Lacerta M-Gen User Manual page 25

'shots to do', 'wait time' etc. There is a mode for them displayed on this screen, which can be
changed by LEFT/RIGHT buttons. Mode defines the behaviour of a program slot when a
multi-type program set is started.
On this screen, a star indicates which slot is currently active.
Running ONLY ONE slot's program:
Select one slot with the cursor and press SET. The slot is the currently active now.
Press SET again and the program can be edited at the AE screen, as earlier. After setting
the program, use the
Doing this way, this program slot is started only, regardless to its multi-type program
mode settings. All the exposures will be taken and the active program slot will remain the
same. After taking all the exposures of this slot, the AE will go idle (stopped).
Running MULTI-type program set:
Set up / edit all the program slots You want to use. Then change their program modes
with LEFT/RIGHT, set the active program slot (*) and start it with
The previous AE screen is shown, where You can see what the AE is doing.
The following behaviour is used for each program slot mode:
all
: take all the exposures in this slot, then go to next slot
single
: take a single exposure by this slot and go to next slot
-
: do nothing, go to next slot (means: slot not used)
'Go to next slot' says, that the active slot number is increased by one. Wrapping is
used, 1 comes after 4.
When all the exposures are done in each used slot, AE stops. At starting time, the
'exposures done' counters are reset to zero for every slot.
Here is some example for better understanding. Program slots are set as shown below:
 Taking two type of exposures, in separate blocks.
Start the program set as shown on the right.
First, all the expos from prg.slot 1 is taken (since it is active)
– 10 times 5-minute, with 3 sec. wait time
Next slot is 2, then all the expo.s from prg.slot 2 is taken – 20 times 2-minute
expos.
Next slots 3,4 are unused, all the expos are done yet in the program set, so AE will
finish.
 Taking two type of exposures, alternating.
Start
button.
(program slot 4 is not used in the examples)
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Start from *
item.