AAton XTR User Manual - 7.3 Origincplus

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me) for 8 hours. After 8 hours of keeping time, the yellow diode on

the base of the XTRprod will flash once every four seconds, indica-

ting that accurate time is no longer guaranteed.

In order for the internal clock to operate, the camera must be powe-

red before initialization. The camera is also equipped with an ins-

tantly charged supercapacitor buffer that is designed to keep time

between battery changes. Keep in mind that a battery which is too

low to run the camera has enough energy to drive the internal clock

for hours. Get into the habit of leaving an exhausted battery on-

board the camera until you have a fresh battery close by. The super-

capacitor allows a full minute for battery replacement before timeco-

de is lost. 

7.3 ORIGINCPLUS

For the most efficient and foolproof means of working with Aaton-

Code, it is highly recommended that an Aaton device called Ori-

ginCplus is used. OriginCplus can be quickly 

programmed with a production ID, full date and time of day, then

initialize timecode devices in either ASCII or SMPTE form. Ori-

ginCplus is TCXO-controlled and will run for 150 hours with an

internal 9V lithium cell; it is designed to be left on during the shoot

day and used as a comparator to monitor timecode drift between de-

vices. 

OriginCplus can also be used as a SMPTE generator to supply accu-

rate timecode for slates and inserters, or to record timecode on one

audio channel of a non-timecode audio recorder.

7.4 INITIALIZING AATONCODE IN THE

CAMERA

There are two ways in which AatonCode can be initialized in the XTR-