PORTAPROMPT 365 Series User manual

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Quick Rigging Guide
365 Personal Prompting Assistant
A new, very light weight system that rigs on to 15mm bars. The system has four basic
configurations:-
1. Used for Tablet Operations
2. Used as a Passive Interrotron.
3. Used with a 7” or 9” Micro Prompt screen for Jimmy Jibs and Steadicam operations
(needs Windigi software).
4. Used with 10.4” and 12” On-camera head up display (needs Windigi software and
additional attachment clamp).
The “365 Series - Personal Prompting Assistant” a prompting device for every day of the year!
Tablet Operations Passive Interrotron.
7” or 9” Micro Prompt 10.4” /12” On-camera head up display

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Product Details
365-001 includes –Frame, Cloth Hood (Knicker),Clamps (Large Riser Clamp and Small
Rigging Clamp) and attachment screws, 2 glass Reflectors (one to go and one spare), Long
Carbon fibre and short Aluminium rigging rods and Lightweight Carrying Case
350-005 includes i-Glue, i-Scroll and cable. Note i-Glue connects to Apple devices using
Apple’s 30 pin connector. Newer Apple devices now us e a Lightening Connector and to
connect to these you will need a Lightening Adaptor from Apple (we highly recommend this
should be an Apple product as other manufactures devices in our experience do not work!)
365-015 includes two rigging plates and two carbon fibre bars providing a very flexible rigging
solution for most cameras
Pictured below is a 365-001 with 350-005 i-glue and i-scroll and 365-015 15mm rigging plate
350-005 i-glue and i-scroll (excludes tablet)
365-015 15mm bar rigging plate

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Rigging for a Tablet
These are all the parts to rig a tablet
Frame, Cloth Hood and Reflector
Large Riser Clamp and Small Rigging Clamp
Long Carbon Fibre rigging rods
This shows the how the Large Riser Clamp fits onto the Frame when using a tablet. The two long
screws fit into the Clamp and then into the two 45angle screw fittings on the Frame.

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Detail showing how the Frame is mounted (using the Large Riser Clamp) on the cameras 15 mm
bars / rig.
This shows how the Carbon Fibre bars attach to the Large Riser Clamp and how the tablet is
attached to the rig using the Small Rigging Clamp

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Rigging for a Passive Interrotron
These are the parts to rig a Passive Interrotron.
Frame, Cloth Hood and Reflector
Large Riser Clamp and Small Rigging Clamp and long fixing screw
Long Carbon Fibre rigging rods
You fit the Small Rigging Clamp into one the vertical fixing holes (there are 3) of the Frame using
the long screw. The Carbon Fibre Rods fix into the lower holes of the Large Riser Clamp (the top
holes are used to attach to the camera bars rigging)

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The Large Riser Clamp and Carbon Fibre Bars fits onto the camera bars in the same way as the
Tablet rig.
The Frame is attached using the Small Rigging Clamp and slides onto the Carbon Fibre Bars.
The Frame can then be rotated to catch the required angle needed for use as a Passive
Interrotron

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Rigging for a 7” or 9” Micro Prompt
These are all the parts to rig a Micro Prompt
Frame, Cloth Hood and Reflector
Large Riser Clamp and Small Rigging
Clamp
Long Carbon Fibre rigging rods
Micro Prompt and fixing screw
The Frame and Carbon Fibre Bars are rigged in
exactly the same way as for a Tablet rig

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The Small Rigging Clamp that is used to secure the
Tablet rig needs to be dismantled, turned upside
down, the L shaped plate needs to be reversed and is
attached to the Micro Prompt by using the supplied
screw as shown

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The whole rig then slides on to the Carbon Fibre Bars to the edge of the Frame / Reflector
To feed the Micro Prompt you will need a dedicated Prompting Software source like WinDigi and
a hand or foot control system to scroll

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Rigging for a 10.4” or 12” On camera head up display
These are all the parts to rig a 10.4” or 12” on
camera head up display
Frame, Cloth Hood and Reflector
Large Riser Clamp
Portaprompt 10.4”or 12” head up fitted with
spigot adaptor clamp
The head up attaches to the Frame by using an additional fixing plate with two spigots (available
as an accessory) which attaches the display directly to the Frame - so there is no need for the
Long Carbon Rods
The Frame attaches to the camera using the
Large Riser Clamp exactly as with all other
365 rigging
To feed the 10.4” or 12” On camera head up
you will need a dedicated Prompting
Software source like WinDigi and a hand or
foot control system to scroll

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Rigging the Reflector (glass) into the Frame and Cleaning the Reflector
This is the Frame and Cloth Hood with
the spare Reflector in its blue bag
The optically flat Reflector has Velcro on
it which holds it in the hood.
Check it is firmly attached before use by
carefully pressing down on the edge of
the glass using a soft cloth to protect you
finger
Clean Glass with a soft cloth and non-
abrasive glass/lens cleaner, treat it the
same ways as you do your lens.
It is fragile so always handle with care.

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Photo Gallery
Picture showing iPad rigged
Picture showing hood rigged in Passive
Interrotron mode.

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Picture showing 365 rigged on
camera with a 7” prompter
display, note the hood cloth
light shield is held around the
lens with the elastic cord.
Picture showing 365 rigged
with 12” on camera head up
display. Note the 12” fixing
clamp is an additional
accessory and not part of the
365 kit

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FAQ’s
Getting started? - Your 1st decision is to decide what type of tablet or phone device you wish to
use –Apple, Android or Windows as you first need to download a prompting software application.
Our rigging will fit all variants of tablets.
Tablet and Phone Software options
Apple Tablets seem to be the most prolific tools used and we recommend the Pico
Prompt App which is a £14.99 download from the Apple Store. When combined with
Teleprompter Techniques’ i-scroll and i-glue devices you have the kind of variable
scrolling functionality that you would expect to have on conventional device which means
the Presenter is in control of the script rather than vice versa (never a good idea).
Android –there are a number of packages available. The one we use is called i-Prompt
Pro which is a free download. The limitation is that we are not aware of a good variable
scrolling device for Android
Windows –once again there are a number of packages available on the web to
download but again the limitation is that we are not aware of a good variable scrolling
device for Windows
Scripts and editing with using tablet systems? Editing scripts changes with dedicated tablet
software can be a pain as you have to de-rig the tablet, turn mirror mode off, make the changes,
re-mirror and re-rig. Alternatively you can link with a wireless or Bluetooth key board which makes
the operation very simple.
I don’t have 15mm bars – how do I rig the kit? The 365 will only rig on 15mm bars if you don’t
have these the we suggest using the 365-015 15mm bars rigging plate
How to Videos? –Portaprompt has a number of rigging and prompting videos on their website
www.portaprompt.co.uk which may be useful for you