Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

Hi All
>
>I have recently bought from Paul C Buff australia 2x Alien Bees B1600.
>
>Here is the problem I have.
>
>If the B1600 are connected to mains power and radiopopper JRX transmitter is
>connected to sync and remote slots, everything working great, firing,
>powering down/up, modeling lamp down/up right from the Radiopopper JRX
>studio transmitter. But when I connect the B1600 to Mini Vagabond pack and
>have the JRX receiver plugged the same way as when its connect to mains, the
>B1600 keeps flashing and I cannot trigger it with radiopopper at all. Only
>works when I disconnect the JRX transmitter from REMOTE slot and leave it
>connected to SYNC only. That way it works but I have to keep coming to B1600
>to manualy power them down or up with the slider at the back of the unit.
>
>I am not using the B1600 as modeling lamp when they are on battery pack but
>only as strobes.
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>Thanks heaps

Try connecting the JRX to the REMOTE slot only. Plug one end of the 1/8" cord into the SYNC port on the Bee, but don't plug the other end of it into the JRX. This is called a "dummy plug" and it disables the Bee's slave eye. I haven't used Radio Poppers but this is the correct way to connect PCB's CSR+. With the CSR+ the signal to fire the flash is sent through the REMOTE port and the SYNC port - but only one or the other should be connected to a strobe at the time. I presume that this would be true for the JRX also.

Do you have another JrX receiver?

How did you get those down in Australia? I thought they didn't release non-US ones yet?

Try using the Model=Off on the light and Model=On in the RP. Otherwise, this is a question for Radio Popper.