Scope This manual contains installation and operational information for the Telemetrics Serial Receiver Model CP-RMR-S, Part No. 92 50939 000. The unit is a pan/tilt and lens controller that can be used with up to four cameras. Introduction The CP-RMR-S is a serially addressable pan/tilt and lens controller. It receives RS-232 or RS-422 input commands from either a control panel or computer.
Control Commands Control is accomplished by sending commands consisting of ASCII characters terminated by an ASCII carriage return (<CR>, hex 0D). In most cases, several commands may be sent together on the same line before sending the <CR>. However, in the case of the recall preset command, other commands may precede it but any commands following it on the same line are ignored.
Power to the head is made via interconnect cable 69083 (figure 3) to the 15 D- sub connector on the rear of the unit. The configuration of the power supply (single, dual, triple or quad) depends on how many pan/tilt heads are being controlled.
Communication to the robotic camera control unit is made via control/power cable CA-CP (92 53074 XXX). The output signals are used to control pan, tilt, zoom and focus servos for a single pan/tilt unit and camera. Figure 4 Control/Power Cable Communication to the receiver from the control panel is made via serial data cable 92 51349 XXX to the 9 pin serial data connector located on the rear of the unit.
DIP Switch Settings The DIP switch settings on the 50516 PC Board may be changed to set communication baud rate and to change the polarity of zoom and focus pots and joysticks. (Important: Unit must be turned off and on after changing settings.) Figure 7 shows the switch settings for different baud rates and certain lenses.
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APPENDIX Telemetrics Serial Data Protocol Telemetrics provides for serial control of many of our camera control products. This summary briefly describes the protocol for serial control of these devices. In the summary, the Telemetrics controlled device will be referred to as the “controller” and the device commanding the controller will be referred to as the “host”.
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The procedure for manually moving a camera is as follows: • Reset motion voltages with the ‘R’ command. • Select and enable the camera with an ‘L’ command. • Move the camera using ‘P’, ‘T’ “Z’ and ‘F’ commands. • Disable the camera with an ‘L’ command. The following 2 sections discuss the commands used.
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Another example is with buttons. Each function has two buttons, one for each direction of motion (i.e. pan left and pan right). When a button is pressed, the camera is enabled. Initially the control voltage for the function is set for slow movement. Then the longer the button is held down, the faster the camera moves.
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Preset Storing Commands The ‘E’ command stores the position of the camera. Its single parameter is the preset number into which to store the position. As indicated earlier, it is important to ensure that the camera has been disabled for at least ¼ second prior to sending the “E’ command.
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Preset Recalling Commands The ‘C’ command recalls the preset position stored in the preset number given as its parameter. As noted earlier in this document, once the controller begins a recall command, any commands remaining on the command line are ignored. While the recall is in progress, the only character that will be acted upon is the <CAN>...
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Command Reference for Standard Receivers Syntax Description ‘?<CR>‘ Obtain command of controller in dual-host system. ‘Q’ Release command of controller to other host. ‘L <num.>‘ Set camera Disable/Enable latch to value of <num.> to control enabling and disabling of cameras. ‘P <control voltage>‘...
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