User manual POCKETWIZARD MULTIMAX

[. . . ] Congratulations on your purchase of the new PocketWizard MultiMAX digital radio triggering system. T he PocketWizard MultiMAX is a m icrop roces sor-b ased radio slave s ystem that us es advan ced digital sig naling to inc reas e trigg ering rang e, reliability, an d rejec tion of radio noise from other sources. Since it utilizes Transceiver technology, it is both a transmitter and a receiver all in one. It is the most innovative and advanced wireless solution in the photographic industry. As a stand-alone unit, the MultiMA X offers prec ision s pec ial effects fun ctions not available in any wireless triggerin g devic e. [. . . ] From the main screen press ~ /M E N U A A C. W hen th e num eric entr y sc reen appears with 0. 1500 displayed, simply press ~ /M E N U to retu rn to the m ain screen. Do not adjust the number and do NOT press L. T he m ain s cr een w ill show a delay of 0. 1500 Press TEST on any P ocketW izard T rans mitter to trigg er this eq ualized s ystem 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 35 B : In te rv a lo m e te r ( T im e L ap s e P ho to g ra p hy ) ­ ~ /M E N U A B En ters th e Intervalometer interval s etting s creen . Intervalometer can be used to trigger a flash or a cam era at a set interval (time g ap betw een trigg ers) f or a set nu mber of trigg ers . T he interval tim e is s et in one second increments up to 64000 seconds for a maxim um of 99 99 trig gers . From the main screen press ~ /M E N U A B to enter the n um eric entr y sc reen Enter the interval or time gap between triggers Press ~ /M E N U to proc eed to the next s creen Enter the count or number of triggers Press ~ /M E N U to return to th e main s creen . T he interval will b e dis played, and the c oun t will show the number of triggers to be executed. Press TEST or trigger M ultiMA X via Rad io to begin in tervalometer fu nc tion Intervalometer Mode Set In terval Sc reen 6. Intervalometer has two modes of operation depending on which PO RT is used: · · P O R T 1 = f ir st tr ig ger tak es plac e A F T ER firs t interval PORT 2 = first trigger takes place BEFORE firs t interval T R AN SM IT un it 120 sec ond In terval 36 trigger Count N A MultiMAX (set for TRANS MIT mode) does not send interval radio triggers. T he M ultiMA X (s et for T RA NS MIT mod e) will sen d out a s ingle radio trigg er puls e at the beg inning of the f irst interval only. It will con tinue to trigg er devices attached to its PO RT s, b ut it will not sen d a radio trigg er for any m ore intervals. F or rem ote interval operation, use interval mode on a RECEIVE unit. Each MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode) may have a unique interval setting or can be used with equal settings. Interval an d c oun t entry s cr eens are in st antly active T he S et Interval and A djus t Cou nter s creen s are ins tantly active. W hile the S et Interval sc reen is d isplayed a c hang e of interval will be imm ediately executed u pon trig ger either from the TEST key or Rad io trigger. T he c ount u sed will be the last c ount s et. If th e Ad jus t C oun ter s cr een is dis played a ch ang e of c oun t will be im mediately executed upon trigger u sing the last interval s et. ë Intervalometer c an be interr upted by pres sing and h olding th e ~ /M E N U key. 36 For delays longer than the 6. 4 seconds (maximum available in delay modes) use Intervalometer or Multipop mode. A ttac h your cam era to P O R T 1 an d trig ger th e M ultiM AX . T he c am era will trigg er aft er the set in terval. ë N Contact time affects Intervalometer mode. If the contact time is less than one second then Intervalometer will function normally. If the contact time is longer than 1 sec ond th en the s et interval increas es p er this f ormu la: Con tact T ime P LU S In terval time MINUS 1 second. [. . . ] T he an tenn a radiation and rec eption patter n is designed for best performance in this orientation. W hile not requ ired for op eration, main taining line of sigh t between T RA NS MIT and RECEIVE units will give best performance. Radio can work through objects, but its range may be reduced. Mou nt R EC EIV E u nits aw ay from metal objec ts. [. . . ]