PocketWizard PLUS IIIe - PocketWizard Plus IIIe Transceiver Basics; PocketWizard Firmware Compatibility; Channels and Zones Configuration

Plus IIIe Transceiver Basics
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PocketWizard Compatibility
PocketWizard uses two di
ff
erent
f
amilies o
f
fi
rmware to control their radio: Le
g
acy and
E Release. The
fi
rmware installed in this Plus IIIe is the E Release and
y
our radio is a
member of the PocketWizard E Series famil
y
. The E Release uses a new communication
protoco
l
t
h
at ena
bl
es your
Pl
us
III
e to
h
ave
g
reater ran
g
e, en
h
ance
d
re
li
a
bili
ty, an
d
more
f
eatures than a Plus III usin
g
the Le
g
acy
fi
rmware.
Thi
s
Pl
us
III
e w
ill
wor
k
w
i
t
h
any ot
h
er
P
oc
k
et
Wi
zar
d
t
h
at
h
as
b
een up
g
ra
d
e
d
to
E
R
e
l
ease
fi r m w a r e o p e r a t i n
g
on the same frequency. PocketWizard offers two frequencies: F
CC
f
o
r N
o
rth
a
n
d
Sou
th Am
e
ri
ca
a
n
d
C
E v
e
r
s
i
o
n
s
f
o
r m
os
t
o
f th
e
r
es
t
o
f th
e
w
o
rl
d
. E
Se
ri
es
fi
rmware will not work with Le
g
acy
fi
rmware but the Plus IIIe can be down
g
raded to the
Le
g
acy
fi
rmware to work with Le
g
acy PocketWizard radios
(
such as the Plus II, MultiMAX,
FlexTT5, etc
)
. It can be up
g
raded a
g
ain as o
f
ten as you like at no additional cost. Your
ex
i
st
i
n
g
ra
di
os may
b
e up
g
ra
d
ea
bl
e.
I
f
you choose to down
g
rade your Plus IIIe to Le
g
acy
fi
rmware, some
f
unctions and
settin
g
s may operate di
ff
erently. Please re
f
er to wiki.pocketwizard.com
f
or a list o
f
compatible radios, in
f
ormation on how to up
g
rade or down
g
rade your PocketWizards
usin
g
the PocketWizard Utility, and how to use Le
g
acy
fi
rmware with your Plus IIIe
.
Channels & Zones
You
r Pl
us
III
e
n
eeds
t
o
be
o
n th
e
sa
m
e
C
h
a
nn
e
l
a
n
d
Z
o
n
e
as
o
th
e
r P
oc
k
e
tWiz
a
r
d
r
ad
i
os
to work to
g
ether. Channels can be set via the Plus IIIe’s Channel up/down buttons
.
The Plus IIIe has 4 Zones
(
ABCD
)
. See “Channels & Zones” section
(
p
g
. 15
)
for more info
.