MRMC Bloop Light User manual

Bloop Light
Quick Start Guide
QSG Product Code: MRMC-2174-01
Product Covered: MRMC-2132-01

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Bloop Light Quick Start Guide
QSG Product Code: MRMC-2174-01 
Date Modified: 4 August 2023
Product Covered: MRMC-2132-01
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Contents
Chapter 1 Quick start ..................................................................... 1
Important safety instructions ............................................... 1
Power and connections................................................1
General care...................................................................1
Location .........................................................................1
Intellectual property.....................................................2
Overview ................................................................................. 2
Connecting the cables ...........................................................3
Configuration A: Connecting Directly to RT-14......3
Configuration B (using Triggers Box).................................4
Testing Bloop Light ......................................................5
Setting up Bloop Light in Flair............................................. 6
Cyclic Triggers............................................................... 7

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Chapter 1 Quick start
Important safety instructions
To ensure the best from the product, please read this manual carefully.
Keep it in the safe place for future reference.
To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover from the
unit. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified
personnel.
Power and connections
Do not plug in or attempt to operate an obviously damaged
unit.
General care
Do not force switches or external connections.
Do not attempt to clean the unit with chemical solvents or
aerosol cleaners, as this may damage the unit. Use a clean dry
cloth.
Do not use around flammable gas. All electrical equipment can
generate sparks that can ignite flammable gas.
Keep the equipment dry. The system has not been made
weatherproof. Do not use with wet hands.
Keep away from pets and children. The head has powerful
motors that can pinch, so take care not to get your hands
trapped in the head or cabling.
Keep cables tidy. Use cable ties to keep them out of harm’s way.
If you have a head with slip rings then make use of them; avoid
running any cables between the base and the rotating head or
camera.
Location
Installation of this unit should be away from sources of excessive heat,
vibration, and dust.

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Intellectual property
This product includes confidential and/or trade secret property.
Therefore, you may not copy, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, reverse
engineer, or decompile contents thereof.
Overview
Thank you for using the Bloop Light from Mark Roberts Motion Control
(MRMC). Bloop Light can be configured to flash on a pulse signal from
Flair which allows the editor to sync picture with motion control data for
simplified post production. In other words, bloop light can be used to set
up timing accurately in the move. It can be sat just in the corner of the
frame (to the safe area so that it is not a part of the final film); or the
bloop light laser’s miniature flash can be included in the frame telling the
editor when the first frame occurs.
On/off switch for laser.
When turned off only the
main Red LED will
function.
Camera Trigger Test LED
(green). Lights up when
Bloop Light is connected
directly with RT-14 and
then the camera is
triggered from Flair or
when EXT CAM TEST
button is clicked in Flair.
Bloop LED (Red): Lights
up when triggered from
or tested from Flair
using the BLOOP
button.
Laser
CAUTION
Laser Radiation. DO NOT STARE INTO THE BEAM
Test button : L ight s up
both Bloop and Cam Test
Trigger LED (as well as
buzzer sound) allowing to
test that Bloop Light is
receiving power from
On/off switch for buzzer.
When turned on the
buzzer will sound when
triggered.

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Connecting the cables
Configuration A: Connecting Directly to RT-14
In Flair, the button for Trigger 1 is labelled Bloop by default unless you
have changed it, as it is usually used to trigger the Bloop light. YYou can
change this name in Flair by using the same menu options that you use to
add triggers to a move: Setups >Outputs >#1 - Bloop, #2, #3, etc. See
the Flair documentation for details.
The Trigger 1 signal in Flair is same as Output 2 in 37-Way D-type
connector on RT-14.
XLR
Extension
cable
D-type to XLR
cable
RT-14 interface box
TRIGGERS
connector

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Configuration B (using Triggers Box)
This configuration uses the ribbon cable supplied with the Triggers Box.
The External Camera Trigger Out and Sync In are directly connected to
the camera.
The Bloop light also has a direct connection. The Bloop light plug itself
(black in the photograph) is wired for two inputs:
If you plug the Bloop light into the BLOOP connector on the
ribbon cable, you can trigger it with the Trigger 1 signal.
If you plug the Bloop light into the SYNC connector on the
ribbon cable, you can trigger the Red LED with either the
RT-14 interface box
TRIGGERS
connector
To camera: Trigger
Out and Sync In
Trigger 1 Output
to Bloop light
SYNC
BLOOP
TRIGGER Triggers Box

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Trigger 1 or Green LED with Ext Camera Trigger signal, and
thus use it to test the External Camera Trigger button.
The External Camera Trigger and Trigger 1 (Bloop) signal wires to the
TRIGGER connector in RT-14 are cut on the ribbon cable, so neither of
these signals can reach the Trigger Box in this configuration.
As in Configuration A above, in Flair, the button for Trigger 1 is labelled
Bloop by default unless you have changed it, as it is usually used to
trigger the Bloop light. See the Flair documentation for details.
Testing Bloop Light
You can test that the
Trigger Box and Bloop
Light are receiving trigger
signals from Flair:
1. In Flair, use menu
option Setups >
Outputs >Test
Outputs.
2. In the pop-up, click
on the Bloop button.
When you press the
button, the Bloop light
(red) and the laser (if
turned on) will light up.

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Setting up Bloop Light in Flair
1. In Flair 6.4, use menu option Setups >Outputs >#1 BLOOP.
2. Check the Trigger Active box to ensure that the bloop light is active.
When set to off, the bloop light will not activate during the move.
3. Test button can be used to test the bloop light. When pressed the
bloop light should activate and deactivate upon release.
4. You can switch the bloop light on and off up to 15 times within the
move. The frame count (fractional if desired) at which the bloop
light is to turn on is entered in the left hand column and the frame
count at which the trigger is to turn off is entered in the right hand
column. Alternatively, instead of specifying the Off frame, you can
specify the number of frames the bloop light should remain on for.