Preparation For Use - FarmTek Polaris User Manual

Preparation for Use

1) Attach each electric eye to a tripod. Place Trans-
mitter/Receiver pairs facing each other to form
start/stop lines between the eyes. Extend tripod
legs fully to ensure the eyes are high enough to be
broken by the horse's body (not its legs).
2) Turn the electric eyes ON. The power indicator
lamp on each unit should glow steadily. If the in-
dicator is blinking, the battery is low and should
be replaced.
3) Align the electric eyes. The opposing electric eye
should be directly in-line when sighting down ei-
Setting Course Times, Electric Eye Usage
The Polaris timer is easily switched between "First
Round" and "Jump-Off Round" (see the Timer Oper-
ation Section). This capability allows the following:
• Separate course times are maintained for First and
Jump-Off rounds. The timer automatically stops
and then sounds the horn at twice the course time.
• Computation of time faults can be different for
First Round versus Jump-Off Round.
• The way the electric eyes are used to start and
stop the timer can be set differently for the First
Round and Jump-Off Round. When the timer is
switched between rounds, the eye configuration is
automatically changed.
The example below shows sample course times and
eye usage for First and Jump-Off Rounds:
First Round
Course Time 72 sec.
Eye #1 starts
Eye Usage
Eye #2 stops
• You can press SETUP at any time to exit Setup
and return to timing mode.
• These parameters can be updated individually and
in any order desired.
• All changes are automatically stored in the timer
until changed again in the future.
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ther line on top of the electric eye (left to right
alignment), and when sighting down the crack on
the side of the eye (up and down alignment).
4) Turn on the timer console in the announcer's
booth. The power switch is located at the upper
right corner of the timer.
5) Walk through each electric eye beam to force the
eyes to send a message to the timer console. This
makes the timer console update its electric eye
alignment indicator (see the next page).
To Set Course Times and Electric Eye Usage:
1) Press SETUP to access timer setup features.
2) Press NEXT CHOICE until the 1st Round
Time option is displayed and then press ENTER.
3) To accept the course time shown, press ENTER,
or, key in a new time followed by the ENTER
key. (To fix a mistake, press and hold down the
CLEAR TIME key until the time is cleared).
4) After entering the First Round time, the option
for entering the Jump-Off Time is displayed.
Press ENTER to input the Jump-Off time.
5) After entering the Jump-Off time, the option for
selecting which eyes are used for the First Round
is shown (1st Round Eyes). Press ENTER,
then use the NEXT CHOICE key to scroll
through the possible eye combinations ("*"is
Jump-Off Round
displayed next to the current setting). Press
68 sec.
ENTER when the desired combination is shown.
Eye #2 starts
6) Repeat Step 5 for Jump-Off Round electric eyes.
Eye #3 stops
7) Press the SETUP button to exit Setup.
• To disable the display and printing of time faults
for a class, enter a course time of zero.
• See the Show Jumping (3) and (4) page for more
setup options.
SHOW JUMPING (1)