In this video you will learn how to setup Your CRONOS Audio-Slalom signal generator for training. The process shown in the video and described below is what I follow to verify the CAS is setup correctly for my training sets.

Mounting the CAS Encoder to the pylon is not covered here because there are several different pylon mounting solutions. You can review the CAS Homologation post as it shows my pylon mounting solution. It also provides a detailed process for homologating the accuracy of the CAS setup for tournament use.

Setting Center on the CAS Handheld

1. Tightly pull the rope connected to the pylon to the center point on the back of your boat.
2. Plug the power cord CAS into your boat’s power source.
3. Connect the CAS Handheld unit to the CAS Encoder that is already mounted to the pylon.
4. Set/verify date-and-time settings.
5. Set center on CAS Handheld. Wendy arrows down twice to get the CAS to display all zeros.
6. You hear beep-beep-beep.
7. The centerline has been set.

Verifying Centering

1. Set CAS Handheld into Training mode. Arrow down to Training then press OK.
2. Select a skier’s name. While “Homologation” is used in the video, any skier name can be used. (Go to the CAS USB mode post to learn how to change the list of skiers names on your CAS.)  
3. Set speed 58K.
4. Set rope length to 18.25
5. Have the rope pulled out to the left of center like a skier getting ready to cut towards the entry gates.
6. Arm CAS to start a pass by pressing OK.
7. CAS will beep.
8. Simulate starting a pass by moving from the left to the right side of the boat. The CAS will beep as the rope crosses the centerline. This beep represents the skier going through the entry gate.
9. Continue moving the rope slowly towards the right until the CAS Beeps when buoy 1 has been reached. Take note of where the rope crosses the right side of the boat. (Mike adjusts his grip on the rope to mark the rope crossing.)
10. Slowly move the rope towards the left until a beep is heard for buoy 2. Verify that the rope crosses the boat at same point as it did on right side. (Mike does this by continuing to grip the rope at the same spot, so he can feel the crossing occurs near the same spot on rope on both sides.)
11. Continue back-and-forth for all six buoys.
12. When centerline is crossed after buoy 6, the CAS will signal beep-beep indicating end of pass.
13. If the rope boat crossings were occurring symmetrically on both sides, the CAS is centered, and you are ready to ski.

Identifying/Correcting Centering Errors

1. If the rope boat crossings are not symmetrical, it is time to start over.
2. Unplug from the boat power source.
3. Unplug the CAS Handheld.
4. Go back to the top of this post and better luck this time.