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DIP 4

This DIP selects either the Genlock BNC or a Genlock signal from the fiber

card (if fitted). DIP switch 4 is ON for Genlock from the BNC and OFF for

genlock from the fiber card.

General Operation

For those who are familiar with the existing QBall or other Camera Corps equipment the

wiring and operation of Q3 will be well known as it uses all the same principles of operation.

One difference will be immediately apparent when the head is powered up. The head goes

through an initialisation sequence which involves both panning and tilting movements to

check the encoder values are set correctly in the event that the head has been manually

turned while being switched off. This also sets the tilt endstops to the correct positions

preventing the head from hitting it's 'hard' tilt endstops during operation. Note that neither

pan nor tilt endstops can be set from the PTZF joystick controller for Q3.

After the initialisation procedure has finished, the head will take up a roughly central

position for both pan and tilt. However, it is possible to set this final position by simply

storing the required position in memory 18. Move the head to the required shot and then

press the Mem button on the joystick until it shows red. Now press and hold button 6 (now

memory 18 button) until there is a 'beep'. Memory 18 has now been set to that shot.

Whenever the head is powered up it will always return to this position after the initialisation

procedure. Note that the speed/time setting will be ignored during the initialisation

procedure, but will be used if this memory position is used during normal head operation.

Note that the joystick controller must have Q-Ball 3 set as it's head type and the RCP must

be set to camera type Sony>Q-3. (Note that both of these settings are done in the 'Setup'

Menus of the respective units).

Assuming control is using an audio data link, and the system has only just been switched

on, then the Interface Box needs to receive some bytes of data from the joystick to

synchronise the baud rates. (Normally the Joystick baud rate will be set to 4800 baud and

the RCP will be set to 2400 baud).

The easiest way to do this is to move the joystick around until the head starts moving, or do

a couple of 'Update Camera' commands from the RCP.

Once everything is working you can operate the head in the normal way using the joystick

for pan, tilt, zoom and focus controls in the normal way. For new users note that the

direction of operation of all these controls can be changed from the SW Menu on the

joystick.

Other settings can be used to give the best type of control for a given situation. Speed

settings for pan and tilt set the maximum possible speeds for full joystick movement. If fast

movement is required then set the speeds to a high value, if slower operation is required

then much greater joystick sensitivity is obtained by setting the speeds to a lower value.

Only set the speed as high as is needed for the fastest required movement to maintain

good slow speed sensitivity.

The zoom also has a speed adjustment setting and the focus can be set to four possible

sensitivities plus an 'Auto' focus mode where the focus wheel is disabled and focus is

adjusted automatically by the camera.

Operation Manual V3.1

Q3 – Operation Manual

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April 2014