Vinten Radamec Fusion FCS-16 - Manual (Page 20)

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Introduction
The FCS-16 Fusion Control System enables an operator to remotely control cameras, pedestals, and pan and
tilt heads. Used within a Fusion system configuration, the FCS-16 is compatible with current and many discon-
tinued Radamec and AutoCam robotic products. Older system configurations will need updating to ensure
compatibility—please contact Vinten Radamec or your local Vinten Radamec distributor for information (con-
tact details are shown on the rear cover).
Touch screen control system
(Fig 3)
All Lightweight Control Panel displays are touch screen enabled, allowing options to be selected by touching
on-screen graphics with a finger. Alternatively, it is possible to select on-screen options using the left mouse
button. The touch screen user interface is identical to the VRC system, and closely resembles the Radamec
TCPi system.
Grid display
A grid display (24) is used to identify individual stored shots. Each shot has a unique address, derived from its
position in the grid display (24) relative to the labelled columns (23) (alpha values) and rows (37) (numeric val-
ues). In practice, this grid visually allows shots to be stored in a series of ‘boxes’ (24) over multiple pages.
Camera selection and status bar
The FCS-16 can control up to 16 camera units. Buttons to select all connected camera units (36) can be found
below the grid display (24). Once selected, the camera unit can be controlled using the joystick control panel.
These buttons also indicate the status of the camera units using the following colour codes:
Green - Camera currently selected and controlled by the control panel
White - Available cameras
Black - Offline cameras
Blue - Camera currently under control of another networked control panel
Brown - Camera in Local / Manual mode
Grey - Head in manual mode
Yellow - Available cameras connecting to the system (temporary status)
Options bar
All primary system functions are located in the row of buttons at the bottom of the main screen.
Camera controls
The control panel is fitted with two joysticks; one controls pan, tilt and zoom functions of the robotic head (9),
the other joystick (16) controls steering, travel and height of cameras fitted to robotic pedestals. A separate
rotary knob (15) provides focus control, and camera preview buttons (10) allow selection of individual camera
channels. A fade-time adjuster ‘throttle’ (14) is fitted, together with cut (11), fade (12) and stop (13) shot keys.
Preview monitor
The preview monitor (not supplied) displays the video signal from the selected camera channel (10).