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OFFHOLLYWOOD HOTLINK + HOT TAP + HOTBOX R/S WIFI for RED DSMC cameras

Just got my Hotlink and I can't seem to get it to work with the FOOLCONTROL app. I've done the following:

1. Connect the lemo 4 from the hotlink to the CTRL input on the back on my Dragon
2. Powered up via PTap I bought from OFFHOLLYWOOD (confirm blue LED is on)
3. Set the serial interface to "REDLINK COMMAND PROTOCOL" on my Dragon as per the instructions on the FOOLCONTROL app
4. Opened up the FOOLCONTROL app on my iPod touch, scanned the network and nothing came up.

Am I missing something?

Regards,

Ryan
403.389.4166
 
2 weeks going on with the HOTLINK, and I can't express how great this product is, especially paired with Mikael's software.

It sounds like HOTBOXES should be shipping soon. So in preperation I need to order some cabling for the damn thing. Mark, if you can jump in here I have a few specific questions:

1. For powering my ET WMD motor driver is there any reason to go with another cable other than a 2pin-to-2pin lemo cable? Is there ANY advantage to going with a 4pin-to-2pin, or am I overthinking this?
2. The DSMC cable kit is a Y cable that goes into the sync and cntrl ports, to allow for timecode syncing. However for those of us interfacing with preston MDRs, or my Element Technica 3-axis setup, that would eat up the sync port to allow for remote start/stop. So the question becomes, what cable is required to do R/S via foolcontrol?

Would it be this cable? https://offhollywoodny.com/store/cables/hotbox-to-red-dsmc-camera-cable/
 
Isaac Marchionna said:
2 weeks going on with the HOTLINK, and I can't express how great this product is, especially paired with Mikael's software.

It sounds like HOTBOXES should be shipping soon. So in preperation I need to order some cabling for the damn thing. Mark, if you can jump in here I have a few specific questions:

1. For powering my ET WMD motor driver is there any reason to go with another cable other than a 2pin-to-2pin lemo cable? Is there ANY advantage to going with a 4pin-to-2pin, or am I overthinking this?
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No. 2-pin to 2-pin is the best move. Sadly you can't send power and do run/stop over one cable to the ET WMD like you can on the ARRI UMC 3 or UMC 4 - as ET did not include power input on the EXP port of the ET WMD.

Isaac Marchionna said:
2. The DSMC cable kit is a Y cable that goes into the sync and cntrl ports, to allow for timecode syncing. However for those of us interfacing with preston MDRs, or my Element Technica 3-axis setup, that would eat up the sync port to allow for remote start/stop. So the question becomes, what cable is required to do R/S via foolcontrol?

Would it be this cable? https://offhollywoodny.com/store/cables/hotbox-to-red-dsmc-camera-cable/
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If you want Run/Stop + WIFI you need this cable - https://offhollywoodny.com/store/cables/red-hotbox-wifi/

It takes the CTRL port for WIFI via serial and the the SYNC port for TC and R/S. There is another cable - specifically to connect to the ET WMD that is not in the store yet - but we made one to test for Greg at Digital FX - and it connects the ET WMD to the HOTBOX so you have Run/Stop via the ET unit and also via Foolcontrol.

I'm way, way behind shipping the HOTBOXes - mostly due to the fact that I had no idea that the demand for the HOTLINKs would be so significant. Within the next 48 hours every single HOTLINK order will be shipped and new orders will be delayed a couple weeks while we get the HOTBOX & HOTTAP 2 w/USB production up & humming and launch the HOTSWAP XLR product.

Before the end of the year we expect to have inventory to ship on demand for all the products. Pushing hard ...
 
Mark, so to recap:

1. Get 2-pin to 2-pin for powering the ET WMD, correct?
2. There will be a cable solution for allowing both foolcontrol AND R/S via the ET unit, correct? Would that mean two cables would go from the hotbox to the ET WMD (power and a sync cable)?

I'll wait till you have that cable ready to go.

Are we looking at december for the hotbox at this point? or is end of the month still possible ('possible' to give you some wiggle room in case that slips)?
 
Isaac Marchionna said:
Mark, so to recap:

1. Get 2-pin to 2-pin for powering the ET WMD, correct?
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yes

Isaac Marchionna said:
2. There will be a cable solution for allowing both foolcontrol AND R/S via the ET unit, correct? Would that mean two cables would go from the hotbox to the ET WMD (power and a sync cable)?
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It's one cable that connects the HOTBOX to the SYNC & CTRL ports + one cable that connect the ET WMD to the HOTBOX (that cable exists - just is not in the store yet)
Isaac Marchionna said:
I'll wait till you have that cable ready to go.

Are we looking at december for the hotbox at this point? or is end of the month still possible ('possible' to give you some wiggle room in case that slips)?
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Still possible - but I'm fighting the Thanksgiving holiday. All I can tell you - we are on a full court press to get the HOTBOXses out the door - we have several VIP rental house clients that purchased initial units to evaluate - so ... we are motivated and pushing hard. Very, very close. That's all I can say. Doing my best and a little more :)
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
It takes the CTRL port for WIFI via serial and the the SYNC port for TC and R/S. There is another cable - specifically to connect to the ET WMD that is not in the store yet - but we made one to test for Greg at Digital FX - and it connects the ET WMD to the HOTBOX so you have Run/Stop via the ET unit and also via Foolcontrol.
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I'll be there in the morning to help put these things together :)

BTW- I need the cable for Arri UMC also.
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
yes

It's one cable that connects the HOTBOX to the SYNC & CTRL ports + one cable that connect the ET WMD to the HOTBOX (that cable exists - just is not in the store yet)

Still possible - but I'm fighting the Thanksgiving holiday. All I can tell you - we are on a full court press to get the HOTBOXses out the door - we have several VIP rental house clients that purchased initial units to evaluate - so ... we are motivated and pushing hard. Very, very close. That's all I can say. Doing my best and a little more :)
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Cool. I'll grab 2x of the Lemo to Lemo cables.

As for this mythical cable that adapts the ET WMD to the HOTBOX, do you think this will be ready at the time of the HOTBOXES being released or sometime after? I just ask because I see myself running the HB and WMD usually together.

Thanks for the status update. I have a big gig on December 4th, that runs 2 weeks, with technocrane work, and being able to power the ET WMD, and all the associated gack via the HOTBOX would be a godsend. Not trying to pester, I'm just painfully pining away for what will be a huge upgrade to my Dragon.

Thanks Mark!
 
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