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Quick Start Guide
QSG Product code: MRMC-1465-06
Product covered: MRMC-1512-00, MRMC-1460-01
CRANES AND RIGS | BROADCAST | HEADS & DSLR | PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY | RENTALS

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  • Page 1 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide QSG Product code: MRMC-1465-06 Product covered: MRMC-1512-00, MRMC-1460-01 CRANES AND RIGS | BROADCAST | HEADS & DSLR | PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY | RENTALS...
  • Page 2 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide QSG Product code: MRMC-1465-06 Product covered: MRMC-1512-00, MRMC-1460-01 Date Updated: 10 August 2020 © 2020 Mark Roberts Motion Control Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or translated by any means — graphical, electronic, or mechanical — including...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Contents Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Chapter 1 Quick Start..............1 Safety..................1 Overview .................1 Pan Bars — With Ethernet Connectivity......2 Connecting the cables ..........3 Enable button ..............3 Pan Bars - Mimic Only............4 Mimic only Pan Bars with Ethernet Mimic box ....5 Connecting the cables ..........6 Your first session ..............7...
  • Page 4 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Quick Start

    Overview Thank you for using the Pan Bars from Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC). Pan Bars is a Ethernet mimic controller for the MRMC camera head. It gives you a smooth, precise and real-time control over your choice of camera axes —pan and tilt, and camera control — zoom or focus or both.

  • Page 6: Pan Bars - With Ethernet Connectivity

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Pan Bars — With Ethernet Connectivity Enable button Ethernet hub Power Power (24VDC) Head connected to pan bars via Ethernet...

  • Page 7: Connecting The Cables

    MHC or Flair PC which is in turn connected to the head via Ethernet or you can use MSA Joystick controller from MRMC via Ethernet which need not be connected to a PC. Add the Pan Bars as a device in MHC Admin login (if applicable).

  • Page 8: Pan Bars - Mimic Only

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Pan Bars - Mimic Only RT-14...

  • Page 9: Mimic Only Pan Bars With Ethernet Mimic Box

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Mimic only Pan Bars with Ethernet Mimic box Ethernet Mimic Box Ethernet hub Head connected to pan bars via Ethernet Power...

  • Page 10: Connecting The Cables

    Use the Expansion cable to connect the EXPANSION port on the Pan Bars panel and the Expansion port on the Ethernet Mimic box. Connect Surface Pro, the Ethernet Mimic box, and the MRMC head with the Ethernet hub using network cables.

  • Page 11: Your First Session

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Your first session Instructions for using the head with a specific controller, are beyond the scope of this manual. When you want to use the Pan Bars, you typically need to perform the steps given below. Refer to the manual that came with your head for details.
  • Page 12 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Notes...
  • Page 13 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Notes...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Pan Bars Flair Setup

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Chapter 2 Pan Bars Flair Setup Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Setting up Ethernet Pan Bars as Mimic Device in Flair Hint When connecting a Flair PC with the Pan Bars using an Ethernet connection, you might need to temporarily disable the Wi-Fi connection on the laptop so that Flair does not try to use it to connect to the Pan Bars.
  • Page 15 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide If using a Mimic box to covert raw encoder data to Ethernet, insert the following lines in Flair.ini: *NetworkBoards: 3 *NodeProgram3: Quad6Ether_II.btl *MimicBoard1: 3 *Autorecalibrate:True *LoadfromHC:True The keywords used in the above table are described below: ...
  • Page 16 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide In the Network Setup pop-up, click on the buttons Save and Apply. Click Load and exit the Network Setup. On the next restart, Flair should automatically recognise the Pan Bars and load the file into them. .btl Check that Flair is receiving data from the encoders in the Pan Bars by using Flair menu option Setups >...

  • Page 17: Subsequent Sessions

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide (The mimic axis numbers are the same ones listed earlier in the Setups > Test Mimic Inputs pop-up.) 11. Specify the other Mimic Settings that you want to use for this control (in the same section of the pop-up), then click on Save, Apply, and Exit.

  • Page 18: Setting Up Pan Bars (Encoder Output Only) As A Mimic Device In Flair

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Power up the Pan Bars. Start Flair. Enable the mimic controls in Flair, either by right-clicking on the relevant axes buttons at the top of the Flair window and choosing Mimic Setup in the pop-up menu, or by using the main menu option Mimic >...
  • Page 19 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide With the Windows PC running but with Flair not running, attach the power cables the head, and the RT-14 unit. When the RT-14 unit has finished starting up, start Flair by double- clicking on the Flair icon on the Windows Desktop. At this point, ignore any Flair error messages.
  • Page 20 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide (The mimic axis numbers are the same ones listed earlier in the Setups > Test Mimic Inputs pop-up.) Note that after you assigned the Root Mimic Axes the axes names appear in the Controlling column in the Test Mimic Inputs dialog box. Specify the other Mimic Settings that you want to use for this control.
  • Page 21 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Notes...

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Setting Up The Pan Bars Unit In Mhc

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Chapter 3 Setting up the Pan Bars unit in Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Pan Bars Quick Start Guide System configuration and startup Hint When connecting an MHC Server PC with the Pan Bars using an Ethernet connection, you might need to temporarily disable the Wi-Fi connection on the PC so that MHC does not try to use it to connect to the Pan Bars.
  • Page 23 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Click ADD for the IP address of the Pan Bars and click DONE. For uniboard Pan Bars: Note that the rig Type is auto selected as Pan Bars. Rig type selected For Pan Bars with external quad box: Select the Rig Type as Pan Bars.
  • Page 24 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Assign a user in the User drop-down. Log out and log in as the user that you assigned the Pan Bars to You should now be able to control the active head with Pan Bars. Note If you have assigned the Pan Bars to a user without assigning any heads to that user, the User login page will show an error message.

  • Page 25: Changing The Axis Settings

    Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Changing the axis settings Note It is recommended that you contact MRMC for assistance in changing default axis settings. You can also change the axis settings an assign 4 mimic axes in Pan Bars to an axis in the head.
  • Page 26 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Change the Axis Controller Type to Zoom and Robot Axis to Mimic to ROLL.
  • Page 27 Pan Bars Quick Start Guide Notes...
  • Page 28 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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