Tuning - Adding a User Defined Profile

"Motor profile" refers to the feel and response of the rig to controller inputs. In addition to the preset motor profiles, we have have added the ability to tune a user profile in the latest versions of our firmware. Currently R007_58 is the recommended stable version for this feature.

Preset motor profiles incorporate several parameters which change based on the selected slider (Dana Dolly, MYT, iFootage Shark, etc. found in the settings menu) and motor profile (under the "Live Action" menu). Changing either the slider or motor profile changes each parameter in the background, and thus, how each motor (pan, tilt, M3, M4) responds to input. The firmware includes the following parameters:

1. MaxV or Top Speed
2. Accel - Acceleration (higher values lead to more abrupt starts and stops)
3. PowerRun - Current used while moving (1-16 scale for Pan/Tilt/M4, 1-20 for M3)
4. PowerHold - Current used while stopped (1-16 scale for Pan/Tilt/M4, 1-20 for M3)
5. Mode - (Normal =1, Quiet=2)

We set these and hard code them behind the scenes as most users never need to see or tweak them. 

To create your own user profile - 

1. Go to Settings -> Tuning (page 4/5 in firmware version R007_58)
2. Use Right/Left on the D-Pad to select the Motor.
3. Use Up/Down D-Pad to select the parameter for that motor.
4. Select and highlight value by hitting X.  Then use Up/Down on the D-Pad to update the value.  Holding Up/Down will quickly increment or decrement the value; single Left/Right clicks on the D-Pad jump values.
5. All changes are live and the rig can be jogged while changing.
6. Lock in the value by deselecting it with X.
7. Update all motors then D-Pad Left until you get back to the Settings page.  Important, unless you exit this way back to the main setting's menu, your user profile won't be saved.
8. Validate your motor profile is saved to User1 profile by going to Main Menu, Live Motion, use DPad Up/Down to select User Defined 1 profile.  User Defined 2 is not currently active.
9. This profile will be saved through power cycles, but not through firmware upgrades/downgrades.

Wondering what values might work for you and where to start? Find a profile or feel you like in the "Live Motion" menu. The table below demonstrates parameter values for each preset profile. From there, we suggest copying the parameters into your User Defined 1 profile using the steps above, and experimenting with small adjustments to each.