PROAIM PT-GOLD User manual

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Gold Pan Tilt Head (PT-GOLD)
Assembly Manua l
Gold Pan-Tilt Head
Joysck Controller box 15meter/49foot
long Control Cable
12volt AC Adapter
3 meter long 4pin XLR
cable (for using 12VDC
Baery Packs) Universal Adapter Accessories

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Gold Pan-Tilt Head Setup
 Aach the Gold Pan-Tilt Head to the camera
mounng plaorm of your camera crane. You
may install it “over slung” (above the
mounng plaorm) or “underslung” (below
the mounng plaorm) as per your shoong
needs. Use the 3/8”-16 knob bolts to mount
head to the plaorm and secure it properly.
 Aach the head cable to the cable connected
to the gold pan lt head for panning & lng.
If the joysck control is opposite, undo the
connectors at the motors, rotate 180 degrees
and re-install.
HEAD CABLE
 Loosen the allen bolts and adjust the length
of the camera plaorm according to
requirement.
 Aach 4-pin power cord male connector from
the Control Cable to the female connector on
the pan mount near the pan motor.
NOTE: Any 12 volt baery may operate the
PROAIM GOLD PAN TILT HEAD as long as the
connector mates and is #1 pin Negave and #4
pin Posive.
CAUTION: DO NOT USE AN UNREGULATED POWER SUPPLY! IF USING A REGULATED POWER SUPPLY IT
MUST PRODUCE LESS THAN 12 VOLTS. MORE THAN 24 VOLTS MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE
 Install the 12 volt DC power (4-pin XLR) in
rear of Joysck Box.

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Mounng Camera Setup
 Aach & secure your camera on the camera
plaorm of Head with the help of provided
bolt.
NOTE: Connect your camera’s video cable,
power cable and control cables if applicable.
BALANCING
Follow these steps to balance the head:-
 Find the horizontal balance point of your camera by using 2 ngers of one handing while holding the
handle.
 Mark this point on the side of the camera with chalk or tape.
 Turn the unit on and move the lt control unl the camera plate is vercal.
 Loosen the two screws holding lt motor. (DO NOT REMOVE).
 Grasp the motor and turn slightly to disengage gears.
 Mount the camera to the camera plate with the screw provided.
 Tighten by threading the nut up to the boom of the camera plate securely.
 Make sure your balance point previously marked with chalk or tape is in the middle of the plate.
 Loosen the knob below the camera plate and slide the camera and plate up or down unl the center line
of your camera is about in the middle of the large gear. Now ghten knob.
 If the camera is perfectly balanced it will stay in any posion while motor gear is sll unaached.
 Grasp the motor and turn it back unl the gears mesh.
 Gently ghten motor screws.
 Secure the camera.
NOTE: All reducon boxes have a small amount of backlash. The balancing of the camera will reduce the
backlash to a minimum making it felt at the top of the lt arc.
OPERATION
 With the camera set up as previously described above, Power ON by pressing the RED Switch on the
top of the Joysck control box.
 For inverted use, disconnect the leads to the motors, rotate the control box 180 degrees and re-install.

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 Remove Head plate from 3-piece Head
Assembly in order to aach it to your
camera. You will note a number of mounng
holes that can be used to adapt various
cameras.
The PROAIM™ GOLD PAN TILT HEAD circuitry is built enrely into the joysck box. The only other require-
ment is the AC power pack (provided) or baery power. The power pack can handle 90-240 volts. Users
will need the appropriate plug adapter for local use.
JOYSTICK
The joysck is a two-axis variable speed servo controller. The further you move in one direcon the faster
the output to that motor. This will be a lile tricky at rst, but lile pracce will improve your success.
The joysck may be operated in a handheld posion or from a at surface such as a tabletop, or aached
to the boom arm of Jib.
Aer plugging the power cord into a proper outlet, press ‘power on. The LED light on the control box
should illuminate and the head may jump slightly on start up or shut down. This is normal. This can be
controlled by Dead Spot. Adjust the joysck to ensure correct movement of the head. It may be necessary
to reconnect to the motors if required.
POWER CONTROL
To the right and above the joysck is a knob labeled "SPEED".
This is the power control knob. Turning to the right will increase the speed and back to the le will
decrease the available power to both pan and lt operaon. The advantage of power control is to be able
to limit power when only slow accurate movements are needed.
With the power control at half power (approx. 8 volts max. output) the full range of moon on the
joysck will be between 0 and 8 volts making ner adjustments possible. The power control will be
usable between a range of approximately 4 volts to 12 volts.
DEAD SPOT
The knob to the le is marked Dead Spot. Turned all the way to the le (counterclockwise) will create the
smallest dead spot. Meaning that the head will begin to move as soon as the smallest deecon of the
joysck is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no power is sent to the head motors. At
half way, the dead spot will close again, this helps to avoid crossing the lt when only pan movement is
desired.
The dead spot is so ght when the control knob is all the way to the le, it may be necessary to back it o
slightly unl no movement is seen in either axis.
Note: With the dead spot all the way le the head may move in both axis on it’s own. The dead spot
should be set at approx. the 9:00 posion to insure that no unwanted movement occurs.

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PAN DIRECTION SWITCH
When the Pan Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or on a Jib.
When the head is shied from a Jib to a tripod or vice versa, it needs reversal of direcon as the locaon
of the head will be inverted. By switching “on” the pan direcon switch, we can immediately reverse the
direcon. When the joysck is moved to the right it gives right rotaon as it gives while mounted on the
tripod directly.
TILT DIRECTION SWITCH
When the Pan Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or on a Jib.
When the head is shied from a Jib to a tripod, it needs reversal of direcon as the locaon of the head
will be inverted. By switching “on” the lt direcon switch, we can immediately reverse the direcon.
When the joysck is moved to the up it gives up rotaon as it gives while mounted on the tripod directly.
Linear or Logarithmic taper joysck control
All joyscks are linear, meaning that each degree of movement of the sck correlates to the output. On
the 12 volt PROAIM™ GOLD PAN TILT HEAD half deecon of the joysck means approximately 6 volts
sent to the motors. But with the advent of Digital we can now control the taper of the joysck, making in
Logarithmic as well. Logarithmic taper being that the rst of joysck movement only sends a small amount
of power to the motors and the last of the deecon will send more power per degree of deecon. On
Logarithmic taper 1/3 of joysck deecon might yield 2 volts output the next 1/3 will yield 4 volts output
and the last 1/3 of yields 6 volts for a max. again of 12 volts. This mode gives the operator ne slow
movements yet retains the ability to go to max. speed if necessary.
DAMPING KNOB
Damping is the ability to control the "damping" eect of the joysck interface with the pan/lt acon of
the head being controlled. It does not maer what head you are using; the damping eect is a
characterisc of the joysck output.
YOUR PROAIM GOLD PAN TILT
ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!
(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL
ACCESSORIES)
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