MaxTech Transceiver - Manual (Page 26)

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Basic Settings Menu
Set C ontact T ime S creen
Basic Settings
Press ~ / M E N U B to enter the Basic Settings menu.
Press the corresponding letter for the setting you wish
to adjus t.
A : C o nt ac t T im e – ~ / MENU B A
Con tact tim e is the leng th of tim e that C AM ER A / P O RT 1 or F LA SH /PO RT 2 outp uts
remain contacted. The default Contact Time of 0.12 is enough to trigger most cam era
motor drives and flashes. Many photographers will never need to adjust this num ber.
N
C ontac t tim e is h ow lon g th e intern al sw itch is h eld
clos ed. For exam ple, if the c ontact tim e is s et to 3
sec onds and a c amera m otor drive is attac hed to a
M ultiM AX , wh en th e M ultiM AX trigg ers the c am era it
will hold the c ontact f or 3 s econ ds . T his is identic al to
pressing and holding the camera’s trigger button for 3
seconds. The contact time starts as soon as any input
is complete. Input can be from any of the following
sou rces :
TEST bu tton is pres sed , hot s hoe is
triggered, or radio trigger is received.
N
C ontac t tim e is N O T the len gth of tim e a M ultiM AX (s et for T R AN SM IT mo de) w ill
send a radio triggering signal. Contact time affects POR T 1 and POR T 2 only and
does not affect radio trigger transmission. Pressing and holding
TEST on a MultiMAX
(set for TRAN SMIT m ode) will continuously send the radio trigger signal and hold the
contact on a MultiMAX (set for RECE IVE) as well as the TR ANS MIT unit. W hen the
TEST button is released each unit’s contact time will then begin.
N
Additional triggers occurring during contact time are ignored. The default contact
t im e is 0 .1 2 s ec on ds w hic h tr ig ger s all c am er as an d f las h un it s. A s hor ter con tac t tim e
allows f or mor e triggers per s econ d bu t may not trig ger s ome m otor driven c ameras
because it’s too fast. The default setting of 0.12 allows for 8 triggers per second. The
maximum of 30 triggers per second can be obtained by setting contact time to 0.01
seconds.