MRMC MHC CLASSIC User manual

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MHC (Classic) v3.0 Quick Start Guide
Product code: MRMC-1485-26
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Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started with MHC ............................................ 1
MHC Overview......................................................................1
MHC Installation ...................................................................1
MHC Licensing Information ......................................2
Powering up a head and the PC ...........................................3
Changing system configuration and network settings......4
Network setup ...............................................................5
Adding heads.................................................................5
Adding the Type of head..............................................6
Changing a head’s name..............................................7
Assigning heads to user(s)...........................................7
Assigning a Parent Head..............................................8
Removing a head ..........................................................8
Editing network settings on the head ........................8
Setting up video feed from the camera...........10
Adding users.........................................................................10
Logging in as a User ...................................................12
Testing head connectivity..........................................12

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Chapter 2 Main Page..................................................................... 13
Settings menu .......................................................................14
Head selection ......................................................................14
Parts of a head icon.....................................................15
Selecting a head...........................................................16
Error messages on heads............................................16
LiveView................................................................................17
Camera settings....................................................................18
Changing the camera settings...................................18
Manual controls....................................................................19
Pan and Tilt Control...................................................20
Roll................................................................................20
Focus.............................................................................20
Zoom ............................................................................20
Iris........................................................................ 20
Shutter release button..........................................................21
All Cameras Shutter Release Toggle ..................................21
Focus Point Selector.............................................................22
Presets....................................................................................22
Storing a position as a preset.....................................22
Activating a preset ......................................................23
Deleting a Preset .........................................................23
Editing a Preset Name................................................24
AutoFocus toggle button.....................................................24
Portrait switch ......................................................................25
AutoFocus toggle button.....................................................25
Lv toggle button....................................................................26
Help button ...........................................................................26
Send All to Zero button .............................................26
Chapter 3 Preferences Page .......................................................... 27
Master Manual Speed ..........................................................27
Goto Speed............................................................................28
Individual axis speed control..............................................28
Max. Limit and Min. Limit.................................................28
Invert......................................................................................28
Homing..................................................................................28

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Chapter 4 Robot Settings Page (Engineer, Supervisor type
users only).................................................................... 31
Selecting different robots ....................................................31
Axes tab .................................................................................32
Motor settings .............................................................32
Motion settings ...........................................................33
Speed limits ........................................................33
Soft limits (Min-Max Positions)......................33
Change of Acceleration.....................................34
Scaling and direction ........................................34
Backlash offset ...................................................34
Override and restore limits ..............................34
Change of Deceleration ....................................35
Home Zeroing .............................................................35
Homing settings.................................................35
Types of Homing.........................................................36
Homing Style......................................................37
Homing Velocity................................................37
Homing Time.....................................................37
Homing Offset ...................................................37
Homing when changing lenses.................................38
Enabling and disabling the axis ................................38
Stopping the head..............................................38
Test the axis with manual control....................38
Save and apply settings to the head ..........................39
Tools tab ................................................................................39
Tools tab for Pods .......................................................40
EXPORT ROBOT SETTINGS.........................40
IMPORT ROBOT SETTINGS.........................42
RESER ROBOT..................................................42
RESET CAMERA (Pod only) ..........................42
RESET 10-PIN (Pod only) ...............................42
POWER DOWN (Pod only)............................42
POWER UP (Pod only) ....................................43
CHANGE NETWORK QUALITY (Pod
only) ....................................................................43
TEST NETWORK QUALITY (Pod only)......43
Environment tab (Pod only)...............................................43
Chapter 5 Multiple Streams Page ................................................. 47
Chapter 6 Camera Page (Robotic Pod Only) ............................... 51

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Chapter 1 Getting Started with MHC
MHC Overview
Multi-Head Controller, or MHC, is software by Mark Roberts Motion
Control used to control the MRMC camera heads via Ethernet. It gives
you a smooth, precise and real-time control over a multitude of MRMC
robotic heads at the touch of a button from a single workstation. You can
also connect additional controls via USB, such as a Joystick Controller, to
the PC running MHC.
You launch the MHC Server first and the MHC Client, which can run on
the same or different PCs.
MHC Installation
You can download and install MHC v3.0 from www.mrmoco.com. Once
you have downloaded the installer, follow the on-screen instructions to
install MHC. The minimum system requirements for installing MHC
v3.0 are:
Windows 10
Intel i3 CPU
Note
MHC is configured by MRMC for the type and number of heads, the
lens motors used and the lens types as delivered. This includes MHC
License, network settings and names for each head, configuring
homing for each robot axis and lens motors (if supplied), setting the
axes soft limits and scaling for the heads supplied. These settings do
not need to be changed. This Quick Start Guide details the changes
to the settings that can be made by the Administrator and the
Operator, if needed.
For more information on how to change network settings, refer to
Changing system configuration and network settings on page 4. For
more information on how to change robot settings, refer to
Chapter 4 Robot Settings Page (Engineer, Supervisor type users only).

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4 GB RAM
Ethernet adapter
A graphic card with support for Open GL v4.3 or greater
MHC Licensing Information
If you have recently installed MHC, when you launch MHC Polymotion
Launcher, click Manage Licenses.
On the Licenses window, click the Copy button the bottom of your MHC
screen to copy the UID and paste it your license request including any
other products such as Polymotion Chat or Polymotion Player to

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On the receipt of your license file, save it on to the disk, launch
Polymotion Launcher. Click the Add new licence file button and select
the new license file. Once the license is added, you will be ready to use the
product.
Powering up a head and the PC
1. Cable together and power up all heads including camera and lens
motors.
1. Use the icon on desktop to launch Polymotion
Launcher.
2. Click/tap MHC.
3. If you are launching this for the first time, you will be required to
add a new license file or a license code. Contact MRMC Support for
a new license. Refer to MHC Licensing Information on page 2.
4. Once you have supplied a license code, MHC Server and Client are
launched, login to MHC Client as Admin:
Username: Admin
Password: Admin1234

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Changing system configuration and network
settings
You can click the Settings ( ) button to display the Settings menu. The
tabs in the menu are:
NETWORK – Adding/deleting heads and changing head
network settings
PREFERENCES – Preferences page can be accessed via Admin
login allowing the administrator to set head-specific axis
speeds, limits and homing. For more details on these settings,
refer to Chapter 3 Preferences Page.
CONTROLLER MAPPING – View and modify functions
assigned to USB joystick controller buttons. Refer to MHC
User Manual for further details.
USER – Add/change user accounts.
The Settings menu is different for Administrator and User login. For
more information on Settings menu for the User login, refer to Settings
menu on page 14.
Note
At any time, if you need to restart MHC, perform the following steps:
1. Close the MHC Client and the MHC Server windows.
2. Double-click or tap the MHC Server desktop icon to launch it.
3. Double-click or tap the MHC Client icon to launch it. The
MHC Client can be launched on the same or a different
computer present on the same network.

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Network setup
Heads on the network Heads not on the network
Manual head
addition
Automatic head
addition
Disabled head
When you log in as the Administrator, the NETWORK SETUP page
launches and provides a general overview of all the heads linked to the
system’s network. If you are loading MHC for the first time you probably
have 4 robots already set up with addresses from 192.168.1.236 to
192.138.1.239. You can delete these if you want a clean slate to start from.
The two row colours represent the status of the heads:
Green: The head is successfully connected and ready to
operate.
Grey: The head with the IP address is not connected with the
system’s network or is not powered up.
A connected head can also be ‘disabled’, which means that it will not be
available to any user.
Adding heads
1. Click the FIND button to automatically find the
connected head(s). This will show you all the heads that
are connected.

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2. Select the head’s row that you want to connect to and click the ADD
button. This will connect the head to the system, and move it to the
group of connected heads (the green section).
If a selected robot does not go green, then check it is on the same IP
address range as the server PC. The Find button does a network
wide broadcast, therefore it finds heads even on different subnets.
Some heads such as Panasonic PTZ even if present on the network
are not auto-detected using the FIND button. These can be added
manually by entering their IP address after clicking the NEW
button.
3. Then, enter the TYPE of head and a NAME for it.The row for the
head stays grey until the head is actually present on the network.
Adding the Type of head
The first thing you should do is check what type of head you have and
what type of lens you are using. If you are using a serial lens then you
User
or All
Head’s
name
Head’s IP
address
Remove
head
Type of
head
Add heads
manually
Add heads
using FIND
Parent
head

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would choose one with Serial in the name. If you are using external Servo
motors then you would choose one without Serial. For example, if you
are using a Hex head with Servo motors, choose AFC-100 HEX from the
Type dropdown. Certain head types are auto-detected by MHC but other
non-MRMC heads will need to be selected. For example for BirdDog
head, specify the head type as VISCA - Birddog. For an unknown head
type, you can add Generic VISCA or Generic NDI depending on the
connection protocol followed between the head and the server. It is
important to choose the Type of head in MHC before entering the robot
IP address because once it is connected MHC will try to change it to
whatever it currently set to. Ensure that you choose the correct head
because if you chose the wrong one, the head either won’t work as
expected or won’t work at all.
Changing a head’s name
You can change the name of a connected or disconnected head. The name
appears in the ROBOT NAME column. To change the head’s name:
1. Select the row for the head.
2. Click or tap in the box representing the name of the head.
3. Enter the name for the head.
Assigning heads to user(s)
A head can be assigned to a specific user or All users. Assign a head to
the user by selecting the user from the list. If you select All from the User
drop-down, then all users who are logged in to the MHC Server can use
the head. Selecting NONE will mean none of the users can use the head.

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Assigning a Parent Head
Sometimes, two different robotic heads are required to operate using the
controls in one of the two heads, for example if an AFC is mounted on a
rail, the rail controls are added to AFC. In this case, AFC is added first in
the Network Setup and when the rail is added, AFC can be selected as the
parent to the rail.
Removing a head
To remove a head, click the appearing remove ( ) button on the head’s
row.
Editing network settings on the head
On the NETWORK SETUP page, only the disconnected (grey) head’s IP
address is editable. Only when the head is connected, can the network
settings be changed on it.
Select a robot that is connected (green) and click in the IP ADDRESS
box.
Use the appearing dialog box to change
the IP settings of the robot. Your
system will also automatically update
its local reference address, so you won’t
lose the connection to the edited robot.
Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask,
and Default Gateway if your network
IT Manager deems it necessary. To
view the video stream from the camera
in the robot, specify the URL of the IP
stream from the camera in the Video
box. This will depend on whether your robotic head IP stream is that of
NDI, RTSP, Decklink or USB.
Edit IP address

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Clicking SAVE TO ROBOT will change the IP address on the head and
also tell MHC where to find the head at the new address. If you are
changing across to a different subnet, the head will appear disconnected
until you change your computer network IP address to the new subnet
range. You can also use this dialog box to configure FTP server settings
for a Robotic Pod. For more detail on this, refer to the Robotic Pod Quick
Start Guide.
Note
You must be logged in as Administrator to change network settings
on the head.

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Adding users
On the User page, two types of users can be added: Engineer and
Operator. Operator type users have the controls to operate the heads
whereas Engineer type users have additional controls to edit robot and
lens settings and also some tools to troubleshoot if an issue occurs. A new
Setting up video feed from the camera
Live SDI video stream from the camera can be sent to MHC via an
HDMI video encoder which converts SDI input into an IP stream
that is web managed and can be viewed over LAN or public Internet.
To set up live feed on MHC via SDI out:
1. Connect the HD video encoder to the network (PC and the
head). Ensure that your PC on which you want to view that
video feed from the head is on the same LAN as the head and
the encoder.
2. Open the encoder’s web interface in the Web browser and note
the RTSP address of the video stream.
3. Copy this RTSP stream address in the Video box in the
network settings.

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user type of Supervisor is added to MHC 3.0, which has access to basic
functionality and configuration, in addition have all robots automatically
assigned to them. By default, there is three User accounts added to the
system: Operator, Engineer and Supervisor. You can have upto 15 user
accounts including the default ones. However, if you require you can add
more Users. To do this:
1. Click/tap Settings ( ) > USER.
2. Click/tap ADD USER.
3. Enter the username and password that you want to assign to the
user. Select a Login Group.
4. Click/tap SAVE.
Once user(s) are added, the heads can be assigned to them.

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Logging in as a User
Once robots are added, accounts are created and robots are assigned to
users, log out of the Administrator login and log in as a User.
Testing head connectivity
Logging on as a user will take you to the MHC Main Page. You should be
able to move the robot now with either the on-screen controls or the
joystick if you have one connected. Check the pan and tilt are working
now, just to check if the head is connected properly. For detailed
explanation of the controls, see Chapter 2 Main Page.
Default Username Default Password
operator password
engineer password
supervisor password

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Chapter 2 Main Page
The following figure shows the controls available on the Main page.
1. Settings menu
2. Head selection
3. LiveView
4. Camera settings
5. Manual controls
6. AutoFocus toggle button
7. Shutter release button
8. All Cameras Shutter Release Toggle
9. Focus Point Selector
10. Presets
11. Portrait switch
12. Lv toggle button
13. Help button
14. Send All to Zero button
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Settings menu
You can navigate the different sections or pages of MHC using the
Settings menu.To display the Settings menu, click the Settings ()
button. The Settings menu for Engineer login type has an additional page,
ROBOT that allows to access and edit the robot settings. For more detail,
refer to Chapter 4 Robot Settings Page (Engineer, Supervisor type users
only).
Head selection
The icons on the page represent the heads that you can view and control
using the MHC client. MHC can support up to 12 connected heads.
Settings menu for Engineer login type
Settings menu for Operator login type
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