Cinema Pro JR Operations Manual -1-
BEFORE YOU START, READ THESE WARNINGS 1) NEVER PLUG POWER DEVICES OTHER THAN THOSE SUPPLIED BY VARIZOOM INTO THE SYSTEM. ONLY USE VARIZOOM POWER SOURCES AND CABLES. USING DIFFERENT POWER COMPONENTS CAN LEAD TO SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE HEAD AND EVEN THE CAMERA. THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. 2) DO NOT MODIFY THE SUPPLIED CABLES OR ATTEMPT TO DISASSEMBLE THE HEAD.
General Description The CinemaPro JR is a lightweight, two-axis motion control head for film and video cameras. It has a wide variety of operating modes: manual operation from joystick, motion control style record and playback, “go to mark” preset framing. Software upgrade options are also available for additional features such as intervalometer, camera sync, PC data share, and additional recorded takes and mark points.
The upper right portion of the LCD screen shows motor status and current positions for pan, tilt, zoom and focus. A check in the box to the left of the axis name indicates that that motor is enabled to run. If soft limits are enabled for the axis, the box is filled and appears white with a blue check mark. The numbers to the right of the axis names are the motor positions; pan and tilt are shown in degrees, and zoom and focus are shown as an unscaled number from 0 to 1000. 1.
The “cancel” button is used to cancel the last item changed, or to back out of a sub menu. Pressing “cancel” twice will always return to the main screen. The “Q” button is basically a shift key, and is used to change the function of other buttons. The “Record” “rev” “stop” and “play” are used for the motion control features. This will be addressed later on. The main menu screen will show pan, tilt, zoom, and focus positions.
Feeding External Cables through the Head In some cases, you will need to feed video or other cables through the head. To do so, simply remove the cable covers (pictured at right, covers may differ slightly in appearance). 4 screws secure the long vertical cable cover, while only 2 screws secure the short horizontal cover. Run the cables through the pan base and tilt arm with enough slack, and reattach the cable covers.
To get the vertical balance right, raise or lower the platform to get the camera’s vertical center of mass located on the center of tilt rotation. To adjust, loosen the platform locking lever about ½ turn. Turn the brass knob on the underside of the platform to precisely raise or lower it. Rotate the platform to various angles and adjust until it holds position at any angle. If it falls down, you need to adjust the platform upward. If it drifts upward, you need to lower the platform.
Lens- This only needs to be changed if you are using camera lens controls other than the VariZoom TOC system. In other words, if you’re connecting directly to a Canon or Fujinon lens servo, or even a Preston system, you’ll need to go into this menu to set things up properly. Press the “menu” button to enter the main setup menu. Select the “Lens” option. When the “Current Lens” box is selected, pressing “enter” will change the selection.
Canon or Fujinon Digital Servos If you are using a Canon or Fujinon lens with digital servos, press “enter” until the lens manufacturer’s name appears. Digital servos should automatically work with no setup. Head Setup – You only need to enter this menu to switch the head between wired and wireless mode. Press the “menu” button twice to enter the secondary setup menu. Select the “Head setup” option.
Speed adjustment Basic speed adjustment for pan and tilt can be made in the main menu screen. Move the cursor box to “spd” using the setup knob, and press “enter”. The setup knob will then change the speed for both pan and tilt (the number shown in the box is a percentage of the advanced speed setting). Pressing the “enter” button again will allow you to change the advanced speed setting. In this menu the setup knob will adjust tilt speed, and the focus knob will adjust pan speed.
camera down. If it is changed to – turning the encoded wheel clockwise will tilt the camera down, and pressing the joystick forward will tilt the camera up. Direction- Out will change the direction in which the head sends the signal back to the controller. This will change the axis positions on the main screen display as they relate to zero. I.E. a pan maneuver from left to right will have decrease the angle if the output direction is marked as+.
6. Setting Zero You can custom set the axis position indicator to read zero wherever is necessary. Move each axis to your desired zero point**. From the main screen select the “set” option. Then a sup menu will appear to the right. Select the “zero” option. All axes will then reference their current position as zero. **If using the TOC system, Preston MDR2, or any Canon of Fujinon lens with digital servo control. Setting zero will only affect pan and tilt.
Now move the cursor box to “Disabled”, and press “enter” The box now shows “enabled”, and your soft limits are set that that particular axis. Note: If the system is set up to be in “one-way” mode, you can quickly enable or disable pan and tilt soft limits from the main screen. While in the main screen Hold “Q” and press “record”. This will enable or disable pan and tilt soft limits. Reset Zero will set the current position of the selected axis to read as zero.
Once you choose where you want to store the mark, press “enter” Move the axes to the position that you wish them to set for this mark position. Select the “set” option. From the sub menu select “Mark” This will then record all current axes positions to the mark displayed in the upper left. Recalling Marks To recall a mark position, select the “Mark” number you wish to recall from the main screen.
From here, you can select the take where you want to store your move. The bottom left will display how long the existing take is (if it is empty it will display “0”), and how many seconds are available for recording in the system’s memory. Press the “record” button. If a move is already stored it will read “overwrite take?” Press enter to overwrite.
Note: When selecting a take for playback, or recording, hold the “stop” button while turning the setup knob. This will skip to the next take that has a move recorded. I.E. if you have a move recorded on take 2, and a move recorded on take 12, and moves 3-11 are blank, this will scroll the numbers directly from take 2 to take 12. Delete a take- Select the take that you want to erase. While holding “stop” press “record” This will then erase the move that is stored on the selected take. 10.
Select “Jog Time” from the setup menu Under the “jog time” option, you can set the number of seconds the Head will take to go from mark to mark, from zero to mark, or from mark to zero. Under “jog motion” you can choose either “s-curve” or “linear”. This is how the speed will vary throughout the motion. “s-curve” will start slow, speed up, then slow down before all axes reach their destination. “Linear” will start slow, and then increase speed. Maximum speed will be reached at no more than 50% of the move.
PT-Z can be adjusted between 0-100. The greater the number the slower the pan and tilt axes will respond according to the position of the zoom axis. When 0 is selected, zoom will not affect the pan and tilt axes. Note: This is only accurate when using the Varizoom TOC system, Preston MDR2, Canon lens with digital servos, or Fujinon lens with digital servos. If you are using a Canon or Fujinon lens with Analog Servos, the zoom positions will not be accurate, and with feature will not function properly. 15.
16. Troubleshooting No Response from head 1) Check the “inputs” settings to make sure that the controller (joystick, handwheels, or panbars) you’re using is selected. 2) Make sure that the motor power switch is turned on, and the light above it is green. 3) If using a wireless module, check the “head setup” menu to make sure that “wireless” and “one way” are selected.
Soft limits aren’t accurate 1) Re-calibrate “home” sense. If the head has been moved while powered down, the home sense will be lost, and if the soft limits are set to “reference sensor”, they will be lost as well. 2) If the soft limits are set to “reference zero”, and your zero position has been changed, the soft limits will also chance with the new zero. 3) Perform all system resets, then re-set the soft limits in the “set limits” menu. 17.
Additional Head optionsThe Head can be fitted with either a 100mm half ball or Mitchell mount. A Mitchell ring adapter is available for old style Mitchell mount. An adapter is also available to adapt Mitchell mount to Jimmy Jib style mount. Wireless control is available, and operates up to ¼ mile. (1 mile with line of sight). Additional controller cables are available in 50’, 100’, or 150’ increments.
ConnectorsHead Base connectors Controller - 7pin LEMO (green) XLR 4-pin Head/Camera Power Passageway for external cables (video, lens control, etc.
(2) Now attach the square weight to the support arm, using the same type of thumbscrews, lockwashers and washers. Tighten the thumbscrews thoroughly. The counterweight adds about 7 lbs total weight to the system, so if you don’t need it, try operating without it first. Also note that some swaying may be caused by the camera platform being out of vertical balance – remedy this by adjusting the camera platform up or down so the camera’s center of mass is on the center of tilt rotation.
2 3 4 CP JR Neg. CP JR Pos. N.C. Y-Single Female XLR Output Connector (combines Camera & Head Power into one XLR cable run – connect to 30’ XLR extension that plugs into CP JR head) Pin Function 1 Camera Neg. 2 CP JR Neg. 3 CP JR Pos. 4 Camera Pos.
VOIDED. THE UNIT MAY BE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR CAMERA IF YOU USE A NON-APPROVED POWER SUPPLY. IF YOU MUST POWER IT USING A BATTERY SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THE SETUP IS APPROVED BY VARIZOOM AND EXECUTED BY A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.
Fujinon Digital HR10A-10P-10P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RS-232 RXD RS-232 TXD Iso Vcc IsoCom & IsoCom3 RS-422 RXD RS-422 RXD! RS-422 TXD RS-422 TXD! Common Vcc (5 volts) Analog #1 out Analog #2 out RC Servo Out 1 RC Servo Out 2 Head power + out Head power - out Fujinon Analog Fujinon Telecon HR10A-10P-12P HR10A-10J-12P 3 2 4 5 Canon Digital HR25-9P-20P 19 & 20 - Green 17 - Orange 18 - Yellow 15 - Brown 16 - Red 2 3 20 7 (If zoom) 7 (If focus) 9 (Zoom) 8 (focus) 2 3 Tie pins 1 & 2 to
3 4 5 6 7 8 #1 +5 24 #2 #2 24 RS-232 TXD VDC VDC RS-232 RXD RS-232 TXD VDC + 3) “ANALOG” - Panbars Option Zoom & Focus Input (White) – EGG1B305CLL 1 2 3 4 5 Common Motor disable Zoom analog signal Focus analog signal +5 VDC 4) “WHEELS” - Wheels and Panbars Option Input (Blue) – EGG1B306CLL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Common +5 VDC Pan encoder signal “A” Pan encoder signal “B” Tilt encoder signal “A” Tilt encoder signal “B” 5) “BLOOP” - Sync & Bloop – Fischer D103A056-130 1 2 3 5 7 Common – Isolated +5 VDC – Isolate
Pin Function Wire Color (Cable) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Common RS-422 RXD RS-422 RXD! RS-422 TXD RS-422 TXD! 24 VDC + 24 VDC - Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet 2) Focus Input – Fischer D103A054-130 1 2 3 4 5 Common +5 VDC Focus analog signal Zoom analog signal (unused) Common - 28 - Power from Cinema Pro Power from Cinema Pro
