Strobes firing by flash problem

[rjb_FotoTaker]

I just purchased Interfit EXD200 kit (2 200ws strobes, stands, shoot through umbrella, and softbox.

Here's my question?

I set everything up in my home to practice with and have an event tomorrow night at church. I ran the sync cord, added a Y-adapter so I could split the cord to each light. With sync cords plugged in, press the trigger, flash, all-good, but just out of curiosity I grabbed my point and shoot and took a shot with the flash and it still triggered my strobes... not what I wanted. I thought by the sync cords being plugged in that would disable the flash-sync on the strobes. Am I doing something wrong or do I need to put some tape over the light sensor on the strobe heads?

[sarahgirl777]

Does it matter? If you're using the cord and it goes off when you want it too I don't see why it would make a difference if they would work without the cord.

[rjb_FotoTaker]

My concern is at an event like the church, their are sure to be other people walking around with their point and shoot cameras with flash going off all the time. I would not want my strobes going off randomly all night and miss firing when I'm shooting.

[RexK_Cozumel]

There should be an option to disable the optical trigger on the monolights. It might be a good time to consult with the instruction booklet that came with your lights. Otherwise the tape will work too I suppose.

[Sime]

Yep, Rather than messing with the custom functions - covering the little sensors with a bit of black gaffer tape works just fine.

Sime

[rjb_FotoTaker]

Thanks guys, I'll opt for the tape for now. The instruction manual was very..very UN-informative.

[rjb_FotoTaker]

I really felt like a moron when I realized that pressing the flash sensor button until the indicator light goes off, turns off the light sensor.