Instruction manual

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Setup
5. Setup
5.1 Wireless setup
5.2 Selecting the radio channel (“Yellow Radio“)
The “Yellow“ radio modem in the WCU-3 utilises a specifi c
scheme of constantly changing frequencies, making the
connection between the different radio units very robust
against interference. The even channels on the radio
channel selector switch (numbers 0, 2, 4, 6) utilize the
upper half of the bandwidth (2444 - 2472 MHz) while the
odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7) use the lower frequencies (2406
- 2435 MHz).
In case two remote systems with yellow antenna washer must
work side by side on different channels, it is recommended
to set one of the systems to an upper (even) channel and
the other system to a lower (odd) channel number.
Due to local telecommunications regulations, only certain
channels are allowed in some countries.
The WCU-3 must be used with odd channel numbers in France.
In all other countries, radio channels from 0-7 may be
programmed if there are no specifi c local telecommunication
restrictions for the 2.4 GHz ISM-band.
Radio Channel Setup
The two available Radio types “White“ Radio and “Yel-
low“ Radio are NOT compatible to each other! Therefore
ARRI Radio equipped units can generally only control/
communicate to units with the same Radio type.
To establish a connection of one or more Wireless Hand
Control Units* (a maximum of three per radio channel is
possible), the WCU-3 must be set to the same radio
channel as the camera or the Motor Control Unit.
Please refer to Section 3.2 for unit‘s compatibility.
It is not possible to control more than one motor control
unit with one WCU-3.
Select the radio channel by pushing the jog wheel at the
unit‘s lower side and select the Channel Menu.
Please refer to Section 4.1 for details.
* WCU-3, WMU-3, the WMU-2 supports „Yellow“ Radio only
Every time, the control setup has been established or
changed, a power cycle and calibration is advisable.