User Guide

MECHA User’s Guide v.05.4 ! Single Axis

Quick panoramas using MECHA’s bu"ons

• 1< – press the bu"on [1], which comes pre-programmed with 5 shots

around, then the le' bu"on, v, to specify the direc!on of rota!on to

the le'.

• 1> – press the bu"on [1], then the right bu"on, w, to specify the

direc!on of rota!on to the right.

• 2< – press the bu"on [2], which comes pre-programmed with 6 shots

around, then the le' bu"on, v, to specify the direc!on of rota!on to

the le'.

• 2> – press the bu"on [2], then the right bu"on, w, to specify the

direc!on of rota!on to the right.

• 3< – press the bu"on [3], which comes pre-programmed with 8 shots

around, then the le' bu"on, v, to specify the direc!on of rota!on to

the le'.

• 3> – press the bu"on [3], then the right bu"on, w, to specify the

direc!on of rota!on to the right.

These are the default presets assigned to the three bu"ons of MECHA. If the

results are as expected, it means that they have not been overwri"en yet,

and you can use them to take panoramas from 5, 6 and 8 shots around with

camera mounted. Later in this guide, we will see that these presets can be

overwri"en.

MECHA(s %rmware act as the device(s complete opera!ng system, perform-

ing all control, monitoring and data manipula!on func!ons, and it’s impor-

tant to have the latest version installed.

However, if you prefer not to update at this !me, or you’re not comfortable

with the %rmware update procedure, you can skip now to Test using

MECHA’s bu"ons, in the next page.

Firmware update using the smartphone: method 1

This update method is available star!ng with %rmware version 02118.

For this simple method of upda!ng the %rmware, we assume that you know

how to set up a hot-spot on your 3G, or 5G, smartphone, a smartphone with

mobile data enabled and Internet available to it. In other words, you can

navigate the Internet using that smartphone alone, without the

smartphone being connected to a Wi-Fi.