Paul C Buff CyberSync CSR+, CyberSync CSRB+, CyberSync CSR, CyberSync CSRB, CyberSync CSXCV, CyberSync CST User guide

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from Paul C. Buff, Inc,
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What la Cyber Commander? e... .... „@
TABLE OF CONTE NTs Using the Joysticks... „9
How to interpret the indicator Bars... RR
How 10 interpret the Status Bars, „©
Usina the Micro ol Cand & handling fins. .. E
Troubleshooting and РА)... 6
Using Groups with Cyber Commander... T
Using "Mon +" CGyDarSymc receivers... 1
Equalizing your modeling Rmps. een ©
Bracketing ExXpainmed.........—— T
&
EU mimbers Explain... .—— e.
Initial Setup... — amara mee В
Synchronizing lights with Cyber Commander... 8
Setting hght parameters... 10-12
saving partial setups to Micro 50 card... 11
otr up Groups ol MATE... ee 1
Equalizng Modeling lamps:............———————.— 12
Controfimg Fiasit............—— een . 13
Calibrating to a third-party meter... 13
Using your Light Meter aussi аа ани ния cd 3-14
saving and Retrewnd S@tupS.….….…...—.08
Adjusting Soren Brightness & Teme Out... 16
Backing up files from icra SD card.................. 16
Adding and Removi ng Eghts from setup............. 16
Product Specifications..........—. ———— Eee 17
e 112008 Warranty & Repair Information... ccm. 17
WHAT IS CYBER COMMANDER ?
Cyber Commander is 3 highly gaphislicaied piece of equpment thal allows wou
ta control and display virtually every parameter of a complex studio flash setup
of up to Sixteen light Ш Га, righ from your camera. AN without wares, Trem up to
150" away with a direct line-pi-gight. The 16 user-selectable frequencies within a
àAGHE band offers complets treedom from nterférence or misfring from ather
photographers' equipment CER COMMANDER
TEE
In a single glance you can see and control ihe relative Nashpower and modeling ni
lamp brightness of all lights, from 1,56 to 640O0WS per light a 07 TT:
You can measure He fStop reading of 2ach kghi both indeiidualy rm groupé, dr Mp Car we
all together using à built-in high accuracy flashmebar, Tha flash matar allows 150 SPLINE EU
and exposure 10 be set, along with exact calbration fram your Eghts to your WA Ldn И
Camera, 3 LE
Bracket your Bghts in any combination, with precise 170 digilal steps, while
gi tamaticaly updating the 1-abop and power eva without re-metanng.
Cyber Commander will ao automatically compensate for Бе Гы: vih dferard
Watt-Second (MS) retings and modeling lamp wattages, 60 you always dee
dead -accurate “what-pou-see-B-ahat-you-get” Wr SIWY SG) previews that ans
proportionate 10 1lagh poder
The digital readout shows camera f-siop, t.1 flash duration, color temperature,
modeling watts, flash WS and the relative (las hacer vsing the European
standard numerical O to 10 scale. Ás you adjust he power, each parameter
automatically updates.
Recycle beepers, slaves, model lemps, and even tuming the lights on or off can
all be done right from the camera, and settings can be saved to and retrieved
from the included Micra SD card.
Extreme Signal ary is assured via 256 bil state-of-the-art encoding, and its
exime law delay of 1/400) second allows sync speeds as short a5 1/2600
second on capatible cameras.
Cyber Commander 15 re nean and soul of our Cybrrayno family of radi remote
control compañents. Quite simply, 1's Eght years ahead of anything the photo
world has ever saen,
POT
JOYSTICK FUNCTION JOYSTICK MOTION
The left and right joysticks control ail
parameters with three planes of action (five
total directions):
UP
CYBER COMMANDER
Pad C. Buf. ne USA
Ali] | Gail
RIGHT
LEFT JOYSTICK FLL er
For [Pré primary FLASH menu enn ear, To TEE THEE
pushing this joystick lei à right selects MÜDEL EE ;
Channels (CH) 1 through 16, Groupe Oe
(GRP) through 8, and ALL. DOWN
Pushing up of down adjusts the Nash power
of the selected channel / ght. K also
brackets multiple lights when either a
GROUP rumber or ALL la selechad.
(See "Bracketing Explained, Page 7}
RIGHT JOYSTICK
Far the primary FLASH menu screen shown,
pushing Im on this joystick tales a Task meter
reading cf the selected Channel à Light (CH),
Graug (GRP) ar ALL
Fushing in faal-Nrea he vetected Charel à Ar MER AF Aner à meter reading is ken, changés in
Light, Group cr ALL Nash power to ary Channel, Group or ALL
will automatically update the previous mieder
Holding thts jOyBicE In for bac Seconds reading, de shown by (he yellow dés and by
places Cyber Commander in “hibernate” the digital Fetop display at top.
mode. Hibemate mode la essentially e sic
power-off mode that allows for an immediate Pushing the righ joyaiick left or right
Wake up, simply by pressing esther joystick
Nany direction. E also allows you ko fire the
system from the camera hot shoe without
navigates through the system's screens, Trom
FLASH, MODEL, and SETUP. Prompts that
are specific lo each area vil appear on each
turning an the LCD. screen to guide the usar.
PO 3
FLASH POWER INDICATOR F
Blue bars a Indicate tie feshpowear of “rime rt
each channel light, and comespond lo ExPOSUre s0h channel ! light.
tie EU scale on the right side of the CGCTBER COMMANDER power is changed, yellow dots will change in
acrean. [See "EU Mumbers Explained”, ETT MEA - conjunction with the digital sion display at
Page Bi the top of the screen, Telow dois
ali | 1: 1 a, COTBSpon to the f-siop range (11.0 to 164]
1D т 5 ra on the left sde of the soreen,
DICA Li SRE CE Notice Channel & is a non-Buff Eght, Power
ACTEUR oR the presence of —— EL. a: — cannot be controlled by Cyber Commander,
therefore no black bar is shown and it must
Ba manually adusted, | can, however, ba
metarad ard |nouded |M groups.
active lights and the total range of power
for each, Motice the emangement ts done
In such a way thet indicates he range of —
each ight’s power relative fo the power of
the atrer hghés In Die setup, MODELING BRIGHTNESS INDICATOR
dots indicate fie modeling
= Crange
Bars that are even wi each other — e brighiress of each channel | ight
indicate Identical power ranges. For
example, a TES gh sed to TuB power
will display the same height as a Z60006S LA >
light dejad dorar bo 19005. Bars thal ans
haber han ose around E ndicaie A
Higher maximum Power,
LIGHT INDICATORS
Grey dots [=] indicate Eghts that ene
ective but current disabled
White dashes indicate lights thai are
The bag Af each bar Games pa ca be the active and enabled.
EU £ofeach Eght This allows the user 16
compare Rashocwer directhy with lights
that have diferent watisecond ratings.
(See “El Numbers Explained, Page 8)
Green dashes [=] above and below
indicate te Hot à channel currerdly
ambected for adjuelment and digital display.
PGA
EXPOSURE
Indicates {he exposure reading far the light
selected, ar thé total exposure reading if
ALL are selected
METER STATUS
Indicates cument flash meder settings ¡ei
150 100 at 1.250 sec”)
Shuler spesd can be asl bebasan One
Second and 1/1000 Second, Flash meder
settings apply ba all lights an all channels.
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, 1602
He,
FLASH STATUS BAR
Bar highlighted in Blue displays Nash
power setinga lor he channel mdicaled —
fer: “25845, EDB.4, =2 3f for the light on
CHO".
Amy adualments to the Flash Power dr
he Channel indicated vill be refected
here, deplayed in Wallseconds, ELI#*
and Flash Power relative to the light's
maximiim capability, using the lerm
“AF,
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MUNNEL
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MODELING STATUS BAR
Exhiblits modeling lamp power ssttinge for
the channel indicated (ex: "42.6 watts fo
the light on CAD?) and ita brighinesa
relative to maximum wattage (2.3).
Ary adjuelmente lo this lights Medeling
Lamp power will be reflected here.
Similarly, readouts for modeling lampe In
Track Flash" mode will aller proportionalb
based oA changing Flash Power settings.
THE MICRO SD CARD
Cyber Commander has the capacity to save and ratiave up
to 50 entire Eghting sstupe in the Micro 50 cand and two
additional sstupe in te intemal memory, Saving a presst
includes all setup parameters, light specs, names, power
and modeling sathngs, grouping, frequency, channels, and
flashmater readings,
The Micro SD card thal ships pre-nsialled in Cyber
Commander must be in place atl all limes when the
device is in use. ds you make changes to your sotup, thay
ara stored in the cam. if you change batieres, the lest setup
YOU Were Using comes up automatically, with no intervention
réquiréd.
The exception, of cours, being that your lights and
modifiers must be in exacthy the same positions as when a
preset was saved, and your subject is placed at the sams
distance from where you took your meter readings. If any
changes to the physical layout of the setup take place. it i
advised to meter again fo get accurate settings.
MANAGING SETUP FILES
E the Micro SD card contains Important information, you
paques ala back up these files to your computer
ks Ysera of DVD. This ls éssy to de on either à Mac or
Windows computer. You only need a card reader with a
Micro SD card slot, which will allow you to refrieve and add
files as naedad. i is recommended that you designate a
Cyber Commander settings folder on Your computer to
which you can periodically save your updated settings. Usa
caution whan handing your Mio SD card and wien
copying and moving files, just ss you would when dealing
with Image files from a shoot.
Pe b
lll GOMMANDER
TA A
TEMPERATURE STATUS
Vakies shown in Kelvin (K) indicate the
Color Température of ie sstecied channel
ét thé current flash power, thus debemining
the warmness or coolness of the light. This
value will change io reflect adjustments to
the Flash Power.
USA
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FLASH DURATION STATUS
Valles shown m £1 indicate the Flash
Duration of the selecied channel at he
cuiment fash power, indicaling the speed al
which the light bums on and off. Ths value
will change to reflect adjustments fo the
Flash Power.
MEN LIGHT STATUS
Cyber Commander bells you what type of
Mt la on each channel. and allows you Io
assign a name to each light eo you can
easily identify them. Some rames are
pre-programmed, such as "Left Main”,
“Righi Hair, “Center Fäl”, ete. Thus, you
dont have lo sme mbar which position each
\ Nght is in within your sstup.
SCREEM
Indicates wich Screen la CUmenty active,
such as FLASH, MODEL, SETUF | abc.
APPROPRIATE FORMATTING
Cyber Commander uses a standard Micro SD card with
capacity from 512KB to 26GB, formatted to “FATE,
This formatting ls normally already in place on a new card.
Micro SD cards formatted to "FAT" ог other formats
wil not be recogmized by Cyber Comme mor mi
“Micro 5D HC" cards designed for ah definition video
CAM,
Please contact Paul CG. Bull, Inc. Technical Help at
1-B00-443-5642 if you have any questions about amAihig
disoussed hera.
In the event 06 future firmware updates to Cyber Commander,
Ihe needed data file ard \ratallation metructions can be
downloaded from our web site, or can be emailed to you.
This is a quick and simple process that valves placing your
Mono SO card into your card reader, following the
Instructions for writing to your Mécro 50 card, reinserting the
card inte your Cyber Commandar and following the screen
prompts. For safety, if you have a curmant Backup file of sour
Cybar Commander data, you can add the downloaded
frmvare to this file and than write all of this io a completely
new Micro SO card, thereby leaving your present card intact
TROUBLESHOOTING : F.A.Q.
For help with your Cyber Commander, ansvers to Frequently
Ask Questions, or to solicit troubleshooting assistance,
please visit our Tach Forum, Or call us af 1-800-443-5842
www.paulcbuff.com/techforum
Cyber Commander has the capacity to organize your lights
Into eight diferent Groups. Lights enatiad In a group vil Le
affected simultaneo eb by power changes (bracketing),
parameter changes, eic., and a Group may ba metered such
that only the enabled lights will contribute to (he rede
reading. Lights excluded from a Group will have their
modeling lumps off and are disabled from firing while the
Group la selected. INhe camera or CST ls activated while a
Group is selected, the expogune will anly come from thoss
lights enabled in the selected Group.
USING “NON+™ CYBERSTNGS
Ham mon-Plus recersers are contained in your sefup (not
recommended), thay will not ba recognized by Cyber
Commander during setup (sea Stap 3: "Opan Studio’) and
their presence will not be shown on ihe Cyber Commander
ssreans. Thus they cannot be selectively fired or mebaned.
Howsaver, if a CST transmitter is on the camara, it will shill fire
non-Plue recalvera. i Cyber Commander is metanad whila in
Al mada, the non-Plia maraluera will firs anc will Fa
included in thé combined meter reading.
HIGH VOLUME STUDIOS
Cyber Commandar works wall in studios where {he ights ame
typically loft in the same position with tha same modifiers,
and where esveral styles of fighting ere used for each cant.
This allows finaly tuned lighting setups to be developed and
stored. The photographer can rapedly select from the stored
safups and quickly switch between tham, generating & series
al lighting styles all perfect axpasad, with no need to
constantly meter or fina test shots.
When lights having different wattsecond ratings are
Mixed má studro, terms ike “1/4 power” or "-3F don't
tell the user how much light one unit outputs
compared to another. In order to allow à direct
comparison between lights of different WS ratings,
several European manufacturers have instituted a
numbering system that directly compares lights in
1/10 f-stop increments without requiring calculations
or WS mailh convarsions.
The EU Number defines a 6400WS power level as
EU10.0, and each 1/10 E-stop change E represented
by a one digif changes in the decimal. Thus, EU9.9 is
14107 less power than EU 10.0. A full E-stop change is
thus a one digit change before the decimal point.
EUS.0 = 320065 EUB.0 = 1600WS
EUT.0 = BOOWS EU6.0 = 400WS
EU5.0 = 200W5 ELM. 0 = 100WS
EU3.0 = 50WS EUZ.O = 25W5
EU1,0= 12.545 EUO.0 = 6.255
EU-1.0= 3,135 EU-2.0 = 1.56WS.
H your main light is EUG,4 and your fill is EUS.3, you
quickly know your fill light is 1.11 less powerful than
your main light.
РС 8
EQUAUZING MODELING LAMPS
Selup iretructióne in Sis ménual presume (hat wou Fave ast all
modeling lamps to TRACK. This means your modeling lamp
will gat proportionataly brighter or dimmer basad on tha
power setting of your light. if all flash units have the same
Masimum lashpower and all modeling lamps are the same
wattage, then you do not need 10 equalize your modeling
lamps because they bear the same relationship lo Aeshpower
But if wou are mixing lights with different flashpowar ratings
año modeling watls, you will hol 56e an accurate exposure
preview from the modeling lamps, Assure, for example, you
mre mixing two AlienBees B1E00 units (540WS) and two BBO
units 32045}, and that al units have 150W model lamps.
Even though the B800's are hall a= powerful as the B1600'%,
their 150 watt bulbs ALL Seti pul cul 150 watts! So, in order ho
obtain accurate previews, you must adjust tha BED"
modeling lamps to half of those in the B1600 units.
Cyber Commander allows you Io alter Ihe relationship of
modeling power to Bash power by Channel, Group or All,
while still fracking flashpawer changes.
Tha term “bracketing” in photography invohses лакто
exposures at incremental settings fo ensure a wide dynamic
& Of values & captured, For example, ar exposures value
of 18 at 1/200 second could be bracketed one stop down fo
1/400 second, or one stop up lo 1/1 00 second.
The Cyber Commander simillary allows vou to brackel
settings based on an initial mater reading, ensuring both
proper exposure and desired outcome. This is done by
selecting ALL or GROUP allowing the adjustment of avery
light proportionate to is starting point. PGT
INITIAL SETUP
Follow thes setup procedure each and evary time you usa
your Cybar Commander with a CSR+ or CSRE+ raceivar,
and with all AlienBeas, White Lightning, and Zeus flash units.
Sat sach
receiver jo
the same
Frequency,
“Wake Up” army
pd ra: recaivers E
on 9
Set the power to eto Fu
Insert Cumarmy
into Sr
E to disable 1
the slave eye.
Push in all
buttons on tha À
back of tha kght.
[Model Lamp On,
Traëk & Cycle.
Now plug in he RJ11 cable from the
receiver to the rear panel of the light,
ЗА НЕ ЙА ТИТ
CROPS FLASHMIETER
LIGHT SETTINGS НАМЕ 5,
SIPEG LIGHTS HITE TH
ADVANCED SETUP
Li fe
46 ALL SELECT MENU»
clea HEY TRH LL SE
FREQUENCY 02
24 XXX HL
FREQUE&CY +
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ЗА НЕ ЙА ТИТ
CROPS FLASHMIETER
LIGHT SETTINGS НАМЕ 5,
SIPEG LIGHTS ETE CH
ADVANCED SETUP
Li fe
46 ALL SELECT MENU»
SAVE AS OPEN ЗЛА |
GROUPS FLASHMETEA
LIGHT SETTIRGS ВЕ
SPEC LIGHTS FREQUENC*
pal La je ai ANUS
SETUF FURCTION 5
LL = RTD SELECT MENL 4k
PG 1D
1. Push the RIGHT
JOYSTICK left or nant
bo scroll to the SETUP
menu, then push if up or
down to scroll FUNCTION
to FREQUENCY.
select by pressing mon
Нье SC,
SELECT FREQUENCY
manu will appear.
2. Scroll FREQUENCY to
the same frequency your
receivers are sat to, Mow
the whole system E ón
the same frequency
5. Мех! scroll MENU to the
right to return io the SETUP
SC. Sera bo LIGHT
SETTINGS and SELECT, The
LEGHT UNIT SETTINGS
бете WIN acpear [FS
Armida wou want all lights
on the same settings, scroll
the loft joystick to ALL
SON down ihr
PARAMETERS to toggle
through the available areas.
Lise the SETTING joyshck to
get each of these to the
desired siate
Mate: On CEH CERES
EC LO MODE,
SLANE CELL and RECYCLE
IRDICATOR Have na etiect
FOWER STARDBY turna the
Fash and Model Lame by pero,
6. Next, scroll MENU réghil
№ return té the SETUP
screen año séroil
FUNCTION to “SPEC
LIGHTS". Assuming your
lights aña not all 1hé same,
wou will need to follow this
procedure ona channel at a
time Scroll to Channel 01
and SELECT The DEFINE
LIGHT UNIT screen (ET) will
appear.
SAVE AS ОЧ RTE TA)
GROUPS FLASHMETER
Ir TARA HAMES
SPEC LIGHTS FRECWENG
ADVANCED SETUP
SETUP FUNCTION +
SELECT — MENI46
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FROM STUDD LIGHT:
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ALIENEEES
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SELECT
dk CH HS НОТА
SELECT VERSION - ENTER
WHITE LIGHTHING
CRE Ta TT
WLX 1600 FULL LUZ 160M
LLL RT ПВС
WLX 2400 FULL. ULTAA 600
WLX 2400 1/4 ULTRA 1200
WLX 3200 FULL ULTRA 1600
МХ 3200 1,4
VERSION =
ALS ETE
3, Meza Ecróll MEN buttär
(RIGHT JOY E TICA) de the
ght to return to SETUP
menu. Seroll FUNCTION t6
OPEN MEMORY and press
SELECT.
4, Scroll the MEMORY
button undl STUDI) es
displayed, Thik topo af Eher
Screen will say OPEN ALL
FROM STUDIO. Select
ОРЕМ бу pushing down on
the RIGHT JOYSTICK.
PGT
T. SELECT ALIENBEES,
WHITE LIGHTNING, ZEUS
ar OTHER, then select
MORE.
8. Select the specific model
and configuration of the
light on Channel O1 using
the VERSION joystick. In
this example, WLXTE00 with
the power switch set to Ful
has Deen selected, Select
MORE año continue to the
next page.
SELECT MODEL WATTS - ENTER
100%
150W
AU
WATTS =
ENTER EN
[ATT
FLASHMETER
LIGHT SETTINGS 111 178
A Tel lc] Lp = SIN STE)
ADVANCED SETUP
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SETUP FUNCTION +
{HALL SELECT KERLE
MEU
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13. EQUALIZING MODELING
LAMPS IN TRACK MODE Ta
equalize modeling Bmps (Ses
Bualizing Modeling Lamps,”
Fage T|, frst set all fash units ta
“Track” In Sereen 13 You ¿añ
aes he relalionehas in acion. Al
tie current power setting show
thes B1800 on channel 1 has a
Mashpdresar rating of 160045 (Bee
Flash Stabes Ear), with a
modeling lamp power at 52,83
(а rato of 0.33 modeling walls
par lash Water Thea
1501 modeling lamo on a
Ва), ел the other hand, results
Fa ratio 2160 Io 62.5 walls if
left aruba
PG [%
a Selec! he waltage ЭГ e
modeling amp (WLX 1600
rormeily has a 250W lamp,
Due when sel bo 1/4 Power,
EW should be specified
Irshad).
Press ENTER. Charmel Oi
light specication iS row
compete The display
should retum lo Screens 7.
Flora solari ne most acihva
channel in Your setup and
repeat staps $ and 9. Repeat
this a chaninet at à hme unt
all your bghts have been
specified.
10. Áñer you have speofed
all the Baht in vour sraterri,
don't forget to Save your
partial satu. You should be
back ho the SETUP menu H
rat, scroll fre MENU button
Lil you are,
Cro FUNCTION bo
SAVE AS |Screes 107.
Chek SELECT. This talas
vou bo SAVE ALL TO
MEMORY [Soran 11],
Ta equalize this light, muléply
the Wa al the salscied light
tmas the known rato of
another bght (in this case,
0.359) which will gnse you the
power to Wah pour modebrsg
lamp should be adjusted (in
{his case 31 3W) Ths ©
‘what you wold need 10 ast
a modeling power $ or he
BALK]
Ta make this sdjusineant
scroll io he MODEL screan
and selec! the necessary
Channel
Lower The POWER Wing da
Led Joystick io this desirsd
selling For axampla, 31.30
[09.39 bes Me Flash WS]
As yau make (res adjustment
vou wil saa the "62 ДР
nef ban amd the Grange dof
that indicates modeling power
boën drap, and the “2.08
notation will change to -3.0f in
this example, Once you have
made this adustment, fe
modeling lamp wil continus tà
proportionally track [e posar
of tha flash, bat with the 4
[albo offaél vou mroduced.
Н © sdysed {han vou resaye
vour satug af ihis poinf (Ses
steps 10 and 11 for heip
Saving].
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11. Tha Micro 50 card should
ahacays bet in place 10 Store your
settings. lt may also be used to
store complete setups that can
be relreved as needed.
To store fe current partial
setup {steppes 1 - 101, Les the lat
joystick to nevigaba to ihe
desired location for your setup
he “5017, Press SAVE to store
the current state in the chosen
location. E vil remain thane
Lriéss cvenviitlan. To retrieves
He saved sebup, revigate DO
COFEN MEMORY, then to
MEMORY = 504. For more into
about seing, ses Page 16
12 SETTING UP GROUPS
Cyber Commander has the
capacity to organize your lights
iro eight differant Groups.
(Ses “Groups Explained,” pg 7)
Nemigabe bo the SETUP menu
Locrean 10). Select GROUFS,
Here, Group OF has Daan
salkactad amongst tha athar
available Channels and Groups
with the left joystick. You can
ADD or REMONE each channel
tom he selected Group using
{he sight juyaliel, Ir ibi
example, charmels 7 and 4 are
included end channels 1 and J
are exCluded.
PG II
14, GLOBAL MODELING
LAMP ADJUSTMENT
Once you have equalized all
modeling lamps io fashpower,
you may find that fie
Aashpower af your units is sed
below Full Power lor a
particular shoot and that your
modeling lamps ane this
dmmer than you would Me Ir
В vent, you car selact ALL
While in ihe MUCEL scregn
and usa the POWER joystick
to raise (or lower) all the
modeling lamps
simulamecusiy You will see all
the orange dois and lhe
BRACKET MODEL display
changa incrementally a8 you
do this
i you attempt to raise or lower
any one modeling amp above
or below its madmum range
this method you wil not be
able ta increment further, and
he afferding channel will blink
red. This ersures iba you
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Scroll to the primary FLASH
ren and salact an ache
charmel ¿See screen 15). The
green dashes on Channel 1
show Chad If 15 selected, Any
posaar adjustments will apply
orily to the selected Chanel.
This acresan alse shows he
bye oof light on each chained
and its “name” die, MAIN Li
The Flash Status Bar here
indicates 150) 100 and 1/25
second. Ho fashmeter
reading has yet Deen taken.
The Color Temperature,
indicated in Kalvin (K), at this
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17. METERING ALL LIGHTS
If YOU roy scroll to ALL and
press METER from subject
posi, you wil see a display
similar 10 Saneen 417. This is
the tatal exposure of all active
ligéris - what (hé Camera will
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mourir a COoT iressmitber dr
vour camera fer shocting,
lacio you Pres Eo Carry Ea
Cyber Commander arour for
taking meter readings, Tha
CST will fire all active lights
established by Cyber
Commander, including lights
combined nto Groups.
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tha 1.1 flash duration is
ESO second. The modeling
is presumed fo be in TRACK
FLASH mode, bath on the
rit itself and ir the light
setlings within COC.
For the particular oh!
shown, the flashpower is
160WE, producing an EL
Mumber of 4,7 arvi the
flashpower is -20f below its
maximum power.
If wal mow operate ihe
POWER, using the kt
joyetick. he nelght of the
blue Nash a
go Up or OT, and will De
tracked by the orange
Modeling lamp dot, All the
digital displays at the top
will change as you make this
adjustment, constanthy
updating parameters of the
selected high.
Lonsaquently, the other
bare rprasenting tha other
Cnannels/Lights will rc
change.
Note the displayed color
temperature does moi
account for color changes
AH be fight mr the
For Ar from acre
modifiers - 8 Ве reading
emitted by the Mash wil
if iha combined f-stop Is
higher or lower than what you
desire, smply adjust the
POWER control up or der,
and the reading will change ta
whalever F-a40p you desire,
You will ase both the digital
Tetop readout change 33 wall
as the BRACKET FLASH
raadout, In the example
shown here in Gorgar 17, we
originally metered 1165, then
bracketed up by one f-stap tó
achieve the f22'5 result.
Cyber Commander dosa this
bry individually adjusting the
Neshpoear of ach separate
light unit,
METER A SINGLE LIGHT
The process to meder a single
light i the same as metering a
group of Egle, axcapl that
lights NOT being metared must
be placed n STANDBY mode
a) Select the ight that you
would like to disable from
firing,
Bb} Go tà SETUP than LIGHT
SETTINGS, and hit SELECT.
cl) do to POWER, and change
the setting to ÊTANDOY
d) Repeat with am addolonal
lights, lasving cn only the
single hight vou wish to meter.
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16, USING YOUR METER
Stand at the subject position and
point the dome on the Back of
the Nlashmeatar toward fhe
CAMERA
Press METER ingH joystick), This
will take a reading of chanrel 1
only. The yellow dash that
comesporde bo kia
escale in yellow along ihe Jet side
will appear, 88 will the digital
f-stop reading at he tog similar
to Screen 16).
Continue this process on each
active channel, ÁS you scroll
through thie channals you vall sas
the metered f-sicg from each
individual bight.
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18, This screen shows tha
resul of starting with #16,
metering ALL in #17 and
if you now adjust the
lashpower ol any channel from
CyberCommander, ds capturé
É-siop reading will be altered
accordingly, as will the positon
of Es yellow dash. This allows
you lo sel the resulting T-stop
to pact what you want by
changing fashpower, without
the reed to ra-metjer
Mole - after you have
captured floshmatar
readings, changing the ISO
VIT sUfomaticeWr update
ésch captured reading.
Changing fhe exposure time
will nat,
CALIBRATING THE METER
If you are using a third-party
Nase bar in conjura ban sak
vour Cyber Commander,
calibration is recommended so
that the readout on both meters
5 corsistent,
al Meter your lights with both
the Cyber Commander and the
third-party meder at the sama
time, holding them close
моей че,
E] A the readings do rot mate,
ecroë to SETUP, then FLASH-
METER and hit SELECT.
gl Scrall through the CALIBRATE
sattings whl the readout
Matches that of the third-party
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METERING AND
BRACKETING GROUPS
Tha same action acours if vou
meter and/or bracket Groups.
you have a Group selected
and press METER, only thos
lights enabled in the selected
group il be meterad, ard ina
гезый will be dsplaved at the
top. If wou then adjust POWER,
only lights in tha Group will ba
adjusted |brackatad). H you fing
the camara whiks Cyber
Commander is set io a Group,
only those Ights enabled in tha
Group will fire.
Groups after an ALL métér
raagiig Mas ae taka, the
bracketing ALL #1 {-ston, ther ALL reading will ba
returning 16 Channel 1. Notice
the yellow dashes, Elashgower
bars and orange modding dots
Have all moved ug ore Shop,
and thai the F115 reading lor
Channel 1 has gone to 1165.
The temgerabure and 9,1 flash
duration nave also Charged
If you nove return to Screen 17,
you will see ibe combined
reading remera ot 225, But
that the BRACKET FLASH has
returmad to 0.01, reach Tor
enolher E.racket ALL.
ovemdden because the
agile Bhat comprised the
reading have changed,
in Elis case, you will have fo
re-meter ALL Thé same
appligs N pou aller an
individual ight that is
Ссанг? в a Group,
move Nights, change
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unless he studio is sef Lo
axacty a5 it was whan the
saiup was stored,
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18. SAVING SETUPS
Scroll the SETUP mer to
SAVE AS, and SELECT. This
Will ééen Screen M19. Scroll
the lal jostick lo the desinad
Memo" location. Vite
memory locations are
CUA empty, Olive cations
contain a previously saved
presat and saving to blue will
CMT the ma Este cla,
ard red locations candain
locked pre=s=is {hat cannot be
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Frags SAVE whan ready.
Tes cannof be Lrméore.
20. OPENING SETUPS
To opan a praviously saved
preset, scroll the SETUP many
to OPEN MEMORY and press
SELECT. This wil open Screen
#20. Scrall MEMORY 10 the
location vou wish ho open and
press OPEN. This will replace
all gattimgs curmanthy vigila
with the saved Be
H you open the wromg setup,
press UNDO to return Cyber
Commander to iis previous
hot.
21, ADDING A LIGHT
After your initial Setup, you
may decide to add ar remove
liga al some point.
To ensure you don't css al
Ine setup Information Tor the
‚Other kgs. do not paricam à
mena OPEN ALL FROM
STUDIO operation after
plugin in the new light.
Irsstead, fallow his procédure:
1. Plug in the new light and
aio he receiver io & new
channel, Sat the frequency
ho match that of thie of Far
lights.
=. Soroll SETUP to SPEC
LIGHTS.
3. Designate the channal
with the left joystick, ard
press SELECT, This should
take vou io Screan £23,
4, Perform steps É - $ to sat
this new ight's parameters.
You may also need to
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YOU wil De abla ho ado this
light o Groupe. but remember
VEU Will nase to re-matar both
the updatad group and your
ALL setting. Re-5ave tha
Setup 10 the Moro SO card.
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21. ADVANCED SETUP
Soroil the ЕТО menu tg
ArpdaRCED SETUP ard press
SELECT.
This wall take you fo a manu
thar algas you to lock nos k
presea) eéraza and formel
your Micro 50 cand, set the
brightness and LED Review
time, and to perform ciher
advancad opera cms as they
become avalabla In future
frmware upgrades.
22. ADJUST SCREEN
BRIGHTNESS AND TIME OUT
Screen brightness may be
adjusied from 10% and up.
screen timé-out may be
adjusted from 10 sec año Un.
T6 conserve battery Be, iis
advised thal you sel our
screen brightness 1o 20% and
tirme-out to 10 seconds,
Scroll to SETUP Select
ADVANCED SETUE Then
toggle te Backlight ard use the
joysticks fo adjust your
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24. REMOVE À LIGHT
scroll SETUF to SPEC LIGHTS.
Using the Lett Joystick, acrol
to thé channel that
corresponds to tha light vou
wish to remove.
Select NONE and press MORE
This wall remove the light from
the setup and from amy Groups
that previously contained it.
Because vou have removed a
light from the setup, vou will
naed lo re-meter amy Groups
that previously cortaned this
llght, and ao re-mejer ALL
Again, it is advieed that vou
re-sawvo the setup to reflect tre
ren changes.
25. BACK UP MICRO SD
near the Mic SD nbd your
Card reader,
Mac: Caro will automatically
аруреяг ds AN external diss an
your desktop.
PC: go Start > Mi Computer
to navigate io the card.
Prepare a new folder on your
computer and double cick the
Micro SD card icon to reveal
ns combants, Select Ehe files on
tha card, and drag tham to this
new fokdar you craated, Label
tha folder wigh a name lke “CC
Backup 12-09-09",
Tú efect he Micro SD card:
Mac: click the card icon on
the desktop and drag it
Dor to thee Trash, Trash
will Turn Ingo an Eject button,
PC; click the "Safely
Remave Hardware” icon in
the Task Bar at the bottom
of {hé desktop, then eject
Ihe card drive.
Hermdember to relinsert the
card into Cyber Commander,
Mate: Electing the card from
the computer is very
important for preventing
damage to the saved data.
Specifications
Sixteen frequencies spaced ¿MHz apart,
i on 2 42 1GHZ 1a. lo 2,457GHz
Encoding: Secure 256-6 binary encoded packet, with
validity verification.
Latency; 1.4000 pad er em closing of camera contact
to recerver Sync output signa
CST Sync Voltage: VCC at camera
CERICERHCSRECSRE+ Syne Voltage WVithstands up to
MEC from connected flash unit, Fires umts with positive
Cr negafve sync polariy. “Caner contact = posbre” sync
Pat which E standard for mast lights. Rarely a light may
enter contact = negative”, Should you encourrter this.
wa Ue ha an Acaso pod arity reverano —able avalabie
CSR / COR+ Power Consumption: roximately 2 watts.
Coarates from S0VAC to 250VAC, Hz. Pass-through
AC rated for up lo 250A, 154
CC Battery Lie: Approximately 2 to 3 hours under normal
Less, WI wary based on Boraen brighiness & time-out settings.
СОЗ ОГО СМ т ао ery 200 Fra
on-time with bec AA alicaline 0 NIMH batteries. Auto shutoi
after one OU Of MOUSE,
CST Battery: Uses lithium cain call CR2450 baltery (3VDC,
SOMA) year typical ¡Ne under normal use.
CST Commechons: Syncs from standard hotahose. Auxibary
adaplor allows PC connection.
CHRICSERHLSRAICERE+ Connéciions: Suppled corde:
mm male 6 35m m male, 3.5mm mate 15 147 male, and
Jamm la PC. CyberSync Plus models ship with a R11
fv phe style receta control cord, In addition 66 the corde
wilh nôn-plus models (listed above).
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