Camera Switcher Guide

Camera Switcher Guide

Power on the board by hitting Power. It will then take a few minutes to cycle through and discover the cameras.

Once the LCD display on the board itself says “Main Menu”, you can start programming the presets.

Presets for cameras

Both camera 1 and 2 use the same basic presets for most settings. Until these can get saved again, they will have to be adjusted for each camera. Once these are set, you can then use the joystick to set the looks.

Baseline Settings

The basic settings uses auto controls, and those are far from optimized. Therefore, we need to use manual settings.

Gain

• Click the Auto Iris button so it is no longer blue. Turn the Gain knob so it says “Iris Gain>18” on the LCD
• Turn the Iris knob so it says Iris> f2.6 on the LCD.

White Balance

• Click the AWB button so it is no longer blue.
• Turn the red knob so it says “Red Gain> -29” on the LCD
• Turn the blue knob so it says “Blue Gain> 99” on the LCD

Focus

• This is set once you have set up the shot framing with the joystick. Have someone stand in front of the camera so you can ensure focus is correct, or at least within a close proximity.
• Click the Auto Focus button so it is no longer blue. Then use the rotary dial to finalize the focus.

Saving

Save a preset by pressing and holding the camera you are setting up on the control A row. The camera presets will chase, showing you which presets are available. Click and hold a preset number to program that preset.