User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- WARNINGS
- Simple Mode
- Advanced Mode
- User Interface (UI)
- Configuration Page
- Other Updating Methods
- Working with Presets
- Programming a Preset Using Parameters
- How to Create Your Own Presets Using the UI
- Show your own presets in C2’s Preset Menu
- MECHA’s Simple Scripting (MSS)
- Three Row Panorama + Nadir + Zenith (MSS)
- Shooting Panorama Made Easy for Dual Axis
- MSS Script Explained
- What Needs to be Changed, sometimes, in Real Situations
- Using Pause in MSS Script
- Let's Take a more Dense Approach with more Photos toward Gigapixel Imagery
- Rewind after each ROW
- Shooting in Horizontal Zigzag Pattern
- Script for 2 Focal Lengths - MECHA Dual Axis
- Download more Presets from Server
- Launch a Preset by Scanning a QR Code
- How to Set Both MECHA and Smartphone to Have Internet Access
- Panorama Using MECHA’s Buttons
- MECHA’s Current Codes
- Appendix
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MECHA C2 User’s Guide v.02.8.6
© 2021 FANOTEC
Introduction
You may already know, from the
documentation available at this time,
that MECHA consists of a rotator (E1,
E2, or P1) and a controller (C1), and is
generally used to automate the
movement of various devices, such as
a panoramic head mounted on a tripod
or a turn table holding an object for
filming or photography.
Two such paired MECHA units –
MECHA Dual Axis Combo (DAC) – can
be used for dual axis applications, for
example, in panoramic photography.
The controller is the part of MECHA where the
buttons are located and that allows you to send
various commands to the rotators, or to update
the firmware, for example, when you do not
want to use the User Interface (UI) for these
purposes.
The new controller – C2 – which we present in
this user guide, is a dedicated dual-axis
controller with an OLED display and external
battery.
It is similar to C1 and can control the same
rotators – E1, E2, and P1 – so now you can
choose from the two controllers the one that
best suits your needs and preferences.
Please see C2 – C1 Dierences and
Similarities for more details.
The OLED display can guide you through all the major operations and settings,
making C2 much more intuitive than the single-axis C1 controller with LED
indicators only.