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 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. 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. 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. 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. Example: If the Contact Time is set to 3 seconds and the Interval is set to 5 seconds , the actual interval will be 7 seconds (3+5-1=7 ). W hen u sing Intervalometer an d R elay Mode togeth er, a Mu ltiMA X (s et for RECEIVE mode) will switch to Transmit mode and send a Radio trigger after the last interval. See the Relay M ode sec tion, Pag e 40, f or mor e inform ation C: Multipop ­ ~ /M E N U A C Enters the Multipop interval setting screen. This mode is for triggerin g a flas h m ultiple times from one trigg er. It can be used during one long exposure to increase depth of field or for special effect sequencing. The interval setting is normally used to set a safe flash recyc ling tim e, while the c ount is set to the n um ber of flashes or "pops" desired. Mu ltipop is iden tical in fu nc tion to Intervalometer w ith one excep tion: the m ultipop inter val range has finer resolution; from 0. 01 to 640. 00 seconds in 0. 01 (1/100) sec ond inc remen ts. From the main screen press ~ /M E N U A C to enter the numeric entry screen 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 sh ow the n um ber of trig gers to be executed Pres s th e TEST key or trig ger th e M ultiM AX via Rad io to begin M ultipop f unc tion Multi-pop Mode Set In terval Sc reen L 6. T R AN SM IT U nit 5. 00 sec ond M ulti-pop In terval 10 trigger Count 37 The following chart is a starting point for calculating how the number of flashes or pops affec ts F -stop s. S ince every flas h un it is diff erent, us e a light m eter or other m ethod for more precise calculations. [. . . ] T he s creen s af fec ted are : Load c ounter, D elay time, and Interval (Multipop or Intervalometer) o, m) The following settings are saved on power down: Ch annel Zone Relay Mode Fast Mode Beep Mode C o nt ac t T im e Load Count Counter Mode D e lay T im e Interval Advanced Mode 52 Troubleshooting W hen in dou bt !Many issues can be resolved by powering the unit off and then back on again or by resetting to factory default settings. Before proceeding to any other troubleshooting procedure follow these steps: 1. Set power to OFF W ait 10 second s or until display completely blanks Set p ower to R EC EIV E or T RA NS MIT Reset to Default Factory Settings 1. [. . . ]