14SGA programming help needed
 

Hi, sorry if this has been covered already but a quick search didn't come up with anything.

This is for a camera tilt.
I'd like to have a 3-position switch (SE) give me, 100% up, Neutral, 100% down.
I'd like to have LS or a knob adjust SE's center position.
No matter what the (center) trim position is, I need the switch to give 100% up and 100% down.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Jim

You will not be able to do exactly what you want. You can use 2 pmixes to add control with the switch, but any movement will be modified by the position of the slider. For instance, when you offset the center with the slider, one switch position will be reduced from 100% while the other will stay at the 100% travel limit (which you set in the End Point section of the Linkage Menu. If you move the center off by 10%, then one endpoint will be shifted to 90% and the other will remain at 100%.

You will not be able to keep both endpoints at 100% if you adjust the center.



First, set the tilt channel to be controlled by the desired knob or slider. We used Aux5

Set the first Pmix with Hardware as master, Aux5 as slave, and set SW-E as the control. Set SW-E as the on/off control with the positions set to "ON-OFF-OFF". Adjust the desired endpoint to 100%.

Do the same with the secong Pmix but set the on/off control to "Off-OFF-ON".

Now, when you move the switch, AUX5 will move to one end of the travel to the other. When the switch is in the middle, Aux5 will move to the position set by the knob. Again, if you offset the center, then one of the endpoints will be offset, too.

Thanks Bax
I'll give that a try.

Jim

Jim

Check your private messages. I have sent you an explanation of how to do this without affecting the endpoints.

Please, what did we miss? The versatility of the transmitter is such that all solutions aren't always found by everybody. Thanks.

Sorry, I did wonder about offering an explanation but did not think I was supposed to post on this forum.

In the Function Menu assign SE as the Control and a suitable function such as AUX1 to the channel you wish to use to control camera tilt.

Now create a new Prog Mix. On screen 2/2 activate the mix and set SE as the switch. At the ON/OFF setting screen set OFF, ON, OFF reading from top to bottom. This makes the mix active when SE is in its intermediate position but prevents it from affecting the 100% positions.

Change MASTER to H/W (hardware) and then select LS. Set SLAVE to AUX1 (or whatever function you assigned in the Function Menu).

Return to screen 1/2 and set the two values at the top of the screen to +100. Moving LS while SE is in the mid position will now allow you to adjust the camera’s tilt throughout its full travel range. If you do not require that amount of movement just reduce the +100 values. This will give a finer degree of control as you will still be using the full travel of LS but to produce less camera tilt.

Thanks a lot! That works like a charm!