Grass Valley CameraMan Control Keypad - Manual (Page 11)

Page 8 CameraMan ® 3-CCD Camera Control Keypad Operations Manual
Multiple Camera Applications
Multi-Camera Control (wireless and wired combined)
In this mode, the keypad will communicate with camera one using RF (wireless). Any
commands sent to cameras two or three will be received by camera one and sent to the
proper camera using RS-485 communications.
1. Make sure camera one is within 60’/18.28m of the keypad.
2. Make sure cameras two and three are daisy-chained together.
See your 3-CCD CameraMan Installation and Operations Manual for more
information on daisy-chaining your cameras.
3. Set the KEYPAD ADDRESS on your Camera Control Keypad to match the BASE
UNIT ADDRESS on the first camera.
See page 3 for more information on setting the KEYPAD ADDRESS.
4. Set the BASE UNIT ADDRESS on the second and third cameras to follow successively
the address you used for the first camera.
Camera
Base Unit Address Keypad Address
1 0 0
2 1
3 2
5. Set the RF Command configuration switch on cameras 2 and 3 to DISABLE (UP).
See your 3-CCD CameraMan Installation and Operations Manual for more
information on setting the configuration switches.
Back of Camera Control Keypad
Camera 1
Camera 2
Camera 3