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DitoGear Trinity Quick Start Manual

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Welcome
Thank you very much for purchasing DitoGear™ motion
control equipment. We hope that the devices will meet
your expectations bringing a great value to your productions.
We really strive for delivering the best unboxing and
equipment usage experience. If we (or someone else)
failed at some point, just let us know and we'll do our
best to fix it promptly.
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» ditogear.com/user-manuals
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» ditogear.com/charts
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  • Page 1 More resources Welcome Latest user manuals are available at Thank you very much for purchasing DitoGear™ motion » ditogear.com/user-manuals control equipment. We hope that the devices will meet your expectations bringing a great value to your productions. For advanced connection diagrams check We really strive for delivering the best unboxing and »...
  • Page 2 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 1. Getting to know the TRINITY 1 Base (A) 2 Rotating arm (B) 3 Product plate (C) 4 Slide plate (D) 5 Angle plate (E)+ Side arm (F),...

  • Page 3: Assembly Order

    TRINITY Quick Start Guide 2. Assembly order 2. Preparing the work area 1 Make sure that you have at least 175cm diameter 1 Base safe work area with a solid concrete floor 2 Rotating arm 2 Prepare 4 holes for M12 screws...
  • Page 4 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 3. Attaching the Base to the floor 1 Put the Base on a firm and concrete floor 2 Use four M12 screws (included) to attach the Base to the floor 3 Level the Base using four nuts 0°...
  • Page 5 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 4. Attaching the Rotating Arm to the Base 1 Attach Rotating Arm to the Base. Point A is a 0° starting point of the Rotating Arm 2 Use six M6 (included) screws and a included thread glue to screw the Rotating Arm to the Base...
  • Page 6 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 4. Mounting the Product plate 1 Attach Product plate to the Base 2 Use six M6 (included) screws and a included thread glue to screw the Product plate to the Base...
  • Page 7 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 5. Mounting the Slide plate 6. Mounting the Side arm 1 Slide the Slide plate to desire position on the 1 Attach the Side arm to the Slide plate on the desire height Rotating Arm 2 Use six M6 (included) screws and a included...
  • Page 8 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 7. Mounting the Angle plate 8. Using the Angle plate 1 Attach the Angle plate to the Side arm 1 Use lower clamping levers to rotate plate horizontaly 2 Use two clamping levers to screw the Angle plate...

  • Page 9: Cabling Schematic

    TRINITY Quick Start Guide 9. Cabling schematic A - Optional trigger B - Power input (220v) C - 19pin data connector D - Control panel E - RJ45 cable F - Speedfire G - USB cable H - Laptop/desktop PC...

  • Page 10: Control Panel

    TRINITY Quick Start Guide 9. Control panel A - Safety button - lit up - unit is in operating mode - in case of an emergency - push the button to cut the power o (to return to the operating mode, turn the button clockwise)
  • Page 11 Quick Start Guide 10. Speedfire connectors Side A Highspeed RJ45 connectors AX1 - Trinity AX2-AX4 - other hispeed units Triggers RJ45 connectors AX5 - first group of triggers (contains maximus 3 triggers in series connection) AX6 - second group of triggers (contains maximus 3 triggers in series connection)
  • Page 12 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 11. Connecting triggers to the Speedfire via Trigger Box 1. Connect 12v power to power input A. You will hear a beep sound indicating the channel of this particular unit (1 beep = channel 1, 2 beeps = 2 channel, 3 beeps = channel 3).
  • Page 13 5. Always use safety cables to secure possible elements that can detach during movement of the Rotating Arm. 6. Ditogear is not liable if and to the extent that the damage resulted from the misuse of the Ditogear Trinity.
  • Page 14 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 13. Using SPEEDFIRE software on Windows PC...
  • Page 15 Quick Start Guide 14. Installing SPEEDFIRE software on Windows PC 1. Download latest version of SPEEDFIRE software from Ditogear.com website. 2. There is no need to install the software - it`s a portable, ready to use software. 15. General options - see image at the paragraph 13 A - File Export to XML - saves parameters and keyframes to the XML file...
  • Page 16 TRINITY Quick Start Guide D - Velocity/Time graph. Each dot represents the keyframe. Vertical graph axis shows the speed of the arm. Horizontal graph axis shows time. 1 - First keyframe - time when the Arm starts acceleration 2 - Second keyframe - moment when the Rotating Arm reaches operational speed (shown in S)
  • Page 17 TRINITY Quick Start Guide E - Position/Time graph. The line represents change of the Arm position during time. It`s dependent on the keyframes in Velocity/Time changed in Velocity/Time graph. Vertical axis shows position of the Arm, Horizontal shows time. You can highlight the line in Position/Time tab at the top right section of the screen (Paragraph 13.B)
  • Page 18 TRINITY Quick Start Guide F - Playhead It indicates the velocity and position of the Arm during playback. Move the Playhead manualy to get precise info about Position and Time using Angle Graph (Paragraph 13.H). G - Grid Changes the Graph axes fromt vel/time to pos/time H - Angle Graph Shows the Angle Graph when user is in Velocity/Time // Position/Time tabs.
  • Page 19 TRINITY Quick Start Guide K - Reverse Time Mirrors the horizontal axis, all keyframes/triggers are played backwards. L - Control Panel 1 - time indicator / Playhead position 2 - Start playback 3 - Stop playback 4 5 6 7 8...
  • Page 20 TRINITY Quick Start Guide V - Acceleration Time Ratio between the first and the second frame. Time of the acceleration. W - Deceleration Time Position of the third frame. Moment when the Arm start decelerating. X - Type of device connected to the Speedfire...
  • Page 21 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 17. Trigger Tab (Paragraph 15.B)
  • Page 22 TRINITY Quick Start Guide A - Trigger Control Panel B - Name of the first trigger. Change the name by clicking on the name C - Add Trigger to the Timeline D - Active (yellow)/Inactive (grey) Trigger E - Show/Hide Trigger (even if it is hide position it still works) F - First keyframe of the selected Trigger (Goes to the first position from Trigger Box).
  • Page 23 TRINITY Quick Start Guide 18. Advanced Trigger Tab (Paragraph 15.B)
  • Page 24 TRINITY Quick Start Guide A - Trigger Control Panel B - Name of the first trigger. Change the name by clicking on the name C - Moves trigger backwards (fast) D - Moves trigger backwards (slow) E - Moves trigger forward (slow) F - Moves trigger forward (fast) G - Confirms calibration IN POINT (start)