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Figure 4-32: Timer controls.
Note: Pressing and holding the Timer Options
Key opens the Clock & Timer Options Menu
discussed in Chapter 1.
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 controls de-
scribed below allow the operator to override or modify
those settings.
»
Rotate the
Timer Mode/Reset
choose how the event timer will operate. Your
choice will be displayed onscreen just below the
Count Up Timer readout.
*
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
SoftKnob to
to start, stop and reset the
key is pressed.
and the timer will au-
.
On
to have the timer count
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turned
In this mode, the timer will not
Off.
reset to zero when it is started.
»
Press
Timer Mode/Reset
Up Timer to zero.
»
Press
Start/Stop
countdown.
»
Pressing
holds the on-screen Timer dis-
Freeze
play so you may take note of it; the timer con-
tinues to count while the display is frozen, and
a second press of the
running elapsed time counter.
The Countdown timer is useful for counting down to
network joins, top-of-hour IDs, and other events which
require exact timing. The Countdown timer is started,
stopped and reset manually using the controls displayed
when the Timer Options key is pressed. To use:
»
Rotate the SoftKnob marked
to set the interval from which the countdown
set
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
countdown.
»
Pressing
holds the on-screen Timer dis-
Freeze
play so you may take note of it; the timer con-
tinues to count while the display is frozen, and
a second press of 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.
•
Reset Key:
Pressing this key resets Element's Count Up Timer.
•
Freeze Key:
»
Pressing
holds the Count Up Timer dis-
Freeze
play so you may take note of it; the timer con-
to return the Count
to begin and end the Timer's
again displays the
Freeze
Begin Time/Re-
knob to set the
knob to begin or end the
again displays the
Freeze
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