Manual

Hardware setup

First you have to setup your hardware:

•  Connect the IRdeo interface to one of the internal serial ports of your PC (so COM1 or COM2), using a serial cable
•  Then connect the LANC connector of your camera to one of the LANC busses of the IRdeo interface, using a LANC cable

Software installation

Make sure that the following software is installed on your system:

•  Windows NT 4.0, 2000 or XP
   (the plug-in will not work under Windows 95, 98 or ME)
•  Adobe Premiere 6.0 or higher

To install the plug-in, you just copy it to the plug-ins directory of your Adobe Premiere installation (probably: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Premiere 6.0\Plug-ins").

Software setup

Once the plug-in is installed, you have to configure Adobe Premiere to make sure the plug-in will be used:

• Select the option "Scratch Disks and Device Control..." from the menu "Edit" / "Preferences":
  
  to make the preferences dialog appear.
   
• Select the option "IRdeo Device Control":
  
   
• Now the setup dialog of the IRdeo plug-in appears. Select the serial port to which the IRdeo interface is connected, and the LANC connector on the IRdeo interface to which the camera is connected:
  
  The first time you use the plug-in, also press the "Calibrate" button. Before you do so, make sure all connections and the settings above have been made! Calibration is necessary to make sure the plug-in can understand and speak the language of your camera.

Usage

Now that the software is installed and configured, you can start using it:

• In Adobe Premiere select the option "Movie capture" from the menu "File" / "Capture":
  
  to make the movie capture dialog appear.
   
• In this dialog, press the device control buttons below the preview area to control your camera. You can fast forward, rewind, step forward or backward, play, pause, etc. Notice that you also see the value of the counter of the camera:
  
  This value is also used if you create a capture batch job. See the manual of Adobe Premiere for more information.