The Management Box is a key piece of equipment for efficiently managing your active transponders. It also allows you to place your ActivePro / MotorKart transponders into deep sleep mode which can save 40% of the energy used by the transponders.
The Management Box is also used to active tracking mode on ActivePro / MotorKart transponders when being used with Track Boxes.
Management Box Modes
The Management Box operates in three modes:
Check Mode
This works with the TagTool on your computer like the USB Timing Box. Here you can compile a list of your transponders, check the battery level of the transponders, and create a chip file for your events.
To use the Check Mode, proceed as follows:
- Press and hold the button to configure the Management Box. Continue to hold the button until the item in the bottom right corner of the screen is selected.
- Press the button until CHECK is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Press and hold the button until only C is displayed instead of CHECK.
To quickly check if you have some Low Battery transponders in your pool, scan the transponders and check if the display shows LBAT: XX. In this case, XX defines how many transponders have a battery voltage of 2.3V or below.
Deep Sleep Mode
To use the Deep Sleep Mode, proceed as follows:
- Press and hold the button to configure the Management Box. Continue to hold the button until the item in the bottom right corner of the screen is select.
- Press the button until DSLEEP is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Press and hold the button until only D is displayed instead of DSLEEP.
To put your transponders into Deep Sleep Mode, proceed as follows:
- Turn on your Management Box and set to Deep Sleep Mode.
- Arrange your transponders into their trays or a similar arrangement to account for each transponder.
- In small sets (your tray of 50 is perfect), wave the Management Box over the transponders. You should continue to wave until all of your transponders are accounted for. This can be easily tracked by checking the count in the top left corner of the display.
To wake transponders from Deep Sleep Mode simply requires the transponder to be scanned by any active device. In Deep Sleep Mode the transponder is less sensitive and requires more hits in order to wake up, so it is recommended to do this before your event to ensure all transponders are woken up.
Track Mode
The Track mode lets you enable and disable tracking on your transponders.
Select START to activate tracking, or STOP to deactivate it, in the upper left of the Management Box screen.
For complete information and tracking best practices, please read this article about Transponder tracking activation.
Turning Management Box on/off
To turn the box on, press and hold the button until the center red LED turns off and a boot screen is displayed. An example of this is below:
| rr Active System |
| 4039 HW2.3 FW2.5 |
The system will then proceed into operation.
To turn off, press the button once. The screen will display the following:
| press again: OFF |
| hold for config |
Press the button again to turn off.
The box will also switch on when it is plugged into a USB port. The box cannot be switched off if it is plugged into USB.
Firmware Update
It is recommended to update the firmware when a new firmware is available. See Firmware Release Notes.
For firmware updates for the USB Timing Box and USB Management Box open your TagTool and connect your device, the most recent Active Device firmware is included in the most recent release of TagTool. Once it is connected, select the device you wish to update then click Update in the Device Details window, and select the most recent firmware version (highest value name). It is important that you do not unplug the device during the update.
