FOXTECH Seeker 30 TR 30X Optical Zoom Object Tracking Gimbal Camera User Manual

FOXTECH Seeker 30 TR 30X Optical Zoom Object Tracking Gimbal Camera

Disclaimer and Warning
Congratulations on purchasing your new product. Please read this entire document carefully. Failure to read or follow instructions and warnings in this document may result in damage to your product. Disassemble the gimbal camera by user is not permitted, as which may cause the camera does not work normally.

Foxtech accepts no liability for damage, injury or any legal responsibility incurred directly or indirectly from the use of this project. The user shall observe safe and lawful practices including, but no limited to, those set forth in the manual.

Product Introduction

Introduction

Seeker 30 TR is a high-precision 3-axis gimbal integrated with a 30x optical zoom SONY camera. It supports visible optical zoom, photographing and video, target tracking. When the external GPS and time input, the OSD can display angle, zoom times, GPS and real-time and tracking frame, also can select to turn off the OSD. It features fast focus, compact structure and lighter weight design. The 3 axis gimbal can achieve stabilization in yaw, roll and pitch. The integrated design of damping system and gimbal can greatly reduce mechanical vibration.
Seeker 30 TR is widely used in UAV industries of public security, electric power, fire fighting, zoom aerial photography and other industrial applications.

In the Box

Installation Instruction

Overview

1. Control box
2. Upper damping board
3. Lower damping board
4. FHD zoom camera
5. Damping ball
6. Yaw axis motor
7. TF card slot
8. Roll axis motor
9. Pitch axis motor
10. 3-6S power interface
11. Micro HDMI interface
12. Ethernet interface
13. Quick-Detach unlock button

Please ensure that there isn’t any obstacle while the motor rotating.
Please remove the obstacle immediately if gimbal camera is blocked during rotation.

Control Box Printing (Standard Version)

• The input voltage cannot be higher than 6S.
• The pin insertion interface cannot be connected with power supply.
• The yellow jumper cap cannot be removed

Control Box Printing (Quick-Detach Version

Device Dimensions (Standard Version)
Unit: mm

Device Dimensions (Quick-Detach Version)
Unit: mm

Install Mounting Part

1. Find out the arrow on the gimbal which indicating the yaw heading of the payload (i.e. the lens direction when the camera power on), and synchronize with the direction specified by the UAV.
2. Fix one end of the copper cylinder on the screw hole of lower damping board, and use M3 screw to fasten it.
3. According to the provided screw hole dimension you can make suitable mounting holes on the UAV mounting board, and fixes the other end of the copper cylinder on the mounting board of the UAV (Quick-Detach version is the same).

Quick-Detach Release Instruction

1. Make sure the two white stripes indicated in above picture are aligned with each other. (If the stripes are not aligned to each other, please pinch the connector part and turn it to left manually)
2. Align the white dot (unlock icon) to the red triangle (below unlock button), push the gimbal into the Quick-Detach completely and then rotate the gimbal camera anticlockwise.
3. When you hear “click” sound (when red dot is aligned to the red triangle) means the gimbal camera and Quick-Detach has been locked.
4. To unlock the Quick-Detach , you need to press on unlock button and rotate the gimbal camera clockwise till the white dot align to the red triangle. Then pull the gimbal out from the Quick-Detach

Install TF Card
TF (Micro SD card): Install the TF card to the card slot (Re. 2.1 Overview). Support max 128GB. Request Class 10 (10m/s) transmission speed or higher and FAT32 or exFAT format.

Make sure device is power off when inserting the TF card, hot plugging is not supported.

Image Output Interface
HDMI: micro HDMI output, HD 1080P 60/50/30/25fps, 1080P 60fps as default. (Optional)

Network: Ethernet output interface, support RTSP/RTMP/UDP video streaming. Default: RTSP output, IP address: RTSP: //192.168.2.119:554, output resolution: 720P (record in 1080p), frame rate: 25fps, bit rate: 2M. (Optional)

SDI: SMA outer screw inner hole interface, 1080P 30fps output. (Optional)
AV: no AV output

• Above output mode is optional, HDMI and SDI output cannot coexist at the same time. Please subject to your actual product.
• When using user interface software Viewlink for network connection, the network of external device (computer) should be the IP address: 192.168.2.2 (choose the last byte among 2~254, can not be 119 same as the gimbal), subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, Default gateway: 192.168.2.1, and all firewalls of the computer must be closed. Then enter the IP address of the gimbal camera, Open Video, the video stream can be outputted.

Signal Control

PWM Control
Control the gimbal camera functions by the multiplex pulse width modulation signal outputted by PWM channel of the remote control receiver. The camera needs up to 6 control channels of PWM (to expand tracking function use up to 7 PWM channels). You can choose needed functions according to actual usage to reduce the required number of PWM channels.

PWM Connection Diagram (Connect pitch channel as example)

PWM Control Operation Instruction

1. Pitch (PWM Pitch channel in to control Pitch. Joystick, rotary knob or 3-gear switch on remote control are optional. 3-gear switch as example.)

2. Yaw (PWM Yaw channel in to control Yaw. Joystick, rotary knob or 3-gear switch on remote control are optional. 3-gear switch as example.)

3. Mode (PWM Mode channel in to adjust speed control/one key to Home position etc functions. Rotary knob or 3-gear switch on remote control are optional. 3-gear switch as example.)

   • Position 1: Low-speed mode, control pitch/yaw with this mode at lowest speed
   • Position 2: Middle-speed mode, control pitch/yaw with this mode at middle speed
   • Position 3: High-speed mode, control pitch/yaw with this mode at highest speed
     (If it is controlled by rotary knob, the speed will change according to switch position)

4. Function of continuous switching:

5. Operate 1 time continuously and quickly, from position 2 – 3 – 2, to Home position.

6. Operate 2 times continuously and quickly, from position 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2, the camera lens looks vertically down.

7. Operate 3 times continuously and quickly, from position 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2, to disable Follow Yaw Mode (gimbal yaw not follows by frame)

8. Operate 4 times continuously and quickly, from position 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2, to enable Follow Yaw Mode (gimbal yaw follows by frame)

9. Zoom (PWM Zoom channel in to control Zoom. Joystick, rotary knob or 3-gear switch on remote control are optional. 3-gear switch as example.)

10. Focus ( not functional for this channel)

11. Pic/Rec (PWM Pic/Rec channel in to control take picture and record. Joystick, rotary knob or 3-gear switch on remote control are optional. 3-gear switch as example.)Switch from Position 2 to 1: Take a picture
    OSD display ‘REC IMG’ a second.
    Switch from Position 2 to 3: Start record/repeat operation to stop record
    Start record, the OSD display rec hh:mm:ss.
    Stop record, the OSD display STBY.

12. Multi: IR digital zoom / tracking controlSwitch from Position 2 to 1: IR digital zoom, 1x~4x
    Switch from Position 2 to 3:
    Exit the tracking, display the cross cursor. Adjust the cross cursor to lock target object and start tracking
    Switch from Position 3 to 2:
    Cancel tracking

Serial Port / TTL Control
TTL communication requirements: TTL signal is 3.3V, baud rate: 115200, data bit 8, stop bit 1, no parity, HEX send and receive.
Connection Diagram (PC – USB to TTL Cable- Gimbal Camera as example):

Diagram of USB to TTL Cable:
Connect the camera to the upper computer by USB to TTL cable (Adopt connection method of TX to RX, RX to TX, GNG to GND at Dupont ends of the provided USB to TTL cable, connect to the specified TTL of the gimbal, and the USB end of the cable connect to computer).

Install Viewlink control software to test the functions directly. Users may choose to develop their own software, please contact technical support for TTL control protocol file.
ViewLink is a user interface developed by Foxtech for Foxtech gimbal cameras.

• Connect serial port of gimbal to pins, DO NOT connect with power supply.
• The default baud rate of serial port is 115200, which can be changed according to the docking equipment.

S.BUS Control

Control the gimbal camera functions by one combining signals. Connect the external S.Bus to S.Bus port on the control box, and the external S.bus signal GND connect to the GND interface of the control box.

Wiring Diagram (Take Futaba remote control for example):

S.Bus control mode: default S.Bus signal channel 9-15 to control gimbal camera functions (the function of channel is consistent with corresponding channel in PWM function description)

Channel 9: Yaw Control
Channel 10: Pitch Control
Channel 11: Mode Control
Channel 12: Zoom Control
Channel 13: Focus Control
Channel 14: Pic/Rec Control
Channel 15: Multi Backup

• User can set the channels by setting serial command according to the actual requirement. The S.Bus channel position can be arranged in any sequence within channel 1-15 to connect with the flight controller or remote control.
• TTL control and S.bus control cannot coexist at the same time for standard version. The defualt control is TTL if no requirement. The user can set to S.bus control if needed (please contact with our technical support for the setting instruction.)

TCP control
For Foxtech gimbal cameras with Ethernet output, the default IP address is: 192.168.2.119, control port: 2000. You can send the corresponding protocol to realize TCP control after connecting.

The TCP control protocol is [Frame header: EB + command ID: 90 + data body (serial port protocol) + Checksum (CS = body checksum, checksum is calculated as a sum of all bytes of data body modulo 256)]. Or directly use UI Viewlink to control after TCP connection.

Specification

Hardware Parameter

Working voltage| 12V
Input voltage| 3S ~ 6S
Output voltage| 5V (connect with PWM)
Dynamic current| 650mA @ 12V
Idle current| 550mA @ 12V
Working environment temp| -20℃ ~ +60℃
Output| micro HDMI(1080P 60fps) / IP (720p) / SDI (1080P 30fps)

Local-storage

| SD card (Up to 128G,class 10, FAT32 or ex FAT format)
Control method| PWM / TTL / S.BUS/ TCP (IP output version)
Gimbal Spec

Angle range of structure design

| Pitch/Tilt: -50°～165°,Roll: ±27°,

Yaw/Pan: ±300° / ±360°*N (IP / SDI output version)

Angle range of software design

| Pitch/Tilt: -45°～90°,

Yaw/Pan: ±290° / ±360°*N (IP / SDI output version)

Vibration angle| Pitch/Roll: ±0.02°, Yaw：±0.02°
One-key to center| √
Camera spec

Imager Sensor| SONY 1/2.8″ “Exmor R” CMOS
Picture quality| Full HD 1080 (19201080)
Effective pixel| 2.13MP
Photo storage format| JPG(19201080)
Video storage format| MP4 (1080P/720P 25fps/30fps)
Lens optical zoom| 30x, F=4.3~129mm
Digital zoom| 12x (360x with optical zoom)

Min object distance

| 10mm(wide end) to 1200mm(tele end) Default 300mm

Horizontal viewing angle

| ****

1080p mode: 63.7°(wide end) ~ 2.3°(tele end) 720p mode: 63.7°(wide end) ~ 2.3°(tele end) SD: 47.8°(wide end) ~ 1.7°(tele end)

Sync system| Internal
S/N ratio| more than 50dB
Min illumination| Color 0.01lux@F1.6

Exposure control

| Auto, Manual, Priority mode (shutter priority & iris priority), Bright, EV compensation, Slow AE
Gain| Auto/Manual 0dB to 50.0dB

(0 to 28 steps + 2 setep/ total 15 steps)

Max.Gain Limit 10.7 dB to 50.0dB

(6 to 28 steps + 2 step/ total 12 steps)

White balance

| Auto, ATW, Indoor, Outdoor, One Push WB, Manual WB, Outdoor Auto, Sodium Vapor Lamp (Fix/Auto/Outdoor Auto)
---|---
Shutter speed| 1/1s to 1/10,000s, 22 steps
Backlight compensation| Yes
Aperture control| 16 steps
Defog| Yes
OSD| Yes
Camera Object Tracking
Update rate of deviation pixel| 50Hz
Output delay of deviation pixel| 5ms
Minimum object contrast| 5%
SNR| 4
Minimum object size| 3232 pixel
Maximum object size| 128128 pixel
Tracking speed| 32 pixel/frame
Object memory time| 100 frames (4s)
The mean square root values of pulse noise in the object position| < 0.5 pixel
Packing Information

Weight

| 847g ( Standard Version )885g

( Quick-Detach Version )

Product meas.

| 109.7127184mm（Standard Version） 109.7127189.7mm（Quick-Detach Version

Accessories

| 1pc gimbal camera device, screws, copper cylinders, damping balls, damping boards / Hight quality plastic Box with foam cushion

FAQ

1. How to deal with whitening visible image of Seeker 30 TR in foggy weather?
   A: Enable defogging mode

2. Does Seeker 30 TR support taking photos during recording?
   A: Yes

3. How to set the storage format of Seeker 30 TR ?
   A: When the IP output resolution is set to 1280720, the storage resolution is 1920 1080; Storage resolution is 1280 720 when the IP output resolution is set to 19201080; The video frame rate saved in the TF card is the same with the one set during IP output. The frame rate is 25fps or 30fps for optional.

4. Does Seeker 30 TR support simultaneous TCP control for multiple devices?
   A: Yes.

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