times are automatically saved in the timer until
changed again by this same procedure.
a) Press SETUP to access setup functions.
b) Press NEXT CHOICE until
Set
Final
Horn
or
Set
Warn
Horn
(your choice) is displayed.
c) Press ENTER to display the current horn setting.
d) To keep the same time, press the ENTER button,
or, key in a new time followed by the ENTER
button. To correct a mistake while entering a
time,
press and hold down
the CLEAR TIME
key until the time is cleared to zero.
Checking Eye Alignment
The
bottom right corner
of the Status display
shows the alignment status of the electric eyes.
When the eyes are aligned, the eye number is dis-
played (“#1”). If not aligned, or if the beam is bro-
ken, “x” is shown.
Alignment
Display Shows
Eyes aligned
Eye
#
1
Not aligned (or
beam broken)
Eye
#
X
Important!
When setting up the electric eyes, always take time to align the eyes as outlined above –
even if the
timer indicates the eyes are aligned.
This ensures a strong alignment instead of a possibly marginal alignment.
(
Note: Until the beam is broken for the first time, no alignment information is displayed.
)
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