Vinten Radamec Free-d - Manual (Page 3)

Vinten Broadcast Ltd free - d ™ Installation Manual V1.4.4
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Table of contents
1 Introduction 4
1.1 Virtual sets 4
1.2 free-d ™ 4
2
System components 5
3 Installation 6
3.1 Targets 6
3.2 Lens encoder 6
3.3 Target seeking camera 8
3.4 free-d ™ Processor unit 8
4 Interconnection 10
5
Camera optimisation 11
6 Calibration procedure 13
6.1 Constructing a target database 14
6.2 Free-d calibration wizard 16
6.2.1 Studio list 16
6.2.2 Camera list 17
6.2.3 Interfaces 18
6.3 Additional free-d™ Processors 20
6.4 Additional free-d™ Target seeking cameras 21
7
System verification 22
7.1 RMS error 22
7.2 Levelling 22
7.3 Scale 22
7.4 Height and camera Z-offset 23
7.5 Camera x-offset 23
7.6 CCD centering 24
7.7 Video delay 24
7.8 Horizontal view angle 24
7.9 Vertical view angle and aspect ratio 25
7.10 Nodal shift and camera Y-offset 25
7.11 Pan adjustment 26
7.12 Tilt adjustment 26
7.13 Roll adjustment 27
Appendices
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A - free-d™ Communications protocol v1.0 28
B - Camera positioning parameters 40
C - free-d™ processor card settings and warnings 43
D - free-d™ Target seeking camera ID settings 45
E - free-d™ Target seeking camera exposure settings 45
F - Typical system schematic and part numbers 45
G - Target array template diagram 46