User Guide

Proaim Sr. Pan-Tilt Head with 12V Joysck Control 7
DEAD SPOT
The knob to the le is marked Dead Spot. Turned all the way to the le (counterclockwise) will
create the smallest dead spot. Meaning that the head will begin to move as soon as the smallest
deecon of the joysck is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no power is sent
to the head motors. At half way, the dead spot will close again, this helps to avoid crossing the lt
when only pan movement is desired.
The dead spot is so ght when the control knob is all the way to the le, it may be necessary to back
it o slightly unl no movement is seen in either axis.
Note: With the Dead Spot all the way le the head may move in both axis on it’s own. The Dead Spot
should be set at approx. the 9:00 posion to insure that no unwanted movement occurs.
PAN DIRECTION SWITCH
When the Pan-Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or on a Jib.
When the head is shied from a Jib to a tripod or vice versa, it needs reversal of direcon as the
locaon of the head will be inverted. By switching “on” the pan direcon switch, we can immediately
reverse the direcon. When the joysck is moved to the right it gives right rotaon as it gives while
mounted on the tripod directly.
Linear or Logarithmic taper joysck control
All joyscks are linear, meaning that each degree of movement of the sck correlates to the output.
On the 12 volt PROAIM™ SR.PAN-TILT HEAD half deecon of the joysck means
approximately 6 volts sent to the motors. But with the advent of Digital we can now control the
taper of the joysck, making in Logarithmic as well. Logarithmic taper being that the rst of joysck
movement only sends a small amount of power to the motors and the last of the deecon will send
more power per degree of deecon. On Logarithmic taper 1/3 of joysck deecon might yield 2
volts output the next 1/3 will yield 4 volts output and the last 1/3 of yields 6 volts for a max. again of
12 volts. This mode gives the operator ne slow movements yet retains the ability to go to max.
speed if necessary.
DAMPING KNOB
Damping is the ability to control the "damping" eect of the joysck interface with the pan/lt acon
of the head being controlled. It does not maer what head you are using; the damping eect is a
characterisc of the joysck output.