Turning ordinary moments into extraordinary pictures Owner’s Manual Revision 1.7 Copyright 2009 Cognisys, Inc. 1 Table of Contents 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4 2. GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................................................... 4 3. OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 GAIN CONTROL ................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 GLOBAL CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3.1 Global Trigger Mode Overview ................................................................................................................ 8 3.3.2 Loading/Saving configurations ................................................................................................................ 9 3.3.3 Load Defaults ......................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.4 Backlighting ........................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.5 Sensor Power Off ................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.6 Power Off Duration ................................................................................................................................ 12 3.3.7 Sequential Timeout ................................................................................................................................ 13 3.4 OUTPUT CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.5 INDEPENDENT TRIGGERING ............................................................................................................................... 14 3.5.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.5.2 Manual ................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.5.3 Trigger .................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.5.4 Cross‐Beam sensor modes ..................................................................................................................... 19 3.5.5 Ballistics ................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.6 SEQUENTIAL TRIGGERING .................................................................................................................................. 23 3.6.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 23 3.6.2 Manual Trigger ...................................................................................................................................... 25 3.6.3 Input Trigger .......................................................................................................................................... 25 3.6.4 Delayed Trigger ...................................................................................................................................... 25 3.7 TIME‐LAPSE ................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.8 FLASH DURATION MEASUREMENT ...................................................................................................................... 29 3.9 SHUTTER LAG MEASUREMENT ........................................................................................................................... 32 4. ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................................................................ 34 5. CONNECTIONS & CABLES .......................................................................................................................... 45 5.1 SENSOR/MIC INPUTS ....................................................................................................................................... 45 5.2 TRIGGER OUTPUTS .......................................................................................................................................... 45 5.3 ACTIVATING RELAYS......................................................................................................................................... 46 5.4 CROSS‐BEAM SENSOR ...................................................................................................................................... 47 6. TROUBLE TRIGGERING .............................................................................................................................. 49 7. SETUP EXAMPLES (GETTING THE ULTIMATE SHOT) .................................................................................... 50 7.1 WATER DROPS ............................................................................................................................................... 50 2 7.1.1 Water‐drop How‐to ............................................................................................................................... 52 7.2 BALLISTICS – TIPS AND TRICKS ........................................................................................................................... 56 8. ANIMATED TIME‐LAPSE MOVIES ............................................................................................................... 57 9. TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................................. 58 10. SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 59 11. WARRANTY .......................................................................................................................................... 60 12. GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................ 61 13. REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................................................ 63 Table of Figures Figure 1 ‐ Typical Connection Diagram ......................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2 ‐ Sensor Power Disable ................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 3 ‐ Manual Mode Timing Diagram ................................................................................................... 16 Figure 4 ‐ Trigger Timing Diagram ............................................................................................................... 18 Figure 5 ‐ Ballistics Timing ........................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 6 ‐ Sequential Mode Timing Diagram .............................................................................................. 24 Figure 7 ‐ Delay Synchronization................................................................................................................. 27 Figure 8 ‐ Time Lapse Timing Diagram ........................................................................................................ 29 Figure 9 ‐ Full Power Flash Output .............................................................................................................. 31 Figure 10 ‐ Sixteenth Power Flash Output .................................................................................................. 31 Figure 11 ‐ Microphone Connection ........................................................................................................... 45 Figure 12 ‐ Sensor Connection .................................................................................................................... 45 Figure 13 ‐ RCA connector .......................................................................................................................... 46 Figure 14 ‐ Wiring an external relay ............................................................................................................ 47 Figure 15 ‐ Cross‐beam connections ........................................................................................................... 48 Figure 16 ‐ Laser Diffuser ...........................................................................................................................