Specifications

Universal RCP – Operation Manual
V3.1
Page 15
22/12/11
The channel select buttons will be displayed as green for one set of values and red for the other set.
Pressing the channel select button will change the button colour from green to red or vice versa, and at
the same time send the new camera data to each of the camera ID’s in that group.
If a group has no camera ID’s stored in it then that channel select button will remain unlit.
The camera settings for each group are made in the normal way by selecting the camera ID using the
Keypad. The colour of the channel select button (if it contains the ID of a the camera being adjusted), will
show whether the values being adjusted are being stored in the ‘red’ or ‘green’ state of any cameras that
may be stored in a particular group.
There is no restriction on a particular ID being stored in more than 1 group. In practice this means that
more than just two states may be stored for a particular camera by allocating it’s ID to more than just one
group.
A new menu is available when in Keypad mode which provides
the facility for setting up the groups and the camera ID’s stored
in them.
This menu is accessed by pressing the right hand menu button
from the main top menu.
The top line shows the currently selected ‘Macro’ group no. A
channel button will also be lit green to show which group is
selected. To change the selected group simply press a different
channel button.
The second line shows that the RCP is in Keypad mode and
which channel ID is currently selected on the keypad.
The third line shows one ID already stored in this group (M5). Press the function 1 button to add the
currently selected ID – in this case M8 – to Group 3.
The number 3 above the word ‘Step’ shows the position of this ID in the group. Press the function 2 button
to step through all the ID nos. stored in Group 3. The number to the right of the word ‘Total’ shows how
many ID’s are currently stored in Group 3. In practice the order in which the ID’s are stored is not
important, it just determines the order in which camera data will be sent on the data line.
Function button 4 performs a ‘clear’ operation on the selected group and removes all the ID’s stored in this
group allowing a new set of ID’s to be allocated.
The function 3 button can change each of the ID entries in the group between ‘Full’ and ‘Part’.
When the camera data is transmitted to each camera ID it can take quite a long time if there are a large
no. of cameras in a particular group. By selecting ‘Part’ for a particular ID, this time can be reduced by
only sending important data functions to the camera. Which data is sent will depend on the camera type
being updated but in practice the ‘Part’ data would comprise, Gain, Shutter, Iris, IR mode, and Red & Blue
colour data.
Note that when ‘group’ data is sent on the data line this is transmitted in a more continuous form than
normal RCP data – again to reduce the time it takes to update all of the selected cameras in a group.
This will reduce the response of the Joystick Pan, Tilt, Zoom and Focus data while the RCP data is being
transmitted.
Note that it is important to set up all the camera types on the RCP before creating any Macro Groups. If a
camera type is changed for a particular ID which is already stored in a group, then it will not update
correctly using the group function. Simply ‘Clear’ the ID’s from any group containing this ID and then add
the ID’s back in after changing the camera type.
MENU
SELECT
FUNCTION ADJUST
M A C R O G R O U P 3
K e y p a d M o d e I D M 8
M 5 3 T o t a l 6
A d d S t e p F u l l C l e a r