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NEWTON S

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SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL

Figure 5.5: Newton C1 Settings - Ethernet tab

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ADVANCED

The advanced tab contains advanced settings for the Domionion.

Figure 5.6: Newton C1 Settings - Advanced tab

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Summary of Contents for S

Page 1: ...NEWTON S SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL 1 3 0 NEWTON NORDIC AB 2019 11 13 ...

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Page 3: ...nications 10 3 7 Tuning 11 4 Operation 12 4 1 User Interface and Controls 12 4 1 1 Newton C1 12 4 1 2 Newton S2 13 4 2 Operating the Head 14 4 3 Lens Control 15 4 3 1 Lens Presets 15 4 4 Advanced 16 4 4 1 Zoom Desensitise 16 4 4 2 Pan Follow 16 4 4 3 Motion Record 16 5 Settings 18 5 1 Controls 18 5 2 Head Configuration 18 5 2 1 Motor lock mode 20 5 2 2 Max min angles 20 5 2 3 Pan follow mode 20 5 ...

Page 4: ...odes 29 7 2 Basic Troubleshooting 29 A Technical Specification 30 A 1 Newton S 30 A 1 1 Mechanical 30 A 1 2 Drawings and Dimensions 31 A 1 3 Connectors 31 A 1 4 Newton S2 Fiber Connectors 32 A 1 5 Shipping hard case 32 A 2 Newton C1 33 A 2 1 Mechanical 33 A 2 2 Power Supply 33 A 2 3 Connectors 33 A 2 4 Shipping hard case 34 A 3 Common 35 A 3 1 Communication Interfaces 35 B Revisions 36 DO NOT DIST...

Page 5: ... required and the camera 1 2 WARNINGS AND NOTICES WARNING Before connecting or turning on the Newton S remote head or Newton C1 controller read this manual and any warnings provided carefully WARNING Do not power or charge the Newton S remote head or Newton C1 controller with anything but external prower supplies delivered by and or approved by Newton Nordic for use with the respecitve product Doi...

Page 6: ...ng any disassembly modification or service not explicitly described in this manual will void any warranties for the system NOTICE When utilizing the wireless connection between the Newton S and the Newton C1 always extend antennas veritcally and make sure there is a free line of sight between the units to get the best possible range and most stable connection DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newto...

Page 7: ...8 7 Figure 2 1 Newton S overview 1 Table 2 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 DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 8: ...Description 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 adjustment screw 21 Front back lock clamp 22 Top mount attachment 23 Pan balance lock clamp DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 9: ...NEWTON S 5 SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL Figure 2 3 Newton S Pan box connectors Figure 2 4 Newton S cradle connectors DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 10: ...el default unmapped 3 5 Invert axis 6 Focus wheel 7 Iris wheel 8 Zoom rocker 9 Lens preset 3 10 Lens preset 1 11 Lens preset 2 12 16 Menu buttons 17 Mode switch 18 Record switch 19 21 Speed for tilt pan roll 22 Pan trim compensation 23 Ease in out 24 Mappable wheel default unmapped 25 SD card slot 26 Extendable support 27 Neck strap rails 28 Display 29 NATO accessory rail 30 31 Antennas DO NOT DIS...

Page 11: ... then sliding the cradle straight down until attached Release the clamp and verify that the clamp cannot be moved The Newton C1 controller is also unboxed in the same way by pulling it straight up out of the foam 3 2 ATTACHING CAMERA The camera can be attached either by using the included generic mount or by using a Newton camera cage which is sold separately Using the cage provides a more stiff m...

Page 12: ... important for optimal stabilization 3 3 CAMERA POWER AND SIGNALS 3 4 BALANCING In order to use the Newton S the head must be properly balanced First and foremost the balance must be done so that the motor can stabilize the payload too much offset in one axis can make it impossible to steer and stabilize that axis The more carefully balanced the head is the better the stabilization will work espec...

Page 13: ...e tilt axis 90 forward or backwards Release the lock point 16 and adjust the vertical slider point 14 until good balance is achieved To test the front back and vertical balance rotate the cam era around the tilt axis to different angles and check if it stays in same angle If not make further adjustments of balance Roll Balance The roll balance is adjusted with the same knob point 20 that was used ...

Page 14: ...r by the internal Li Ion battery The Newton C1 will automatically charge the internal battery as soon as there is external power in no matter if it is turned on or not Before first use it is recommended to fully charge the internal battery That way any accidental disconnection of external power will not result in the Newton C1 turning off or disconnecting from the remote head First time it is reco...

Page 15: ...ad returns to correct position after a larger deviation Normally no need to tune this The recommended procedure for tuning the Newton S is as follows 1 Make sure the remote head and camera is balanced and that nothing is loose or rattles 2 Set the P I and D for all axes to a low value A good starting point is 4 0 05 0 for tilt 3 5 0 05 0 for roll and 8 0 05 0 for pan Let Pos Gain be at default val...

Page 16: ...given using the buttons under it point 12 16 The exact functionality of the buttons are context dependent and displayed at the bottom of the display The main page shown after startup provides feedback on all major functions It is divided into two major parts the left hand part of the screen displays feedback for lens and camera control collectively referred to as FIZC while the right hand part pro...

Page 17: ...trol mode 2 Currently active communication link 3 Newton C1 battery status 4 Per axis information a Current angle and set limits b Maximum speed at full joystick movement c Ease in out amount d Normal or inversed mode e Graph of applied torque 5 Remote head battery status 6 Remote head type 4 1 2 NEWTON S2 The graphical user interface is the way to interact with and get feedback from the Newton lo...

Page 18: ...he Dominion and which camera lens FIZC interface dongles are currently connected and identified 4 2 OPERATING THE HEAD The Newton C1 controller is used for all normal operation controls of Newton S The main control for the remote head is provided by the joystick The coupling between the three axes of the joystick and the axes of the remote head depends on which control mode is selected using the m...

Page 19: ...in order to minimize random walk When this button is held down it is not possible to control the remote head using the joystick This fea ture can be assigned to a button through the Remap Inputs setting described in the advanced section 5 5 1 4 3 LENS CONTROL Given a compatible lens or camera and the correct interface dongle the Newton C1 can control the following settings RECORD Start stop camera...

Page 20: ...follow mode unless it is explicitly needed 4 4 3 MOTION RECORD WARNING Motion Record is at this time an experimental feature more of a proof of concept than a fully completed featured As such the intention is to allow for users to try it out and provide feedback but Newton Nordic does not provide any gurantees about functionality or future development of the feature Motion record is a feature wher...

Page 21: ...LAY and MREC START PLAY One important feature to remember is that the pan angle recorded is relative to the start position while tilt roll is absolute angle This means that before playing back a recording you must aim the Newton S in the correct pan orientation This however also allows you to correct for any smaller differences drifts in pan between recording and playback time DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Co...

Page 22: ...tab Setting Range Description MAX SPEED 45 s 360 s Maximum speed for axis EASE IN OUT 20 500 Maximum ease in out for axis MODE NORMAL INVERTED Axis invert DEADBAND 0 100 Axis dead band in percent EXPO 100 100 Axis exponential in percent PANTRIM ENABLE DISABLE Activate manual compensation of drift in pan axis Amount of trim can be adjusted ZOOM DESENSE ENABLE DISABLE Activate zoom based desensitati...

Page 23: ...en axis When modifying a group the values are changed by using the three encoders on the right side point 22 24 In group change mode the up down buttons switch between the axes NOTICE After updating any settings on RMT SETTINGS you need to explicitly save them to the head by selecting SAVE REMOTE Otherwise the settings will be lost once the Newton S is power cycled Figure 5 2 Newton C1 Settings Re...

Page 24: ...ht resolve the issue 5 2 1 MOTOR LOCK MODE The MOTORS LOCKED mode can be configured to work in one of two ways When MOTOR LOCK MODE setting is set to HOME POS the head will return to home position that is pointing straight forward at a level setting for tilt roll When set to CURRENT POS the head will lock the motors at the current position as long as that is a valid control position or do a minima...

Page 25: ...mmended to use the system with this setting set to ADAPTIVE 5 3 LENS CONTROL The LENS tab contains settings for focus iris zoom FIZ control and feedback Note that the units and limits only affects the user feedback in the display the control is still the entire range provided by the FIZ system Figure 5 3 Newton C1 Settings Lens tab DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 26: ...OOM SPEED 10 200 Zoom speed ZOOM MODE NORMAL INVERT Invert mode of zoom ZOOM DEADBAND 0 100 Zoom control dead band ZOOM EXPO 0 100 Zoom control exponential ZOOM MODE NORMAL INVERT Invert mode of zoom wheel ZOOM DRIVE MODE NORMAL INVERT Invert mode of zoom motor ZOOM SPEED MODE USE DISABLE Use speed based zoom control if avail able Preset 1 FOCUS ZOOM FOCUS ZOOM Set preset mode Preset 2 FOCUS ZOOM ...

Page 27: ...the remote head The Newton C1 and the remote head must be on the same IP subnet Note that the Newton C1 and Newton S are configured to be compatible with each other as default If the setting AUTOCONNECT is set to ENABLE the Newton C1 will try to connect as soon as a valid physical link is established It will also automatically reconnect should the connection break for any reason When AUTOCONNECT i...

Page 28: ...RATION MANUAL Figure 5 5 Newton C1 Settings Ethernet tab 5 5 ADVANCED The advanced tab contains advanced settings for the Domionion Figure 5 6 Newton C1 Settings Advanced tab DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 29: ...st inputs of the Newton C1 can remapped to different functionality To reach the remapping page navigate to the ADVANCED settings tab and then select REMAP INPUTS Use PREV and NEXT to navigate between each input or move any physical input slightly and its automatically selected indicated by a red marker on the Newton C1 layout sketch A list appears to the right where all available functionality tha...

Page 30: ...ther in logical groups To navigate the menu use UP DOWN button to move between fields and LEFT RIGHT to change its value SELECT activates functions To exit the settings menu and return to the main menu move the selection to the tab bar and press SELECT 5 6 1 RADIO Configuration of the radio modems is done in the RADIO settings menu To use a radio modem the modem must be enabled and active modem mu...

Page 31: ... Ethernet connection is configured such as the IP address and netmask of the Newton The Newton and the Dominion must be on the same IP subnet Note that the Dominion and Newton are configured to be compatible with each other as default Figure 5 10 Settings Ethernet tab DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 32: ...n for Windows and OSX Before updating please read the attached release notes for any specific information pertaining to that release When upgrading the Newton S make sure to also update the Newton C1 and FIZC dongles to a matching version To upgrade the Newton Nordic device follow the procedure below 1 Connect the USB CAN dongle to the CAN port on the device 2 Start the upgrade application named f...

Page 33: ...er adapter to charge Improper firmware loaded Reload latest supplied firmware accord ing to instructions Newton C1 does not es tablish radio connection with remote head Antennas are not ex tended Extend antennas Antennas are damaged Contact IA support for replacement Newton C1 and remote head are not paired Perform pairing procedure see sec tion 5 4 1 There is a constant drift in pan tilt or roll ...

Page 34: ...an box power out Output voltage1 12 V 24 V 26 V Output current 3 3 A Cradle power out Output voltage 14 5V 15 V 15 5 V Output current2 6 5 A Output power2 105 W 1 Unregulated input battery voltage 2 Depends on input battery voltage Table A 3 Newton S2 Newton Battery Parameter Min Typ Max Voltage 12 V 14 4 V 16 V Current 20 A Capacity 89 Wh Table A 4 Shipping hard case Parameter Min Typ Max Length ...

Page 35: ...NECTORS The 3G SDI HD SDI and the 8P8C RJ45 passthrough connector provides a one to one connection between the pan box and cradle The IA CAN connector is proprietary to Newton Nordic equipment Pan box Power In Mating connector LEMO EGJ 2B 304 Acceptable voltage 12V 36V 1 2 3 4 Figure A 2 Power in Table A 5 Power in pins Pin number Description 1 2 Positive 3 4 Negative DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2...

Page 36: ... out pins Pin number Description 1 2 Negative 3 4 Positive A 1 4 NEWTON S2 FIBER CONNECTORS The Newton S2 Fiber variant has a few differences in terms of connectors Instead of a 3G SDI connector it has a single mode fiber ST UPC Single mode 9 125 μm and the Ethernet passthrough is limited to 5 pins 1 2 3 5 6 1 A 1 5 SHIPPING HARD CASE Table A 8 Newton S2 Shipping hard case Parameter Min Typ Max Le...

Page 37: ...ut Output voltage1 12 V 18 V 25 V Output current 2 5 A Battery Voltage 9 6 V 14 4 V 16 8 V Capacity 98 Wh Charge current 3 A Charge time 3 h 1 Unregulated input battery voltage A 2 3 CONNECTORS The IA CAN connector is proprietary to Newton Nordic equipment Power in Newton C1 connector LEMO EGJ 1B 304 Mating connectors LEMO FGJ 1B 304 FHJ 1B 304 Acceptable voltage 12V 26V 1 2 3 4 Figure A 5 Power i...

Page 38: ...oltage Max current 2 5A combined 1 2 3 4 Figure A 6 Power out Table A 12 Newton C1 Power out pins Pin number Description 1 2 Negative 3 4 Positive A 2 4 SHIPPING HARD CASE Table A 13 Newton C1 Shipping hard case Parameter Min Typ Max Length 45 cm Width 30 cm Height 30 cm Weight1 7 6 kg 1 Including external power supply DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 39: ...ation Interfaces Parameter Min Typ Max Ethernet Connector RJ45 8c8p Interface 100 Mbit s Data rate 200 kbit s 2 4GHz Radio Radio type FHSS Frequency 2401 6 MHz 2477 6 MHz Transmit Power 20 dBm1 1 dBm e i r p as measured according to ETSI EN 300 328 V2 1 1 DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

Page 40: ...th a combined Newton and Dominion manual 2 2019 07 03 Version 1 2 1 Added specification for communication interfaces 3 2019 08 13 Version 1 2 2 4 2019 11 13 Version 1 3 Rebranded to Newton also renamed Dominion to Newton C1 Added section on focus zoom presets DO NOT DISTRIBUTE Copyright 2019 Newton Nordic AB ...

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