Controlling the HDR camcorders using the Arduino prototyping board.
Here is the list of commands that hopefully the rest of you can come up with some new meta-commands for use with the command line application.
Realistically none of the commands that only work only for playback mode will even be used. ( cant get to playback mode using Arduino )
Command Description Special Commands ( command ss ) ( None Work In Playback Mode ) 00 - 0E Various Speeds of Zooming In ( 00 slowest, 0E fastest ) 10 - 1E Various Speeds of Zooming Out ( 10 slowest, 1E fastest ) 35 Zooming In ( speed ~05 ) 37 Zooming Out ( speed ~15 ) 39 Zooming In ( speed ~0D-0E ) 3B Zooming Out ( speed ~1D-1E ) 41 Auto-Focus on/off 45 Focus Manual Far 47 Focus Manual Near 51 Backlight on/off Normal Commands ( command nn ) ( None Work In Playback Mode ) 2B Takes a Photo 39 Autofocussing 33 Starts Recording ( HDV mode only ) Normal Commands That Only Work For Playback Mode 30 Stops Playback ( Playback Mode Only ) 32 Pauses Playback ( Playback Mode Only ) 34 Resumes Playback ( Playback Mode Only ) 46 Slow Forward ( Playback Mode Only ) Global Commands ( Works Anywhere ) 05 & 2A Switch Mode from Camera - HDV or vice versa 5E Turns Camera Off The following are commands I created ( they do various things with the above commands or just things within my program ( special/normal ) ) pp Turns Camera On nn Switches to Normal Mode ss Switches to Special Mode mp Starts Multi-Camera Pause mr Starts Multi-Camera Record
These would be used in the following context. ( executable is named serial ) at command line: serial -c command
Also, note any suggestions for the command line switches ( like -c or -h ) and comment on possible changes in the Comment section below
Place your ideas here, and don't worry about special or normal mode ( that is irrelevant and will be removed in the final program )
Command Description init sets all the cameras to fully zoomed out and the focus set to closest ( this is an example, you could put your name in parentheses at the end if you want )
Add anything useful I might want or need to know here: ( maybe you don't like using -c and would rather commands be default? stuff like this )
WH: I think there are three possible levels of command interfaces
Personally, I think the translation layer would be much more useful than the LANC protocol layer, so the latter could be replaced completely with the former.
BA: What is the HDV mode? Is that the high speed mode? If not, is there some way we can toggle between standard and high speed recording?
Option Description -h Shows This Help Screen -c Sends Command to Serial Port ( eg. -c 5E -f Sends Command to Serial Port with Minimal Delays -r n Repeats the Commands n Times ( eg. -r 5 5E ) -m Monitors the Serial Port ( end with CTRL C -l Lists Usable Commands for -c Argument modify with -l s or -l n For a List of Special/Normal Commands Respectively -mp Starts Multi-Camera Pause -mr Starts Multi-Camera Record-- Main.sstuber - 21 May 2009