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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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master-clock
To switch-on
press [#]. Enter
all of
the
Prod ID digits, Date and Time. Press [#]
to scan the display. All fields being set,
press [*] to start counting.
Plug the Lemo 5 into the TC socket of the
cameras or recorders to set.
To shut-down, press [#] for five seconds
until 'Stopped' appears.
ASCII comm
To initialize
a machine
with the 'fps agnostic' Ascii
protocol, press [#]. The
answer back should be
"good 00.0".
To later check
a machine,
press [#], the answer back is 'good'
"fair" "bad" or "diff-time", followed by the
amount of drift in frame tenths.
SMPTE LTC comm
To select 24, 25, 30fps
SMPTE LTC out,
press [*] [4], then [#] to confirm.
To initialize
a machine with the LTC
output, simultaneously press [#] [0].
To get/check
an LTC signal, press [*] [2].
To generate a continuous
LTC, e.g.,to
record timecode on an audio track of a
non-TC recorder, press [*] [1].
Technical Specifications
•1 ppm TCXO, ±1/2 frame in 4 hours
•6 hour auto-shutoff • 150 hours on a Li-Ion
9V battery. •180x90x20mm. 375gr.
Order an Aaton L5-XLR3-SCH extension
cable for connection to LTC XLR-3 sockets.
.
Lemo 5 plug
1-Gnd 2-LTC out
3-ASCII in/out 4-NC
5-LTC in
ref: PHG OB-305-CLLD42
COMPANIONS
ORIGIN-C+ & GMT
GMT, low-power LTC generator
Momentarily initialized from an ASCII
master-clock or any LTC source (whatever
its frame-rate), and attached to a camera,
its (internally adjustable level) LTC-out is
sent to the A3 audio track. This bonds
the Video-TC of the camera to the free-run
Audio-TC also running in Cantar and other
cameras on the set. During image import,
the NLE extracts this Audio-TC to 'Autosync'
images and audio (p.46).
Emergency master-clock
Turn 'ON' GMT, press the [white] button
to initialize the clock from hour 01. The
date generated by a brand new GMT
starts at Y92/M01/D01,
it is incremented by one
day at each power 'ON'
followed by a [white] button
initialization. The “Year/
Month/Day” is stored in non-
volatile memory, resulting in
a
never-twice-the-same date
from a given GMT.
Remote roll (GMT-u only)
• Whatever the initialization mode,
pressing the GMT-u [white] button for
more than three seconds makes the LTC
output freeze on the last TC value (the
four frame-rate LEDs blink). A short push
on the [white] button unfreezes the LTC.
Sent by wire or radio, this signal stops
and starts the Cantar recording (p.21).
Technical Specifications
• 150 gr • 63x123x26mm • 9V battery
(150 hours working) • 7 to 18 VDC ext.
supply • 6mA consumption • 1 ppm clock
• LTC-out: -20 to -60dBu & TTL
Fps selection
REAL TIME: 1 = 24, 2 = 25, 3 = 29.97 DF,
4 = 30 ; selected fps LED flashes.
DRIFT TIME: 5 = 23.98NDF [24
–
0.1%],
6 = 29.97NDF [30
–
0.1%]; three LEDs, other
than the selected fps, flash.
Connections
- Momentary initialization is done through
the Lemo5 socket.
GMT-s delivered Lemo5 cable:
Gnd blue, LTC adj. white, LTC TTL red.
- Permanent LTC generation to a video
camera should preferably go through the
Fischer4 which lets the camera +7/+12V
be used instead of the internal 9V battery.
GMT-u delivered Fischer4 cable: Gnd blue,
LTC adj. white, Power-in red.
Lemo
5
1-Gnd 2-LTC in
3-ASCII in/out
4-LTC out, adj. level
5-LTC out, TTL level
Fischer
4 (GMT-u only)
1-Gnd 2-[White] button
3-LTC-out adj. 4-Power in
(Fischer 4 plug ref: S102A053130
LEDs flash on frame 00; 'three
but the one' in – 0.1%
NTSC
[white]
three second push
freezes LTC-out
9V battery and fps rotary
selector (under cover)
• low battery
• init request
• ext power
