I'm trying to use a Movi Pro without a camera mounted. I emailed support asking for their advice on how to balance and tune the movi and they suggested adding 2-3 lbs before trying to tune. Is this weight just for balancing the Movi properly or are there other reasons that I need to add weight? And is this the ideal weight to use a Movi without experiencing any jitters? Thanks
I've successfully booted the Movi up with no weight. It'll work ok. Why do you want to do so? Testing?
Testing for right now. I might end up using a phone or other light device on it in the future. Some more details: I have it the Movi Pro mounted to a heavy plate right now and I have added some weight to the camera rails as suggested. "Smooth Lock" and "Majestic Angle" seem to work when I move the plate. I also have a MIMIC that I've connected and the Movi follows my movements as expected. Graham, how did you balance the Movi without any added weight? And did you have to adjust any of the tuning parameters (stiffness, filters, ...) or did you just use what Autotune provided?
It's fine for testing simple things like you're doing. You won't damage it from too little weight. I probably dropped the cage down on the tilt center of gravity axis so it was a bit bottom heavy, and that will kind of keep it in its proper orientation when you boot up. Also probably did a quick manual tuning instead of auto tune. Settings around 10 on stiffness should be close.
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