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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
P H A N T O M
M A N U A L
When it's too fast to see, and too important not to.
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RCU2 MANUAL ZDOC - 64063-MA-0001 Rev 6.0

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  • Page 1 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT P H A N T O M M A N U A L When it’s too fast to see, and too important not to. ® RCU2 MANUAL ZDOC - 64063-MA-0001 Rev 6.0...
  • Page 2 Firmware Version 6.0 PN: ZDOC-64063-MA-0001 Rev 6.0 Last Updated: 18.MAY.2016 Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) Manual...
  • Page 3 when it’s too fast to see, and too important not to. ® Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) M A N U A L 100 Dey Road Wayne, NJ 07470 USA +1.973.696.4500 www.phantomhighspeed.com...
  • Page 4 Written and produced by the Marketing Department at Vision Research. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notification. PN: ZDOC-64063-MA-0001 Rev 6.0 Last Updated: 18.MAY.2016...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    C o n t e n t s Introduction Basic Configurations Quick Start Menu Tree Touchscreen Interface Navigation and Use Technical Tips Support...
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  • Page 7: Key Benefits

    Introduction Key Benefits The Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) is an ideal companion to your Phantom digital high-speed camera. The small, lightweight, handheld controller allows you to control most settings on Phantom cameras, as well as view and save recorded cines - it even doubles as a video monitor.
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  • Page 9: Video Button

    Active LCD Touchscreen The 5Æ diagonal, 800 x 480, Active Touchscreen TFT, (Thin Film Transistor- Liquid Crystal Display), LCD allows the end-user to control a Phantom camera. Menu/Power Button Used to Power Up the RCU-2. When depressed the RCU-2 will start the power up self diagnostic routine that will take approximately 30-seconds to complete.
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  • Page 11: Battery Compartment

    Type A USB Interface Used to save / load user-defined profiles, (see ‘Display Screens’). It is also used to upgrade the RCU-2 or Break-out-Box firmware from a Type A USB drive. Contains a BP-511 battery, providing up to 2 hours of Battery Compartment battery operation, and doubles as the hand grip for the Remote Control Unit.
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  • Page 13: Basic Configurations

    Basic Configurations Overview Available in wired and wireless models, the RCU-2 supports the entire high-speed imaging workflow. Set up the camera, trigger the shot, view the Cine on the LCD screen, trim to the frame of interest, and save the result to a Phantom CineMag.
  • Page 14 Phantom Cameras The configurations shown here are for camera models that include a ‘Remote’ hardware port on the camera, including w/Remote Port the Phantom UHS-Series, Phantom VXX1 Series, and the Phantom Flex, Flex4K, P65, and HD camera models. VRI-RCU-BT-KIT-REMOTE includes: VRI-RCU-BT;...
  • Page 15 Miro Cameras The configurations shown here applies to all Miro camera models. Miro cameras do not support wireless connection via Bluetooth. VRI-RCU-KIT-MIRO-M includes: VRI-RCU; Remote Control Unit 2 for Miro cameras. VRI-CBL-RCU-BOB-0R6; Cable, RCU to BOB or VRI- CBL-MIRO-RCU 0.6 METERS VRI-CBL-MIRO-RCU;...
  • Page 16 Legacy v-Series Cameras The configurations shown here are for camera models that include the large 19-pin Amphenol capture connector and w/o Remote Port without the dedicated ‘Remote’ port. VRI-RCU-BT-KIT-VSERIES includes: VRI-RCU-BT; Wireless RCU for VXX10 VXX0 VXX1 & VXX2 Series cameras. VRI-BOB-RCU-BT-2 : Break-Out-Box (BOB) for VXX10 VXX0 VXX1 &...

  • Page 17: Set Recording Parameters

    Quick Start Connect RCU-2 to Camera Connect the BOB-RCU-2 Break-out-Box cable to the Capture port of the camera. w/Break-out-Box Connect the RCU-2 to Remote cable between the Remote ports of the RCU-2 and Break-out-Box. Attach the Phantom camera Power Supply Adapter’s 4-pin connector to the 20-36VDC/5A Max connector of the break-out box.
  • Page 18 Define the Resolution, Frame Rate, Exposure, and Post Trigger settings using the Numerical Keypad to specify the desired setting. To overwrite the present value: 1. Tap the entry field once, (turn entry field yellow), then 2. Tap the key pad to enter the desired value. 3.
  • Page 19 • Press and hold down on ‘Image Location Identifier’ arrow, , located just below the Cine Editor Bar and slide finger right to quickly advance Cine, slide left to quickly rewind (present image number is displayed above). Using Video Control buttons: Play Reverse Pause...
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  • Page 21: Menu Tree

    Menu Tree Chapter 4: Menu Tree...
  • Page 22 OSD Information Preview/Playback Screen Active Menu Previous Menu Tab Menu Options Camera State Hide Menu Power Status Indicator Camera Information Bar Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) Manual...

  • Page 23: Touchscreen Interface

    Touchscreen Interface When enabled, displays the Camera State, Timestamp OSD Information (day/hr/min/ss/thousands of a second), Resolution, Sample Rate, Shutter Angle (exposure), Internal Memory (time line), Record Time (duration), and Number of Frames Available. The resolution, sample rate, shutter angle, internal memory, record time and number of frames available information may be hidden by the active menu.

  • Page 24: Power Status Indicator

    The Phantom logo color will change based on the state OSD Information of the camera. Live: camera is not recording to internal memory It displays a ‘Live’ image on the LCD and attached video monitor. Capture: camera is recording to internal memory (RAM), and awaiting a trigger signal.
  • Page 25 The type information displayed varies based on the operational state of the camera, as follows: • All Operational States Phantom Camera Model Camera Serial Number Camera Name Date and Time Reference (MM/DD/ YY hh:mm) TZ (TimeZone) • LIVE PRE Camera State Resolution Sample Rate Exposure Time...

  • Page 26: Camera Status

    STATUS Camera: Acquisition: Multi Cine: Model M320S Resolution 1920 x1200 Number Cine 1 Serial 13157 Frame Rate 100 fps Active Cine 1 Name ‘M320S Cam2 Exposure 900.000 µS Frames /Cine 3652 EDR 0.000 µS Bit Depth 12 Trigger: Mode: Loop Waiting For Trigger Sync: Internal Post Trigger 10 frms...

  • Page 27: Trigger Status

    Frames/Cine - indicates the maximum number of images (frames) that can be recorded to the active memory partition determined by the amount of memory allocated to the active partition, and how the acquisition parameters have set. Operational State - indicates the present state of the Trigger Status connected camera.
  • Page 28 Sync Status Indicates the user-defined frame rate clock source including: • Internal - frame rate clock is generated by the camera’s crystal frequency oscillator. • External - frame clock is controlled by an F-Sync signal from a second Phantom camera or any source that produces a +5V, TTL Low-going, 4µs wide pulse, including function generators or pulsed lasers.
  • Page 29 SETUP Mode CineMgt Tools Video Advanced Auto Trig Auto Exp M320S 13157 M320S Cam2 02/08/16 14:30 UT Mode Use to specify one of three operational modes: • Loop - camera stores recorded image data into the camera’s memory buffer. • Loop /Burst - camera initially stores recorded image data into camera’s camera’s memory buffer.
  • Page 30 Width x Height - specifies the size of the image to be recorded. When a specific ‘resolution’ has been selected, (16 x 9, 4 x 3, or 1 x 1), and the user specifies values that do not meet the resolution ratio requirement, the camera automatically changes these settings to the nearest width-by-height that meets the ‘resolution’...
  • Page 31 Erase removes all the Cines stored on an attached Phantom CineMag/CineFlash. Used to view/ define the following camera options: Tools • About Camera - provides information about the connected camera, including: Model - the type of connected Phantom camera. Serial - the serial number of the connected Phantom camera.
  • Page 32 Edit - displays the following Edit Programs display window options: Program Pull-Down Selection List - used to create a list of programs that associated with the A and B buttons. Program Name Field - used to create or edit the name of the program associated with the A and B buttons.
  • Page 33 Load - loads the contents of the user setting’s slot into the camera’s current settings. Erase - erases the contents of the selected user setting slot. Factory Reset - resets the camera’s settings to factory defaults. • Power Save - options include: Always On - instructs the Remote Control Unit to be on until the end user powers it down.
  • Page 34 • Shutter Control - used to set the mechanical shutter of a Phantom camera to one of the following: Open - instructs the camera’s mechanical shutter to close when a CSR, (Current Session Reference) is performed, and re-open when the process has completed.
  • Page 35 USB Import - used to import the selected preset (A-F) from a USB flash drive into the Remote Control Unit. USB Export - used to export the selected preset (A-F) from the Remote Control Unit onto an attached USB flash drive. •...
  • Page 36 Digital OSD - displays the OSD fields on an attached monitor or viewfinder when enabled (checked). Universal Time OSD - the OSD time reference will be adjusted and displayed to utc (GMT) Universal Time Code (Greenwich Means Time) when enabled, (checked). Opaque OSD - removes the background color (black) from the OSD informational fields when disabled (unchecked).
  • Page 37 Resolution - used to specify the number of vertical resolution lines of an attached HD compatible monitor. The supported resolutions include: • 480 - available when the NTSC (National Television System Committee) video signal format is selected; 59.94 half frames (called fields) per second and 525 lines per field, (480 lines in each field are the image, and the last 45 are the “vertical blanking interval”...
  • Page 38 • PSF (Progressive Segmented Frame) - divides each frame into two segments, one with the odd lines and the other with the even lines. The segments are equivalent to interlaced fields, but unlike interlaced video, there is no motion between the two fields that make up the video frame: both fields represent the same instant in time.
  • Page 39 • C Matrix (Color Matrix) - Color Matrix is an advanced color matching tool, which previously was reserved for video engineers to match the HD-SDI output of cameras in a broadcast environment. In some Phantom cameras, a user ‘Matrix’ can be specified to fine-tune the color of both the Cine image and HD-SDI output.
  • Page 40 Dual Link 4:4:4 YPbPr - the two SDI (Serial Digital Interface) outputs are used together as a dual-link output, allowing 4:4:4 image sampling. The live feed, and optional On-screen Display (OSD) annotations are sent to the analog/component output, while the playback feed uses the dual-SDI outputs.
  • Page 41 • M Matrix (Miulti Matrix) - compatible with the v642 only, fine tunes the color output of the camera’s HD-SDI, leveraging independent adjustments of saturation and hue of each of the 16 axes of the Cr/Cb color circle . Working with video matrix, hue, ˚...
  • Page 42 • Apply Changes to All Cines - selecting this checkbox will copy all future changes in acquisition parameters to all cines. • Cine (Advanced Cine) - used to define the following: High Quality Mode - instructs a Phantom Flex camera to use a proprietary multi-sampling technology to enhance each frame.
  • Page 43 Behavior of the camera will be modified in the following way, when viewing live images, with a Burst Count larger than one the camera will retrieve images from the most-recent burst, starting with the first frame in the burst. • HW Sigs (Hardware Signals) - used to define: Trigger Edge - defines whether the ‘Rising Edge’...
  • Page 44 • IRIG - should be selected when an IRIG-B signal is supplied to drive the camera’s sample rate. • Video - allows the camera to capture frames at a rate that is a multiple of the video frame rate, with a defined phase relationship to the video signal.
  • Page 45 EDR Units - Extreme Dynamic Range Units specify how the EDR Exposure time units will be displayed: • µs (Microseconds) - select to specify the EDR Exposure in microseconds. • % (Percent) - select to specify the EDR Exposure as a percentage of the specified 'Exposure' value.

  • Page 46: Auto Trigger Options

    Auto Trigger Options Image-Based Auto-Trigger (IBAT) allows selected Phantom camera models to trigger themselves when the image changes in a selectable region of the frame. For some Phantom cameras, there is a mode which allows this feature to generate a hardware trigger signal for multi-camera installations.
  • Page 47 • Threshold - defines the amount a pixel value must change for auto-trigger purposes. • Area - defines the percentage of pixels required to meet the ‘Threshold’ setting within the auto trigger ‘Region’ which generates the auto trigger event. • Speed - defines the number of frames (interval) between updates the auto-trigger region is checked.
  • Page 48 Height - defines the height of the auto-trigger region starting with the pixel coordinated defined via the ‘Y’ parameter. Full - instructs the camera to use the entire frame as the auto-trigger region, except if it is greater than one mega pixel. Draw - allows the end-user to draw a rectangle around the desired auto-trigger region up to one mega pixel in size.
  • Page 49 x, y coordinates Width Region Height The ‘Region' parameters include: X - defines the x-coordinate of the pixel, in the center of the auto-trigger region in respect to the center of the frame, (origin). Y - defines the y-coordinate of the pixel, in the center of the auto-trigger region in respect to the center of the frame, (origin point).
  • Page 50 CAPTURE Lens Record Stop White Bal WB Defs M320S 13157 M320S Cam2 02/08/16 14:55 UT Lens Used to adjust /set the focal length and f-stop of a lens attached to the camera via a Canon EOS Lens Mount remotely. • Focus - moving the slider to right adjusts the focus toward infinity.

  • Page 51: White Bal

    Record Places the Phantom camera into the recording mode, continuously recording to a user-specified storage area. If a Cine already exits in the camera’s memory buffer or if there are no available memory segments to record to when MultiCine (Partitions) is used a warning message will appear.
  • Page 52 PLAY Source Cine Camera Repeat Save RAM 1, Start - 5534, In -5534, Out 5534, End 5534 Source Used to select the location of the Cine file to be reviewed, edited, or saved. Options include: • Camera - allows the user to select a Cine file stored in the camera’s internal memory (RAM).

  • Page 53: Playback Buttons

    The Edit Bar consists of: Mark In Mark Out Image Location Marker Marker Marker PreTrigger Post Trigger Frames Indicator Frames Indicator • Mark-In Indicator - represents the starting point (first image) location of the Cine being reviewed. • Image Location Identifier - represents the location of the image being displayed as it relates to its position in the Cine file.
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  • Page 55: Navigation And Use

    Navigation & Use Navigation through the Remote Control Unit menu structure is accomplished primarily through the use of the ‘touch-sensitive’ LCD display. The following describes various navigational and use processes. Power Up Press the hardware Menu button. The RC indicator starts white for approximately 25-second, then turns cyan, and the Phantom logo will appear on the display for approximately 20-seconds.
  • Page 56 Select /Define Camera The Remote Control Unit makes enabling, selecting or defining a camera option extremely easy by providing Options Tools three distinct selection methods: • Radial Button - Tap to enable (yellow) or disable (white) the associated option. • Pull-Down Selection Lists - Tap the down-arrow to the right of the entry field, then tap the desired option to select it.
  • Page 57 Performing a RCU-2 1. Download the firmware update from the Vision Research web site. Firmware Upgrade 2. Extract the two files contained in the ‘zipped’ directory and copy them to your computer desktop. One will be called ‘rcu.fw’ and the other ‘rcu_up- grade’.
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  • Page 59: Technical Tips

    Technical Tips This chapter is intended to provide Step-by-Step Procedures of various tasks that may not be as intuitive to perform. Determining a Valid To determine a valid maximum value of any variable entered via the Numerical Keypad quickly simply; enter Maximum Variable Value all nines in the Numerical Key pad, the press the enter button.

  • Page 60: Perform A Quick Search

    Perform a Quick Search Performing a Quick Search will greatly reduce post- production time when editing a Cine file. To perform a Quick Search to reduce post-production time when editing a Cine file Press the Editor Bar two times, then rotate the Jog/Scroll dial, or drag the ‘Image Location Identifier’...
  • Page 61 Placing a MultiCine Enabled The following describes the various steps when the camera has: Camera Back into Preview Mode • Been placed into the capture, or recording, mode but has not yet saved a Cine file into any of the MultiCine partitions.
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  • Page 63: Support

    Support Front View Chapter 8: Support...
  • Page 64 Top View Bottom View Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) Manual...
  • Page 65 Key Specifications Weight 26 oz. (740 gm.) Size (W x H x D) Maximum 7” x 4" x 3.5" (17.75 cm x10.2 cm x 8.9 cm) Display 5" (diagonal), 800 x 480 active TFT touchscreen Voltage 12-36 VDC Power Approximately 7 watt. 12.6 maximum when charging Battery Life w/ Full Charge Screen backlight at 70%: 1.85 hrs.
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  • Page 67 The RCU-2 LED indicators provide a visual representation of the camera’s communication status, for the various operational states of the camera, see the table below. LED Indicators Camera Operational State RC (Remote Control) Cam(era) White (approx 10sec); Power Up flashes Red/Green (approx 13s); Diagnostics Cyan (approx 25s) Live/Preview...

  • Page 68: Usb Receptacle

    Use these schematics to build custom cables at your own risk. Mis-wired cables can cause serious damage to the RCU-2, which is not covered under warranty. Vision Research recommends only using cables supplied by Vision Research. These pin-out diagrams refer to the connector on the RCU-2 body. Part numbers indicated are for the cable’s connector.
  • Page 69 RCU-2 Power, Control, Analog Remote port Video Connector 8-pin Fischer part # S103.Z058 NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION VCC / +24VDC; the Remote Control Unit uses DC, (Direct Current), power. The nominal power supply voltage is +24VDC. The acceptable power supply range is +12VDC to +36VDC.

  • Page 70: Touchscreen Display

    Touchscreen Display - The 5" diagonal, 800 x 480; RCU-2 Touchscreen Display active Touchscreen TFT LCD (Thin Film Transistor- Liquid Crystal Display) allows the end-user to control a Phantom camera. The Optional Industrial Bluetooth provides wireless RCU-2 Optional Bluetooth control of a user-specified camera. RCU-2 Battery Compartment The Battery Compartment contains a BP-511 battery, providing up to two hours of battery operation, and...
  • Page 71 Are there two types Prior to introduction of the Flex4K in 2014, the Bluetooth dongle was larger and had an external antenna. The of Bluetooth dongles? current version of the Bluetooth dongle is smaller, fits on What are the differences? all Phantom products with the ‘Remote’...
  • Page 72 Is there a way to use the wireless Phantom Miro cameras have no Remote port, and as such the Bluetooth-Dongle is not directly compatible or RCU with a Miro? supported. However, a third-party solution exists – it is manufactured by Abel Cine. This involves the Abel Cine Miro-BOB, a top and bottom mounting plate and an additional power source.
  • Page 73 Chapter 8: Support...
  • Page 74 Vision Research - Corporate Headquarters 100 Dey Road Wayne, New Jersey 07470 Ph: +1.973.696.4500 Toll Free: 800.737.6588 Fax: +1.973.696.0560 Vision Research Ltd. - UK Suite F8, Bedford i-lab Priory Business Park Stannard Way, Bedford MK44 3RZ, United Kingdom Ph: +44 1234 834 850 Fax: +44 1234 834 851 PN: ZDOC-64063-MA-0001 Rev 6.0 Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU-2) Manual...

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