PROAIM Sr. Pan Tilt Head User manual

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Sr. Pan Tilt Head
(PT-SR)
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Instruction Manual

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Subject Page
Foreword 3
Introducon 4
Safety Hints 5
Assembling 6-10
Warranty 11
At Proaim, our goal is to ensure 100% Customer Sasfacon in all that we do.
We back our sales with a 1 year warranty from the date of purchase and work hard
to resolve any problems in the unlikely event one should arise.
With our commitment to connuous improvement and your Feedback, building on
our reputaon of providing aordable, quality products is
PRIORITY #1.
Table of Contents

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Dear Client,
On behalf of all the people that work so hard to provide you with the most
up-to-date, exible and cost-ecient producon gear, we would like to welcome
you into the Proaim family.
By purchasing your Sr. Pan Tilt Head, you have just joined a host of designers,
engineers, machinists, assembly, customer service and oce sta that take great
pride in all that they do. Our mantra of connuous improvement has been the
guiding principle of how we conduct our business since day one.
Once you have the opportunity to experience your new Sr. Pan Tilt Head, we hope
you will agree that we cra quality products at a compeve price. Products
designed to meet and exceed the standards of today’s real producon world.
Standards set by our valued clients and standards we strive to maintain.
With Best Wishes,
Proaim Team
Welcome To Proaim!

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The combinaon of remote head and crane is highly helpful in achieving this goal.
But if you directly mount the camera on the crane, it will restrict the movement of
the camera and narrow the creave possibilies. The specially designed 2-Axis
Junior Pan Tilt Head allows unrestricted 360° Pan & Tilt Movements, giving you the
freedom to take a wide variety of shots.
Introducon
What’s In The Box
Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received
everything that is listed below.
Sr. Pan-Tilt Head
Joysck controller Safety cap 3mtr Cable
15mtr Cable 12V AC Adapter
Universal Adapter Fasteners Storage Bag

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ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO HEAD!
APPROPRIATELY MOUNT THE HEAD
The head must be aached securely with all knobs properly ghtened, to avoid
harm both to the equipment and crew.
ALWAYS ESTABLISH THE CORRECT BALANCE
If the camera is out of balance, both axis will not work.
NEVER MOVE ANY PART OF THE HEAD BY HAND!
The reducon drives in the motors hold each axis in place. To move by hand may
permanently damage the motor gearbox.
PROVIDE SLACK IN REMOTE HEAD CABLE
Leave the cable going from Head to Controller loose, to avoid tension. Tension will
damage the cable when crane is boomed up or down.
BE WATCHFUL WHILE HEAD IS IN MOTION
Do NOT put ngers or other body parts near the movable elements of head when
the Controller is switched on. It can result in wounds or other injuries.
FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL PROVIDE BETTER SHOTS AND TROUBLE FREE
OPERATION.
SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILA-
BLE ‘ONLINE’ BY CONTACTING THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE.
Safety Hints

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1. Gear for Tilng Movement
2. Gear for Panning Movement
3. 12v motor for Panning Movement
4. 12v motor for Tilng Movement
5. Adjustable Camera Plaorm
6. Base Plaorm for Tripod/ Jib Mounng
7. Joysck for pan/lt movement
8. On/O Switch
9. Pan Speed
10. Tilt Speed
 Aach Sr. Pan Tilt Head with jib
Mounng Plate. Align the screw
holes and ghten precisely to secure
the head.
Parts of Pan-Tilt Head
Setup & Adjustment of Pan Tilt Head
11. Pan Damping
12. Tilt damping
13. Pan Direcon
14. Tilt Direcon
15. 4 - Pin power out to Head
16. Fuse Holder
17. 12/24 V DC Input – 4 Pin XLR
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Aaching the Joysck Controller
Aach 4-pin Power Cable with Joysck
Controller. Then aach other cables of
the motors with long cable.
The Pan Tilt Head circuitry is built enrely into the Joysck Controller. The only requirement is AC
Power pack (Included) or Baery Power. The power pack can handle 90-240 volts. Users will need
the appropriate plug adapter for local use.
Install 12 volt DC power (4 pin XLR) in
the socket of Joysck Box.
NOTE: Any 12 volt baery may operate
this Pan Tilt Head as long as the
Connector and the #1 Negave pin & #4
Posive pin of Cable meet together.
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.
 Aach the 4-pin male connector of
Cable to 4-pin female connector of Head
for Panning & Tilng.
(b)
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 Aach & secure your camera on camera
plaorm of Head with the help of
provided chucknut.
 If the Joysck Control is opposite; undo the connectors of motors, rotate 180° and re-install.
Funconing of Joysck Controller
The Joysck is a 2-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.
NOTE: 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
head. It may be necessary to reconnect to the motors, if required.
Speed
This is the power control knob. Turning to the right will be full power 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 approximately 4 volts to 12 volts.
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 Pan Tilt Head, half deecon of joysck means approximately 6 volts is
sent to the motors. But with the advent of Digital, we can now control the taper of joysck,
making in Logarithmic as well. Logarithmic taper means that the rst joysck movement only
sends a small amount of power to 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 yields 6 volts for a maximum again
of 12 volts. This mode gives the operator ne slow movements yet retain the ability to go to
maximum speed, if necessary.

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Tilt Direcon Switch
When the Pan-Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or Jib.
When the head is shied from Jib to Tripod, it needs reversal of direcon as the locaon of head
will be inverted. By switching “on” the lt direcon switch, we can immediately reverse the
direcon. So, when the joysck is moved to the right, it gives right rotaon as it gives while
mounted on the tripod directly.
Pan Direcon Switch
When the Pan-Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or Jib.
When the head is shied from Jib to Tripod, it needs reversal of direcon as the locaon of head
will be inverted. By switching “on” the pan direcon switch, we can immediately reverse the
direcon. So, when the joysck is moved to the right, it gives right rotaon as it gives while
mounted on the tripod directly.
Damping Knob
Damping is the ability to control the "damping" eect of joysck interface with 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 joysck output.
Balancing
Balancing the camera on head is crical for smooth operaon.
 Find the horizontal balance point of your camera by using two ngers of one hand while hold-
ing the handle with other hand.
 Mark this point on the side of camera with chalk or tape.
 Turn the unit on and move 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 onto camera plate with the screw provided.
 Tighten by threading the nut up to the boom of camera plate securely.
 Make sure your balance point previously marked with chalk or tape is in the middle of plate.
 Loosen the knob below 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 large gear. Now ghten the knob.
 If the camera is perfectly balanced it will stay in any posion while motor gear is sll un-
aached.

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 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.
Operaon
 With the camera set up, as previously described above, switch ON the power on Joysck
Controller.
 For inverted use, disconnect the leads to the motors, rotate the control box 180° and
re-install.
NOTE: Always watch the cables for binding.
YOUR SR. PAN TILT HEAD
ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!
(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES)

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WARRANTY
We oer a one year warranty for our products from the date of purchase.
We will repair or replace your product, free of charge, in the event of a defect in materials or
crasmanship obtained during normal use or handling based on the user manual. Please note
that we will not cover any shipping costs for returning the product to us. If any VAT or import
dues are applied to the return, we will also charge these costs to the customer.
The warranty does not include, by the way of example, damage caused by products that we do
not supply or from mishandling in transit, accident, misuse, neglect, lack of care of the product ,
or service by anyone other than our company.
We are not liable for incidental or consequenal damages resulng from the use of the unit or
occurring due to any breach of this warranty.
Replacement parts of the product will be provided at nominal cost (covering the cost price of the
replacement parts only) to the customers aer the Warranty Period has expired. We will cover
the complete cost of sending replacement parts within the warranty period. Aer that, nominal
cost of the product & Actual shipping cost will be charged.
Do not send the unit to us without rst geng a response and geng the approval to send back
the item.
In case of any kind of dissasfacon, we urge you to Contact us immediately and we shall do our
best to help you out.
For any other assistance you can reach us via email.