CONNECTING TO A Lens Control System

cmotion cPRO

When connecting to a cmotion Lens control system the protocol should be set to Classic in the Moon app. You then need a LCUBE to convert the serial protocol to LBUS protocol. With either the cPRO CAMIN or a cPRO motor you connect the LCUBE into the LBUS chain. You then connect the Moon Brain to the LCUBE with a custom serial cable (MSF.C40.01 CUBE-1 SERIAL).

Now open Settings in the Moon app (double-click on the button to the bottom right). Go to CONNECTIONS under SETUP and set Protocol to Classic under Lens control system. Connector should be set to Moon serial connector. With software version 2.14.0 and newer you do not need to save, parameters are saved as soon as you change them.

In the display on your cPRO hand unit you will now see the Moon readout as an arrow on the distance scale in the MAIN and FIZ views (as long as you have a lens file loaded in the cPRO). You will also have a RANGE view just after the FIZ view where you see the readout in numbers. Distance values turning green indicates that the lens are set to the same value as the readout, or within the depth of field.

Long pressing the middle button just below the hand unit’s display is a shortcut to go inte the Rangefinder menu (when in the RANGE view). Here you can do things like enter an offset, set limits and adjust the sensitivity. All these things can also be set in the Moon app, which might be faster when you are setup working with your Moon iPhone controller.

You can also turn autofocus on and off in the Rangefinder meny, though the fastest way to do this is probably to have that function assigned to one of the hand unit user buttons. This is done in the BUTTONS menu in the hand unit. AF PRESS will activate autofocus for as long as you press the user button and AF TOGGLE will toggle autofocus on or off.