Instructions for Using the Wayne Robot Rotator

Join the two pedestal base supports and attach the pedestal assembly using the 4 attached screws. Important: the 4 screws must be very tight; if possible, place a drop of glue on them to prevent loosening.

Mount the motor assembly onto the extension pedestal and tighten the motor assembly screw.

Very important: check to be sure that the speed tachometer rotates when the rotor is turned by hand.

Attach the standard fixed disk to the rotor motor using the 4 phillips head screws (screws are in the holes, and taped).

Connecting robot rotator controller to motor

A single connector connects the controller to the rotator. The robot controller must be connected to a 120 volt ac 50-60 hertz power line.

"Speed control - on/off" switch has dual function.

• To turn 'on' main power-rotate clockwise until red lite is illuminated.
• To set the speed of rotation - the larger the number the faster the rotation.

"12 key pad buttons"

• Buttons #1-#9 run or store individual programs.
• The "rev" button reverses the direction of rotation.
• The "start/stop" button starts and stops the rotator.
• The "prog" button is used for recording and storing programs into buttons #1-#9.
• The yellow light flashes while recording is in progress.
• "Tracking light beam sensitivity control" adjusts the sensitivity of the tracking beam.
• The switch on the back of the controller is used with the tracking beam to set sound on or off target.

Manually setting speed and direction:

1. Rotate the speed control knob clockwise. The red light will turn on.
2. Press the start/stop button. The disk will start rotating.
3. Adjust the speed control to the desired speed.
4. Press the rev button to change the direction of rotation.
5. Press the start/stop button to stop rotation.

Using factory pre-set programs of speed, direction, time

The following programs have been preset at the factory. You may change them to fit your needs (see the instructions for programming the Wayne Robot Rotator):

1. Start the rotator by rotating the speed control clockwise.
2. Select the program by pressing one of keys 1 to 9 (do not press the start/stop key).
3. To change to another program, press another number key.
4. To stop the current program, press the start/stop key.

Preset Wayne Robot Rotator programs

Press the key for the number in the following list to select the preset program.

1. Disk starts rotating clockwise at approximately 15 rpm. The speed slowly increases to 30 rpm. After one minute, the disk reverses direction, and continues to increase speed reversing direction every 10 seconds until a speed of 90 rpm is reached after approximately 2 1/2 minutes. The disk starts to slow down, reversing direction each time until a total of 3 1/2 seconds has elapsed, and the disk stops rotating.
2. Disk rotates clockwise at a speed of approximately 40 rpm for 2 minutes. reverses direction at the same speed for an 4 additional minutes. reverses again for 1 minute;rotator stops after 7 minutes.
3. disk rotates continuously at a clockwise speed of 60 rpm
4. Disk rotates at a clockwise speed of 15 rpm. Speed increases slowly to 90 rpm, slowly reduces speed back to 15 rpm. Total elapsed time 6 minutes. The cycle repeats until the the start/stop key is depressed.
5. Disk rotates cw at a speed of 30 rpm for one minute, then reverses direction at same speed for one minute. This action continues until stopped manually by pressing the start/stop key.
6. Disk alternates in speed and direction startibg at a speed of 15 rpm counter clockwise reversing at same speed, then slowly increasing speed, changing with each change in direction; continues until a speed of 60 rpm is reached, rotator then slows down, again alternating in speed and direction until the initial speed is reached. Total elapsed time 10 minutes. This cycle is repeated until manually stopped.
7. Disk rotates at a speed of 2090 rpm clockwise for 20 seconds. Direction reverses every 10 seconds. Continous for an elapsed time of 3 minutes. The speed then gradually increases to 60 rpm and gradually decreases to 20 rpm. Cycle repeats until stopped manually (depress the start/stop key).
8. Disk rotates at a speed of approximately 60 rpm amd reverses direction randomly from one to five seconds. Continue until stopped.
9. Disk oscillates by reversing direction every half of a revolution. Initial speed is 50 rpm. Continues until stopped.

To change speed and direction for manual operation, depress the start/stop key, then set speed and direction.

The rotating peg board (rpb) is attached directly over the standard fixed disk. If a white background is desired, reverse the fixed disk.

To attach the rotating peg board (rpb) over the fixed disk:

1. Remove two of the four screws holding the main fixed disk on the rotor motor (the screws must be on a diagonal, not adjacent).
2. Attach the rotation adapter plate, be sure to align the correct holes in the adapter with the two free holes in the disk. Use the two thumb screws, and tighten. The adapter should lay flat against the fixed disk.
3. Very important - rotate the peg board, or the disk by hand; it should be balanced, and rotate smoothly.
4. Attach the rotating pegboard to the adapter using one thumb screw.
5. Very important - rotate the peg board, or the disk by hand; it should be balanced, and rotate smoothly.

Attaching the rotating mirror

The rotator adapter is attached to the rotator as described above. The mirror is then threaded into the adapter. The angle of the mirror must be adjusted to to set the desired angular sweep of the projected image.

An important purpose of the Wayne Robot Rotator is to develop accurate ocular motor pursuits. It is suggested that the eye lead the hand while tracking a rotating fixation target. The tracking beam controller provides a reinforcing feedback when the target is being properly tracked.

The tracking beam controller consists of a rechargeable flashlight which projects a narrow beam of light. When the beam strikes a reflective surface, a built-in sensor in the controller detects the reflected light and reduces the power to the rotator and rotation stops. By shining the light back on to the reflector, power is restored. The auditory feedback can be selected to sound when either on or off the target.

To operate tracking beam controller:

1. Rotate the power switch to "on".
2. Select desired program, or set speed and direction.
3. Plug the tracking beam controller into the jack located in the rear of the rotator case.
4. Flip the toggle switch to select tone "on" target.
5. Select desired spacing (distance) from the unit-up to 10 feet.
6. Point the illuminated light beam on to the target reflector.
7. Slowly adjust the tracking light beam sensitivity control clockwise until the auditory feedback tone is heard.
8. Move the light beam off the target reflector so that it illuminates the background disk. The feedback tone should stop. If it doesn't, rotate the sensitivity control slowly counter clockwise until the tone stops.
9. The disk will only rotate while the light beam is on the reflecting target. New programs or manual changes in speed and direction may be entered at any time.

When the laser light beam is no longer produced when the button is depressed, it is time to recharge the internal batteries. Plug the charger into the provided connector, and allow the unit to charge for at least 10 hours.

It is important that the patterns attached to the rotating disk be carefully centered. If the pattern disks are not centered on the rotating fixed disk, the unbalance will result in erratic rotation speeds.

Placing the edge of the pattern disk even with the edge of the velcro strip will assure that the disk will be properly centered. If the pattern disk has a center hole check that the hole in the fixed disk aligns with the hole in the pattern disk.

If the factory-preset programs described above don't meet your needs, you can create your own programs. Each program consists of up to 55 steps. Each step is a period of time during which the rotator runs at a particular speed in a particular direction.

For example, you might want the disk to rotate clockwise at 30 RPM for one minute, and then rotate counterclockwise at 60 RPM for half a minute. This would be a program with two steps:

1. 60 seconds, 30 RPM, clockwise
2. 30 seconds, 60 RPM, counterclockwise

The Wayne Robot Rotator can store up to 9 programs. If you want to create programs of your own, you'll have to replace some of the factory programs. Each program can be run, just like the factory programs, by pressing one of the number keys on the keypad.

Entering programming mode

The first thing you need to do when creating and storing a program is to put the Rotator into programming mode. To do this:

1. Start the rotator.
2. Press the "prog" button.
3. Press the button (1 through 9) for the number you want to assign to the program.

Let's assume that you want to store the program described above as program 3. You would turn on the rotator, press "start/stop" to start it running, press "prog", and then press "3".

Recording each step

Once the rotator is in programming mode, you can now record each step of the program. To record one step:

1. Adjust the speed and direction to what you want for the step.
2. Press the "prog" button. The yellow light will start flashing.
3. Wait for the time you've allotted for the step.
4. Press the "prog" button again. The yellow light will stop flashing.

To record the first step of the program above, you would first adjust the Rotator to run at 30 RPM in a clockwise direction. You would then press the "prog" button, wait 60 seconds, and press the "prog" button again.

You record additional steps the same way. To record the second step of our example program, you would press "rev" to change the direction to counterclockwise and adjust the speed control until the disk was rotating at 60 RPM. You would then press the "prog" button, wait 30 seconds, and press the "prog" button again.

Terminating the program

Once you've recorded all the steps of your program, you have three options for what should happen after the Rotator goes through all the steps:

1. The Rotator can stop. With our example program, that would mean the rotator would run clockwise at 30 RPM for 60 seconds, counterclockwise at 60 RPM for 30 seconds, and then stop rotating. To choose this option, press the "start/stop" button.
2. The Rotator can loop back to the start of the program. In our example program, that would mean that after the second step, the disk would again rotate clockwise for 60 seconds, and so on. The Rotator will repeat the sequence until you press "start/stop." To choose this option, press the number button you assigned the program to (in our example, you'd press "3").
3. The Rotator can jump to another program. For example, you could have the Rotator start oscillating after the second step by jumping to factory program 9. To choose this, press the number button for the program you want to jump to (in our example, you'd press "9").

After you've chosen any of the three options, the Rotator will go out of programming mode and will act normally.

Flowchart of programming procedure