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NEWTON

3

USER MANUAL

1.3

PHYSICAL LAYOUT

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5

4

3

2

1

8

7

Figure 1.1: Newton overview 1

Table 1.1: Overview Descriptions

Item

Description

1,3

Battery

2

Attachment points

4

Battery clamp

5

Side-to-side lock clamp

6

Cradle connectors

7

Pan balance adjustment screw

8

Pan-box connectors

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Summary of Contents for newton

Page 1: ...NEWTON USER MANUAL 0 9 1 INTUITIVE AERIAL AB 2016 11 10...

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Page 3: ...era and balancing 6 2 3 Starting and connecting 9 2 4 Tuning 9 2 5 User Interface 10 2 6 Settings 11 3 Maintenance 13 3 1 Cleaning 13 3 2 Firmware update 13 3 3 Calibration 13 4 Troubleshooting 15 A C...

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Page 5: ...or charge the Newton controller with anything but external power supplies delivered and approved by Intuitive Aerial for use with Newton Doing so can permanently damage or destroy your Newton Newton...

Page 6: ...N 2 USER MANUAL WARNING Performing any disassembly modification or service not explicitly outlined in this manual will void any warranties on the system DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2016 Intuitive Aeri...

Page 7: ...Newton overview 1 Table 1 1 Overview Descriptions Item Description 1 3 Battery 2 Attachment points 4 Battery clamp 5 Side to side lock clamp 6 Cradle connectors 7 Pan balance adjustment screw 8 Pan b...

Page 8: ...n 9 13 Antennas 10 UI buttons 11 Display 12 Power switch 14 Vertical adjustment screw 15 Cradle connectors 16 Vertical lock clamp 17 Cradle release clamp 18 Cradle 19 Camera dovetail 20 Horizontal adj...

Page 9: ...NEWTON 5 USER MANUAL Figure 1 3 Newton pan box connectors Figure 1 4 Newton cradle connectors DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2016 Intuitive Aerial AB...

Page 10: ...the camera cradle point 18 and dovetail point 19 that is removed when packing it into the hard case Reattach it by engaging the cradle release clamp and then sliding it straight down all the way until...

Page 11: ...des and to connect camera lens interface dongles Finally the power connections the power in on the pan box is used to power the Newton The power out on the pan box is an unregulated output from either...

Page 12: ...s or a special cam era cage in order to be able to balance it properly Vertical Balance Rotate the tilt axis 90 forward or backwards Release the lock point 16 and adjust the vertical slider point 14 u...

Page 13: ...d from the Dominion remote controller For detailed infor mation on how to establish connection between them either wireless or wired please see Dominion User Guide 2 4 TUNING When setting up the Newto...

Page 14: ...ngle more prone to oscillation If so repeat the entire process for all three axes 2 5 USER INTERFACE 2 5 1 MAIN PAGE The main page shown after startup provides feedback on all major functions Supply v...

Page 15: ...ROLL MIN ANGLE 60 0 ROLL MAX ANGLE 0 60 TILT ANGLE CORR 5 5 Correct for IMU mounting deviation ROLL ANGLE CORR 5 5 PAN ANGLE CORR 5 5 PAN FOLLOW ENABLED DISABLED PAN FOLLOW STRENGTH 0 90 Controls how...

Page 16: ...ton is mounted on a car the camera will follow the rotation of the car Follow mode can also be used to remove pan bias drift when the base of the Newton is not rotating for instance when mounted on a...

Page 17: ...cific information pertaining to that release When upgrading the Newton make sure to also update any FIZC dongles and the Dominion to a matching version To upgrade the Newton remote head follow the pro...

Page 18: ...on 3 3 2 MOTOR ALIGNMENT 1 Place the Newton with the pan box down on a stable work surface or table Do not attach any camera 2 Make sure both Newton and Dominion are turned on and connected 3 Activate...

Page 19: ...c tions on how to redo calibration There is a very small drift present in pan due to gyro bias Activate the trim functionality to elimi nate drift manually see Dominion man ual Camera lens interface d...

Page 20: ...RS A 1 1 POWER IN Mating connector LEMO EGJ 1B 304 Acceptable voltage 12V 26V 1 2 3 4 Figure A 1 Power in Table A 1 Power in pins Pin number Description 1 2 Positive 3 4 Negative A 1 2 POWER OUT Matin...

Page 21: ...ting connector LEMO EGG 1B 304 Output voltage Regulated 15V Max current up to 6 5A 1 2 3 4 Figure A 3 Power out Table A 3 Power out pins Pin number Description Pin number Description 1 2 Negative 3 4...

Page 22: ...m Weight XX kg 1 Length behind center of gravity Table B 3 Power supply Parameter Min Typ Max Power input Input voltage 12 V 24 V 26 V Input current 16 A Pan box power out Output voltage1 12 V 24 V 26...

Page 23: ...cy 2400 MHz 2484 MHz Power Output 100 mW 1W Range 1 km Ethernet Speed 100 Mbit Cable length 50 m Table B 5 Shipping hard case Parameter Min Typ Max Length 62 cm Width 55 cm Height 29 cm Weight1 19 kg...

Page 24: ...NEWTON 20 USER MANUAL C Revisions Rev Date Changes 1 2016 08 01 Initial version DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2016 Intuitive Aerial AB...

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