Timer Section - Axia Element Installation & User Manual

Figure 4-19: Timer menu.
Note: Pressing and holding the Fader Options
key for five seconds enters the IP Address
Book discussed in Chapter 1.
Timer Section
The Timer control keys operate Element's onscreen
event and countdown timers, and allow users to set op-
tions determining the behavior of these timers.
• Timer Options Key
Pressing the
Timer Options
Menu (Figure 4-19). This menu allows users to adjust
how the onscreen timers behave. Note that the Soft-
Knobs are divided into two sections: Countdown Timer
and Count Up Timer.
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The Countdown timer is useful for counting
down to network joins, top-of-hour IDs, and oth-
er events which require exact timing. The Count-
down timer is started, stopped and reset manu-
ally using the controls displayed when the Timer
Options key is pressed. To use:
* Rotate the SoftKnob marked
to set the interval from which the
Reset
key opens the Timer
Begin Time/
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countdown will begin. As you rotate, small
numbers below the red counter onscreen will
inform you of the new countdown interval.
* Press the
Begin Time/Reset
new time you've dialed in.
* Press the
Start/Stop
the countdown.
* Pressing
Freeze
display so you may take note of it; the timer
continues to count while the display is frozen,
and a second press of the
plays the running elapsed time counter.
"Look at me!!" During the last 60 seconds of the
countdown, the inner ring of Element's onscreen
analog clock will turn red and diminish as time
passes, providing the operator with a visual cue
to how much time is left until zero.
• The Count Up Timer is an event timer with three
modes, which can be set to start/stop/reset either au-
tomatically or manually. Using Source Profiles, you
can determine whether individual sources will start
or stop this timer automatically; the onscreen con-
trols described below allow the operator to override
or modify those settings.
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Rotate the
Timer Mode
the event timer will operate.
* Choose
Manual
timer by hand using the controls displayed
when the
Timer Options
* Choose
Auto-Reset
tomatically reset to zero and begin counting
whenever a fader whose source starts the
timer is turned
* Choose
Auto-Add
up when a designated source's fader is turned
and stop counting when that source is
On
turned In this mode, the timer will not
Off.
reset to zero when it is started.
Pressing the
Timer Options
menu.
Note: Pressing and holding the Timer Options
Key opens the Clock & Timer Options Menu
knob to set the
knob to begin or end
holds the on-screen Timer
again dis-
Freeze
SoftKnob to choose how
to start, stop and reset the
key is pressed.
and the timer will au-
.
On
to have the timer count
key again exits this