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SECOND SHOOTER USER GUIDE

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Second Shooter™

• Slider

• Motor Mount

• Camera Control Cable (or external intervalometer)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Controller ........................................................................ 2

Getting Started: Hardware Set-Up ........................................................................ 3

- Slider Motor ..................................................................... 3-4

- Pan & Tilt Axis ........................................................................ 5

- Intervalometer Connect ........................................................................ 5

Setting Up a Move ........................................................................ 6

- Manual Move ........................................................................ 6

- Turntable ........................................................................ 6

- Program Move ........................................................................ 6

- Loop/Scrub ........................................................................ 7

- Time Lapse ..................................................................... 7-8

- Stop Motion ........................................................................ 8

Updating Firmware ........................................................................ 9

Term Reference Guide ........................................................................ 9

Summary of content (9 pages)

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SECOND SHOOTER™ USER GUIDE WHAT YOU’LL NEED • • • • Second Shooter™ Slider Motor Mount Camera Control Cable (or external intervalometer) TABLE OF CONTENTS The Controller ........................................................................ 2 Getting Started: Hardware Set-Up ........................................................................ 3 - Slider Motor ..................................................................... 3-4 - Pan & Tilt Axis ...........................................
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THE CONTROLLER a) Menu Button Navigate backwards to the previous menu with this button. b) Directional Arrows The directional arrows can be used to navigate through the menu and also control the Left/Right movement of the Slider motor or the Up/Down movement of the tilt axis. By pressing the Shift Button + Left/Right arrow, this will control the Pan Axis. Press and hold (for 3 seconds) Left/Right or Up/Down to swap move orientations.
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GETTING STARTED: HARDWARE SET-UP Slider Motor 1. Choose your desired motor speed by arranging the proper combination of motor pulleys. The metal pin on the Slider motor is to be used for storing the extra pulley. Large Pulley Small Pulley Pulley Storage Pin 2. To remove the pulley installed on the Slider motor, simply pull outward away from the motor. 2. To install the pulley, simply push the pulley onto the motor shaft while aligning the holes. Be sure to hold the belt in place while installing. 3.
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Normal *This combination requires the pulley from the Motor Mount Kit to be used on the slider. Slow (High Torque) 4. Mount Slider motor to slider using a Kessler Motor Mount. 5. Connect CAT5 cable from Slider motor to the SLIDER port on the Controller.
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Pan & Tilt Axis 1. Mount your Pan & Tilt head utilizing the 3/8”-16 and ¼” – 20 holes on the underside of the Head. (Recommended Mounting: Kessler Kwik Release + 3/8”-16 Kwik Short Plate) 2. Connect CAT5 cable from the side of the Pan base to the PAN port on the controller. 3. Connect CAT5 cable from the Tilt axis to the TILT port on the controller. 4. Plug in power supply. Intervalometer Connect 1. For time lapse or stop motion, connect a Camera Control Cable to the INT.
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SETTING UP A MOVE After powering up the system you will be presented with four options: • PROGRAM MOVE • MANUAL MOVE • TURNTABLE • SETTINGS Settings • Swap Controls – Inverts Controls depending on user preference • Firmware Update – See “Updating Firmware” section Manual Move Select MANUAL MOVE to do a live move without programming. 1. The default speed of Manual Move mode is 50%. This selection will be blinking. If you’d like to adjust that speed up or down you can do so using the Up or Down arrow.
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Now choose one of the following shooting modes: • LOOP/SCRUB • TIME LAPSE • STOP MOTION Loop/Scrub 1. Set TIME and RAMP values by selecting with Enter and adjusting with the Up and Down arrows: • Time – The amount of time it will take to complete entire move • Ramp – Percentage value indicates the change in speed of the movement over the entire move. The time value to the right shows how fast/slow the system gets up to the top speed or how fast/slow the camera comes to a stop. Fig. A 1.
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4. Set the RAMP value by selecting with Enter and adjusting with the Up and Down arrows: • Ramp – Percentage value indicates the change in speed of the movement over the entire move. The frame value to the right shows how many images until the system gets up to the top speed or how many images until the camera comes to a stop. 5. Select START to begin the time-lapse. The motors will move into the start position (1st key frame) and the backlight will turn off.
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UPDATING FIRMWARE 1. Download and extract the attached zip file. There are 2 files within the zip. The one you will need is 2NDSHOOTER.IMG. 2. Plug in the power cord for the Second Shooter controller. 3. Plug the micro-USB to USB cable from the USB port on the computer into the micro-USB port on the controller. 4. Once system powers up, navigate to SETTINGS. 5. In SETTINGS , find and select FIRMWARE UPDATE. The Controller will display FIRMWARE UPDATE READY… 6.