Milo Quick Start Guide
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Starting up the Milo system
Once you have attached all the cables, you power up the rig by switching
on the components in the order described below.
1.
Make sure you have secured the area around the rig.
Put up guard rails around the rig (and the track) as
necessary, and tell others on the set that you are now
powering up the rig.
2.
Ensure that
the E-stop by the computer stack is pushed in.
3.
Push in all the Mains switches on the PSU.
4.
Turn on all the breakers from left to right.
5.
Power up the Flair computer system and all of its components,
including the RT-14 interface box. You can do this while the rig is
powering up (step 3 and 4).
6.
On the Flair PC, start the Flair application by double-clicking on the
Flair icon on the Desktop.
Flair automatically loads the relevant firmware into all attached axis
boards, including:
The quad boards that runs the large axes motors
The Guinness head that is mounted on the Milo arm
Any additional interface boxes that are attached to the
computer stack
7.
Release the E-stop that is plugged
into the computer stack, by turning
the button clockwise until the red
button pops up and then pressing
the Reset button. Also make sure the
key
is in the vertical position.
8.
Zero all the axes in Flair. For example, to zero the Track axis:
To do this you use the
Zero
>
Home Axis
>
Track
menu
option.
Any external Lens Control Motors (LCMs) that you are using.
To zero these you first set the
focus to infinity
(
),
zoom to
wide-angle
(zoomed out all the way),
iris/aperture to wide
Reset button
Key
