User's Manual

FIREMASTER IV " MillenniumThree " radio shooting system User’s manual
2.3 "TEST UNIT" ICON
The high-resolution graphic display of the new FIREMASTER IV SYSTEM,
allows to display at the same time a lot more information than it was possible on
the previous version.
The "TEST UNIT" function in particular, uses this possibility to display, WITH
A SINGLE COMMAND, the complete situation relative to all 24 lines of a
selected Remote Unit.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: as previously remarked, the new FIREMASTER
IV " Millennium Three ", is completely compatible with the previous
versions FIREMASTER II and FIREMASTER III. Nevertheless, the
behavior of the "old" Remote Units RX24-A, when inquired using the
"TEST UNIT" function, cannot be identical to the one of the new
generation Units. The compatibility has been anyway maintained to the
detriment of the response time. While the new RX24-B and RX48 Units
implement a special function to send back a whole "block" of data relative
to the 24 lines with a single operation, the previous RX24-A Units will do
that A LINE AT THE TIME and it will be then necessary 24 consecutive
transmission. This process is carried out in a complete automatic way and it
results completely "transparent" to the user, provided he previously
specified correctly the numbers relative to the RX24-A Units in the "OLD
UNITS SETUP". However, when a TEST UNIT request is sent to a RX24-
B Unit or RX48 (new type), the parameters relative to ALL 24 LINES will be
displayed in only about 4 seconds. If the same command is otherwise sent
to a RX24-A Unit ("old" type), exactly the same result will be obtained, but
it will be necessary to wait about 25 seconds (the 24 lines are tested
automatically one at the time). If otherwise the TEST UNIT function is
used with an "old" typ RX24-A Unit,
without previously specify its number
inside the "OLD UNITS SETUP" mask, then the Unit WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE THIS COMMAND (the "LINE TEST" menu must be
used instead).
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