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Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Tue Sep 17, 2019 6:58 pm

Can someone who is familier with Thunderbolt 1003 switch panels tell me what these are used for?
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Re: Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:06 pm

My guess is they are for different signals.
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Re: Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:44 pm

It controls the two solonoids. This allows them to be activated manually for testing

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Re: Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:39 am

Definatly going to have to mess with those on the next siren test. Thanks yall

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Re: Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:59 am

Welp, I know where I'll be on the 7th. If you'd like to chat, just look for the dark-haired dork standing next to a camera on a tripod.
Don't quote me on this, but I beieve if you flip the "modulator" switch, the cam wheel for the solenoids will engage, thereby allowing the solenoids to operate as they would if the "fire" button were pressed on an AF timer.
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Re: Thunderbolt 1003 question.

Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:57 pm

If you're talking about the RCM3 or the panel in the picture then here's what the switches do.

Modulator - Manually Cycles the solenoids like the AF timer would when "FIRE" (Red Button) would be pressed on the timer.

Tone 1 and Tone 2 - Control each solenoid on the "bowtie".

the flasher (beside the switches) there is a little thing to control the speed of the solenoids how fast they open and close.
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