Summary of Contents for ARRI cforce plus
- Page 1 Lens Motor cforce plus Lens Motor U S E R M A N U A L U S E R M A N U A L 1st August 2016 1st August 2016...
- Page 2 Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Errors, omissions, and modifications excepted. ARRI, ALEXA, AMIRA, LDS and LENS DATA SYSTEM are trademarks or registered trademarks of Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.
- Page 3 Neither ARRI nor its subsidiaries assume any liability for infringement of patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of third parties by or arising from the use of ARRI products or any other liability arising from the use of such products. No license, express, implied or otherwise, is granted under any patents, copyrights or other intellectual property right of ARRI or others.
- Page 4 or economic loss of any kind or for any claim by a third party, downtime, good-will, damage to or replacement of equipment or property, any cost or recovery of any material or goods associated with the assembly or use of our products, or any other damages or injury of the persons and so on or under any other legal theory.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Table of Contents For your safety..............6 Audience and intended use..........8 Scope of delivery and warranty.........9 Introduction................10 LBUS................. 11 Motor layout...............12 Setup button..............12 Status LED..............13 Motor preparation............. 14 Compatibility..............16 Sample configurations..........16 Software update..............20 Appendix................21 Part numbers............ -
Page 6: For Your Safety
For your safety For your safety Before use, please ensure that all users read, understand, and follow the instructions comprehensively in this document. Risk levels and alert symbols Safety warnings, safety alert symbols, and signal words in these instructions indicate different risk levels: DANGER! DANGER indicates an imminent hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. - Page 7 Risk of fire! Short-circuits and back currents to power supplies/batteries may entail lethal damage! Always use original ARRI/cmotion LBUS cables to external power sources (D-Tap, XLR)! ARRI/cmotion LBUS cables to external power sources provide a protection circuit to prevent back currents to power supplies/batteries.
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Page 8: Audience And Intended Use
ARRI guidelines. Use the product only for the purpose described in this document. Always follow the valid instructions and system requirements for all equipment involved. The cforce plus Lens Motor is solely and exclusively for use on professional camera setups. -
Page 9: Scope Of Delivery And Warranty
19/15mm cforce plus gear assembly 60 teeth m0.8 User manual Original packaging Warranty For scope of warranty, please ask your local ARRI Service Partner. ARRI is not liable for consequences from inadequate shipment, improper use, or third-party products. -
Page 10: Introduction
Equipped with twin LBUS connectors and using daisy chain technology, up to three cforce plus or mini motors can be linked up in a row. The cforce plus connects directly to the new ALEXA Mini camera, providing a integrated, versatile solution, e.g. -
Page 11: Lbus
Introduction Main features Fast, strong and versatile lens motor Daisy-chainable via LBUS Directly compatible with ARRI’s ALEXA Mini camera, AMC-1 and UMC-4 motor controllers, cmotion's compact LCS, cvolution, pan bar zoom, knob solo and broadcast solutions 4.1 LBUS LBUS is a bus standard designed to allow multiple lens motors and control devices to communicate with each other. -
Page 12: Motor Layout
5.1 Setup button Motor assignment Use the SETUP button to assign the cforce plus motor to the focus, iris or zoom control of the respective control device. Make sure that the assignment matches the lens axis the motor is attached to. -
Page 13: Status Led
Motor layout 5.2 Status LED The status LED of the SETUP button indicates the current motor status. Status Solid green Motor is ready and calibrated, no warnings Green/red flashing Motor is calibrated, but no motor master available (idle) Yellow flashing Motor is currently calibrating Green/yellow flashing Motor needs to be calibrated (cal-... -
Page 14: Motor Preparation
Motor preparation Motor preparation Mounting to 19 mm rods 1. Open the clamp console by turning the thumbscrew counterclockwise. 2. Remove the 19/15mm clamp insert. 3. Attach the clamp console on the rod, with the motor gear engaged to the lens barrel. 4. - Page 15 Motor preparation Setting up motor 1. Connect the motor to its control device. 2. Use the SETUP button to assign the cforce motor to the focus, iris or zoom control of the control device. Make sure that the assignment matches the lens scale the motor is attached to. 3.
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Page 16: Compatibility
Compatibility Compatibility The cforce plus Lens Motor is directly compatible with the following ARRI products: ALEXA Mini camera (with Titanium PL LDS mount with LBUS connector; from SUP 4.1) Active Motor Controller AMC-1 (from SUP 1.44) Universal Motor Controller UMC-4 (from UMC-4 SUP 1.42) Wireless Compact Unit WCU-4 in hard-wired mode (from WCU-4 SUP 2.2.26) in combination with a motor controller... - Page 17 Compatibility NOTICE If UMC-4 is used for controlling motors, an additional power cable is required (See "LBUS cables", page 21). For hard-wired motor control with WCU-4, use an additional motor controller connected in the LBUS chain.
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Page 20: Software Update
Please refer to the respective user manuals for further information. WARNING! Do not switch off power and do not remove the SD/Micro SD card during the update as this may damage the cforce plus Lens Motor! -
Page 21: Appendix
19/15mm (included in K2.0008678) K2.0009335 cforce plus gear assembly 60 teeth m0.8 NOTICE The cforce plus Basic Set does not include an LBUS cable. LBUS cables are available in various lengths and need to be ordered separately. LBUS cables K2.0006749 Cable LBUS 0.2m/8"... - Page 22 Gears for cforce plus Lens Motor K2.0009335 cforce plus gear assembly with module 0.8, 60 teeth K2.0010365 cforce plus gear assembly with module 0.8, 60 teeth, 25 mm extra-wide K2.72111.0...
- Page 23 Appendix Clamping consoles for cforce plus Lens Motor K2.72101.0 standard clamp console 19/15mm K2.65140.0 standard clamp console for CLM-3 K2.65141.0 clamp console-2 for CLM-3 K2.0008678 CLM-plus clamp console K2.72115.0 insert 19mm to 5/8" for CLM-4 K2.0002080 insert 19 to 15mm for CLM-4...
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Page 24: Specifications
Appendix 9.2 Specifications Temperature range: -20 to +50° C (-4 to +122° F) Torque: 0,7 Nm const., 1 Nm max. peak at motor axis Speed: 210 teeth per second with gear 60t (3.5 R/s) Supply voltage: 12 - 34 V Power consumption: max. -
Page 25: Dimensions And Weight
Appendix 9.4 Dimensions and weight Dimensions The following dimensions are for the cforce plus (Basic Set) including the CLM-plus clamp console 19/15mm and cforce plus gear assembly m 0.8, 60teeth Weight Weight of cforce plus (Basic Set): 325g/11,5oz... -
Page 26: Service Contacts
Appendix 9.5 Service contacts Munich, Germany Vienna, Austria Arnold & Richter Cine Technik ARRI Cine + Video Geräte +49 89 3809 2121 Ges.m.b.H. service@arri.de +43 1 8920107 30 Business hours: service@arri.at Mo. - Fr. 9:00 - 17:00 (CET) Business hours: Mo. -
Page 27: International Declarations
Appendix 9.6 International declarations EC Declaration of Conformity The product cforce plus Lens Motor conforms with the specifications of the following European directives: Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization of... - Page 28 Appendix Industrie Canada. This Class A device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.