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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