MONARCH INSTRUMENT Nova-Strobe dax User manual
Nova-Strobe dax and Nova-Strobe dbx
Portable Deluxe Stroboscopes
Instruction Manual
15 Columbia Drive
Amherst, NH 03031 USA
Phone: (603) 883-3390 • Fax: (603) 886-3300
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.monarchinstrument.com
SAFEGUARDS AND PRECAUTIONS
1. Read and follow all instrucons in this manual carefully, and retain this manual
for future reference.
2. Do not use this instrument in any manner inconsistent with these operang
instrucons or under any condions that exceed the environmental
specicaons stated.
3. Certain strobe frequencies can trigger epilepc seizures in those prone to that
type of aack.
4. Users should not stare directly at the light source.
5. Prolonged exposure to the light can cause headaches in some people.
6. Objects viewed with this product may appear to be staonary when in fact
they are moving at high speeds. Always keep a safe distance from moving
machinery and do no touch the target.
7. Do not allow liquids or metallic objects to enter the venlaon holes on the
stroboscope as this may cause permanent damage and void the warranty.
8. There are lethal voltages present inside this product. Refer to the secon on
Lamp Replacement before aempng to open this product.
9. Do not allow cables extending from unit to come into contact with rotang
machinery, as serious damage to the equipment, or severe personal injury or
death may occur as a result.
10. This instrument may not be safe for use in certain hazardous environments,
and serious personal injury or death could occur as a result of improper use.
Please refer to your facility’s safety program for proper precauons.
11. Nova-Strobe dbx units contain nickel metal hydride baeries which must
be disposed of in accordance with Federal, State, & Local Regulaons. Do
not incinerate. Baeries should be shipped to a reclamaon facility for
recovery of the metal and plasc components as the proper method of waste
management. Contact distributor for appropriate product return procedures.
AC Stroboscopes that have three wire mains cable must have
the earth wire connected to a suitable Earth point.
This product may contain material
which could be hazardous to human health and the environment. DO NOT
DISPOSE of this product as unsorted municipal waste. This product needs to be
RECYCLED in accordance with local regulaons; contact your local authories for
more informaon. This product may be returnable to your distributor for recycling;
contact the distributor for details.
Monarch Instrument’s Limited Warranty applies.
See www.monarchinstrument.com for details.
Warranty Registraon and Extended Warranty Coverage informaon is available
online at www.monarchinstrument.com.
Monarch Instrument holds the following US trademarks and registraons, all rights
reserved: illumiNova®, Nova-Pro®, Nova-Strobe™, DataChart™, Track-It™.
12. This instrument is not user serviceable. For technical assistance, contact
the sales organizaon from which you purchased the product or Monarch
Instrument directly.
PARATION FOR USE3
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All descripons in this manual apply to both the baery powered (dbx) and
AC mains powered (dax) digital stroboscopes except where noted.
The display panel consists of a
backlighted liquid crystal display
with six numeric digits on top
and ve alphanumeric digits
on the boom, which indicate
modes, ash rates, etc. (see
Figure 1).
Addional informaon
displayed include:
TIME Unused
AUTO Unused
ALT. Indicates alternate funcon of each buon (lower secon)
and knob will be used
TACH Tachometer Mode acve (strobe won’t ash)
LOCK Unused
EXT External Input Mode acve
On Target Indicator for Tachometer Mode and Remote
Sensor in External Mode
Indicates input frequency exceeds the limit of the
stroboscope
Low Baery indicaon,
see secon 7.0
Figure 1 Display Panel
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Below the display are six membrane buons which control the
operaon of the Stroboscope. They are:
ALT Funcon - Starts Menu (see secon 3.0)
Hold when powering up to show all segments, then Rev #
and display test
Hold when powering up to reset factory defaults
Toggles display between RPM and RPS
ALT Funcon —Toggles Tach Mode (ashing) on/o
Manually toggles between Internal and External Modes
ALT Funcon—Memory, reads and stores 9 preset ash
rates
Acvates Alternate Funcon for buons (lower secon) and
knob
In Internal Mode, toggles between normal ash rate adjust
and “phase” adjust
The ALT FUNCTION buon toggles in the display. When is
displayed, the buons will perform their secondary funcon listed in
the lower secon of each buon. It also changes how the tuning knob
works.
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The Strobe may be handheld or mounted on a tripod or other user supplied
bracket using the ¼-20 UNC bushing at the base of the handle.
The AC powered strobe must have its power cord plugged into an AC
outlet (115 V ac or 230 V ac).
The baery-powered strobe has internal rechargeable baeries.
The unit should be charged before use (see secon 7.0). The actual
operang me of the stroboscope depends on the ash rate and duty
cycle of operaon. Slower ash rates (below 4,000 FPM) increase
the operang me. Note that the strobe will not operate from the
recharger supplied with the unit.
The strobe has input and output jacks on the le side of the stroboscope.
These can be used for external triggering or synchronizaon (daisy
chaining two or more strobes). These jacks accept 1/8" [3.5 mm] phone
plugs (input - stereo, output - mono). The input and output are TTL
compable. See Figures 2 and 3 for connector connecon detail.
Figure 2 Input Connector Detail (Stereo plug)
Signal Input
+6V Out to
Sensor
+6V Out to
Sensor
Signal Input
Common
(GND)
Common
(GND)
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The input jack ( poinng into socket) enables an external signal to trigger
the strobe. Inserng a plug into the input jack will automacally put the
strobe into the External Input Mode. The INPUT buon can be used to
toggle between External Input Mode and Internal Mode. When the plug is
removed, the strobe will be put back into the Internal Mode. The polarity
of the input pulse can be set in the MENU opons.
With no external input, the output jack ( poinng away from socket)
provides a TTL compable pulse from the strobe’s internal oscillator. If an
external input is applied, the output pulse is in sync with the input pulse. This
output pulse may be used to trigger a second stroboscope synchronously
to illuminate larger areas. Many strobes can be daisy chained. The output
jack of one strobe is connected to the input jack of the next strobe causing
all the strobes to ash together and be controlled by the rst strobe in the
chain. The polarity of the output pulse can be set in the MENU opons.
The strobe has a Menu which allows the user to select sengs such as
number of decimal places, backlight on or o and posive or negave edge
for input and output signal.
Common
(GND)
Common
(GND)
Pulse Output
from Strobe
Pulse Output
from Strobe
Figure 3 Output Connector Detail (Mono plug)
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1. Press the buon and then the buon.
2. SETUP and the menu opon will be displayed.
3. Turn the tuning knob to cycle through the main menu opons.
4. Once the desired menu opon is displayed, press the buon to
select it. Press any other buon to cancel.
5. Turn the tuning knob to edit the menu opon seng.
6. Press the buon to save your changes. Press any other buon
to cancel.
7. Press any buon other than MENU to exit the Main Menu.
8. DONE will be displayed.
Below is a list of the menu items:
DECPT Decimal Point (none, 1 or 2)
BLITE Backlight (Yes=On or No=O)
INPUT Posive (pos) or Negave (neg) Edge for Input Signal
OUTPT Posive (pos) or Negave (neg) Edge for Output Signal
To turn on the stroboscope, depress and hold the trigger. The trigger may
be locked in posion using the side locking buon. To lock the stroboscope
on, depress the trigger as far as it will go and then press the locking buon.
Once the locking buon is set you may release the trigger and the trigger
will be held in place. To unlock the stroboscope, simply depress the trigger
and then release.
Note: Unit must power down completely (OFF will be displayed and then
disappear) before unit will power on again. This is normal operaon.
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There are three major operang modes for the strobe: ,
and (baery-powered model only). In the ,
the knob adjusts the ash rate. In the an external
signal is used to trigger the ash and the knob has no eect. The
(baery-powered model only) is when the strobe has the baery
recharger plugged into it. The strobe will connuously display the state of
the baery charge while being recharged.
In the , the stroboscope generates it’s own signals and
funcons like a tunable stroboscope. The strobe is in the Internal Mode
when nothing is plugged into the input jack or when manually set using
the INPUT buon.
With the power on, turn the knob counter clockwise to increase the
ash rate and clockwise to decrease it. The knob is velocity sensive.
Turn the knob slowly to have each “click” is equal to 0.01 FPM.
Turning the knob more quickly will adjust the FPM by larger steps.
When adjusng ash rate, quickly turn the knob (or use the or
buons) to coarsely change the FPM. Then slowly turn the knob for
ne adjustments.
There are maximum and minimum values in each mode beyond
which you cannot adjust. If you are adjusng the rate and you reach a
value which on the next increment would exceed the maximum ash
rate, the display will not increment. The same is true if you try to adjust
the ash rate below the minimum ash rate.
In addion to the knob, there are two buons on the display panel
marked and . This enables the user to instantly double or halve
the reading on the display to the maximum or minimum values
allowed. This feature is useful for checking harmonics in the internal
ashing mode.
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