Start time – JLCooper PPS-2 Remote for Mac OS X User Manual

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Start Time

The Start Time is the timecode number that the PPS-2 will begin with when you tell it to
start striping. It is displayed as HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS:FRAMES.

To change the start time, click on it. The timecode number will turn green. Start by
typing a digit. The digit you typed will appear in the ones column. Each time you type
another digit, the current timecode will shift one column to the left and the new digit will
go into the ones column. There is no need to type “:” The colons are inserted
automatically.

If you make a mistake, hit the BACKSPACE key and the whole number will shift one
column to the right.

When you have typed the whole timecode number, hit the ENTER, RETURN or TAB
key, or click on the start time. If the if you have entered a valid timecode number, it will
be accepted and the number will return to its gray color. If the timecode isn’t valid, the
Mac will beep and the number will stay green until you correct it.

Reasons that a timecode number could be invalid are HOURS larger than 23,
MINUTES larger than 59, SECONDS larger than 59 or FRAMES equal to or larger than
the frame rate. For example, if the frame rate is 25 frames per second, then a value of
24 or higher for FRAMES will be invalid. If the Frame Rate is 30 drop, then any
timecode ending in 00:00 or 00:01 where the minute is not a multiple of 10 will also be
flagged as invalid.

Changes to the Start Time are undoable and redoable.

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