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RaceAmerica Model 3850 Timer AC4
CONSOLE FEATURES
Fig 9 - The Timer AC4 Console contains a four line display for display of lap/run times, the
current mode of operation of the timer, comfirms detection of a car by the Track Sensors, Emitter/
Sensor alignment and used for configuration menu promps and selections.
Keypad
Timer Displays
Connectors on bottom
CONFIGURATION MENU
The Timer AC4 Model 3850 offers flexibility
in configuration and setup retention. Use the [*4]
CONFIG menu (Fig. 10) to select how the Printer
Port will be used (it can be configured as a Printer
port (Print) or RS232 Display port (diSP)). When
configured as a display port, other print settings are
ignored. To configure a printer to print timeslips
and a report of the configuration (*1 REPORT),
configure race parameters - single or dual sensor
(Laptimer or Start/Finish layouts). Select time
display format as sss.fff (seconds and fractions or
m:ss.fff (minutes, seconds and fractions); select a
maximum time for cars not finishing or cars taking
a longer time than allowed; select sensor lockout
times for start and finish sensors. Lockout times
can be two to nine seconds and represent the time
until a sensor will not see another trip to allow for
rear wheels and blowing dirt to settle. Use the
CONFIG menu to create a timeslip header of up
to 39 characters on four lines. Navigate the menu
using the [4] and [#] keys as shown in Fig. 10 and
described in the next section.
CONFIGURE PRINT HEADER
The AC4 allows a custom four line timeslip
print header of up to 39 characters per line when a
printer is connected. Input is accomplished using
character codes for each desired character position
(see work sheets). Press *444[CONFIG]. Press
#
[ENTER]
to view the setup dialog as follows
[L1
C01] [ XXYY]
indicating Line 1 Character 01;
the XX is prompting for the character code for the
desired character and theYY is the next chracter;
refer to the worksheet for the correct code, press
[#]
to move to character 02
[L1 C02] [XXYYZZ]
where XX is Character 01 and YY is prompting
for character 02 and ZZ is character 03; continue
for up to all 39 characters in the line. Press
[*]
to
move to Line 2
[L2 C01] [ XX00]
and continue
for all four lines. When done with all four lines,
press
[#]
ENTER to exit the configuration menu.
