[Tig] What can drive a Spirit Datacine HD SDC2000?

[Dwaine Maggart]

Hi Floor,

You need to be a bit careful with the Spirit nomenclature these days. They
have a new model commonly referred to as a SpiritHD. So you need to be
careful not to confuse that with a Spirit 1 (SDC200x) that is HD equipped. 

By your subject line, I assume you have a Spirit 1, and a da Vinci 8:8:8 dui
system will indeed control that with no problem. It will even process the
video in SD mode. Just not in HD mode, where it will act as a controller for
the internal Spirit HD processing. 

The newer Spirit models (4K - SDC 4100, 2K - SDC2100 and HD - SDC HD100) and
earlier Spirit 4K/2K models (don't have the model numbers at hand) can NOT
be controlled by an 8:8:8 dui system. Those require a 2K or Resolve system,
at least in terms of compatible da Vinci products. 

Regards,
Dwaine

Dwaine Maggart
Western U.S. Sr. Field Engineer
 
da Vinci Systems
7625 Hayvenhurst Ave. Suite 25
Van Nuys, CA 91406 USA
Tel 1.818.902.0488  
Fax 1.818.902.0918
dwainem at davsys.com
www.davsys.com

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Hi Guys,

Currently I am working at a facility where they have a Spirit HD being 
controlled by a Baselight. For dailies they are now looking into a 
'alternative' way  for driving the Spirit.

What are the options, can they use an older DaVinci or Pogle or do you 
need a more recent one? Since the device is only telling the Spirit what 
to do I figured you don't need a very recent controller for it.. Is that 
true? Is an oldish DaVinci 888 for example compatible with it? The 
manuals are a bit vague about it, it says it has been tested with a 
Renaissance 8:8:8 version 4.3.2.

And then the second question, where to get such a controller, preferably 
region western europe. What are the market prices for such controllers 
nowadays?

Thanks in advance for the help,
Floor


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