The Mōvi Controller is a professional grade remote system that allows the operator full control over pan, tilt, and roll, as well as focus, iris and zoom, gimbal settings and camera control.
Camera control only available on supported cameras.
How to connect the Mōvi Controller and FRX Pro to your Mōvi
On the receiver (gimbal) side, plug one end of the included COM cable into the FRX Pro UART port. Plug the other end of the cable into COM 1 on the top of the GCU (the screen on the gimbal).
On the receiver side, plug the included USB A-C cable into the USB-C port on the FRX Pro. Then, plug the included D-Tap cable into the CAN port.
On the controller, plug the USB A side of the cable into the bottom USB-A port. Then, plug the D-Tap cable into the D-Tap port on the battery or battery plate.
On the controller menu, go to HOME> RADIO CONFIG> RADIO TYPE and change from INTERNAL to USB. Once the setting has been changed, 'Write' it to the MōVI Controller's memory by selecting the 'Write' field on the next line and pressing the Menu Set knob.
To use the old MC-RX receiver with the MōVI Controller, you must set the Radio Type back to 'Internal’.
Mōvi M5/10/15 is compatible with Mōvi Controller firmware v4.1.3 or below
Mōvi Pro/XL/Carbon is compatible with Mōvi Controller firmware v3.0.1 or above
New Feature: Adds On-Screen Display (OSD) support for camera control of the Panasonic BGH1 and BS1H, and Freefly Ember with Mōvi firmware 2.3.0 or above.
Fix: If you lose connection, Mōvi now stays exactly where you left it when you, ready for you to continue the shot once you’re back in range
Fix: Refreshes the camera controls based on saved camera type when binding to a Mōvi
Fix: Always load FIZ motor settings when connected to Mōvi Carbon.
New Feature: Adds support for camera control of the Panasonic BGH1 and BS1H on Mōvi Carbon.
Change: The "RED Image" menu has been renamed "Cam Image".
Fix: Always load FIZ motor settings when connected to Mōvi Carbon.
Bugfix: FIZ range limits were sometimes getting set randomly. This was causing it to look like a FIZ axis was getting stuck or locked.
Bugfix: Mōvi Controller was occasionally sending corrupt gimbal commands, causing Mōvi to briefly twitch or reset its FIZ values
Bugfix: Can’t select/unselect lenses from lens library
Bugfix: Carbon wasn’t displaying units for FIZ in the FIZ main screen, due to the lens library not working.
Improvement: Pan/tilt trim knobs can now be used in Wheels mode
New Feature: Added reset attitude button under Mōvi Expert screen for use with Mōvi firmware v2.0.16 or above. Scroll to it in the menu, then turn the right knob right to initiate the process
Known issue: Lens Library sometimes doesn’t save new lenses
New Feature: FRX Pro support! Go to Radio Config and change Radio Type from Internal to USB
Improvement: Signal strength indicator in Radio Config when USB mode is selected (for use with FRX Pro) displays good/weak/bad instead of packets per second.
Bugfix: Adding a new lens to lens library would freeze Mōvi Controller even when rebooted.
Known issue: Can’t select/unselect lenses from lens library. Adding a new lens doesn’t persist.
New Feature: Blackjack support
New Feature: Roll mapping option for Wheels!
Improvement: Added 360 roll mapping for Rocker and Joystick.
Improvement: Timelapse menu is removed during winter clean up. App version is significantly improved.
Improvement: Wheels advanced settings (termination, LED, etc) on Mōvi Controller
Improvement: Added timeout features to Wheels
Improvement: Display 0 values for joystick smoothing/window/expo when Wheels enabled.
New feature: Mōvi Wheels support & TX Config screen updates
Improvement: Iris and Focus linearization for Mōvi Carbon and set crop factor, which now makes displayed lens range 40-240mm
New Feature: Zoom Rate Scaling UI so users can adjust the Zoom Rate
New Feature: Default the lens profile on Mōvi Carbon to Fujinon XK 20-120mm.
Improvement: Alpha Wheels Mode is improved and jitters are further eliminated. Some notes:
MIMIC settings no longer apply.
Joystick settings now apply. For the most direct feel, dual op pan and tilt joystick window, smoothing, and expo should be set to zero. They can be modified for more smoothing if desired.
Remote Rate Scale now applies and is a final drive ratio with the maximum of 200º/s. So, 70:1 wheels gear plus 100º/s Remote Rate Scale will be a total of 140:1 wheels to axis ratio.
Should work better with high Hold Strength. You will still get overshoot on abrupt stops. High Hold Strength puts more responsibility in the operator's hands for the start and stop ramps.
There is a known bug where the controller must boot in Alpha Wheels mode to initialize the wheels properly. Not addressed by this update. We'll look into it for next release.
If you are using MIMIC version of the Alpha Wheels, we recommend to get the latest firmware from 1A Tools.
New Feature: Added Chrosziel CDM-100M Lens Motor option to the FIZ Axis config motor selection list.
Improvement: Changed all references to "WEDGE" in displays to "FIZ"
New Feature: Added Hocus Reflex to motor selection list
New Feature: Added bare-bones Aux Port for API pass-through
How to download and update your firmware
Please note that the Mōvi Controller updater is currently only working on PC.
