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PLEASE NOTE: When you swap the trigger LED to Red it's only the triggers and countdown flashes
which are reversed. All other LED indications function as normal. That is to say with the LED Trigger
Swap set to RED upon start up of the Pclix XT you will still get 3 Green flashes to indicate the Pclix XT
is running. LIkewise you will see 3 Red flashes when entering the programming mode.
LED Trigger Swapping Programming Sequence (Green 42,Red 43):
- Turn the Pclix XT OFF
- Set the programming code to 42 for Green LED or 43 for Red LED
- While pushing the red Fire button turn ON Pclix XT to enter programming mode
- After 3 RED LED flashes release FIRE button
- The GREEN LED will flash 4 times indicating you have successfully set either ON or OFF
- Turn OFF the Pclix XT to exit programming mode
- Reset both dials to zero
Infrared Repeat Value (44)
When cameras are triggered using Infrared Light a small burst of coded invisible light is sent from the
infrared remote to the camera. If the camera sees the proper coded light which happens very quickly
then it will respond by taking an image. Many times camera manufactures repeat the short coded
burst of light a few times in secession. This is done to ensure the camera receives the trigger.
Cameras manufactures sometimes send the coded light only once, others send it 5 times. There is no
standard in this area. It's for this reason that you have the ability to change the number of infrared
coded burst of light sent with each trigger. Not only that but the Pclix XT keeps track of the number of
coded bursts for each and every Model Code. We have done our best to try and duplicate what the
original infrared remotes are doing and the Pclix XT comes factory set to match the original infrared
remotes.
So, why would you want to change this number? You would change this number if your camera is
missing the odd trigger. You might try and increasing the Infrared Repeat Value by one and then see if
this solves the issue of missing frames, if not try increasing it by two. The tables on pages 8 and 9
have a forth column listing all the Default Infrared Repeat Values for each Infrared Model Code.
Infrared Repeat Value Programming Sequence (44):
- Turn the Pclix XT OFF
- Set the programming code to 44
- While pushing the red Fire button turn ON Pclix XT to enter programming mode
- After 3 RED LED flashes release FIRE button
- The GREEN LED will flash 3 times asking you to enter an Infrared Repeat Value
- Leave the LEFT dial set to 4 and set the RIGHT dial to the desired value from 1 to 9
- Push FIRE button to enter Infrared Repeat Value, the GREEN LED will flash 4 times
- Turn OFF the Pclix XT to exit programming mode
- Reset both dials to zero
Quick Canon Setup (45)
In one easy programming step you can load all the proper settings required to shoot video with
supported Canon DSLR cameras. The known supported cameras at this point are the Canon 5DMKII
and 7D, others will surely follow. If you execute programming code 45 the following User Preferences
are set.
The camera model code is set to "62" in order to trigger the camera to record video provided the
Infrared Remote 2 seconds delay is active on the camera. The LEDs are swapped so that the RED LED
(43) indicates you are recording, Bulb is turned ON (31), Bulb Toggle is set to ON (34) meaning when
the dials are at zero the first push of the RED button starts recording and the second stops recording.
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