MRMC MRMC-1465-06 Quick Start Manual Download Page 28

Mark Roberts Motion Control Ltd.

Unit 3, South East Studios, Blindley Heath, Surrey RH7 6JP

United Kingdom 

Telephone: +44 (0) 1342 838000 

[email protected] 

www.mrmoco.com 

Summary of Contents for MRMC-1465-06

Page 1: ...CRANES AND RIGS BROADCAST HEADS DSLR PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY RENTALS Pan Bars Quick Start Guide QSG Product code MRMC 1465 06 Product covered MRMC 1512 00 MRMC 1460 01...

Page 2: ...the information in this document is accurate and up to date Mark Roberts Motion Control continuously strives to improve their products and may make changes to the hardware firmware and software descr...

Page 3: ...imic Only 4 Mimic only Pan Bars with Ethernet Mimic box 5 Connecting the cables 6 Your first session 7 Turning off the system 7 Chapter 2 Pan Bars Flair Setup 10 Setting up Ethernet Pan Bars as Mimic...

Page 4: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide iv...

Page 5: ...eal time control over your choice of camera axes pan and tilt and camera control zoom or focus or both Pan Bars are designed to work well with both Flair motion control and MHC software systems by MRM...

Page 6: ...ad connected to pan bars via Ethernet Power ET HE RN ET Ethernet hub Zoom controller Focus controller Power 24VDC ETHERNET Enable button Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 2 Pan Bars With Ethernet Connectivit...

Page 7: ...s in turn connected to the head via Ethernet or you can use MSA Joystick controller from MRMC via Ethernet which need not be connected to a PC 4 Add the Pan Bars as a device in MHC Admin login if appl...

Page 8: ...FOCUS ZOOM RT 14 E X P A N S I O N Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 4 Pan Bars Mimic Only...

Page 9: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 5 Mimic only Pan Bars with Ethernet Mimic box Head connected to pan bars via Ethernet Power E T H E R N E T ETHERNET FOCUS EXPANSION ZOOM Ethernet hub Ethernet Mimic Box...

Page 10: ...ansion cable to connect the EXPANSION port on the Pan Bars panel and the Expansion port on the Ethernet Mimic box 4 Connect Surface Pro the Ethernet Mimic box and the MRMC head with the Ethernet hub u...

Page 11: ...head 2 Focus control has to be physically set to zero before booting up the PC To do this fully rotate the Focus knob anticlockwise on the joystick to zero the focus axis 3 Press the POWER button on...

Page 12: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 8 Notes...

Page 13: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 9 Notes...

Page 14: ...sure the relevant cables are attached as described in the previous section 2 Edit the file C Flair Flair6 Flair ini This file is a text file that you can edit with any text editor such as Notepad eith...

Page 15: ...lable node You need to specify a node that is not already used by another board In this example nodes 1 to 2 are already used by other boards so MimicBoard1 is assigned to node 3 If you need to add an...

Page 16: ...om the encoders in the Pan Bars by using Flair menu option Setups Test Mimic Inputs and making sure that the relevant mimic axes numbers change when you move the Pan Bars 9 In the Flair window right c...

Page 17: ...or the axes that you have assigned the Pan Bars to then Apply After you have tested the mimic operation you can use other settings see the Flair manual for details Moving the Pan Bars should now move...

Page 18: ...to it in Flair as Rt Mimic Axis1 Rt Mimic Axis2 etc The procedure below tells you how to configure Flair to recognise the Pan Bars 1 Make sure the relevant cables are attached as described in the prev...

Page 19: ...change when you move the handwheels Typically pan is assigned to Pan axis on the head and appears as Ric Axis 1 Typically tilt is assigned to Tilt axis on the head and appears as Ric Axis 2 If a Zoom...

Page 20: ...ontrolling column in the Test Mimic Inputs dialog box 8 Specify the other Mimic Settings that you want to use for this control 9 Click Live for the axes that you have assigned the Pan Bars to After yo...

Page 21: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 17 Notes...

Page 22: ...users Only that user can then use the Pan Bars to control a selected head in MHC As of MHC v2 3 you can add only one Pan Bars for each MHC system in other words one per MHC Server installation The pr...

Page 23: ...ck ADD for the IP address of the Pan Bars and click DONE 5 For uniboard Pan Bars Note that the rig Type is auto selected as Pan Bars For Pan Bars with external quad box Select the Rig Type as Pan Bars...

Page 24: ...7 Log out and log in as the user that you assigned the Pan Bars to You should now be able to control the active head with Pan Bars Note If you have assigned the Pan Bars to a user without assigning an...

Page 25: ...nd the other for roll you can change Axis 3 to zoom type that mimics the robot roll axis To do so 1 Double click the rig Type box 2 Select the axis tab that you want to change Pan Bars have four mimic...

Page 26: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 22 3 Change the Axis Controller Type to Zoom and Robot Axis to Mimic to ROLL...

Page 27: ...Pan Bars Quick Start Guide 23 Notes...

Page 28: ...Mark Roberts Motion Control Ltd Unit 3 South East Studios Blindley Heath Surrey RH7 6JP United Kingdom Telephone 44 0 1342 838000 info mrmoco com www mrmoco com...

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