Overview Thank you for using the Focus Assist Depth Sensor from Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC). The Focus Assist Depth Sensor is designed for reliable day-in, day out use in professional studio environments. Focus Assist depth sensor camera to measure target distances in real time and accordingly instruct the program to adjust the Focus axis.
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Mounting the Focus Assist Camera and Box Unscrew 4 x screws on the Ulti box housing mounted on the arm of the rig. Replacing the 4 x screws with longer ones, mount the Focus assist box by attaching it to the Ulti box.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Connect the cables as shown: Y-cable (for power to Ulti and Focus Assist) Camera Ethernet to From USB-C on Ethernet to Ulti Focus Assist box camera to any of (rerouted from Focus (from Robot) the four USB-A Assist box) on the box...
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide offsets so you can easily switch between the focus assist camera and the manual tape measure whenever needed. USB-C to Focus Assist Camera Focus Assist Camera Note: The Focus Assist IP address is set to default 192.168.1.201. This doesn’t need to be changed.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.1 Ensure that INtime is running. From the System Tray, right click the INtime icon and select INtime Configuration. 2.2 Double-click Node Management.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.3 The Intime Node Management window appears with one item in the NIC list. Click the ellipses. 2.4 The NIC Properties dialog box appears.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.5 Select the NIC Type as Virtual Ethernet (ven). Then, click Add to add an IPv4 Address. 2.6 In the appearing window, specify the IPv4 address as 192.168.1.199 and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0. Click OK.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.7 The IP address should now appear in the list of IPv4 address. Click OK. 2.8 The NIC card is now added. Click OK in the NIC Management dialog box.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.9 The virtual network interface in now created. Click Save and Close. 2.10 A message box appears for permission to restart INtime. Click Yes. 2.11 Open Notepad as an administrator.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.12 Open the netuser.cfg file shown below. You will need to change the filter to see all files. C:\ProgramData\TenAsys\INtime\NodeA\etc\netuser.cfg 2.13 Add the following lines to this file. Replace rtl1g0 with the name of the interface you noted earlier. ifconfig.rta -q bridge create ifconfig.rta bridge0 addm ven0 addm rtl1g0 up ifconfig.rta ven0 up...
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.15 Open the Windows Network Connections window. You will see TenAsys Virtual Ethernet Adapter listed. Right-click and open the Properties window. 2.16 Locate the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) item and click Properties.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide 2.17 Check Use the following IP address and enter the IP address 192.168.1.200. 2.18 Click OK and close. 2.19 Restart the INtime Node A.
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Setup in Flair Launch Flair 7. In Flair, select System > Configuration to open the System Configuration window. ensure the IP address is 192.168.1.201. Check the Enable box and click Save. The icon next to the Enable checkbox should turn green.
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide In the LiveView, open the setup popup. In the LiveView Setup dialog box, select Focus Assist from the Source drop-down list. The video from the Focus Assist will now appear in the LiveView area.
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Use to toggle video from main camera and focus assist camera However, if you open two LiveView windows, one for the main camera video and another for the focus assist camera, the Show button will not available.
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide A depth image is an image channel in which the RGB colours on the image represent the distance between the image plane and the corresponding object. Using Focus Assist Once the heat map from the Focus Assist camera is displayed in LiveView, the Goto button in LiveView can be used to toggle between the following two functions: :When the Goto button is grey, clicking at a target in the LiveView...
Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Modifying the IP address of the Focus Assist box Open a web browser on the Flair PC and visit http:// 192.168.1.201:10000. Log on with username “focusassist” and password “focusassist”.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide On the left, select Tools -> Custom Commands. Enter the new IP address in the input field.
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Focus Assist Depth Sensor Quick Start Guide Click ‘Set IP Address’ . Click Save. The browser will lose connectivity because the IP address will have changed. Log on with the updated IP address to verify. In Flair, in the System > Configuration window, change the Focus Assist IP address to match with the changed IP address.
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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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