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Non touch LCD monitor and EPIC-W camera configuration

Manoj R C

Manoj R C

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Dear All,

Both of my RED LCD monitors ( Touch version ) have gone bad and it is being repaired. In the mean time I'm planning to use a smallHD or non touch RED LCD. In this case, how do we change the camera ( EPIC-W) settings? Any help will be highly appreciated..

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Manoj
 
Is your wifi turned on in the camera settings before you shipped your monitors away? I dont know of any way to activate the wifi without another control source so I leave the camera wifi on just in case my touch monitor dies.

If its not on you`ll need to borrow a touch and then you can use foolcontrol.
 
"Is your wifi turned on in the camera settings before you shipped your monitors away? I dont know of any way to activate the wifi without another control source so I leave the camera wifi on just in case my touch monitor dies.

If its not on you`ll need to borrow a touch and then you can use foolcontrol."


Least dependable method. Even if Wifi is turned on FC could just plain never find your camera. Even if it has connected before.
:banghead:
 
Matt Bai said:
"Is your wifi turned on in the camera settings before you shipped your monitors away? I dont know of any way to activate the wifi without another control source so I leave the camera wifi on just in case my touch monitor dies.

If its not on you`ll need to borrow a touch and then you can use foolcontrol."


Least dependable method. Even if Wifi is turned on FC could just plain never find your camera. Even if it has connected before.
:banghead:
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I hear you. My reliable wifi signal distance is about 3 foot. Better than your zero foot I guess.

Fool Control is the cheapest method assuming the OP has no other need for a sidekick.
 
Donald MJ Anderson said:
I hear you. My reliable wifi signal distance is about 3 foot. Better than your zero foot I guess.

Fool Control is the cheapest method assuming the OP has no other need for a sidekick.
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I set my new iPhone on top of the camera itself. On the fans, to a camera it has connected to in the past. Doing all normal troubleshoot ideas nothing would connect or happen. To say it is not a dependable method is even laughable. You will have a better chance using a can of beans, dont dare try that on a shoot. Or do. But expect the worst, which is absolutely to be expected, with FC on a dependability level. Which is expect to go home early.
 
Donald MJ Anderson said:
I hear you. My reliable wifi signal distance is about 3 foot. Better than your zero foot I guess.

Fool Control is the cheapest method assuming the OP has no other need for a sidekick.
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No it is not the cheapest method, it is $200 down the drain. BETTER to buy ANYTHING hard wired. REDMOTE??? :blush5:
 
Foolcontrol is one option. You can control everything on the camera via the Sidekick, which is why it exists. It's pretty much a fundamental piece of kit.
 
Thanks everyone for your input. Decided to go for a second monitor ( 4.7" ) just in case the main monitor fails. Sidekick is a good option, but DPs want only RED touch monitors.
 
Donald MJ Anderson said:
Is your wifi turned on in the camera settings before you shipped your monitors away? I dont know of any way to activate the wifi without another control source so I leave the camera wifi on just in case my touch monitor dies.

If its not on you`ll need to borrow a touch and then you can use foolcontrol.
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Hi Donald
FWIW You can create a preset with wifi settings. save it on your computer within a FORCE_PRESET folder and it will re-enable your wifi with same settings without a touch...

Matt Bai said:
I set my new iPhone on top of the camera itself. On the fans, to a camera it has connected to in the past. Doing all normal troubleshoot ideas nothing would connect or happen...
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Hi Matt
With most radio systems it is actually not a good thing to be too close, give it a foot or two.
If you wish to troubleshoot your camera / wifi setup I can probably help beyond the obvious stuff posted in this pdf :
foolcolor.net/tips.pdf
 
Manoj R C said:
Thanks everyone for your input. Decided to go for a second monitor ( 4.7" ) just in case the main monitor fails. Sidekick is a good option, but DPs want only RED touch monitors.
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I think those DPs have never worked in cold weather, I mean really cold (below 0 degree Celsius). The sidekick is the only option you can operate the camera with gloves on. I would pick sidekick and external monitor over Red Touch anytime. Touch is cool, but not when you operate in cold weather.

And foolcontrol is not reliable either in cold weather. A couple of weeks ago, I shot a commercial on a glacier at 3600m altitude and minus 8 degree Celsius. Foolcontrol did not work, respectively my iPhone did not react to touch. Very sluggish and not responsive at all. After a few attempts, I just quit and switched back to old school using sidekick.
 
Thai Christen said:
I think those DPs have never worked in cold weather, I mean really cold (below 0 degree Celsius). The sidekick is the only option you can operate the camera with gloves on. I would pick sidekick and external monitor over Red Touch anytime. Touch is cool, but not when you operate in cold weather.

And foolcontrol is not reliable either in cold weather. A couple of weeks ago, I shot a commercial on a glacier at 3600m altitude and minus 8 degree Celsius. Foolcontrol did not work, respectively my iPhone did not react to touch. Very sluggish and not responsive at all. After a few attempts, I just quit and switched back to old school using sidekick.
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Even outside of really cold weather, the sidekick is huge. Sometimes I'll get touch issues or humidity issues which will halt proper use of the touch. Plus scrolling through really long menus is great. I honestly am not sure how I would get by with the cam without the sidekick (or side handle for those who dig that way of having more control).
 
Christopher S Johnson said:
So no one knows if there is a way to use the Red DSMC2 Side Handle and have the selections and menus show up on an external monitor on the overlay?
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Yes, you can do this. If it is an external HDMI monitor it will work right out of the box. Simply press the MENU button on the side handle to bring up the top and bottom bars which are set to auto hide by default.

If you have an external HDSDI monitor there is some setup you need to do first since HDSDI is set to clean by default. There are presets you get from th downloads page that let you set this up.
 
Trent Lillehaugen said:
Yes, you can do this. If it is an external HDMI monitor it will work right out of the box. Simply press the MENU button on the side handle to bring up the top and bottom bars which are set to auto hide by default.

If you have an external HDSDI monitor there is some setup you need to do first since HDSDI is set to clean by default. There are presets you get from th downloads page that let you set this up.
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Thanks so much!
 
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