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Author:  B&P [ Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  Cyber commander in hand, and on camera
Hello,

I have a Cyber Commander and 2 Einstein strobes.

On my Cyber Commander:
All > CH 01 > CH 02

When I test, in hand, that is when I press the right joystick down, everything works just fine. "All" triggers both flashes, CH 01 only flash 1, and CH 02 flash 2.

But, when I put the Cyber Commander on camera, flash 1 is triggered even though the controller is set to CH 02.

This does not make sense. Would you consider this normal?
Author:  Technical Support [ Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber commander in hand, and on camera
Yes, this is as designed performance. This allows you to make changes to a light, without having to scroll all the way back to ALL before continuing taking photographs.

If you would like to take a photo using one light, but not the other, I would recommend using the GROUPS function (click once to the left of ALL. You will see GRP8). You can place one light on GRP8 and one on GRP7. When a "GRP" is selected, only the lights assigned to that group will fire via the hotshoe.
Author:  B&P [ Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber commander in hand, and on camera
Technical Support wrote:
If you would like to take a photo using one light, but not the other, I would recommend using the GROUPS function (click once to the left of ALL. You will see GRP8).


So If I want to take a picture with no flash at all, to measure ambiant light for instance, I must go to an empty group, right? If i set the CC on any of the 16 channels available, or the All option, the flash will trigger. Correct?

Thanks for the quick reply BTW.
Author:  Technical Support [ Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber commander in hand, and on camera
To meter, you can go to an empty channel. If you spec a channel as OTHER>UNDEFINED, you will get a meter marker like you do with the channels with lights.

To take a test shot with no lights firing, then you can go to a Group with no active lights.
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