Bluetooth®
On URSA Mini Pro, Bluetooth control allows you to control your camera wirelessly from portable
devices. Using the 'Blackmagic Camera Control App' you can power the camera on or off,
change settings, adjust metadata and trigger record remotely from an iPad. You can enable or
disable Bluetooth by tapping the 'Bluetooth' switch icon in the 'setup' menu. When Bluetooth is
enabled, the camera can be detected by Bluetooth devices up to 30 feet away.
Because URSA Mini Pro uses the same set of commands for Bluetooth control as it does for
'Blackmagic SDI Camera Control Protocol', you can write your own applications to control
almost every setting in the camera remotely, from monitoring to audio settings, the camera's
inbuilt DaVinci Resolve color corrector or lens control.
For more information see the 'Blackmagic SDI Camera Control Protocol' section in this manual.
To pair your camera with an iPad for the first time:
1
Enable Bluetooth by tapping the 'Bluetooth' switch icon in the 'setup' menu on your
URSA Mini Pro.
2
Open the 'Blackmagic Camera Control App' and select the URSA Mini Pro you would
like to pair with. Available cameras will be listed by their camera letter, followed by their
unique hardware ID. For example A:A0974BEA.
Select the URSA Mini Pro you would like to pair with
NOTE
When you install the Blackmagic Camera Control App and run it for the
first time, you will be asked if you want to 'allow location access.' If you select
'while using the app,' GPS readings from your iPad will be included in the
metadata of the files you shoot, allowing you to geotag footage. This
information can be viewed in Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve versions 14 or higher.
If you do not want to using this information, select 'never.'
To change settings, go to settings, privacy, location services, camera control
on your iPad.
Settings
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