GRASS VALLEY CameraMan User manual
CameraMan
3ccd Presenter Camera System
Installation and Operations Manual
071838700 rev. C
JUNE 2005
CameraMan 3ccd Presenter Camera System Installation and Operations Manual
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List of Figures x
Meet Your Presenter System 1
Presenter System Components 3
Main Docking Station 6
Tracking Ring Package 8
Tracking System Keypad 10
Connect Your Presenter System 13
Installing the Camera System 13
Connecting to the Main Docking Station 16
Tracking Ring Power Pack Assembly 18
Configure Your Presenter
System 21
Configuring the Main Docking Station 21
Configuring the Tracking System Keypad 22
Other Configurations 26
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Use Your Presenter System 29
System Start Up 29
Using autoTRACK 32
Using AutoTRACK Views 34
Using Subject Position and Pan/Tilt Arrows 38
Using AutoFIND and Tracking Freeze 40
Using Location Presets 41
Controlling the Zoom, Focus and IMAGE 43
Controlling the Camera Setup Mode 44
Appendix A
Specifications and Clearance Diagram 47
Appendix B
Troubleshooting 49
Appendix C
Pinout Connections 55
Appendix D
Typical System Diagram 57
Appendix E
Glossary of Terms 59
Appendix F
Warranty Information 61
Index 63
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Main Docking Station 3
Tracking System Keypad 5
Main Docking Station Backpanel 6
Power Pack with Top View 8
Tracking Ring Assembly 9
Belt with Power Pack 9
Tracking System Keypad 10
Connector Block and CameraMan 13
Backpanel with Power Supply 14
Connecting Main Docking Station 16
Antenna Hanging Loosely 18
Front and Back Tracking Sensors 19
Sensor Blocked by Hair 19
360oof Coverage 20
Facing the CameraMan Camera 24
Facing with CameraMan Camera 25
Default PAN/TILT 26
AutoTRACK Window 27
Auxiliary Battery Pack Plugged In 31
(Left to Right) Tight, Wide, Left, Right AutoTRACK Views 34
Docking Station Clearance Diagram 48
Typical System Diagram 57
List of Figures
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Congratulations On Your
Purchase
Your new Grass Valley Camera System uses proven
automatic tracking technology to help improve your
distance learning, telemedicine and videoconferenc-
ing applications. You should use this manual in con-
junction with the installation and operations manual
that came with your CameraMan 3-CCD camera.
This manual covers the connection, configuration,
and usage of your new Presenter Camera System.
Along with basic pan, tilt, zoom, focus and IMAGE
control of your CameraMan camera, the Presenter
Camera System boasts advanced features and
functionality. The system comes with an input/output
Main Docking Station, the Tracking Ring Package
with built-in microphone, and the wireless RF (or
hard-wired) Tracking System Keypad from which
autoTRACK Views and other tracking functions are
controlled.
If you have questions regarding the installation or
operation of your CameraMan 3-CCD General Pan/
Tilt camera, refer to the installation and operations
manual included with the camera.
Chapter 1
Meet Your Presenter System
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You’ll see three icons in this manual:
This icon alerts you to important instructions in
the operation and maintenance of your Camera
Control Keypad.
This icon alerts you to tips or noteworthy sugges-
tions in the operation, use or maintenance of your
Camera Control Keypad.
This icon refers you to the 3-CCD Camera Installa-
tion and Operations Manual that came with your
camera.
Your 3-CCD Presenter Camera System
should include these components:
•One 3-CCD Main Docking Station
•One 10’ Main Docking Station Cable
•One Tracking Power Pack
•One Tracking Ring Sensor
•One Tracking Ring Belt
•One Power Pack Charger
•One 3-CCD Tracking System Keypad
•One 3-CCD Presenter Camera System Opera-
tions Manual
•One 3-CCD Tracking Ring Package Quick Ref-
erence Card
•One Tracking Ring Power Pack Pouch
•CameraMan Keypad Cable (6-pin phone) - 25
feet
•Two Rubber Duck Antennas
The terms Visibly Better, IMAGE, and Digital RF
900, are registered trademarks of Grass Valley, Inc.
in the United States of America. The terms Camera-
Man and Grass Valley are registered logos in the
United States of America. Federal law prohibits any
Meet Your Presenter System
CameraMan 3-CCD Presenter Camera System Installation and Operations Manual 3
commercial use of these registered trademarks and
logos.
The manufacturer reserves the right to change
specifications and warranty at any time without
notice or obligation.
Refer all Warranty and Servicing to the Grass Valley
Product Support listed in the back of the installation
and operations manual that came with your Cam-
eraMan camera.
No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced
without express written consent of Grass Valley, Inc.
© 1998 Grass Valley, Inc.
DURACELLÆ is a registered trademark of Duracell,
Inc.
Presenter System Components
The Presenter Camera System comes with various
pieces that, using both infrared (IR) and radio-fre-
quency (RF) autoTRACK technology, assist the
CameraMan in automatically following you around
the room. If you have purchased this as an upgrade,
then your package will include all the necessary
components except the camera.
Main Docking Station
FIGURE 1.1 Main Docking Station
The Main Docking Station is the I/O center of your
Presenter Camera System. It comes standard with
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two RF frequencies (alternate channels are avail-
able for special order). After you connect it to your
CameraMan camera, you can control the camera’s
video and audio out, as well as its movement via the
tracking ring, tracking keypad, or another external
control device. The Main Docking Station consists
of:
•Main Docking Station with two antennas.
•10’ multi-conductor cable with 37-pin D-sub con-
nectors.
Tracking Ring Package The Tracking Ring Package uses Grass Valley’s
patented autoTRACK technology to communicate
with your CameraMan camera. By wearing the
Tracking Ring, you can move freely throughout the
room while the camera automatically follows your
every move. This gives you the freedom to get up
from the conference room table and walk to a flip-
chart without depending on a human camera opera-
tor or a system with a fixed- or static-view camera.
The Tracking Ring Package consists of:
•Tracking Ring with built-in microphone
•Tracking Power Pack with a built-in 12 Hour
Rechargeable Battery
•Tracking Power Pack Belt
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