Sabre Switch TRIGGERSMART Instruction Manual - Brief Overview
BRIEF OVERVIEW
THE SENSOR UNITS
THESOUNDSENSOR.Asensitivemicrophoneisusedtodetectanysharpsound,suchasan
impactorthesoundofbreakingglass.Whendetectedtheunitoperatesthecamerashutter
and,ifnecessary,thecamera’sinternalflashand/oradditionalslaveflashunits.
THELIGHTINTENSITYSENSOR(LIS).Thisunitmaybeusedatnightorinlowlightsituationsto
triggerthecameraonthedetectionofarapidchangeinambientlightlevels,suchasthe
detectionoffireworksexplodingorlightningflashes.Thisunitcanalsobeutilisedtoremotely
operateaslaveflashconnectedtothecontrollerondetectionofaflashfromaflashgunonthe
camera,etc.
THEINFRAREDTRANSMITTER(TX)ANDRECEIVER(RX)UNITS.Twounitsareneededforthis
operation.Theinfraredtransmitterunittransmitsanarrowinfraredbeamthatisdetected,ata
distanceofupto2m,bytheinfraredreceiverunit.
Ifthebeamisbrokenbyanobjectoranimalpassingthroughit,thecameracanbetriggeredto
capturethatobjecteitheronastillcameraorvideocamera.
Thebeamwidthcanbereducedinwidthtoimprovedetectionofthemovementofsmall
objects.
THE MCT-1 CONTROL UNIT
Thisistheheartofthesystemthatallowstheoperatortohavecompletecontrolofthe
sensitivityofthesensorstoobtainoptimumperformance.
Adelaymaybeintroducedbetweenthedevicesensinganinputandthecameratriggeringto
ensurethattheobjectiscapturedatthecorrecttime.
Avariabletriggertimercanbeusedtocaptureasingleshotormultipleeventsbyactivating
thecamera.Itispossibletousethesportsmodeonthecamera,thustakinganumberof
successiveshotsforthelengthoftimechosenbytheoperator.
Variousothermodescanbesetforsingleshot,randomeventsortokeepthelensopenfora
specifictimewhenthecameraissetto‘B’OR‘BULB’exposure.
Thecontrolunithasanoutputthatisconnectedtothecameratriggerandhasasecondoutput
channeltocontrolmultiplepiecesofequipmentsuchasadditionalcameras,flashunits,flood-
lights,etc,viatheTT-6POWERCONTROLLER.
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