taken control of the crane. It should be noted that Operator ‘A’ remains in control even if Operator ‘B’
switches his or her controller power to ‘ON’ and attempts to control the crane – control access is denied
to Operator ‘B’ at this time.
3. Operator ‘A’ may release the control of the crane to Operator ‘B’ in one of two ways:
(1) The first way is by pressing the ‘RELEASE’ button on his/her controller (‘pitch’) after Operator ‘B’ has
turned his/her controller power to ‘ON’ and is ready to take control of the crane. If Controller ‘B’ is
transmitting the correct system identification address, Operator ‘B’ is allowed to take control (‘catch’).
Operator ‘A’ is now denied control access and should switch his/her controller power to ‘OFF’.
(2) The second way to transfer control from Operator ‘A’ to Operator ‘B’ is to simply turn Controller ‘A’
power to ‘OFF’ for a designated period of time (typically 45 seconds). After this period of no
transmission, if Controller ‘B’ power is set to ‘ON’ first, Operator ‘B’ will capture the crane.
As long as the above conditions are met, transfer of control will occur. In addition, if TALKBACK
®
is available on
your control system, a ‘PRIMARY CONTROL’ indicator will illuminate on the controller in full control.