Grass Valley CameraMan Control Keypad - Manual (Page 9)

Page 6 CameraMan ® 3-CCD Camera Control Keypad Operations Manual
Multiple Camera Applications
Multi-Camera Control (wireless)
In this mode, the keypad communicates with each camera using RF (wireless) communications.
1. Make sure your cameras are all within 60 feet/18.28 meters of the keypad.
See your 3-CCD CameraMan Installation and Operations Manual for more
information on daisy-chaining your cameras.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Set the RF Command configuration switch on cameras 2 and 3 to ENABLE (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
Camera Select buttons
1, 2, and 3
Your Camera Control Keypad can control the pan/tilt, zoom, FOCUS, and IMAGE for up to three separate cameras. Multiple
CameraMan cameras can be controlled in one of three ways: wireless, hard-wired, or a combination of the two. Follow the steps
below to enable the keypad to work properly with multiple cameras.
Multi-Camera Keypad Usage
To control any of the three cameras in your multi-camera network, push one of the CAMERA
SELECT buttons marked 1, 2, and 3 at the top of your keypad. The button marked 1
corresponds to Camera One, the button marked 2 corresponds to Camera Two, and the
button marked 3 corresponds to Camera Three.
All camera control and Location Preset commands are issued to the last camera
selected.