Getting Started
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Connecting a third party battery plate lets you mount
V-Mount or Gold Mount batteries.
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Mounting Batteries
You can easily mount industry standard V-Mount or Gold Mount batteries to Blackmagic URSA. To mount
a battery, you'll need to attach a third party V-Mount or Gold Mount battery plate to Blackmagic URSA's
plate mount. Battery manufacturers such as IDX and Switronix provide battery plates with the correct
Molex 51353-1200 connector for plugging into URSA's Molex power connector. You can purchase these
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battery plates from suppliers of professional digital cinema and video equipment. If you don't have an
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off the shelf battery plate designed for URSA and you want to modify your own battery plate, then you
can use the supplied adapter cable and connector. Follow the instructions on page 47 to see how any
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battery plate can be modified to use with URSA.
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To mount your battery plate to URSA's rear panel:
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Step 1. Remove Blackmagic URSA's Molex power cover from the rear panel by unscrewing the 4 corner
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Step 2. Connect Blackmagic URSA's 12 way Molex 55959-1230 power connector to your third party
Step 3. Screw the third party battery plate onto Blackmagic URSA's plate mounting points using 4 x
With the third party plate connected to your Blackmagic URSA, you can now mount a V-Mount or Gold
Mount battery.
Congratulations! You are now ready to insert CFast 2.0 cards and start recording!
screws. You'll now see Blackmagic URSA's 12 way Molex 55959-1230 power connector.
battery plate.
M3 screws. Make sure the connector cable is tucked safely into the cable slot and not crushed
between the plates when tightening.