Atomos Ronin User Manual

Atomos Ronin

User Manual

EDITION 1: JUNE 2013

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Contents Safety Instructions

Contents

Warranty & Conditions .............................................................................1

Introduction

1. What’s included

2. What you also need

Spinning Disk Drives (HDD)

Solid State Drives (SSDs)

Mechanical Vibration

Backing up and archiving

Standard 1/4” Camcorder Mount

3. Mounting disks in the Master Caddy

4. Connecting and powering up

Batteries

Power ON/Power OFF

5. Ronin connections

6. Other physical features

Master Caddy / Screw Mounts / Modularity

7. Using the Ronin

The User Interface in detail

The Ronin Touchscreen

The Home Screen

Home Screen / Menu functions

Screen Lock

Batteries Screen / Auto Switching/Manual Switching

Storage Capacity Indicator

Formatting HDD/SSD

Unit Name

Audio In

Audio during playback

8. Monitoring and Recording

Before recording / Choosing your recording format

6 ways to start recording

Zebra / Focus Peaking / False Colour / Blue only

SmartLog

Exporting .xml

File Recovery

9. Timecode

10. Pulldown

11. Playback & Playout

exFAT / FAT 32 disks

Play mode / Pause mode

Loop mode

12. Connecting and Editing

Connect to Input

exFAT compatibility

SmartLog with FCPX

13. External Power Supply

14 . Using Connect Converters

15. Software Upgrades

Updating ATOMOS (Firmware)

16. Technical Speciﬁcations

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HD-SDI Cables

Connect to Input

SmartControl

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Using the Ronin as a ﬁeld monitor/electronic viewﬁnder

SmartMonitor

Organising material on disk

Anti-shock technology

NLE Support

Transferring ﬁles

Importing / Import into Final Cut Pro

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The Ronin is designed to a high standard but there are some things you should be aware of to prolong the life of the unit and for your own safety.

Batteries and power supplies

The batteries supplied with the Ronin are designed to retain enough energy to supply the Ronin for hours. You should avoid short-circuiting the battery connections because this can cause a high current to ﬂow which can damage the cells and even pose a ﬁre hazard. For example, you should not carry batteries in a bag or pocket where they may contact other metal objects such as coins.

Disconnect the power before cleaning the Ronin or its components.

Using the Ronin safely

Although the Ronin is very lightweight compared to all the devices it replaces, it is still a solid object that could cause injury if misused.

• Always make sure that the Ronin is mounted securely and is unable to fall

onto anyone nearby.

• Always ensure that cable runs to the Ronin are clearly visible and do not

present a trip hazard.

• Do not place on uneven or unstable surfaces.

• Do not insert anything but Ronin Master Disk caddies in the Master Disk

slot on the front of the Ronin.

• Do not touch the Ronin’s screen with sharp, metallic or abrasive objects.

• The Ronin can become warm or hot with prolonged use. Do not place it in

contact with your lap or any part of your body where such warming could cause discomfort or injury.

• Do not expose to strong electrical or magnetic elds.

• Do not expose to or use near liquids, rain or moisture.

• Do not dispose of the Ronin or its batteries in municipal waste and do not

incinerate it or its batteries, but follow local regulations for safe disposal

Care of disk drives

Spinning disks and SSDs are very sensitive to damage from static electricity. Please observe all the usual precautions when handling them.

Please see the section Mechanical shock and vibration later in this manual for information about how to handle and care for your disk drives.

SDI Cables

Please remember that SDI cables use locking connectors and will not simply pull out if they are jerked or tripped over. They are therefore a signiﬁcant trip

hazard, and also a hazard to your equipment, which may be damaged if the

cables are misused.

User Manual Conventions

To keep things simple but clear, we’ve only adopted two conventions in this manual:

A helpful tip, suggestion or something to note because it’s not obvious at ﬁrst

Monospaced text indicates a menu or touch action

Warranty & Conditions

Notice

All rights reserved. All information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of the document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, without the express written permission of ATOMOS. A reference to ATOMOS includes its related entities, subsidiaries and parent company.

Trademarks

Ronin and ATOMOS are registered trademarks of ATOMOS, Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, AppleTalk, FireWire, iPod, iPod Touch, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Final Cut Pro, QuickTime and the QuickTime Logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

International Hardware Limited Warranty

ATOMOS warrants that:

• the main product, not including TFT/LCD, or any external accessories,

will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 1 years from the date of purchase, the user may upgrade to a 3 year

warranty upon registering their product at www.atomos.com

• the TFT/LCD, batteries, battery charger, HDD/SSD docking station,

Master Caddy and Carry Case will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase.

This warranty is exclusively for the beneﬁt of the original purchaser and is not assignable or transferable.

If during the warranty period the product is shown to be defective ATOMOS may at its option:

a) replace the goods or supply equivalent ones, b) repair the goods, c) pay the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent ones and d)

paying the cost of having the goods repaired;

The customer must notify ATOMOS of any defect in the goods in writing prior to the expiry of the warranty periods set out above. The customer will be solely responsible for returning the goods to ATOMOS or its authorized distributor. Upon acceptance of a warranty claim by ATOMOS, where ATOMOS repairs or replaces the goods, it will be responsible for reasonable shipping costs incurred in sending the goods to the Customer, provided that customer is located in a country in which ATOMOS has an authorized distributor or repair centre or agent.

Warranty Exclusions

This warranty applies only to defects in workmanship and does not cover defects caused by:

• Neglect;

• Improper or negligent acts or omissions;

• Unauthorised repairs or attempted repairs;

• Tampering with or modication of the goods;

• Connection to incompatible equipment or power sources;

• Exposure to water or weather;

• Exposure to magnetic elds or corrosive liquids or substances;

• Physical damage EXCEPT AS STATED IN THIS WARRANTY, ATOMOS, IT’S VENDORS,

AGENTS, RESELLERS AND DISTRIBUTORS DISCLAIM IN THEIR ENTIRETY ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE REMEDIES OUTLINED IN THIS WARRANTY ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY A CUSTOMER HAS ARISING FROM DEFECTIVE GOODS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE WARRANTY.

ATOMOS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE GOODS WILL OPERATE IN A MANNER WHICH IS ERROR FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED. THE GOODS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE THE PRIMARY OR ONLY DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR DATA – CUSTOMERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR BACK UP AND PROTECTION OF DATA.

Software License Agreement

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. THIS IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT. This ATOMOS software, related documentation, any included sample images and other ﬁles (the “Software”), is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. The Software is licensed, not sold.

This End User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and ATOMOS with regard to the copyrighted Software provided with this EULA. Use of the Software provided to you by ATOMOS in whatever form or media, will constitute your acceptance of these terms, unless separate terms are provided by the software supplier, in which case certain additional or different terms may apply. If you do not agree with the terms of this EULA, do not download, install copy or use the Software. By installing, copying or otherwise using the Software, you agree to be bound to the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, ATOMOS is unwilling to license the Software to you.

1. Eligible licensees. This Software is available for license solely to purchasers of the ATOMOS Ronin, who have purchased a unit manufactured by ATOMOS Ronin and purchased through an ATOMOS authorized reseller, with no right of duplication or further distribution, licensing or sub-licensing.

2. License Grant. ATOMOS grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use the copy of the Software provided with this EULA. You agree you will not copy the Software except as necessary to use it with the ATOMOS Ronin. You agree that you may not copy the written materials accompanying the Software. Modifying, reverse engineering, translating, renting, copying, transferring or assigning all or part of the Software or any rights granted hereunder, to any other persons or reverse engineering the hardware on which the Software runs, is strictly prohibited. The software is license, not sold. You acknowledge that no title to intellectual property in the Software is transferable to you. You further acknowledge that title and full ownership rights to the Software will remain the exclusive property

of ATOMOS and/or its suppliers, and you will not acquire any rights

to the Software, except as expressly set forth above. All copies of the software will contain the same proprietary notices as contained in or on the Software. All title and copyrights in and to the Software (including but not limited to any images, animations, video, audio, text incorporated), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the Software are owned by ATOMOS or its suppliers.

3. Reverse engineering. You agree that you will not attempt, and if you are a corporation, you will use your best efforts to prevent your employees and contractors from attempting to reverse compile, derive circuits, modify, translate or disassemble the Software and/or the Atomos Ronin in whole or in part. Any failure to comply with the above or any other terms and conditions contained herein will result in the automatic termination of this license and the reversion of the rights granted hereunder by ATOMOS.

ATOMOS reserves the right to terminate this license without prejudice to any additional recourse ATOMOS may have against you if you violate any of its terms and conditions.

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Atomos Ronin, your 10-bit HD-SDI Recorder/Monitor/Deck. It is the perfect product for Recording, Monitoring, Playing back and logging or pre-editing content on the set or in the ﬁeld. It’s the new portable media deck.

The Ronin portable Recorder/Player/Monitor is a smart solution for both ﬁxed-facility and live video production. Based on the award-winning Samurai ﬁeld recorder, the Ronin features touchscreen ease of use, capture to Apple ProRes® or Avid DNxHD®

, professional monitoring and edit review. Like the Samurai, it can operate on location with battery or DC power, but it can also be used in a ﬁxed facility, rack-mounted environment using AC power.

In addition, the Ronin has balanced XLR input and output, along with a front panel headphone jack able to monitor individual channels. It also has an internal battery charging system for attached Atomos batteries when connected to AC power.

For HDMI connectivity, simply attach an Atomos Connect H2S and/or

S2H converter. The Ronin’s compact half-rack size makes it suitable for

any video production environment.

Software updates for your Ronin will be issued regularly. Registering your Ronin now will ensure you are kept abreast of any updates. Software updates and information will also be available at:

www.atomos.com/Ronin

We hope you enjoy your Ronin!

Your Ronin comes with a standard 1 year warranty on all parts and accessories. You can upgrade to a 3 year warranty on the main Ronin unit alone (excluding TFT/LCD) by registering your Ronin online at http://www.atomos.com/registration.xml. This will enable us to let you know about updates to the product and other important information surrounding your purchase.

Requires online activation

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1. What’s included

We try to provide you with as complete a package as possible, you don’t

have to add anything except 2.5” storage media (you can buy additional packs of empty Master Disk Caddies from your Atomos Reseller) and some cables to suit your set-up, like SDI BNC cables.

Here’s the complete list

• Ronin body (the Ronin itself, with touchscreen,

inputs and slot for Ronin disk caddies)

• 5 x empty Master Disk Caddies + screws for xing disks

• Master Caddy Docking Station with

a. USB 2 & 3 Cable

b. Firewire® Cable (Under dock)

c. USB 2.0 power cable for extra USB power when required (Under dock)

• 2 x Atomos 7.4 V 2600mAh Batteries

• D-Tap Adaptor (cable sold separately)

• Ronin Quick Start Guide (not pictured)

(Under Ronin body)

Atomos does not sell storage and your package will not contain any spinning disks or SSDs. You can buy these locally to keep running costs as low as possible.

Contents may differ from those shown here.

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2. What you also need

Spinning Disk Drives (HDD)

These are the raw storage medium for Ronin. You can use either traditional “spinning” disks, or the new solid state ones. Choose 2 ½” spinning drives if your Ronin is going to be attached to a tripod or if it is not going to be subject to excessive vibration. For harsher conditions, choose a solid state drive.

Which drives should you use?

There are so many drives available, and new models appear all the time. We are not able to test all drives but here are some guidelines.

Speed and reliability are the main factors. Here are a few things to bear in mind:

• Disk drive data rates tend to be given in megaBYTES per second, and

codec data rates are normally given in megaBITS per second. It’s very easy to get confused. But there’s no need to be, because all you have to do to convert megabits to megabytes is divide by 8. So if you’re recording at 220 megaBITS per second, that’s going to result in 220/8 megaBYTES per second, which is 27.5 megaBYTES per second.

• To see what works for you, you may want to start working with

relatively fast drives 7200 RPM, and then try slower ones 5400 RPM.

This gives you a frame of reference for comparison. Just remember that the higher the bitrate of the Apple ProRes the drive needs to be.

Atomos regularly test hard drives – please check this link before purchasing drives: http://atomos.activehosted.com/kb/article/

what-drives-do-we-recommend

you’re using, the faster

Solid State Drives (SSDs)

These are Flash memory devices that come in the same form-factor as 2 ½” disk drives, and they are fully supported by the Ronin. See the section below about when you should consider using SSDs. For a list of approved drives, please refer to our website.

(but they would probably be OK if cushioned against the body of the camera operator) and we would not advise using mechanical disks if there is a likelihood that they might be dropped onto a hard surface.

Here are some things that you should bear in mind when using spinning disks:

• Even though spinning drives can withstand substantial shocks when

they are not in use, they are more vulnerable when running. Harsh treatment that may not actually damage the drive may interrupt recordings at a much lower level of severity. We recommend that you experiment with your drives by testing them in the conditions that you normally work in.

• Spinning drives have a gyroscopic effect that you will feel faintly if you

rotate the Ronin up or down or from side to side. They are particularly

sensitive to this type of motion. If you do this too quickly while the drive

is spinning, you may get a small gap in your recording.

• Be very gentle when changing batteries if you are recording. Practise

this manoeuvre so that you are able to do it smoothly. It is always better to do this in-between takes.

• Do not bang or jolt the Ronin while recording. Gentle and cushioned

movement may be OK.

• You will nd noticeable differences in the ability of drives to withstand

shock and to continue recording during vibration and movement. As we receive reports of drive durability and reliability, we will post them on www.atomos.com

• Your Ronin is able to detect when the drive is under stress and it will

recover from any break in a recording by waiting until the drive is ready to continue, and then resuming from that point. If frames have been dropped because of shock or vibration, a “Skippy” Kangaroo symbol will appear on the home screen on the Ronin, just above the disk capacity indicator. This means that you will not normally have to restart the Ronin, even if a recording has been interrupted by mechanical disruption to the disk drive. (see Recording and Monitoring: Atomos Anti-shock Technology for more information)

Taking into account most usage scenarios, we think that mechanical disks will be suitable in the majority of cases. Spinning disks are most sensitive when they are rotating. It is obviously best to avoid dropping them but many disks now have a “drop detector” that will lock the most fragile mechanical parts in place and protect them from surprisingly hard knocks. We recommend that if you want to experiment with this, you do

so with a drive that doesn’t contain the day’s shoot!

Mechanical Shock and Vibration

Hard disks are precision mechanical devices that need to be handled carefully. You will be using the same type of drives that are normally used in notebook computers, and you can use this as a guide to whether you need to use mechanical drives or Solid State ones for any proposed projects. If you think a particular usage scenario would be suitable for a notebook computer, then it will probably be OK for a mechanical drive inside a Ronin. If you think the drive inside your notebook might suffer

damage, then don’t use a mechanical drive.

We can’t give rigid guidelines because there are so many different kinds

of drives, each with different mechanical properties. You may even ﬁnd variations between drives of the same type.

What we have found is that mechanical drives are suitable for most

purposes that don’t involve harsh vibration or mechanical shocks. They

will be perfect for tripod-mounting, and also for the majority of hand-held work. We would advise against hard-mounting them on moving vehicles

Backing up and archiving

Remember that no storage medium, including tape, optical disks, spinning disks and ﬂash memory, is completely immune from failure. You should bear this in mind when deciding how to manage your recorded content. At the very least, you should consider the

consequences for you and your business if your storage medium were

to suffer from a sudden failure, and you should back up your content accordingly. Hard drives that you can use for archiving are becoming increasingly affordable. You may ﬁnd that it is completely feasible for your to keep your master Ronin disks on a shelf (just like tapes!), and, as a backup, store copies on large hard drives, RAID arrays or Network Attached Storage (NAS).

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3. Mounting disks in the Master Caddy

Mounting drives in the Master Caddy

This is simplicity itself. Just insert the disk into the caddy, and secure with four screws. The caddy is light and the disk just needs to be held

securely. Don’t over-tighten the screws. There are no connections to

make because pushing the caddy into the Ronin or the Docking station makes all the connections for you.

The Master Caddy can’t be inserted the wrong way round. Always make

sure that the disk connector faces the slot in the Ronin. You have to be

quite rm to push the Master Caddy into place, but don’t push too hard, just in case something isn’t set up or aligned properly. There is very little

that can cause problems and the most likely thing is that the Master

Caddy isn’t properly ush with the drive inside. A quick visual check will

conﬁrm this.

Carefully assemble the

Master Caddy and disk

Spinning disks and SSDs are very sensitive to damage from static electricity. Please observe all the usual precautions when handling them, especially DO NOT EVER touch the exposed SATA connector as static electricity may be harmful to your disk.

Insert screw

Align all parts

Insert screw

Ensure all 3 parts aligned

and insert 4 x screws (supplied)

Do not over-tighten screws or alignment can not be guaranteed.

We suggest squeezing the corners

together near the screw you are tightening for optimal ﬁt.

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4. Connecting the Ronin and powering up

Batteries

The Ronin is a battery powered device, and has a special feature to ensure that you never have to interrupt a recording to change a battery.

Like all batteries, you will need to take care of them. Make sure that you

don’t short circuit the connections because this can result in very high

currents that can damage the cells and could pose a ﬁre hazard.

Charge new batteries before using them. The Ronin internal charger can charge two batteries simultaneously.

Before any type of disposal the battery should be discharged completely. Tape the contacts with electrical tape and package so as to prevent contacts accidentally coming together at any time. Incineration must be performed by an approved and permitted waste treatment facility that handles lithium ion batteries. If you are not sure if your waste facility can handle lithium ion batteries, contact them and verify if they are permitted or not.

Battery number 1

Slide down into battery slot/s and lock into position.

Push latch to release battery

Always use battery slot primary battery and the Ronin will, if using batteries alone.

Battery slot No.2 is the secondary or back-up battery and is not marked. Once the Ronin has been started from battery slot No. 1, it will operate

on battery slot No. 2 alone. No. 1 is only required for start up.

To insert the batteries, gently slide them down into the slot and lock them into position. To remove a battery, push the latch to release it. Each battery has its own latch, which is located to the right of batter No. 1 and to the left of batter No. 2 as you look at the back of the Ronin. Pull the latches towards the batteries to release them.

Ronin batteries and modular accessories (Connect Converters, etc) are held in place very tightly because they are on the outside of the device and there has to be no possibility whatsoever that they could work loose, so you will have to be quite ﬁrm with the battery latches. We suggest that you familiarise yourself with the force required to remove the batteries and accessories so that you can do this quickly in the ﬁeld. Make sure that you hold the top and the bottom of the battery or accessory module when sliding it off to avoid dropping it when it is released from the main unit.

The Ronin introduces an Atomos technology called Battery Looping for Continuous Power. When power is running low on one battery, the Ronin will automatically switch to the second battery, you can remove one of the batteries and replace it with a fully charged one. Ronin will continue to operate as you do this. You can continue this process indeﬁnitely.

for the ﬁrst battery. This is effectively your

The Ronin may be powered from NiMH & Li Ion 14.4V battery systems. Battery adaptor required. If a 14.4V battery is connected the unit will assume it is on AC power and the battery status page will show the AC power plug icons.

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4. Connecting the Ronin and powering up

Turning ON power to the Ronin

The Atomos Ronin half-rack HD/SD-SDI deck can be powered in multiple ways:

1. AC mains connection on rear panel

2. Battery operation on the rear panel

3. External DC voltage operation via an Atomos D-Tap Adaptor

The Ronin has an internal power supply that is powered by the AC connection on the rear panel. This internal power supply is turned on by toggling the switch next to the AC mains input on the rear panel

to the ‘1’ position. Turning on this internal power supply puts the unit

into standby mode and activates the battery charger. In this state any batteries on the rear panel will begin charging. To activate the Ronin, momentarily press the power button on the front panel. The power indicator on the front panel button will turn green and the Ronin home screen will display within a few seconds.

This switch and button arrangement allows for the internal power supply to charge the batteries even when the Ronin is not in active use. Battery level condition can only be checked when the Ronin is running. To do this, go to the battery menu page and toggle the rear power

switch to the ‘0’ position. The front Power switch indicator will turn red

to show that the Ronin is operating off battery power. The battery page will now show the voltage level of the attached batteries. To return to

AC mains power just ick the rear toggle switch back to the ‘1’ position

and the front power indicator will change back to green.

This unique operation, for a deck, is very useful in live event situations

if, for example, there is a mains failure, as the Ronin will automatically

switch over to battery operation. Ronin uses the same unique

Continuous Power technology as all Atomos recorder units.

Furthermore, the Ronin can operate from an external DC power supply source with the use of the D-Tap Adapter. Just make sure the D-Tap Adapter is in slot one of the battery plate.

The DC output connections on the rear panel of the Ronin are

reserved for use with future Atomos accessories.

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5. Ronin connections

LANC In

LANC Out

XLR In

XLR Out

Power Switch

HD SDI in: Your source video input to the Ronin is via HD-SDI.

HD SDI out: This is for connection to an external monitor or other

device with an HD SDI input. It carries a delay-free loop-through of the incoming signal in record and standby mode, and the playout signal when the Ronin is in playout mode.

LANC Remote: In addition to direct control through HD SDI, you have

the option of controlling the Ronin remotely using the LANC remote control protocol. The Ronin has a LANC input and a LANC loop-through connector to allow you to chain LANC-controllable devices together. This feature is compatible with certain Sony/Canon cameras only. This connection is also used for Serial commands control, which is still under development.

SDI In

SDI Out

AUX DC Out

Audio: The Ronin can record 12 channels of digital audio embedded in

the HD SDI signal. There is also a pair of XLR Balanced Line-in sockets for recording audio in sync with incoming video. Depending on your setup, you may ﬁnd that this gives you better results than the microphone on the camera.

You can switch between Analogue Audio Line In and HD SDI as your audio sources in the user interface, where you can also adjust the analogue audio input level.

There is also a pair of XLR Balanced Line-out sockets with adjustable level control. On the front of the Ronin is a 3.5mm Headphone Out Socket, which has itís own independent level control and mute switch.

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6. Other physical features

Master Caddy Slot

On the left hand side of the unit (as you face the screen) is a slot for Ronin Master Disk Caddies. To insert a caddy, gently push until it clicks into position.

Formatting disks - see page 13

Release and remove Master Caddy

To eject it, use the latch on the right hand side of the Ronin (as pictured)

The Master Caddy is hot-swappable, so you can do this at any time - even while

the unit is turned on. But don’t do it while

recording or you will get a corrupted ﬁle that may be unplayable.

Ronin Master Disk Caddies are held in place ﬁrmly. Push the eject button and the drive comes out, no need to pull on the caddy.

Screw Mounts

The Ronin is highly portable, but also has mounting ﬁxtures as well as rack-mounting capabilities.

The top of the Ronin unit incorporates a convenient handle for hand carrying. There are fold-down feet on the bottom of the unit that provide various tilting combinations for use on a desk or as part of mobile production.

Further mounting versatility is provided by seven embedded 1/4inch/20 threads – ﬁve on the top panel and two on each side. This provides for custom mounting situations as well as the ability to mount various accessories and ﬁxtures to the Ronin.

Ronin can be easily rack-mounted into a standard 19-inch wide equipment rack using the ATOMRCK001 rack-mount adapter. The rack-mount adapter provides a way to mount two Ronin units side by side in a standard equipment rack and only utilizes three RU of vertical rack-mount space. Please

refer to the installation guide provided with the rack-mount adapter.

Ronin Modularity

The Ronin was designed to be a exible and modular system. It doesn’t

need any drivers to connect to a computer, you have a choice of spinning hard disk storage or solid state, and it will work with any battery system as

long as it connects to the Ronin’s NP-type slots, or via a DTap connector.

The Ronin’s battery slots are the key to it’s modularity. They provide secure attachment and continuous power, through Atomos’ feed-through power

system.

The ﬁrst of the modular add-ons to be announced by Atomos are the Connect converters (pictured). More on this in Part 14.

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