Vinten Radamec HDVRC - Manual (Page 24)

22 VRC System Operators Guide
synchronised and may produce a small amount of instability on the pedestal and therefore should
not be used on-air. See Panel Options - Always stop fast on page 58.
When a shot is selected on the touch screen the Cut and Fade buttons will illuminate, indicating that
these functions are available for selection. Once a cut or fade command is activated, either from the
touch-screen or the control panel, both buttons will extinguish on the control panel. The Stop button
will then illuminate, indicating that this function is available to halt robotic movement. When the
camera unit arrives on-shot or when the stop is selected, the Stop button will extinguish.
After using Stop to halt a robotic transition, you can complete the move by selecting the required
shot on the touch-screen and selecting Fade or Cut.
Fade Time control
The Fade Time bar affects the fade time between shots in real-time. When fading to a shot, pushing the
bar forwards will increase the fade time (slowing down the movement). Conversely, pulling the bar
backwards will decrease the fade time (speeding up the movement).
Wash wipe
The Wash Wipe button activates the wash wipe on the selected externally mounted environmental camera
unit.
X4
During normal mode of operation, the X4 button is off so that the speed of the pan and tilt movements are
proportional to the zoom angle of the camera lens. Pan and tilt move slowly when you are zoomed in and
quickly when you are zoomed out. When X4 is on, the pan and tilt movements are more sensitive when
zoomed in.
Remotely operating a Pedestal
The following functions are used to remotely operate a robotic pedestal. There are additional
functions on the control panel that are used only when operating an RP2A pedestal (see R2PA
control functions on page 23).
Joystick enable
The Joystick Enable button must be on and illuminated before you can move the pedestal around the studio
floor (in X and Y axes) using the XY/Height joystick. When the Joystick Enable button is off, the XY/
Height joystick only allows robotic height movement. This prevents accidental pedestal travel while
rotating the joystick to adjust camera height.