FarmTek OE-24 User Manual

Printer User's Manual
© 1997 FarmTek, Inc.

OE-24 Printer

User's Manual

FarmTek, Inc.
5113 Heritage Ave.
Sachse, TX 75048

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Printer User's Manual Page 1

INTRODUCTION

The printer provides an indisputable “audit log” of timer activ­ity during an event. Information is printed as timing events
occur, thus eliminating the timekeeper from any responsibility
or blame. All information pertinent to the ride is printed. This
includes (based on the type of event): time, scor e, broken bar­riers, “no time,” penalties, cattle number, jumping round, time
faults, lap number, etc. In addition, the timer flags any man­ual intervention when the electric eyes should have started or
stopped the timer.

Fill out the warranty registration card and mail it directly to
the printer manufact urer. Note that ribbons an d paper sup­plies can also be ordered from the manufacturer.

USING THE PRINTER

If required, load a roll of paper as detailed on pages 3 - 4. To
ensure proper operation of the printer and timer, perform the
following steps in the order shown:

1) Connect the data cable from the printer into the

DISPLAY

jack on the rear of the timer console.

2) Plug the printer A/C adapter into the back of the printer
and into an A/C outlet.

3) Verify the printer “Ready” light is illuminated. If not, press
the left side of the rocker switch on the printer front panel.

If the printer does not seem to print cor r ectly or print in the
right position, remove the power plug from the printer for a
few seconds and then plug the printer power back in.

Once connected, operation of the printer is fully automati c.
For example, each time the timer stops, the printer prints the
final time. Note that it is possible to start and stop the timer
faster than the printer can print the times – though this is
unlikely during normal operation of the timer. To ensure no
information is lost, the timer “queues” up to four printed
messages and prints them when the printer is ready.

Printer User's Manual Page 2

Manual Intervention

The printer flags manual in tervention by placing “(M) ” f or
“Manual” to the right of the printed time. A time is flagged
with “(M)” if the timer is manually started or stopped when the
electric eyes should have started or stopped th e timer. For
some events, the timer is supposed to be manually stopped
(e.g., roping, team penning). For these events, time is f lagged
with “(M)” only if the timer is manually started.

Timer Restart

After the timer is stopped, if timing is resumed via the

RESTART

button, then the last stopped time shown on the
printer is really no longer valid. The timer flags this condition
by printing a message on the printer which indicates that th e
preceding time is no longer valid due to a timer restart.

Broken Barriers (Roping)

When used for roping events, broken barrier infor mat ion is
printed to the right of the rider's time. If the header breaks
out, “HDR” is printed to the right of the rider's time. If the
heeler breaks out, then “HLR” is printed. If bot h t h e header
and heeler break out, “H+H” is printed to the right of the time.

No Time

Often it is desirable to maintain a one-to-one correspondence
between the printed output and the entry log for a particular
event or class. You can force the printer t o print the message
“--No Time--” to maintain this correspondence when a rider
does not participate for some reason. Forcing the message is
done differently for the

ALLEGRO

and

POLARIS

timers:

ALLEGRO:

Press the NO TIME button (newer models), or start
and stop the timer within one second by quickly pressing
the START/STOP button twice. Instead of printing the time,
the printer prints the "--No Time--" message.

POLARIS:

Press the NO TIME button.