Q3
– Operation Manual
Q3 Operation Manual V3.1
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DIP 4
This DIP selects either the Genlock BNC or a Genlock signal from the fiber
card (if fitted). DIP switch 4 is ON for Genlock from the BNC and OFF for
genlock from the fiber card.
General Operation
For those who are familiar with the existing QBall or other Camera Corps equipment the
wiring and operation of Q3 will be well known as it uses all the same principles of operation.
One difference will be immediately apparent when the head is powered up. The head goes
through an initialisation sequence which involves both panning and tilting movements to
check the encoder values are set correctly in the event that the head has been manually
turned while being switched off. This also sets the tilt endstops to the correct positions
preventing
the head from hitting it’s ‘hard’ tilt endstops during operation. Note that neither
pan nor tilt endstops can be set from the PTZF joystick controller for Q3.
After the initialisation procedure has finished, the head will take up a roughly central
position for both pan and tilt. However, it is possible to set this final position by simply
storing the required position in memory 18. Move the head to the required shot and then
press the Mem button on the joystick until it shows red. Now press and hold button 6 (now
memory 18 button) until there is a ‘beep’. Memory 18 has now been set to that shot.
Whenever the head is powered up it will always return to this position after the initialisation
procedure. Note that the speed/time setting will be ignored during the initialisation
procedure, but will be used if this memory position is used during normal head operation.
Note that the joystick controller must have Q-Ball 3
set as it’s head type and the RCP must
be set to camera type Sony>Q-
3. (Note that both of these settings are done in the ‘Setup’
Menus of the respective units).
Assuming control is using an audio data link, and the system has only just been switched
on, then the Interface Box needs to receive some bytes of data from the joystick to
synchronise the baud rates. (Normally the Joystick baud rate will be set to 4800 baud and
the RCP will be set to 2400 baud).
The easiest way to do this is to move the joystick around until the head starts moving, or do
a couple of ‘Update Camera’ commands from the RCP.
Once everything is working you can operate the head in the normal way using the joystick
for pan, tilt, zoom and focus controls in the normal way. For new users note that the
direction of operation of all these controls can be changed from the SW Menu on the
joystick.
Other settings can be used to give the best type of control for a given situation. Speed
settings for pan and tilt set the maximum possible speeds for full joystick movement. If fast
movement is required then set the speeds to a high value, if slower operation is required
then much greater joystick sensitivity is obtained by setting the speeds to a lower value.
Only set the speed as high as is needed for the fastest required movement to maintain
good slow speed sensitivity.
The zoom also has a speed adjustment setting and the focus can be set to four possible
sensitivities plus an ‘Auto’ focus mode where the focus wheel is disabled and focus is
adjusted automatically by the camera.
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