Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

When setting up Specifying Lights with a CSRB+ receiver, I found that when setting the light/CSRB+ to "Power Pack" and the lights are set to standby, the CSRB+ receiver retains the "standby" mode and won't fire via the CC or CST (the light is an old school PowerPack not an E640). But, it will fire if I set the same powerpack/CSRB+ to "speedlight".

What other parameters are changed when setting the lights to:

speed light
monolight
power pack
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I'm a little confused because if I simply open memory from STUDIO, the light/CSRB+ doesn't maintain the SPEC LIGHT setting. For example, an E640 will report back the light type, but a CSRB+ that was previously set for POWERPACK or SPEEDLIGHT doesn't show up with an identifier.

So, is standby setting stored at the CSRB+ or only in the CC? I am assuming that it is saved at the CSRB+ because setting a light/CSRB+ to "POWERPACK" and "Standby" stops it firing from a CST.

Although, if I then open Memory from "Studio", it then allows the CSRB+ that was previously disabled by the standby command somehow overriding the previous settings.

I know that I've probably done a terrible job of describing the above. So, if it's unclear I'd be glad to give it another try.

thanks

j

I'll let Tech elaborate.

The Standby command is stored in the CC, and directs the CSRB+ to disable firing. Using the "Speedlight" setting is OK. There should be a box in Spec Lights or Define lights to enable or disable the Standby mode. I'm on vacation so don't have a CC in front of me to tell you what to do in more detail.

Tech, please elaborate.

Glad to hear you are on vacation... have a great time!

Tech Support -

To help clarify my questions-

If the Standby Command is stored in the CC, why does this also disable firing from the CST? If I turn off Standby in the CC, the CST then allows firing.

For my situation I have saved into memory on the CC a variety of E640, Power Packs and Speedlights. Each CSRB+ is dedicated to the device so I can choose whichever SPEC is best. I don't need the Standby feature on the PowerPacks, so would there be any difference if I called it any of the other devices in the list? And this leads me to the second question. If Standby is functional for "Power Pack" but not for "SpeedLight" do the other SPEC LIGHT choices have other features?

SPEC LIGHT/ FEATURE
speed light:
monolight:
power pack: Standby
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thanks again,

j

Indeed, the Standby Command is stored in the CC, but when this command is established, or the CC refreshed, the associated CSRB+ receives the command and sets itself to standby.

So if the CC has sent a standby signal to a particular light (CSRB+), firing from a CST cannot fire that light until the standby is removed at the CC. Then the CST can fire it.

Any of the four listed light types can be used, and any of them can be set to standby or not standby. All four have the same set of Spec Light features. So the four types are just names, and can be interchanged when using a power pack or any other non-Buff light.

I think Tech is absent from the forum for a day or two since a company wide inventory is going on.

Hope this helps.

No worries, I think you've answered my questions. I had thought that a CSRB+ that had been set to Speedlight bypassed the Standby but that may have been my error.

From what you have mentioned I assume that Standby is the only feature that is passed to the CSRB+?

And I assume that the CSRB+ will only hold the Standby command until it turns off or does it maintain the Standby command?

btw, I have spoken to Tech support a couple of times and they were extraordinarily helpful and knowledgeable. Great team!

Now you need to go back to the beach, or museum or spelunking or whatever you were doing!

I can wait until after inventory is done, no rush.

thanks,

j

I have not been able to reproduce the issue where simply switching from PowerPack to Speedlight alters the power status. If you have a set up (say, SD1) with the channel set as a speedlight and "on" and switch to the set up from a power pack/power off setting, SD1 will change what ever parameters necessary to achieve what was saved as SD1.

If the LED is still blinking on the CSRB+ all parameters should be saved if the receiver is reopened, except the light specification. Power setting, power level, etc would still be retained.

If the power is removed, then the receiver forgets what was stored, unless retold by the CC.