Description
The 3FLEX™ SPC-7000 is a small device intended for indoor use and installation on a 3FLEX Stereo
Camera Platform, on a grip equipment or on a tabletop. It can be powered through the 3Flex
ControlChain, preferably through the Stereo Camera Platform (Rig), or alternatively through a suitable
3FLEX SIP Stereo Image Processor or a separate power-supply.
2.3 Overview
The 3FLEX™ SPC-7100 is a controlling device for 3alityTechnica’s range of Stereo Camera Platforms and
interface-box for a vast variety of digital peripheral devices, digital hand-controllers (demands) for Lensrelated parameters, such as Focus (F), Iris (I) and Zoom (Z), as well as 3D-related degrees of freedom,
such as Convergence (Cv) and Interaxial (IA) distances. Beyond these main tasks, the SPC-7100
seamlessly integrates with 3FLEX™ Stereo Image Processors (SIP’s) and other 3FLEX™ and 3SPACE™
products.
2.4 Main Tasks of the 3FLEX™ SPC-7100
The 3FLEX™ SPC-7100 Stereo Platform Controller is the successor of the very popular 3FLEX™ SPC-5000
and closely related to the 3FLEX™ SPC-7000 Stereo Platform Controller. Compared to the SPC-7000, the
SPC-7100 dos not have any analog interfaces and no local user-interface, with the significant benefit of a
drastically reduced form-factor. The main tasks of the SPC-7100 include:
• Communication-Link in the 3Flex-ControlChain
• Input: Non-metrical FIZAC reference values (from handcontrollers or SIPs)
• Calculating the triangulations for up to 4 x 3D-motors
Convergence, Baseline -> FrontrailL, FrontrailR, BackrailL, BackrailR
• Paired control of the 6 lens motors
FocusL, FocusR, IrisL, IrisR , ZoomL, ZoomR
• Compensation of geometric errors (lenses, rig)
FrontrailL, FrontrailR, BackrailL, BackrailR , Height/Pitch-FrontrailR, H/P-BackrailR
• Generation of metrical metadata (FIZAC)
• Handling of calibration data for the rig and lenses
