Ambient Tiny Lockit - ACN TL - Manual (Page 11)

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MAIN MENU
Pushing the config switch once enters the main menu
screen. The main operation parameters are further
displayed. In this screen, you can select the different
settings by pushing the config switch. Navigate by
toggling the config switch left or right.
Pushing the config switch when EXIT is highlighted exits to the main screen.
If no action is done, the unit will return to the main screen as well.
GEN MENU
In the GENenrator menu, you can edit the jam mode,
edit the time and set an offset of the time code output
against the jammed time.
Under UB, you can display and manage user bits.
GEN > JamTC
In the JamTC settings, you can select from different jam behaviors:Navigate toggling left/right, push
to select.
“AUTO” – the ACN-TL will behave as used to from the
former Lockit boxes. It will jam once time code is
detected, but not re-jam while time code is
continuously present. As long as time code is present,
the “A” mark changes to indicating that the unit is not ready to re-jam. If the time code is
disconnected for 3 or more seconds, the “A” reappears to indicate that the unit will jam again once
time code is received.
“OFF” – the ACN-TL does not jam to external time
code. This setting is useful if you set the unit manually
and not to be jammed by incoming time code.
The in top left corner shows that the input is locked.
“manual/once” – the ACN-TL jams once to external
time code, but then will not jam again but close the
jam port. Once jammed, the “M” indicator changes to
signaling that the unit can not be jammed from
outside. This setting is useful if you want the unit to be jammed from external time code but then not
to be changed by incoming signal anymore. Also can be used should a Lockit box be used to re-jam
cameras in intervals and using a bi-directional time code cable, which would, with some cameras that