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Timer Operation
ROPING (2)
1)
When the steer breaks its beam, the timer auto-
matically begins timing from zero. Once started,
further interruptions of the electric eyes are ig-
nored while the timer is running.
2)
When the judge drops the flag, press the
START/STOP button to stop the timer.
3)
The timer is now ready for the next team. No reset
is required!
Broken Barrier
If the header breaks the barrier, the horn sounds
briefly and the message “
Header
” is displayed. If
the heeler breaks out, the horn sounds two short
bursts and “
Heeler
” is displayed. The breakout
message remains on the display until it is automati-
cally removed when the timer starts for the next rider.
Clean Start
If the rider does not break the barrier, the message
“
Clean Start
” is displayed momentarily when the
steer starts the timer.
By the way…
!
The timer “records” a broken barrier only if the
timer is started (steer released). Breaking the
rider's beam without the release of a steer (front
loading the box, crossed by workers, etc.)
does
not
cause the timer to display or save the fault.
!
The timer can be set to sound the horn when the
timer “records” the fault as detailed above,
or
the
horn can be sounded
any time
the rider's beam is
broken. See the
ADVANCED
roping instruction
card for details.
Quick Timer Check
Here's a quick check to verify that each eye, cable,
the horn, and the timer are all working properly:
1)
Verify that
ROPING
is displayed as the event type
on the first line of the Status Display.
2)
Confirm that the timer shows each electric eye
is
aligned. Then verify the timer shows that each eye
is not
aligned when someone is breaking its beam.
3)
Check the horn by pressing the HORN button.
Typical Arena Configurations
Reflective
Electric Eye
Reflector
HEADER'S
BOX
STEER
HEELER'S
BOX
Tunnel,
Panels, etc.
Reflective
Electric Eye
Reflector
Reflector
HEADER'S
BOX
STEER
HEELER'S
BOX
Long Range
Receiver
Long Range
Transmitter
Reflective
Electric Eye
Reflector
HEADER'S
BOX
STEER
HEELER'S
BOX
Panel
Reflector
Reflective
Electric Eyes
Heeler Eye (optional)
Heeler Eye (optional)
