Manley SKIPJACK - Manual (Page 6)

SKIPJACK MENUS Part 1
The Menus:
The ‘X’ button has several functions. As mentioned above, the ‘X’ button will switch the display between output-1 and
output-2 while Skipjack is in 3x2 mode. But how do you get into 3x2 mode?
The ‘X’ button allows access to the menu functions of Skipjack. Pressing and holding the ‘X’ button for about ¾ of a
second will access the main menu. The ‘X’ button light goes off, the Badge changes to bright white, and the buttons
will display and control menu selections. You must continue to hold the ‘X’ button to stay in the menu. If you release
the ‘X’ button, normal operation resumes, and any changes you made while in the menu take effect.
While in the menu mode, the ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, and Pickle buttons control the following:
‘A’ – Address set. As soon as you press the A button, the badge turns green and the X button turns orange and can be
released. Now you can select a unique address for Skipjack, 1…15, using the A-B-C-D buttons in binary. When
finished setting or inspecting the currently assign address, press and release the X button to exit all menus and return to
normal operation. This feature will be used to allow the remote interface to control several connected Skipjacks
independently. There is also an omni address that will override unit addressing to control multiple Skipjacks at once.
‘B’ – Block outgoing messages to other Skipjack or remote interface when lit. Allows messages when not lit. Release
the X button to exit menu.
‘C’ – Control what you see. When the C button is lit, and you release the X button, all LED’s will turn off. Skipjack
will operate as normal but with no lights. This is useful for blind testing. Press and release the X button to turn the
lights back on without changing anything else.
‘D’ –Decide if the D inputs are outputs or inputs. When the D button is lit, it is an input and Skipjack is in 4x1 mode.
When it is not lit, the D inputs become output 2, Skipjack is in 3x2 mode. When the ‘D’ button light is on, Skipjack
will be in 4x1 mode indicated by a pleasant yellow-orange Badge color, when the ‘D’ light is off, it will be 3x2 mode
with a pale white Badge color. Any menu changes you make will take effect after you release the ‘X’ button to exit the
menu, so the Badge will remain bright white until then.
Pickle button – The skip jacks menu:
To enter the Pickle menu first enter the main menu by pressing and holding the ‘X’ button until the Badge changes to
bright white. Then press and hold the Pickle button. The Badge changes to pink and the ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ buttons
display which buttons are in the Pickle rotation cycle. While continuing to hold the Pickle button, you can release the
‘X’ button. As long as you hold the Pickle button, you will remain in the Pickle menu as indicated by the pink Badge.
The ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ buttons can be toggled to include them in, or remove them from the Pickle rotation cycle.
When the Pickle button is released, Skipjack exits all menus and normal operation and display resumes.
Each of the two outputs has its own Pickle rotation cycle list. To change output-2’s, you must be in 3x2 mode and
displaying output-2 (‘X’ button is red) before entering the menus. If you don’t know how to do this, it’s time to start
reading from page one again, or just start pluggin things in and seein what happens.
Skipjack Networking:
Whenever you press a button on Skipjack, a message is sent out the ‘Remote’ jack. Any other connected Skipjack will
do the same thing as the one you pressed the button on. There is no master or slave, pressing a button on any connected
Skipjack will cause all others to follow.
Any two Skipjacks can be connected together with a standard cat-5 patch cable. The remote interface will offer
additional jacks to network several skipjacks and the pickle switch, as well as many other useful and fascinating
features
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