Power Control - PROAIM KITE-22-ULTIMATE Assembly Manual

The PROAIM GOLD PAN TILT HEAD circuitry is built entirely into joystick box. The only other requirement
is the AC power pack (provided) or battery power. The power pack can handle 90-240 volts. Users will
need the appropriate plug adapter for local use.
JOYSTICK
The joystick is a two-axis variable speed servo controller. The further you move in one direction the faster
the output to that motor. This will be a little tricky at first, but little practice will improve your success.
The joystick may be operated in a handheld position or from a flat surface such as a tabletop, or attached
to the boom arm of Jib.
After plugging the power cord into a proper outlet, press "power on". The LED light on the control box
should illuminate and the head may jump slightly on start up or shut down. This is normal. This can be
controlled by Dead Spot. Adjust the joystick to ensure correct movement of the head. It may be
necessary to reconnect to the motors if required.

POWER CONTROL

To the right and above the joystick is a knob labeled "SPEED".
This is the power control knob. Turning to the right will be full power and back to the left will decrease
the available power to both pan and tilt operation. The advantage of power control is to be able to limit
power when only slow accurate movements are needed. With the power control at half power
(approx. 8 volts max. output) the full range of motion on the joystick will be between 0 and 8 volts
making finer adjustments possible. The power control will be usable between a range of approximately 4
volts to 12 volts.
DEAD SPOT
The knob to the left is marked Dead Spot. Turned all the way to the left (counterclockwise) will create
the smallest dead spot. Meaning that the head will begin to move as soon as the smallest deflection of
the joystick is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no power is sent to head motors.
At half way, the dead spot will close again, this helps to avoid crossing the tilt when only pan movement
is desired.
The dead spot is so tight when the control knob is all the way to the left, it may be necessary to back it
off slightly until no movement is seen in either axis.
NOTE: With the dead spot all the way left the head may move in both axis on it's own. The dead spot
should be set at approx. the 9:00 position to insure that no unwanted movement occurs.
Linear or Logarithmic taper joystick control
All joysticks are linear, meaning that each degree of movement of the stick correlates to the output. On
the 12 volt PROAIM PAN TILT HEAD half deflection of the joystick means approximately 6 volts sent to the
motors. But with the advent of Digital we can now control the taper of the joystick, making in Logarithmic
as well. Logarithmic taper being that the first of joystick movement only sends a small amount of power
to the motors and the last of the deflection will send more power per degree of deflection. On
Logarithmic taper 1/3 of joystick deflection might yield 2 volts output the next 1/3 will yield 4 volts
output and the last 1/3 of yields 6 volts for a max. again of 12 volts. This mode gives the operator fine
slow movements yet retains the ability to go to max. speed if necessary.
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