Wireless Flash setup

Ronnie B · 04-26-2013, 08:48 AM

...well, you may not "have" to ... the RF602 TX has an led that when the trigger is manually pressed half-way the GREEN led lights and a wake up signal is sent to the RX, when the trigger is pressed "full" the led sends a fire signal and the led color changes to red...what I noticed (without the tape on the hot shoe, upper right contact) was that the green LED was flashing randomly, without activation, everything worked fine, it was just the random green led activation that bothered me...so I taped the upper right corner contact of the hot shoe and all was well...you may experience different results

NickLarsson · 04-26-2013, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Ronnie B

...well, you may not "have" to ... the RF602 TX has an led that when the trigger is manually pressed half-way the GREEN led lights and a wake up signal is sent to the RX, when the trigger is pressed "full" the led sends a fire signal and the led color changes to red...what I noticed (without the tape on the hot shoe, upper right contact) was that the green LED was flashing randomly, without activation, everything worked fine, it was just the random green led activation that bothered me...so I taped the upper right corner contact of the hot shoe and all was well...you may experience different results

Well, sorry my mistake, actually I have the Canon version, not the Nikon, so that explains why I didn't observed this behaviour

Thanks for the explanation anyway.

Ronnie B · 04-26-2013, 09:04 AM

...interesting, I tried the Canon version and could never get them to trigger the flash... so, someone posted that I needed the Nikon version as the Canon pin configuration did not match Pentax...so I tried the Nikon version and all was well, except for the covering of the upper right hot shoe pin contact...interesting

MJHurley · 04-26-2013, 12:05 PM

I have the Canon version of the Cowboy Studio triggers as well. Everything works just fine if I'm using AV, but when I switch to fully manual, I can't get the flash to fire. I was fighting this issue last night.

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04-26-2013, 08:48 AM	#16
Ronnie B Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Denver Posts: 26	...well, you may not "have" to ... the RF602 TX has an led that when the trigger is manually pressed half-way the GREEN led lights and a wake up signal is sent to the RX, when the trigger is pressed "full" the led sends a fire signal and the led color changes to red...what I noticed (without the tape on the hot shoe, upper right contact) was that the green LED was flashing randomly, without activation, everything worked fine, it was just the random green led activation that bothered me...so I taped the upper right corner contact of the hot shoe and all was well...you may experience different results

04-26-2013, 08:55 AM	#17
NickLarsson Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Paris, France Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,390	Originally posted by Ronnie B ...well, you may not "have" to ... the RF602 TX has an led that when the trigger is manually pressed half-way the GREEN led lights and a wake up signal is sent to the RX, when the trigger is pressed "full" the led sends a fire signal and the led color changes to red...what I noticed (without the tape on the hot shoe, upper right contact) was that the green LED was flashing randomly, without activation, everything worked fine, it was just the random green led activation that bothered me...so I taped the upper right corner contact of the hot shoe and all was well...you may experience different results Well, sorry my mistake, actually I have the Canon version, not the Nikon, so that explains why I didn't observed this behaviour Thanks for the explanation anyway.

04-26-2013, 09:04 AM	#18
Ronnie B Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Denver Posts: 26	...interesting, I tried the Canon version and could never get them to trigger the flash... so, someone posted that I needed the Nikon version as the Canon pin configuration did not match Pentax...so I tried the Nikon version and all was well, except for the covering of the upper right hot shoe pin contact...interesting

04-26-2013, 12:05 PM	#19
MJHurley New Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Central Illinois Photos: Gallery Posts: 6	I have the Canon version of the Cowboy Studio triggers as well. Everything works just fine if I'm using AV, but when I switch to fully manual, I can't get the flash to fire. I was fighting this issue last night.