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1. Setup

1.1 Hotspot and Wifi

Work in progress

1.2 Eyes

Focal plane offset

While mounting the Eyes are often mounted in front or behind the focal plane of the camera. This setting adjusts distances to account for this. A positive value indicates the Eyes are mounted in front of the focal plane, a negative value indicates that the Eyes are mounted behind the focal plane.

Unit:

millimeter inch, in imperial mode

Glasses

The Moon smart focus team verifies and calibrates all Eyes shipped. During this process a calibration file, called “Glasses”, is created. This setting is used to set the correct calibration file for the Eyes in use. This is mostly useful if you own multiple Eyes. In most circumstances, there is no need to change this option.

IR projector

The Eyes project an invisible pattern across the scene to help generate the depth measurements. In most cases, this is invisible to the camera but in rare cases with cameras that are sensitive to IR light, this might show up on highly reflective surfaces. This option can be used to disable or lower the power of the IR projector. Note that disabling the IR project can lead to increased depth noise and reduced accuracy, especially on low light conditions or when there is not much textures on the target. For example, if a person is wearing all white.

1.3 Connections

Lens control system

Used to set which lens control system the Brain will communicate with and which connector to use.

Protocol

Available options:

(ARRI) Classic for use with ARRI LCUB and other systems that use ARRI Classic protocol

Preston, for use with Preston MDR-3, MDR-4, MDR-5 and Heden systems. Note that only newer revisions of MDR-3 are supported.

Teradek RT, for use with Teradek RT MDR-X with CTRL.3 or CTRL.5

Tilta, for use with Tilta Nucleus-M motors

Connector

Available options:

Moon serial connector, the 6 pin LEMO connector on the Brain

USB, one of the USB ports on the Brain, for use with a USB to serial converter cable

Serial in via USB

In some situations, you may want to connect Moon to other systems via serial protocols. That is enabled here.

Available options:

(ARRI) Classic. Brain can read distance data from systems using ARRI Classic protocol. The distances are displayed in the app and can be sent to your lens control system.

Cooke /i. Brain can read and display the lens focus distance of Cooke /i enabled lens.

Bluetooth

Here you can enable integration with different kinds of Bluetooth devices.

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1.4 Interface

Units

Distance

For setting how distances should be displayed.

Available options:

Meters / Millimeters | Feet / Inches

Temperature

For setting how temperatures should be displayed

Available options:

Celsius | Fahrenheit

Distance labels

Position

Position of the distance label relative to the target.

Available options:

Top | Bottom

Size

Size of the distance label.

Available options:

Small | Medium | Large | Largest

Number of decimals

Number of decimals used when displaying distances.

Available options:

Default, Two decimal places up to 10 meters, then oneExtended, Same as default but three decimal places below 1 meter

Distance readout

TODO

Scales

Distance

Used to set the scale used by the distance scale on the main app screen.

Available options:

Hyperbolic, The standard lens scaleSquaredSemi-linearLinear, All distances are spaced equally

Tracking depth

Used for the slider used to set the tracking depth on the main app screen.

Available options:

Hyperbolic, The standard lens scaleSquaredSemi-linearLinear, All distances are spaced equally

Depth of field

Here you can enable showing depth of field on the focus distance scale on the main app screen. For it to work correctly, you need to set the Aperture and Focal length of the lens and the Circle of confusion of the sensor.

Focus slider

Show manual distance slider on the main app screen.

2. On set

2.1 Moon View

Work in progress

2.2 Tracking

Work in progress

2.3 Smoothing

Work in progress

3. Houston

3.1 System info

Work in progress

3.2 Download logs

Work in progress

3.3 Software update

Work in progress

4. Add-ons

4.1 Moon Post

Work in progress

Simple setup

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const factorials = numbers.map(factorial);

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const person = { name: "Alice", age: 30, city: "New York" };

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Callouts

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Simple setup

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