Specifications

RED DSMC OPERATION GUIDE

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The camera uses the 24-hour clock convention (military time). For example, 2:35 p.m. should be entered as

14:35:00.

The date and time are saved when you close the Date/Time screen.

COMMUNICATION

The Communication screen allows you to set a unique identification for your camera (or a group of cameras)

when operating in a command and control communications network.

You can use the serial port or a direct Ethernet interconnect to connect two cameras, or one camera and one

external device. If the camera is connected via Ethernet to a hub or router, multiple cameras and devices can

communicate with each other.

The communication structure allows for a lot of flexibility. For example, on a multi-rig 3D shoot, you can either

send commands to an individual camera (Example: Set CAM_A_L to 1/48 exposure), to a group of cameras

(Example: Set “3DRIG_A” to 48 FPS), or to all cameras (Example: Start Recording on all cameras).

With the exception of the None setting, all command filtering happens on the receiver side of the communica-

tion link.

 Name: Enter a unique camera name to use in network communications. The field is limited to eight (8) char-

acters.

 Group: Enter a group name if you want to identify the camera as a member of a group of devices. For ex-

ample, a group “3DRIG_A” could include two cameras: “CAM_A_L” and “CAM_A_R”. Group names (like

camera names) can be used to uniquely address commands to a specific group of networked cameras. The

field is limited to eight (8) characters, and the default name is DEFAULT.

 Target: Specify which devices the camera can send commands to:

‒ All: The camera can send commands to all devices on the network.

‒ None: The camera cannot send commands to any devices on the network. The camera can only receive

messages.

‒ Custom: The camera can send commands to a specific camera/device (enter the name of the camera/

device in the Custom text box) or a specific group (enter the name of the group in the Custom text

box). The camera or group name must match the name entered in the Name or Group field of the target

device(s).

SERIAL PROTOCOL

The camera can communicate to external devices via the RS232 Serial Port and/or the Gigabit Ethernet Port.

Select one of the following protocols from the Serial Protocol drop-down menu:

 None

 Element Technica

 3ality SPC 7100

 3ality SPC 7000

 Serial Shell (default)

 RED Control Protocol

 RCP 3D Metadata

NETWORK

Use the settings on the Network tab to configure the Gigabit Ethernet port. Each camera or device requires a

unique IP address. For simple camera-to-camera communication via Ethernet, both cameras need to be in the

same sub-net (have the same netmask address) and have the same gateway address.

 DHCP: Enables DHCP. If a DHCP-server is available in the communications network, the camera will obtain

an IP address, netmask address, and gateway address automatically from the DHCP server. You cannot

manually enter anything in the IP Address, Netmask, and Gateway fields when this check box is selected.