How do you define when need to shutdown camera with V mount battery? Auto shutdown?

[Datsenko Alexey]

Guys, Could you tell me please
If we use Redvolte wee see the rest of power in persentage, 20%, 10% and we know when we need to shut down camera, and we can manage auto shut down
but when we use V moun battery we see only voltage, 12V, 11,9V. And it is need to alway control this to shutdown camera in time.
But may be is it possible to make auto shutdown with low voltage of battery? In this case we don't need always control the level of the battery.

Thank you in advance

 

[Christoffer Glans]

You can change so that it shows the time left on the battery, but generally if the battery goes under 12V you need to change asap. On top of that, the V-lock battery should have a led indicator showing if it's charged or not, if it's at two or one bar, change it.

 

[Willem Berents]

What kind of V-lock do you use? I use redvolts + red bricks (v-lock) at the same time (redvolt in side handle:dsmc1). The camera draws power from v-lock, and when that dies it automatically switches to redvolt. Without powering down I can change the Brick for a fresh one.
I think this only works when using original red bricks, but i am not sure.

 

[Datsenko Alexey]

Yes, you are right, not every bricks show percentages of power, for example Globalmediapro batery show only voltage, and we see when voltage is les then 12v, for example 11,9v we need to shutdown camera and change battery, but often you are busy and can easly muss this moment. It would be very useful to manage that when voltage goes down to 11,9v camera shotdown automatically. Is it possible?

 

[Willem Berents]

When using original red bricks / red volts my epic dragon shuts down automatically when power runs out. It gives me a message first, so that i can interfer, but when i do not, it starts a countdown (20 sec down) and shuts down.

 

[Willem Berents]

What camera? According to the operation guide for dscm1 (epic/scarlet) the camera will shut down auto,atically when the powerlevel drops to 11,5 volts. My advice: test it!

 

[Jacob Ryan]

With Epic W, I get a warning when the batt is about to die. If I don't do anything, it's shutting down automatically. It does a count down to 0, then it shuts down.

 

[Datsenko Alexey]

What camera? According to the operation guide for dscm1 (epic/scarlet) the camera will shut down auto,atically when the powerlevel drops to 11,5 volts. My advice: test it!

Epic is not automatically shutdown when voltage is 11,5,v but maybe is it possible to set this kind of settings?

 

[Willem Berents]

I am not sure you can do this when using third-party batteries. Check the power operation guide! You will find it on red.com.

 

[Jason Han]

With Epic W, I get a warning when the batt is about to die. If I don't do anything, it's shutting down automatically. It does a count down to 0, then it shuts down.

Wow I would love for mine to do the same.. did you turn on some setting for that? Or do you use red bricks?

 

[Jacob Ryan]

Sorry for the late response. I just checked my settings. All the power save functions are set to 'Never'. I use the Switronix Hypercore 98 for Red.
The next time it happens, I will take a picture of the countdown screen and post it on this thread.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co...ap=y&c3api=1876,52934714882,&is=REG&A=details

 

[Gene Sung]

Epic is not automatically shutdown when voltage is 11,5,v but maybe is it possible to set this kind of settings?

I love Red cameras, but this is the only thing I dislike about the system. On my Sony, you can set it up so it flashes a Battery Icon when it hits a certain voltage... say 12volts. It's really hard to miss since an icon is blinking continuously (Talking Dumb batteries here that only show voltage).

Battery / voltage warning seems easy to program into the firmware. The camera has just shut off more times than I care to admit from the battery dying. I have to constantly be hyper vigilant about battery life and I'd rather have my mind on other things.