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Summary of Contents for Butterfly AMICUS PRIME
- Page 1 AMICUS PRIME Table Tennis Robot Owner’s Manual | Bedienungsanleitung | Manuel d’utilisation...
- Page 2 • The ball throw wheels rotate at high speed. Avoid touching the wheels during operation! • Use this product only in enclosed and dry rooms. Used properly, your Amicus Prime will always be a great training partner and friend (Amicus is Latin for Friend).
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
IMPORTANT: Please read instructions carefully prior to use! Contents 1. Setup ..................................4 2. Tablet..................................6 3. Operation ................................. 7 Nomenclature ..................................7 Adjustment Of Head Height .............................7 Setting Up Your Tablet ............................... 8 Aligning The Robot To The Centerline .......................... 8 Ball Screen .................................... -
Page 4: Setup
1. Setup a. Robot and Net Assembly b. Power Supply (Input: 100 – 240 V, Output: 24V DC, 2.7A) c. Tablet d. Tablet Cable e. Tablet Power Supply f. Control Panel Bracket g. Remote Switch Fob h. Plug Adapter (if applicable) Other parts: Hex wrenches (2 and 4 mm) for wheels, Wheel Ad- justment Gauge (black tube with fins), spare rubber bands for Side Nets, Velcro strips. - Page 5 Black Knob Head Cable Photo 3B Photo 3A 4. Standing behind the robot, grip the top of the net and fold the net down on both sides until the net fully opens (as seen in Photo 4A). Fit the Net Corner Brackets around the corners of your table as seen in Photo 4B.
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Page 6: Tablet
6. Plug your Power Supply into a power outlet and Plug Tablet Cable here then into the power socket on the side of the Base (See Photo 6). Attach the Tablet to the Control Panel Bracket and slip it onto the side of the table closest to your free hand. -
Page 7: Operation
5. Volume Button — Press left side of button to turn volume up and right side to turn volume down. 6. TF Card Slot — Insert a TF or micro SD Card here to increase storage capacity of tablet, backup custom exercises, or transfer exercises when there is no internet connection. -
Page 8: Setting Up Your Tablet
IMPORTANT: Before tightening the Black Knob, Black Knob be sure one of the painted rings is right at the top of the lower tube (see Photo 8). Be careful not to tighten the Black Knob too tightly — you can dent the tube if tightened too much. - Page 9 Place determines the left to right placement of the ball. Hold down the slider handle and move it back and forth. Notice that the ball’s position on the diagram at the top moves left and right across the table diagram in response to this setting. “0” corresponds with a centerline placement, -8 with an extreme angle off the left side of the table, and 8 with an extreme angle off the right side.
- Page 10 In Photo 11, the range has been set to 4 ±4, which results in that ball being thrown randomly anywhere between Placements 0 and 8. As the buttons are moved back and forth, the Place setting (given directly underneath the side view diagram) changes accordingly. When Sector is turned on, the ball icon has a gray line running through it (Photo 12).
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Page 11: Exercise Screens
Notice that this list includes exercises named Default game and then 21 exercises named Exercise 79 to Exercise 99. These are the pre-programmed exercises of your Amicus Prime. Created by well-known Butterfly Coach Richard Prause, he recommends these drills as a base upon which to develop more advanced skills. - Page 12 Next, let’s explore the Random options. Touch the Random button. A popup window appears with Scatter, Place RND, and Type RND checkboxes. Touching the checkbox in front of each option results in a checkmark, indicating that option is selected (see Photo 16). Here’s an explanation of each option: 1.
- Page 13 To set customized Play and/or Pause periods, move one or both slider handles until you see the desired number of seconds. Play period ranges from 10 to 120 seconds, and the Pause period ranges from 5 to 60 seconds. Instead of controlling the Play period by amount of time, you may also control it by number of balls thrown.
- Page 14 Wait is an ingenious use of the tablet’s capabilities to train in a whole new way. The tablet’s microphone senses the sound of a serve’s second bounce and then releases the first ball of the exer- cise. This allows the player to serve the ball in a natural rhythm and then practice 3 ball attacks against shots from the robot.
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Page 15: Changing Settings During Play
Changing Settings During Play With Amicus, it’s possible to change some settings for all balls in an exercise at one time. To do so, the robot must be delivering balls and the red Stop Exercise button must be visible (see Photo 15). Without stopping play, tap the + or –... -
Page 16: Saving And Deleting An Exercise
Or tap Cancel if you decide not to delete the exercise. Sequences With Amicus Prime, you can string together 2 to 10 exercises into a sequence. For each sequence, one repetition of each exercise is played in a loop. For example, if Exercises 1, 2, and 3 are saved into... -
Page 17: Creating And Saving Sequences
There will always be 10 mini table diagrams shown for each sequence listed, even if a sequence doesn’t include 10 exercises. Open spots are coloured light blue while filled spots are dark blue. Photo 28 shows a sequence with 3 filled and 7 empty spots. Creating and Saving Sequences There are 2 ways to create a sequence: 1. -
Page 18: Editing And Deleting Sequences
Editing and Deleting Sequences Once a sequence is created, you can edit it to change the order of the exercises, delete an exercise, and delete the entire sequence.. To change the order of exercises, open the Play Sequence screen. Then hold down on the exercise you want to move. -
Page 19: Connection Manager
1. Tap the Robot icon and in the resulting screen (the Connection Manager), touch Rescan at top right. If the tablet finds an Amicus robot, it shows it in a list of all Amicus Prime robots within Bluetooth range. Select yours and tap the associated Connect button. -
Page 20: Calibration
Waiting for informations displayed instead), there is likely a problem with the Power Circuit Board. It will need to be replaced. Contact a Butterfly Service Center for replacement instructions. Once the Robot icon indicates a connection ( ), there are several other functions available from that screen. -
Page 21: Linking The Remote Switch To The Tablet
Linking The Remote switch To The Tablet Each remote is linked to an individual robot. This linkage is done at the factory and each tablet and re- mote pair is kept together throughout the manufacturing process. In case you buy additional remotes or a replacement, you need to link each remote to your tablet. -
Page 22: Functions Of The Information Screen
Access the Information screen by tapping on the Info icon ( ) at bottom. This screen (see Photo 31) has the following functions: Tap the Support website button to open the Butterfly Amicus webpage for the latest news on the Amicus line of robots. -
Page 23: Maintenance & Repair
(Butterfly brand balls are pre-washed at the factory so this step is unnecessary with new Butterfly balls.) Keep your playing area clean to prevent balls that have rolled on the floor from picking up dirt and introducing that dirt into the machine. -
Page 24: Checking & Adjusting Wheel Clearance
5. Amicus robots are designed for use in clean, dry, indoor rooms. Do not use outdoors or in any wet or damp environment. Avoid leaving your robot in a hot car or trunk. 6. Use only 40 or 40+ balls in your robot. The better ball you use (ITTF-approved 3-star are best), the more consistent your robot can throw that ball. -
Page 25: Ball Jams
taking it off, check and remember how much of the shaft is protruding past the wheel. Pull the wheel off the motor shaft. Replace with a new wheel. Slip the wheel onto the motor shaft until the position of the original wheel is reached. Tighten the setscrew. For the upper motors, the procedure is a little bit different. - Page 26 If this procedure doesn’t clear the ball jam, all motors stop and one of the following error messages will be displayed on the tablet: Robot Error. The feeding motors has been stuck. Ball jam! Defective or oversized ball or foreign object jamming the lower channel.
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Page 27: Other Maintenance
Other Maintenance The White Strip and the sidewalls of the Deflector Plate can accumulate ball residue from balls striking those surfaces. Keep these surfaces clean and smooth to increase consistency of ball throws. To clean, without removing the Deflector Plate, scrape the residue off with your fingernail or sharp-edged plastic tool. - Page 28 A. Are there rubber bands around the Deflector Plate and/or is there Balls thrown to wrong places or inconsistent a blue foam pad above it? If yes, remove those parts so Deflector throws. Plate can move freely. Those parts are used only during transport. B.
- Page 29 9. Ball dribbles out of head A. One or more wheels are not spinning or spinning at the wrong or is thrown with little speed. Tap the Head Reset button and watch the wheels to see if speed all 3 are spinning at about the same speed. B.
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Page 30: List Of Replacement Parts
7. List of Replacement ParTS ID # Part # Part Name ID # Part # Part Name 1–10 mobil-100 Net & Base Assembly Directional Mounting Plate Base Bottom mobil-108 Trajectory Motor Base Top Trajectory Gear Ball Feed Gear Assembly Trajectory Pin Ball Mixer Springs Trajectory Pin Spring Ball Feed Gear... -
Page 32: Technical Data
#: AN 50091861 0001, Report #: 17004848 001. Also Test Reports # NTEK-2010NT1115351E and NTEK-2010NT1115353SS. The Amicus Prime table tennis robot is permitted to bear the CE trademark. Manufacturer: Tamasu Butterfly GmbH, Kommunikationsstr. 8, 47807 Krefeld, Germany 9. Warranty Information Full 2-year manufacturer‘s warranty... -
Page 33: List Of Factory Exercises
10. list of factory exercises Exercise 79 1 TS to BH, 1 TS to FH Exercise 80 1 TS to FH, 1 TS to Center Exercise 81 1 TS to BH, 1 TS to Center Exercise 82 Falkenberg: 2 TSs to BH, 1 TS to FH Exercise 83 2 TSs to FH, 2 TSs to BH Exercise 84... - Page 34 Tamasu Butterfly Europa GmbH Kommunikationsstr. 8 47807 Krefeld, Germany amicus@butterfly.tt +49 2151 9356-0...