Vega PEL-4 - Custom Flash Character; Day;Night Automatic Operation of the PEL-4

Instruction Manual PEL-4 Precision LED Sector Light Vega Industries Ltd Aug 2018
PEL-4 Precision LED Sector Light Page 19 of 69 Manual Version V1.06
Operation =Program (or read) =1 (or 9)
Feature =Flash Character =0
Value =Select from Appendix A =XYY
5.2 Custom Flash Character
A single ‘custom’ character can be programmed in raw time-counts for occasions when the
desired character is not included in the PEL-4 pre-programmed set of standard characters.
To program the custom character, the details of the on and off periods of the flash
character has to be recorded in the PEL-4 and then the flash character ‘999’ has to be
programmed (see the previous section for this last step).
The programming of a custom character has its own syntax and this needs to be followed
correctly to be able to program the character successfully:
Operation =Custom Character =2
Value =Code sequence for the character (Pairs of 3-digit On/Off values & END
code)
The code sequence is entered in a series of 3 digit value-pairs representing an on period
and an off period. Each 3-digit value is a multiple of 0.05 seconds. The 3-digit code for a
1 second on or off period would be 020 (20 multiplied by 0.05 seconds is 1 second).
The following restrictions apply:
 The minimum period that can be programmed is 0.1 second or the code of 002.
 The maximum period that can be programmed is 12.75 seconds or the code of 255.
For longer periods than 12.75 seconds an ADD code can be entered
There are two special codes used as part of the custom character programming
 The ADD code to get on or off periods greater than 12.75 seconds = 001
 The END code when the programming of the custom character is finished = 000
If an error occurs when entering a custom character, the PEL-4 will flash the error code of
3 quick flashes.
Programming a custom character creates a flash character with code 999. To get the
PEL-4 to use the custom character the value of 999 must be entered as the flash
character.
Some examples:
e.g.
Q 1s (0.3s) is programmed as:
2 – 006 014 000
Fl(5) 30s
4 x (1s, 1s), 1s, 21s is programmed as:
2 – 020 020 020 020 020 020 020 020 020 255 001 165 000
5.3 Day/Night Automatic Operation of the PEL-4
By default the PEL-4 is fitted with a photocell day/night detector. The PEL-4 automatically
detects day and night and can be configured to operate in any of the following ways:
 Night-only (set night intensity to the desired value and day intensity to zero)
 Day-only (set night intensity to zero and day intensity to the desired value)
 Night and Day (set night and day intensities to the desired values)