cForce motors with Alexa

[Guillaume Cottin]

Hi there,

 

Do you know if the Arri/cForce motors are directly pluggable into an Alexa (S)XT Plus? Does it take a special adapter cable?

 

Thanks

[Chris Steel]

The Cforce motors can plug directly into Arri SXT and Mini cameras.
Arri WCU-4 will connect to the camera directly to control them and the camera itself.

Cmotion hand units with the "white" radio will also control the motors through the camera.

[Guillaume Cottin]

Thanks Chris. Same for the XT Plus or just the SXT Plus?

 

I am wondering in what cases you'd want to use the UMC-4.

[Chris Steel]

All of the plus models should be fine.

The original Alexa Plus may need a firmware update.

Usually, Arri Motors with Arri hand unit going into an Arri camera (with built in wireless) should work just fine.

I think even the 435 Xtreme should work too (though I haven't tested that)

 

UMC-4 is for when you're working with non Arri cameras or with Arri cameras that don't have built in wireless.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Chris Steel