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Qdslr Dashboard and Pocket Slider Controller

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#11 JSte
I will try it over direct usb connection to my android phone and will answer tomorrow.
If it doesn't work, what should i do? Maybe text Zoltan?
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#12 makani.ph
Hi,
I'm having a similar issue with a Feiyu AK2000 timelapse motion control which I try to combine with the qdslrdashboard holy grail auto-ramping functions.
My camera is a Sony A6500, which connects correctly over Wifi to my
- Android qdslrdashboard app ( see https://dslrdashboard.info/phpBB3/viewto...2154#p8448)
- Android Feiyu ON app, allowing basic functions like shutter release and video start/stop
But the Wifi connection from the A6500 only allows 1 device of course.

I've tried to connect the qdslr app over USB in order to allow Feiyu ON to connect over Wifi, but I bumped into a similar issue as described here :
http://dslrdashboard.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2877
(Camera not found)

The point is :
- The Feiyu AK2000 has a motion timelapse feature (Auto rotation called), working in conjunction with the build in Rotation time feature.
- Rotation time feature has 4 time parameters (all in format HH:MM:SS) :
--- PAN
--- TILT
--- INVL
--- DWELL
First 2 control the horizontal & vertical axis motion.
Last 2 control the image capture interval & motion dwell time.
During dwell time, the motion stops in order to capture a stable image.
- Your suggestion "So the connection would be: release cable from motion Contoller to camera. Wifi connection from qDDB to camera." makes sense because my DWELL time needs to be respected at every trigger, but somehow the camera doesn't trigger with the combined setup.

Any other suggestion I could try (with another USB or dongle solution) ?

Thanks,
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#13 makani.ph
A brief update on my last reply:

It took me a couple of hours to figure out the right connection sequence and start capturing my desired AK2000 gimbal motion timelapse over qdslrdashboard to my Sony a6500 camera.
Demonstration of a 1 minute timelapse running :
https://youtu.be/Nbg5gbZd8Wk

Brief instructions can be found in the youtube description, below the video.

Next step will be to experiment with the holy grail features during capture.
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#14 makani.ph
What's better on Christmas eve then having a dwell time behind your gear and laptop, preparing for a timelapse sequence with qdslrdashboard Smile

In my previous post, I've mentioned the connection triangle "Sony a6500 - Feiyutech AK2000 - qdslrdashboard" succeeded.
Next step I performed today was experimenting with the LRTimelapse dashboard from within qdrlrdashboard.
Guidance : https://lrtimelapse.com/dslrdashboard/

It was a mixed success / failure :
- Running the AK2000 triggered test sequence (2 minutes elapsed) went well, all images passed the LRT dashboard as described in the guidance
- A problem was detected in ramping the exposure & aperture setting from LRT dashboard (and overall qdslrdashboard usage)
Apparently changing exposure/aperture/ISO from within the app did not have any effect on the camera settings.
EG. When exposure was set to 1/20 on the camera, this setting was visible on the app, but changing the value from within the app to for example 1/5 had no effect (remained 1/20)
As such the holy grail is impossible to apply its mastery via NTC referenced algorithms.

Conclusion : qdsrldashboard app is a handy tool for external live views, but not for accessing all a6500 camera settings.

I'm currently running on Sony's firmware version 1.05 and qdslrdashboard 3.5.9
Latest version is 1.06, but shows no relevant improvements on the remote control part
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support...s/00016082

I guess qdslrdashboard needs an update to support my camera's remote control capabilities ?

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