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Throwing different type of balls
The
PowerPong 2000
robot is suitable to throw different type of balls one after the other to differ-
ent places.
This time the set described above differs only in the fact that not only the place but any other parameters of
each newly assigned ball can be changed with buttons speed, spin, trajectory, side spin. (see page 5.:
Control
box (short description))
Do not forget that the newly assigned ball takes the parameters of the previous ball (except the place).
Therefore we want to have an assigned ball more times in the program, it’s advisable to step back to
this earlier set ball (and make it actual) with the help of the “Backstep” button and then to assign the
new ball. (So it is not necessary to set again the desired ball parameters, only the place.)
After finishing with the set of all the balls the robot starts to play the set point with turning up the
“Ball/min” button, and the parameters of the actually thrown ball appear on the display during play-
ing the point.
This is necessary because it could turn out that the set parameters of either of the balls has to be changed. In
this case the “
Ball/min
” button has to be set on
“0”
position, then step with the “
Backstep
” button to the ball
that needs to be changed – making it actual – and changing the parameters that appear there, and it is also
possible to try it immediately with the “Sample” button. In case the change is OK, the point can be started.
The
rnd
” and the „
Rnd
” functions can be used here in the same way like it is described in chapter “
A cer-
tain type of ball given to more different places”
Tip
: This function is suitable to set points with service, or to give more services – also different ones - one
after the other, just the curve and the speed - as it is typical to a service – has to be set in a way that the
ball to snap on that side of the table where the robot stands.
The height of the release head
Most table tennis robots do not have this possibility; however, with the
PowerPong 2000
the ball is re-
turned at different heights in a realistic match play manner.
In case of the
PowerPong 2000
the release height is adjusted in
the following way: it is quite easy to push down the net thanks to its
spring holding mechanism
(Fig. 11.)
The curved tube which holds
the release throw head can be pulled up and down in the ball tube
found under it when the
hand screw is loosened
(Fig. 12.)
. Finally adjust
the desired height in a way
that one of the silver signs
found on the thinner
internal tube to the top
margin of external thicker
tube
,
then tighten the hand
screw.
Fig. 12.
Fig. 11.
