Flick a trigger guard and flick the switch and it is permanently armed (no need to stop and turn off/on etc). I can use it straight away, but won't get full power from the bottles until they are warmed up. It takes 5 mins to warm the bottles through, until then you get between 80-100% of the power, depending on the bottle pressure.
I can also turn the heaters on and leave the nitrous in standby.
The nitrous can be programmed to be brought in at any revs in any gear and at any % of full power from 20% upwards. I can bring the power in steadily over 5 stages or give the engine an instant hit in one gear and then back the power down. There are 4 programmable memories in the system and each one can be set for different utilisations. For example, I can have one for track, two for the 1/4 mile and one for a dyno test.
The system constantly measures AFR's, nitrous and fuel flow pressures and if any are outside operating specifications, then the nitrous sytem shuts down. That is about as simple as I can explain it really.