Dual Monitoring Issues (Help)

[Jamal Solomon]

Have any of you all ever had issues running two RED touch monitors simultaneously? Or even had issues running a EVF/LCD combo?

I have a Wooden Camera Easy Top Plate (with the battery replacement done), and 2 separate right angle POGO cables for monitoring. More often than not, I can't view anything on my EVF when both it and the touch monitor are plugged in. It stays on the chip start [see photo attached].

With some troubleshooting, I've been able to tell that:
• the EVF works when connected to the "front"/Top port [only downside to that is that I can't control the camera from the EVF]
• the monitor turns on but does NOT display any image or UI when plugged into the "side"/Left port - similar to the EVF staying on the color chart.
• no combination allows either device to work correctly when they are both plugged in.

An old REDUSER thread [http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?103131-Bomb-EVF-hanging-on-color-bars] suggests that the brain may not have enough power to distribute the signal [see the 7th post in the thread].

My reason for bringing this up is because I recently built another RED setup where there was no issue or problem. So is there something I should do with my own camera that I haven't done already?

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Hello

DSMC2 cameras can have 2 touch or touch/evf on the two ports but the side one needs to be enabled in the monitoring menu.
You will loose the HDMI output as it cannot be used simultaneously with the side pogo but you’ll still have SDI for external monitoring.

Sorry I do not have a camera here with me to give you the exact path to the menu option to enable this but you should be able to find it easily...

 

[Jamal Solomon]

Hello Mikael

Thanks for answering. I greatly appreciate it. And thanks for all your contributions to the community.

I saw what you were referring to - the LCD/EVF Left / HDMI Select dropdown which is accessible in both "EVF Left" & "LCD Left" selections.

Just checked again to make sure: in both selections, I have LCD Left / EVF Left set. But still, my EVF shows the color bars.

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Have you tried with lemo adaptors instead of the WC top plate to rule out any issue there ?

 

[Jamal Solomon]

I have not, but that's a really good point. I'll give that a go when I can source a few Lemo Adapter A's.