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ONBOARD 

M

 RECORDER

GETTING STARTED GU IDE

Summary of Contents for Onboard M

Page 1: ...ONBOARD M RECORDER GETTING STARTED GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...ket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the equipment Unplug this equipment during lightning storms or when not in operation for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the equipment has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the equipment has...

Page 3: ... has been set too high for your battery then you may not be able to start up normally In this case boot the Onboard M in safe mode by pressing a thin implement such as a paperclip through the small hole next to the power button whilst pressing the power button This will reset the Shutdown volts setting to default 10V and you will be able to boot normally after this To power down press the Power Bu...

Page 4: ... only responsive button is STOP SELECT which finishes the recording and returns the system to Monitor mode 2 The colour of the LED ring on the Control Panel shows the current mode of the recorder The different modes are Monitor Orange Recording Red Playing Green Pause Setup Blue 3 When the Hold Switch is on there will be a padlock symbol at the top of the screen and none of the other buttons will ...

Page 5: ...ime remaining or that there is an issue with the Roll on the Datapack which should be checked from the Storage screen The most important screens of the Control Panel display are Monitor Rec The video format is shown at the top of the screen as follows Video format Frame rate Storage format Wavelet compression quality Below the battery symbol is the shot name In Monitor mode this is the name of the...

Page 6: ... as follows Project enter metadata for the project such as Project Name Director DoP Unit etc This information is stored as metadata with all shots Source set unique information for sources such as a Source ID value This can be added to the start of Roll metadata to differentiate between multiple cameras Slate set the Shot Naming Rule and Roll Naming Rule These use metadata to automatically genera...

Page 7: ... 255 255 0 Use the SYSTEM menu within SETUP on the Onboard to check change network settings With correct network settings and an ethernet cable attaching the Onboard to the remote computer run the Codex software package and enter the Onboard IP address in the Connect to Server box Initially you will not be IN CONTROL which means you can edit shot metadata but not control the functions of the Onboa...

Page 8: ... best course of action Either change format settings to be compatible or change Datapack The most common cause is a lack of disk bandwidth so either select a format with lower bandwidth or use a Datapack with more drives No video valid input signal detected by the video card The video signal could be absent too weak or could be in a format which the Onboard does not accept One or more errors have ...

Page 9: ...RX DO NOT CONNECT 2 Reserved for RS232 TX DO NOT CONNECT 3 Ground 4 GPI IN 5 GPI OUT 6 Reserved DO NOT CONNECT 7 Reserved DO NOT CONNECT DC IN 5 pin 1B Lemo socket 1 Battery V 0V 2 IDX SCL IDX digital clock 3 IDX SDA IDX digital data 4 AB DATA Anton Bauer coms 5 Battery V 12 28V DC DC OUT 2 pin 0B Lemo socket RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE DO NOT CONNECT AUDIO 1 2 3 pin Mini XLR Switchable between balanc...

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