RigFX Configuration

1. Connection

Use the RigFX discovery tool to discover RigFX on the network and assign an ip that fit your network infrastructure.

You can access RigFX webapp by clicking on webapp button or using the ip address in any browser like Chrome.

http://XX.XX.XX.XX (replace XX with your current ip address).

physically:

On RigFX go to:

settings / Sync
sync mode: set External
target FrameRate: set the expected framerate
you should check the displayed FPS below timecode is the one you set, and the status has to be locked
a graph below display genlock pulse arrival time

physically:

plug Pan of the arm to channel 1
plug Tilt of the arm to channel 2
set the arm direction where you wan to have Pan to be zero.
- We recommend to use a direction easy to remember, like parallel to the main direction of the studio (etc…)
level the arm to be perfectly horizontal. (see chapter below)
lock the arm in this position

On RigFX go to:

settings / Source / Cartoni
enable Channel 1 and 2 only
click “Set 0” for Channel 1 and Channel 2
- the “Set 0” button wil automatically compute the offset to add to the Cartoni sensors in order to output zero at this very precise position

Success

Then you can unlock the arm, it has been calibrated !

On FR7 webapp:

On RigFX:

go to Settings / Source / OpenTrackIO
set the reception port
enable the source
On the graph below source you should see incoming packet
if the two lines are on top of each other, set some Phase Offset in Settings / Sync to differentiate the two

On RigFX

go to Settings / Rig
add a first node named “tripod”
- set the height A from the floor to arm pivot point into Z, a positive value as you go up
- bind the pan to cartoni channel 1
Warning

probably set negative sign depending of the encoder mounting
- bind the tilt to cartoni channel 2
Warning

probably set negative sign depending of the encoder mounting
add a node named “arm”:
- set the length B of arm in Y, a positive value as you go front.
- bind the tilt to cartoni channel 2 (set the opposite sign compared to the one assigned in node “tripod”)
add a node named ‘head offset”
- measure the offset in front C and height D from pivot point at the end of the arm to the pivot point of the PTZ
- front value in Y (positive)
- height value in Z (negative as you go down)
Note

you can also measure distance to a specific point of the PTZ body and use exact distance to pivot point reported by manufacturer (can be easier)
add a node named ‘fr7”
- bind the full node to source opentrackio transform

Success

You are done !
For now studio offset and sensor offset are set to zero.
It will be filled thanks to Lineup tool.

On RigFX

On RigFX

Go to Settings / Output
set at least 1 target destination to Render Engine
- OpenTrackIO JSON
- set the target ip of the render computer
- set the port
- enable it