Summary of Contents for shelyak TimeBox II
- Page 1 TimeBox II PF0081 User Manual François Cochard (francois.cochard@shelyak.com) 22 janvier 2025 Ref. DC0053 - rev A...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
4.3 TimeBox II remote control ........ -
Page 3: Introduction
Description 22 janvier 2025 First version Introduction You have in your hands a TimeBox II, a small de- vice that allows you to date observations to within a few milliseconds of an absolute time reference (UTC time, for example). The primary purpose of this sys-... -
Page 4: Uick Start-Up
Figure 1.6 – The TimeBox II with the cables connec- Figure 1.5 – USB-C connector uick Start-Up Can’t wait to get your TimeBox II up and running ? Then connect the antenna to the TimeBox II, plug the TimeBox II USB cable into your computer, install the TimeBox II software (it’s a simple .exe file you can... -
Page 5: General Principle
‘observe’ the PC’s drift for a few minutes. To infinitely further away, the occultation of the star ac- do this, it’s a good idea to start TimeBox II at least tually casts the asteroid’s shadow on the Earth. This a few minutes before your observation. -
Page 6: The Timebox Ii
field). Getting started Le bouton Reset Plug TimeBox II into a USB port on your PC (you Pressing the Reset button on TimeBox II interrupts don’t need a USB3 port, a USB2 is more than en- synchronisation. -
Page 7: The Software
The software The TimeBox II software can be found on the She- lyak Instruments website . It’s a simple .exe file that can be saved anywhere on your hard drive. No instal- lation is required ; in Windows words, it’s a ‘portable application’. - Page 8 TimeBox II User Manual Figure 4.4 – Satellites detected Figure 4.2 – Connexion to the TimeBox II Figure 4.3 – TimeBox II is connected Figure 4.5 – Synchronisation on going...
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Page 9: Software Options
Of course, you must leave the software open to keep the PC clock synchronised with the GNSS. If you are still using TimeBox II in the same confi- guration, you can ask the software to connect auto- matically by ticking the ‘Open COM port at start-up’... -
Page 10: Switch To Local / Utc Time
It may be useful during your observation to keep an a number of advanced ones. eye on the TimeBox II software at all times - at the very least to check that the circle is still green (a sign 4.2.1 Select language of synchronisation better than 2 ms). -
Page 11: Timebox Ii Remote Control
CHAPITRE 4. THE SOFTWARE TimeBox II remote control We’ve made sure that TimeBox II can be used re- motely, meaning that it can be used without having to disconnect and reconnect the USB connector. Even the firmware can be updated remotely ! 4.3.1...
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