Kessler SECOND SHOOTER User manual

DIGITAL CONTROL CENTER
Second Shooter & Second Shooter Plus
Updates 11/18/16 Firmware V1.1.0.12
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Digital Controll Center (DCC) ........................................................................ 2
Getting Started: Hardware Set-Up ........................................................................ 3
- Connecting the Motors ........................................................................ 3
- Connecting the Brain ........................................................................ 3
Powering Up ........................................................................ 3
- Run Screen .........................................................................3
Main Menu ........................................................................ 4
- Run .........................................................................4
- Program Move ......................................................................4-6
- Play/Rec Move .........................................................................6
- Calibration .........................................................................7
- JTK Conguration ......................................................................7-8
- Name Axis ........................................................................ 8
- Utilities .........................................................................8

DIGITAL CONTROL
CENTER (DCC)
A) Speed
Adjust the speed range of the motors when
moving the joystick.
B) Damping
Adjust the amount of time for the motor to
get up to the set speed (or down from the set
speed).
C) Auxiliary (Aux)
Optional control for focus and zoom motors
D) Deadband
Adjust motor response to joystick movement.
E) Menu Button
Enter main menu & navigate backwards to the
previous menus with this button.
F) Enter Button
Select items within the menus.
G) Shift Button
Toggle control between the rst and second set
of motors. Hold for temporary toggling or press
twice to switch.
H) Play/Record Button
Record key frames for the selected motors when
connected to a CineDrive Brain & kOS.
I) Joystick
Move up/down, left/right, and twist to move
motors.
J) Joystick (JTK) Button
Select items within the menus. Set/lock the
speed of motors when moving (cruise control).
K) USB
For rmware updates - connect to a computer.
L) Expansion
For integration with Second Shooter/Second
Shooter Plus controller.
M) Out
Connect the controller to CineDrive MCB or
Pan/Tilt to run motors manually
N) In
Connect the controller to a CineDrive Brain.
O) Power
Use with an AC or DC power source.
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GETTING STARTED: HARDWARE SET-UP
• CONNECTING SECOND SHOOTER/SECOND SHOOTER PLUS (SS/SS+)
• Put SS/SS+ into slave mode.
• Connect SS/SS+ to power souce and turn on. Select MASTER/SLAVE and then
selecet SLAVE.
• Plug one end of the expansion cable in the port on the DCC and the other into the ex-
pansion port on the SS/SS+.
POWERING UP
• RUN SCREEN: The Run screen shows three values at the top:
• SPEED (SP): Speed range of the motor when moving the joystick
• DAMPING (DP): Amount of time it will take for the motor to get up to the set max
speed or down from the set max speed
• LIN/LOG: How the motor responds to the joystick movement. For example, a low lin-
ear or logarithmic setting will result in movement from the motor when the joystick is barely
moved, but a high linear or log setting will result in no movement until the joystick has
moved 50%. Linear settings will be a constant increase of speed until the max amount of
joystick movement is achieved. For example, if you move the joystick 10% you will have
a 10% increase in speed and if you move the stick 50% you will have a 50% increase in
speed. Logarithmic settings increase faster as the joystick is moved further away from
center. The scale of log is: at 50% of stick travel there will only be a 15% increase of
speed and from the 50% to 100% of stick travel the speed will increase an additional 85%.
This gives you a great amount of ne control in the rst 50% of stick travel and still allows
you to quickly move the motors to a different subject in the last half of the stick travel.
• The bottom half of the screen will show the connected motors as well as the corre-
sponding motor speed when moving the joystick.
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MAIN MENU
1. RUN: Select to exit the menu and return to the Run screen for motor control.
• Currently a maximum of 3 motors are available to the joystick.
• Double tapping SHIFT makes the next three addressed motors available to the joystick
• Cruise control is available while moving motors by pressing the JTK button. The cruise
control lock is removed by pressing the JTK button again.
2. PROGRAM MOVE: Select PROGRAM MOVE to set the 1st (begin) and 2nd (end) key frames
for the move. Moves can be set up and played back with DCC, will always require SS/SS+.
• Press MENU on the DCC Controller
• Select PROGRAM MOVE with the joystick
• If a prior move has been created you will see the following menu:
• EDIT MOVE - Edit key frames from previously saved move.
• NEW MOVE - Set key frames for new move
• SKIP - Go to Program Move menu
• Set 1st Key frame: Position your motors to the desired beginning position and press
JTK BUTTON/ENTER to set 1st key frame.
• Set 2nd Key frame: Position your motors to the desired ending position and press JTK
BUTTON/ENTER to set 2nd key frame. You can now run your move in one of the following
modes:
• LOOP/SCRUB
• Set TIME and RAMP values by selecting with joystick and adjusting by twisting
the joystick left or right.
• TIME - The amount of time it will take to complete entire move
• RAMP - Percentage value indicates the change in speed of the movement
over the entire move. The time value to the right shows how fast/slow the
system gets up to the top speed or how fast/slow the camera comes to a
stop.
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• Select RUN with JTK BUTTON/ENTER
* Press MENU to stop
• Scrubbing – Move LEFT or RIGHT on the joystick while Looping to enter
SCRUB mode and press JTK BUTTON/ENTER to return to Looping Mode. This
feature will allow you to manually advance the position of the motors within the
programmed move.
• RUN ONCE
• Set TIME and RAMP values by selecting with joystick and adjusting by twisting
the joystick left or right.
• Select RUN with JTK BUTTON/ENTER
* Press MENU to stop
• TIME LAPSE
• Select SHOOT/MOVE/SHOOT or CONTINUOUS mode:
• SHOOT/MOVE/SHOOT: Camera will only re when not moving. That is,
the camera will re, move to next position, stop and re.
• CONTINUOUS: Camera will move without stopping and re throughout
the duration of the move.
• Set EXP, DELAY, PHOTOS and select RUNTIME
• Set the RAMP value by selecting with JTK BUTTON/ENTER and adjusting by
twisting the JTK LEFT or RIGHT:
• Set ADVANCED SETTINGS: (Optional) Set DELAY TIME, PRE PHOTOS and
POST PHOTOS.

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• Select START to begin the time lapse.
• The motors will move into the start position (1st key frame) and the back-
light will turn off. Press the SHIFT button to toggle the backlight on/off. Press
the JTK BUTTON/ENTER button to Pause/Resume the time lapse move.
* Press MENU to stop
• STOP MOTION
• Set values for PHOTOS & RAMP
• Select AUTO ADVANCE or MANUAL ADVANCE by pressing JTK BUTTON/EN-
TER to toggle selections
• AUTO ADVANCE: In this mode, after the camera res, the system will
automatically advance to the next position in the movement
• MANUAL ADVANCE: After ring the photo, twist the joystick to move the
camera into the next/previous position in the move
• Select NEXT by pressing JTK BUTTON/ENTER.
• AUTO ADVANCE: Select SNAP by pressing JTK BUTTON/ENTER to trigger the
camera and repeat for auto advance.
• MANUAL ADVANCE: Select SNAP to trigger the camera. Twist the joystick to
move the camera into the next/previous position for manual advance. Repeat.
• GO TO: Push UP on joystick and press JTK BUTTON/ENTER. You can now
scroll through the photo count by twisting the joystick. Select with JTK BUTTON/
ENTER to move motors to desired possition.
3. PLAY/REC MOVE: Record up to three fully manual moves that can be saved and played back.
• Press MENU
• Select PLAY/REC MOVE
• The DCC has three save locations for PLAY/REC MOVES (MOVE1, MOVE2, MOVE3)
• Select the desired save location
• Select RECORD MOVE and the DCC will begin recording your move
• The display will show record time and le size. The maximum record time is 26 minutes
or about 1500 kB’s.
• When nished recording press ENTER or MENU.
• Select PLAY to play the recorded move or CLR MOVE to delete the recorded move.

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4. CALIBRATION: This menu will allow you to calibrate each axis (ie. mark begin and end points)
• CAL ALL AXIS: Calibrate all connected axis
• CAL SINGLE AXIS: Calibrate an individual axis
• AXIS: the corresponding motor axis
• CALIBRATE: shows N (no) or Y (yes) to indicate if the axis is calibrated
• HOW TO CALIBRATE
1. Use JTK BUTTON/ENTER to select.
2. MBEGIN (mark begin) will be selected. Move the joystick to move the motor into
the desired begin position. Press JTK BUTTON/ENTER to set the position.
3. MEND (mark end) will now be selected. Move the joystick to move the motor into
the desired end position. Press JTK BUTTON/ENTER to set the position. Once the
axis is calibrated, the menu will return to the main calibration menu.
4. Repeat for additional axes.
• HOW TO CLEAR CALIBRATION(S)
1. Use JTK BUTTON/ENTER to select any axis with Y underneath the Calibration
column.
2. Select CLR CALIBRATION to clear/reset the calibration for the selected axis.
3. To exit the menu pree the MENU button.
4. Repeat for additional axes if necessary.
• CLEAR ALL CAL: Clear All Calibrations
• CALIBRATION LOCK: Lock all calibrations
• While on Run Screen press and hold PLAY/REC and JTK BUTTON for 5 sec-
onds. Calibration Lock in Progress will appear on screen and then all calibrations
will be locked. Repeat to unlock
5. JTK CONFIGURATION
• AXIS: Each axis can be controlled by any joystick movement depending on preference.
For example, to move a slider motor you can set the joystick to control movement with left/
right control, up/down control, or twist. AUX can only be set for calibrated focus and zoom
motors.
• CW/CCW: Each axis Joystick movement can be changed between clockwise and
counter clockwise

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• SETUP: Set which joystick motion (up/down, left/right, twist, or AUX) controls a specic
axis
1. Press MENU
2. Select JTK CONFIGURATION
3. Only the axes that are connected to the DCC will show up in this list. The list can
be navigated with the joystick. AUX only appears for a calibrated focus or zoom.
4. Select with JTK BUTTON to toggle between options
5. Press MENU to return to main menu
6. AXIS NAME
• You may encounter a situation where “N/A” is displayed for a motor on the Run screen.
This means the motor label has been reset; a side effect of updating the motor prole
for that MCB (motor control board). Name Axis allows one to apply labels to motors from
a list of choices: Slider, Pan, Tilt, Turntable, Focus, Iris or Zoom. *Only one axis can be
changed at a time
7. UTILITIES
• Firmware
1. Download the latest rmware at support.kesslercrane.com
• There are several les within the zip le.
2. Disconnect all MCB/motors
3. Connect the micro USB cable from the DCC to a laptop/computer.
3. Select 1. FIRMWARE and READY will be shown.
• The DCC will show up as “DCC” on your laptop/computer
4. Click and drag the le “DCC.img” to the USB device titled DCC
• The DCC will show UPDATING...
• Then REBOOTING...
• The DCC will reboot.
• The DCC is now updated and ready to use.