Fastec TS3 User manual

TS3 / TS4 / TS5 Quick Start Guide
1. USB OTG (Micro connector)
2. SDHC (SD-card slot)
3. GigE Port (RJ45 connector)
4. LVTTL I/O, Sync, Trigger, etc. (Lemo connector)
5. HDMI Port (Type A connector)
6. DC Power In (Lemo connector)
1. Power LED
2. Network acvity LED
3. Storage acvity LED
4. Camera status LED
5. Sync acvity LED
6. Baery status LED
7. Power ON/OFF buon
8. Arm buon
9. Display buon
10. Menu buon
11. D-Pad
Unpack the camera and assemble the following equipment:
1. TS3 / TS4 /TS5 camera
2. Camera power adapter with AC power cord, or charged baery inserted in the camera. (The baery is fully
charged when shipped from the factory.)
3. Lens
1. Trigger buon
2. Power buon
3. USB port
4. Top mount 1/4 -20
5. Camera strap aachment
6. 1/4-20 Tripod mount
7. Hand strap aachment point
8. Baery door
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Equipment
Camera Views

1. On/O buon powers the camera on and o. If the baery is installed and the power adapter is aached, the baery charging dialog will
appear (see the secon on Power, below).
2. DISP buon toggles the Display through several modes: Display on, Display on with Histogram, and Display o. When reviewing clips, it also
turns playback controls and per frame metadata on and o.
3. Menu buon toggles the on screen menus on and o. While navigang menus, the Menu Buon is used to go backward through levels of the
menu. (When touch-enabled the icon in the upper le of the screen has the same funcon.)
4. Direconal Pad (D-Pad) for navigang and selecng items on the camera menu.
5. Arm buon begins or cancels recording.
6. Trigger buon funcon is dependent on the camera state and recording mode. If the camera is not armed (in any mode) pressing the Trigger
will capture one sll image. In Basic mode the Trigger will iniate a record cycle on an Armed camera, which will end with the camera saving
or playing back the recording. On the TS4 In Long Record ROC mode, the Trigger will toggle the camera between Recording and Armed. In Long
Record BROC mode, the Trigger will capture a specied number of frames then return to Armed.
7. Touch Control. With touch enabled you can navigate through the menus and dialog boxes simply by touching the display. If Touch is not
enabled, navigate to the System menu and down to “Touchscreen” using the D-Pad. Click on the “Disabled” buon. The display will go blank
except for a small icon in the upper le corner. Touch that icon to display the menus.
1. In the Record Menu Select Mode Setup. The choices available will depend on the camera model. The TS4 will have both Standard and Long
Record opons available, while the TS3 and TS5 will only have the Standard opons. (The TS4 will reboot when going back and forth from
Standard to Long Record.)
2. Select the desired opons using the Mode Opons dialog. These will vary depending on the selected mode:
• In Standard modes and Long Record Basic, one of the sengs
is Trigger Posion. Seng the trigger point divides the inter-
nal memory into two secons: 1) a circular buer reserved
for pre-trigger frames; 2) a second buer for post-trigger
frames. The images recorded before the trigger are given
negave frame numbers (oldest is most negave, the newest
is -1), the image taken at the me of the trigger is “frame
0,” and all frames taken aer the trigger are given posive
numbers. Note that with an “End” trigger, all frames will have
negave numbers except for frame 0, which will be the last
frame. With a “Start Trigger” the recording will begin at frame
“0” and all subsequent frames will have posive numbers.
• LR FasCorder modes (ROC and BROC) the trigger posion is
always “Start.”
3. Select Sengs to change Frame Rate or Resoluon.
4. Set the Shuer Speed using the presets or select Advanced on
the Shuer Speed menu to use the Exposure Seng Slider.
5. Press the Arm Buon to begin recording. Note that while a recording is in progress it will not be possible to change resoluon or frame rate. It
is possible, however, to change the shuer speed in order to accommodate changes in lighng while recording.
5. Trigger the camera via the Trigger Buon or a Trigger Signal to the Sync I/O port to iniate the record cycle. If you are using Standard Basic or
Long Record Basic, the camera will enter Playback when the recording is nished. If you are using FasFire or Autosave, the camera will save the
recording to storage media and re-Arm. If you are using LR FasCorder ROC mode, the camera will toggle between Armed and Recording each
me you trigger. If you are using LR FasCorder BROC mode, the camera will record a specied number of frames with each trigger, then return
to the Armed state.
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• Turn the camera on by pressing the Power buon. The camera will also power
up whenever the baery is installed or the DC power adapter is aached and
powered up.
• If the DC power adapter is aached and the baery is installed, the baery
charge dialog will appear on the screen. By default, the camera will begin
charging the baery if it is not already fully charged.
• From the charging dialog, the user must select “Camera On” to boot the
camera.
• The camera baery does not charge while the camera is in use. With the
camera powered on and aached to the DC power adapter, press the Power
Buon once to open the Charging dialog. While the camera is charging the
Baery LED will blink. When the baery is completely charged the camera will
fully power down. This may take up to 5 hours.
Power
Controls and Buons
Record

1. Select the Save Icon from the playback controls. This will bring up a dialog that allows selecon of the following:
• Start and Stop points of the clip (these points can also be changed using Cut In/Out buons on the playback controls).
• Desnaon—where the movie clip is to be saved. Choices include the built-in SSD, (an opon), an SD card or a USB drive.
• The le Format desired—Paron Capture (CAP), AVI, BMP Stack, JPEG Stack or TIFF Stack. (CAP les may only be saved to an SSD. They
are raw, uncompressed images. CAP les are the only format that may be re-loaded and played back on the camera.)
• File name prex, which may oponally include the camera name or user-dened tag..
• Use the default le name tag or change it.
• Write a comment that will be displayed in the metadata for the clip.
• Save XML Metadata. Select this if you would like an XML containing setup informaon, mestamps, and marker data.
2. When the movie clip is set up as desired, press the Save buon.
Note: Autosave and FasFire are automacally disabled if recording is canceled.
In most recording modes, the camera enters Playback aer exing recording. When Autosave is enabled, the camera will immediately begin saving
imagery to storage media upon compleon of a recording. The Autosave feature is always used when Standard FasFire mode, but may also be
used from Standard Basic Mode.
1. From Record/Mode/Setup... Select Standard Basic or FasFire.
2. If you use Standard Basic, you will need to select the Autosave Checkbox, then select the opons from the Save dialog box.
3. If you use FasFire, Autosave will be selected automacally, Change the opons in the Save dialog box as needed.
There a several methods available to permanently save images:
• Load FasMoon soware on a computer (PC or MAC). FasMoon has ulies for saving images from camera memory to any camera media or
to any media connected to the PC. This is the fastest method of operaon.
• Download images from the image memory to an SD card installed in the SD port in the camera. View or transfer the images using an SD card
reader or by inserng the SD card into a built-in SD port in the desired PC.
• Download images to a USB thumb drive installed in the USB port in the camera. View or transfer the images by installing the USB thumb drive
in the USB port of the desired PC.
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Use the playback icons to play forward, backward, or jump to points of interest in the movie. Use the Cut In and Cut Out icons to select a poron of
the movie to review or save.
Skip Back Pause Skip Fwd
Cut In Cut Out Save
Beginning Play Bkwd Play End TriggerLive
Event Markers, such as “Record Start” may be enabled from the
Review menu. When markers are present, the Beginning and End
playback icons change to Skip to Next and Previous Marker. This is
parcularly handy when using the LR ROC or BROC feature:
1. Select Events in the Review Menu.
2. Select the Enable markers check box.
3. Click on the Record Start buon and change the value to “1.”
4. Click on “OK.” Previous Marker Next Marker
Delete
Review a Video in Image Memory
Saving Video from Image Memory
Autosave Video
Save Images to a Host PC
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