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Motion control - advanced, Slider/dolly – Kessler MOTION CONTROL: Oracle Controller Full (2.06.2 SL) User Manual

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SLIDER/DOLLY

MOTION CONTROL -

ADVANCED

CONTINUED

Again, the default is 0.05 s (seconds). This is the amount of time the

motor remains off before running again. Leave this at the default for

now by pressing the MIDDLE JOYSTICK BUTTON or ENTER.

The default power is 40 and is a good starting point for time lapse work.

The power setting tells the ORACLE how much power to send to the

motor when it is on.

Press the MIDDLE JOYSTICK BUTTON or ENTER to continue.

Note:

The Slider Power setting can be either a positive number or negative

number. This will determine whether the carriage travels left or right.

Two determine whether you need a negative or positive number, make

note of the X/Y values on the home screen. If you move left and the X

values are negative, you’ll know that you need a negative value set for

Y:Slide Power to move left and a positive Y:Slide Power to move right.

Cycles are the number of times your motor will cycle on/off for the

move. To increase or decrease the amount of time you want the

move to last, toggle the JOYSTICK UP/DOWN to adjust the number of

cycles. The time value will change to tell you how long the move will

take. Once you have your cycle settings adjusted, press the MIDDLE

JOYSTICK BUTTON or ENTER to continue.

SLIDER Power

40

SLIDER Cycles

2000

50.00

M

Min Time Needed

Synced

20.00 M

Note:

(Only in Shoot - Move - Shoot)

Make sure to have “Synced” shown if you want your camera time to

auto sync with the SmartLapse™ play back. Otherwise if you selected

1 hour for the camera time and 2 hours for SmartLapse™, your camera

will finish at 1 hour with the slider/head running for an additional hour.

The above for menus are have the same meaning as the similar

SLIDER

menus.

11.

Your advanced settings are now complete and you are

returned to the main menu screen for the advanced setup. You

can now press the 1 BUTTON to edit the

Slider

settings,

the

2 BUTTON to edit the

AXIS2

settings or ENTER to

run. Press ENTER to continue.

AXIS 2 Motor ON

0.05

S

AXIS 2 Motor OFF

0.05

S

AXIS 2 Power

40

AXIS 2 Cycles

2000

3.33

M

1:Slider 2:AXIS2

ENTER:Run

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