RC Camera Control v2.0
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1. DSLR shutter timer It is possible to configure DSLR camera shutter to trigger camera with defined time period using configurable timer function Shutter timer is not available for GoPro shutter function Timer is configured in Setup mode and can be set to 1s 5s 10s 30s 1min 5min Shutter timer is configurable to start when switched by shutter switch on RC transmitter or to start automatic when RCCC powers ON and RC signal is detected standalone timer If timer is configured as standalone you will have one free channel that will not be used for shutter function It is possible to manually trigger shutter while shutter timer is enabled This is possible with 3 different shutter control channel values using 3 position switch Channel values when shutter timer function is enabled 0 1 0ms Shutter OFF 50 1 5ms Forced shutter 100 2 0ms Shutter timer ON Please see Setup mode how to configure shutter timer function LOW BATTERY DETECTION If enabled in setup device will automatically detect LiPo battery cell count on power up if battery is connected to Bat connector and flash blue LED and LED switch headlight output number of times equal to LiPo battery cell count detected RCCC can measure LiPo batteries from 1S to 4S During operation RCCC board monitors voltage of battery If battery voltage falls below warning level LED switch headlight output will be toggled approximately once per second When voltage falls below cr2. RC Camera Control v2 0 User Guide RCCC v2 6 9 2013 Rev C INTRODUCTION SmartFPV RC Camera Control board RCCC is multifunctional RC control board designed for Aerial Photography or First Person Video flying RCCC version 2 adds even more functions and has some improvements Features e Video switch o 3 input video switching o Regular 3 pin servo connector style headers with middle pins interconnected for power distribution e Two LED switch outputs o Headlight output o Strobe output e Camera shutter release control o DSLR and GoPro modes o Switched or standalone shutter timer with programmable time interval e LiPo battery low voltage indication e Channel mirroring when sum PPM used e Sum PPM or 3 PWM input from RC receiver Video source LED switch Shutter CONNECTIONS Strobe Vout Shutter CH1 RC channel 1 PWM or sum PPM SW Switch headlight output CH2 RC channel 2 Strobe Switch strobe output CH3 RC channel 3 Vout Video output V1 Video in 1 Shutter Shutter connector V2 Video in 2 V3 Video in 3 BAT Battery connector CAUTION There is NO reverse polarity protection and it is physically possible to connect connectors reversed Please be careful with connections Isolate bard from short circuits using heatshrink if placing near metallic elements All connectors have GND pin on left side if facing connectors and board with components on top RC INPUTS RCCC automatically detects type of RC signal regula
3. SETUP MENU Menuitem Submenuitem 3 Battery monitor 1 Low bat monitor OFF 1 Channel setup 1 Video CH 2 Low bat monitor ON 2 Switch CH 4 Mix setup Mix OFF 3 Shutter CH 2 Video Switch 3pos MIX 2 Shutter setup 1 GoPro mode 3 Video Switch 9pos MIX 2 GoPro toggle mode 4 Video Shutter 9pos MIX 3 Regular DSLR mode 5 Shutter Switch 9pos MIX 4 Timer OFF 5 Default Settings 1 Reset to default settings 5 Switched timer 1 Mirror CH2 14
4. age than other video devices connected to RCCC then remove middle pin and leave only GND and video pins LED SWITCH Or a F M Strobe BAT Connect battery to Bat connector Connect headlight LEDs to switch output connector Sw Connect strobe LEDs to Strobe connector WARNING Use LEDs that are dedicated to voltage you are connecting to Bat connector You can use 2 or 3 state switch to control switch output Switch has 3 states depending on control channel value 0 1 0ms Both switch outputs OFF 50 1 5ms Strobe output active 2 impulses every second and headlight output OFF 100 2 0ms Strobe output active 2 impulses every second and headlight output steady ON Switch output has permanent connection of pin from Bat connector pin Ground pin is switched Switch can handle 2A continuous current and 4A current for 10s WARNING Please follow polarity CAMERA SHUTTER ARP FAP rN DSLR mode ya 7 mon CHENG CHEE eile er aa i i i abe r S Shutter O 2 V A k v Shutter Connect camera shutter cable to RCCC board If you use original SmartFPV shutter cables then connect them so that connector contacts are seen if looking from top of the board like in picture Use 3 state switch for Focus and Shutter control or 2 state switch for immediate Shutter control You can use RCCC shutter function with all C3 plug and 2 5mm plug Canon cameras Nikon cameras GoPro HERO and HERO2 HERO3 not ful
5. e options It is recommended to use one of RC transmitter sticks as Enable channel Enable channel is set after entering setup mode fast flashes You have to move 4 times stick on RC transmitter from one end to other until LED on RCCC board flashes one time After Enable channel is set setup menu is entered Setup menu Blue LED flashes long number of times according configuration menu item number After flashes you have 4 seconds to enter configuration step by changing enable channel state If you wait 4 seconds then next menu item number is flashed When entered submenu blue LED flashes fast number or times according submenu item number After flashes you have 4 seconds to enable this option by changing enable channel state 10 Setup menu structure 1 Channel setup 1 Video CH Toggle 4x in 4s 2 Switch CH then 2s for OFF state 3 Shutter CH Disabled if not set 3 Regular DSLR mode 5 Switched timer 6 Standalonetimer S o 3 Battery monitor 1 Low bat monitor OFF 1 Mix OFF 2 Video Switch 3pos MIX 3 Video Switch 9pos MIX Exits submenu 4 Video Shutter 9pos MIX 5 Shutter Switch 9pos MIX 5 Default Settings 1 Reset to default settings 6 Mirror setup 1 Mirror CH2 Cycle 4x in 4s 2 Mirror CH3 Only if PPM used 1 Channel setup In this step you configure channels used to control functions of RCCC When entered channel setup using regular servo channels PWM for control LED flashes fast for 30s That give
6. e ON Video 3 Strobe and Headlight ON Video 1 LED s OFF In 9 position MIX one channel is divided in 9 positions and used to control 2 functions of RCCC There are 3 MIX combinations available mix Funetion2 Funetion2 Video LED Video switch LED switch Video Shutter Video switch Shutter control Shutter LED Shutter control LED switch Channel used when MIX is activated is channel that is configured for Function 1 used in MIX Using mixes in RC transmitter you can combine by example two 3 position switches to 9 positions of one control channel Channel pulse Function 1 Function 2 rooms a ao Caism od a izom a of 3 farms 2 i a aisom 2 ff 2 625 2 3 BERT NE a Caism 3 2 zooms 3 o To set mixes on your RC transmitter you need to follow its user manual NIP IWIN RP wi N e UJ Channel mirroring If you are using sum PPM signal to control RCCC you can output any 2 channels from PPM stream to CH2 and CH3 connectors Please see Setup mode how to configure This is useful to reduce cables to RC receiver if connecting camera pan tilt servos You can have cameras video transmitter RCCC and pa n tilt servos placed in some distance from RC receiver and use only one PPM cable from RC receiver and one cable from battery and have fully functional video system with minimum of cables used By default middle 5V pin of RCCC CH1 cable is not connected to CH2 and CH3 connector middle pins t
7. is step all settings are reset to default factory values Channel functions Regular servo channels PWM Sum PPM channels Video switch CH1 CH7 LED switch CH2 CH8 Shutter control CH3 CH9 DSLR shutter mode without timer Battery monitoring disabled Channel mixing disabled PPM channel mirroring disabled 6 Mirror setup In this step sum PPM channel mirroring is configured In each of mirror setup submenu items you have 4 seconds to cycle 4 times from one end to other 1ms 2ms pulse channel on RC transmitter which will be mirrored to according output After you cycle 4 times channel LED blinks accepting channel for mirroring If you don t cycle channel 4 times during these 4 seconds mirroring to according output will be disabled See page 4 for more information NOTE Remember to remove jumper used to enter setup mode 12 VOLTAGE SOLDER JUMPERS Solder jumpers are located on bottom of device PCB There are 4 pads located close to each other They expose contact areas of 3 different voltage circuits e 5V 5 6 volts powering RCCC board from RC receiver e Bat voltage connected to Bat connector e Video middle pins of video connectors used to power video camera or transmitter You can solder neighbor pads to have different voltage connections 5V NER Eat Video j sa 1 5V power Switch output for 5V LEDs Don t connect battery to Bat connector Don t short circuit Bat connector 2 Battery power Video c
8. itical level LED switch headlight output will be toggled rapidly You can see low battery warning from ground while you are flying Warning level is 3 5V per cell and critical warning level is 3 33V per cell So for 3S LiPo battery that will be 10 5V and 10V START USING DEVICE RCCC is powered from CH1 input that is connected to RC receiver You can use 6 volt BEC or ESC to power RCCC board When device is powered it starts waiting for valid control signal from RC receiver indicating this state by slowly flashing LED After valid signal from RC receiver is detected LED goes OFF If battery monitor is enabled blue LED together with LED switch headlight output flashes number of times according to LiPo cell count detected CONFIGURING DEVICE To configure RCCC you have to enter Setup mode Setup mode can be enabled by connecting RCCC CH1 to RC receiver connecting CH2 and CH3 signal pins together using jumper and then powering on RCCC and RC transmitter Setup mode is indicated with fast flashes after RCCC detects signal from RC receiver Before setup you must configure switches on RC transmitter for needed RCCC functions Setup mode is slightly different if using sum PPM or regular servo connection to RC receiver Regular PWM mode Channel connected to RCCC s CH1 is used as enable channel to enter submenus and change options Sum PPM If using sum PPM to control RCCC Enable channel is used to enter submenus and chang
9. ly compatible and other cameras Shutter control for DSLR cameras works just like regular shutter release button Focus and Shutter Shutter control for GoPro cameras just turns ON OFF camera see details in GoPro mode description You can also make your own cable for camera shutter Cable camera end Canon 2 5mm Cable RCCC end Some information about shutter connector pin outs GoPro mode C Ground F Mode S Mode For GoPro connect pin 30 to Common pin 12 to Focus Canon C3 htto www cameraaxe com wiki index php title CameraCables htto www doc diy net photo remote pinout GoPro mode To enable GoPro mode you have to configure it in setup step 2 Shutter control in GoPro mode turns ON and OFF GoPro camera To start recording after power ON you have to put GoPro in One Button Mode see GoPro user manual It is possible to change way you turn GoPro ON and OFF by enabling GoPro toggle mode in setup If GoPro toggle mode is disabled GoPro follows state of RC transmitter switch dedicated to shutter control If switch is ON then GoPro will turn ON if switch is OFF then GoPro will turn OFF If GoPro toggle mode is enabled then GoPro will change its power state each time when switch is changed from OFF to ON state This is usable if you have momentary switch on your RC transmitter like Trainer swi tch Pushing switch will turn GoPro ON pushing switch one more time will turn GoPro OFF
10. o avoid short circuit O S SV sm Bat a In order to power servos connected to CH2 and CH3 you need to p ee solder together pads of solder jumper shown in picture under aS board 5v to cH2cH3 Q Q VIDEO SWITCH mT aya 4 a ME tne A i r ene Am a P or 2 gt g D D Vi Vout Connect video sources video camera photo camera to video input connectors V1 V3 Connect video transmitter to video output Vout You can use 3 state switch to switch between all 3 video sources or 2 state switch to select between 2 video sources Video source is selected based on video control channel value 0 1 0ms V1 50 1 5ms V3 100 2 0ms V2 Video inputs and video output connector middle power pins are connected together so you can feed power for your video camera or video transmitter to one connector and have powered other connected video devices You can also choose to power cameras and or video transmitter by soldering jumpers in bottom of board That will connect according power source to video connector power pins e 5V 5V from RC receiver e Bat voltage from battery connector SV to CH2 CHS EE Please read video camera and video transmitter manuals to find voltage needed to power them WARNNG Do not solder together both jumpers 5V and Bat if battery connected to Bat connector If video cable 3 pin servo style connector middle pin is dedicated for audio or it needs different volt
11. onnectors and Switch output 3 5V powers Video connectors Battery powers Switch output Don t connect power to Video connectors 4 5V powers Video connectors and Switch output Don t connect battery to Bat connector Don t short circuit Bat connector WARNNG Do not solder together both jumpers 5V and Bat if battery connected to Bat connector 13 RCCC v2 0 QUICK GUIDE vs gt SW ARV fie 0 2 i 3 S ws il I aes gt i th os s air sv O Z gt 32 s z n os c 8 j BAT Strobe Vout Shutter CH1 RC channel 1 PWM or sum PPM SW Switch headlight output CH2 RC channel 2 Strobe Switch strobe output CH3 RC channel 3 Vout Video output V1 Video in 1 Shutter Shutter connector V2 Video in 2 V3 Video in 3 BAT Battery connector SOLDER JUMPERS oll ai ti S Bat SM Bat a Ea pa a ww pa SV to CH2 CH3 Video Video Video Video ss ale che I 5V ee DV LJ UU 5V 1 2 3 4 5 1 5V power Switch output for 5V LEDs Don t connect battery to Bat connector Don t short circuit Bat connector 2 Battery power Video connectors and Switch output WARNNG 3 5V powers Video connectors Battery powers Switch output Do not solder together both jumpers 5V and Don t connect power to Video connectors Bat if battery connected to Bat connector 4 5V powers Video connectors and Switch output Don t connect battery to Bat connector Don t short circuit Bat connector 5 CH2 and CH3 powers RCCC board
12. r CH1 PWM or sum PPM 3 PWM inputs To use device with regular servo outputs from RC receiver PWM connect RCCC to according channels A of your RC receiver Default functions of RCCC a channels are CH1 Video switch 2 gt E CH2 LED switch v CH3 Shutter control A LW Function mapping to channels can be changed in Setup mode see page 10 PPM input Connect your RC receiver sum PPM output to RCCC CH1 connector RCCC can accept up to 16 PPM channels Up to three of them will be used You can configure channel functions in Setup mode Default channel function if RCCC is used with PPM Video switch CH7 LED switch CH8 Shutter control CH9 Channel MIX You can enable different channel mixes to use one channel for 2 functions This will allow reducing RC system channels used and use them for different functions There are 2 types of mixes e 3 position mix e 9 position mixes In 3 Position MIX one channel CH1 in regular PWM mode or Video control channel in sum PPM mode using 3 position switch is used to control video switch and LED switch functions 3 position switch must be set to middle position 1 5ms pulse When switched to one of side positions and back video switch source is changed When switched to other side position and back LED switch state changes Video switch source and LED switch modes can be changed through all 3 states cyclic Video switch LED switch Video 1 LED s OFF Video 2 Strob
13. s you time to remove jumper and connect RC receiver to RCCC CH2 and CH3 When entered channel setup blue LED blinks number of submenu according to function which channel is being configured After these blinks you have 4 seconds to toggle 4 times switch on RC transmitter which will be used for this function After toggling 4 times LED flashes and you have 2 seconds to leave switch in default state which is Video 1 for video switch LED s OFF for LED switch and Shutter OFF for shutter function If you don t toggle switch 4 times during these 4 seconds this function will be disabled 2 Shutter setup In this step shutter functions are configured After LED blinks number of submenu item you have 4 seconds to change enable channel state which is RCCC s CH1 or preconfigured channel if sum PPM mode is used There are several submenu items after enabling which submenu is exited to main menu items because enabled options are not used with next items GoPro mode and timer for example Submenu is exited also if by example GoPro mode has been configured pre viously 11 and you don t enable regular DSLR mode next functions are not used with GoPro shutter mode See page 7 for more information 3 Battery monitor In this step low battery monitoring function is enabled or disabled See page 9 for more information 4 Mix setup In this step RC channel mix functions are configured See page 3 for more information 5 Default settings In th
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