How does AutoClock™ work?
AutoClock™ is designed to be operated by the fencers themselves. Pushing the AutoClock™ button on the Firefly Scoring Apparatus activates AutoClock™. Now when you’re ready to fence, simply depress the switch (or touch your weapon to your lamé if you’re fencing saber), wait for the beep, and then fence! The clock will start automatically, and will stop as soon as a light goes off. Don’t forget, though: if you stop fencing for any reason other than a light on the scoring box (if you step off the strip, for example), the clock is still running! In this situation, all you have to do is make a light go off and the clock will stop.
