Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

waterwingz

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #10 on: 15 / November / 2014, 12:20:30 »

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uBASIC debugging is very painful as the error messages are very close to meaningless. Lua is a much better way to do scripting in CHDK. However, in your case, the line that says :

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print "Ch1Up-Shoot; k
is missing a second quotation mark

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print "Ch1Up-Shoot"; k
That might be the problem.

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waterwingz

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #11 on: 15 / November / 2014, 12:27:28 »

Quote from: Benny_H88 on 15 / November / 2014, 11:16:11

heres another idea, if a photo hasnt been taken in a certain amount of time then retract lens

That's a good idea. However, as I mentioned earlier, pressing the DISP button is not going to cause the lens to retract. Please see my previous post for a better way to do that.

Quote from: Benny_H88 on 15 / November / 2014, 11:23:03

are there any tutorials for writing scripts? it would be handy to know how to properly write the various statements as they are nothing like the c i am used to

Quite a bit of work went into this wiki page : CHDK Scripting Cross Reference Page. You might find it helpful.

And if you have experience programmnig in C, then I would strongly recommend taking an hour or two and reading up about Lua. It's a far more powerful scripting language with much better error detection and error messages. Programming in uBASIC for anything non-trivial is a painful exercise.

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Benny_H88

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #12 on: 15 / November / 2014, 12:41:23 »

thanks for the comments, ill give lua a look.

ive been looking through the reference page. its given me some ideas but i need to know how to apply it.

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waterwingz

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #13 on: 15 / November / 2014, 12:43:53 »

Quote from: Benny_H88 on 15 / November / 2014, 12:41:23

but i need to know how to apply it.

Read some of the published scripts and then practice. Did my earlier post fix the issue with your first script?

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Benny_H88

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #14 on: 15 / November / 2014, 13:30:38 »

yes it did, turned out i had carried the error to all my other versions. doing some testing and hope to find one that retracts the lens.

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waterwingz

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #15 on: 15 / November / 2014, 13:35:13 »

Quote from: Benny_H88 on 15 / November / 2014, 13:30:38

doing some testing and hope to find one that retracts the lens.

Is there some part of this hint that is not clear ? >>>

Quote from: waterwingz on 14 / November / 2014, 15:27:40

The secret to managing the lens extension & retraction is to have the script switch the camera between shooting & playback modes with the Canon Lens Retract setting set to 0 sec.

Perhaps a further hint will help? set_record

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Benny_H88

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #16 on: 15 / November / 2014, 14:00:50 »

i set the lens to retract immediately, as suggested. missed the other part of the hint but ive heard the latest loud and clear

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Benny_H88

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #17 on: 15 / November / 2014, 14:34:29 »

@title APM shooterV6
rem by Ben Harvey Benny_H88, modified version of 3dr_shoot.bas

while 1
do
k = get_usb_power
until k>0
if k < 5 then gosub "ch1down"
if k > 4 and k < 8 then gosub "ch1mid"
if k > 7 and k < 11 then gosub "ch1up"
if k > 10 then print "error"
wend
end

:ch1up
print "Shoot"
set_record(true)
while not get_mode() do
    sleep(10)
shoot
return

:ch1mid
print "Wait"
sleep 500
return

:ch1down
print "Stowed"
set_record(false)
while get_mode() do
   sleep(10)
sleep 1000
return

ok what am i doing wrong this time?
it wont take a photo, wont even do my prints, my guess is that i'm getting hung up in the while loops

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waterwingz

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #18 on: 15 / November / 2014, 14:58:00 »

Quote from: Benny_H88 on 15 / November / 2014, 14:34:29

ok what am i doing wrong this time?

Well, to start with, you have an interesting mix of Lua and uBASIC syntax there. The link zeno posted for you ( http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/kapstuff/zubdb.html ) will likely save you a lot of time if you use the debugger first.

Meanwhile, try this :

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while 1
   do
      k = get_usb_power
   until k>0
   if k < 5 then gosub "ch1down"   
   if k > 4 and k < 8 then gosub "ch1mid"
   if k > 7 and k < 11 then gosub "ch1up"
   if k > 10 then print "error"
wend
end

:ch1up
    print "Shoot"
    set_record 1
    while get_mode = 1 do
      sleep 50
    wend
    shoot
    return

:ch1mid
   print "Wait"
   sleep 2000
   return

:ch1down
   print "Stowed"
   set_record 0
   while get_mode = 0 do
     sleep 50
   wend
   sleep 1000
   return

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Benny_H88

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Re: Script to retract lens into the body, UAV mapping

« Reply #19 on: 15 / November / 2014, 15:10:08 »

@title APM shooterV8
rem by Ben Harvey Benny_H88, modified version of 3dr_shoot.bas

while 1
do
k = get_usb_power
until k>0
if k < 5 then gosub "ch1down"
if k > 4 and k < 8 then gosub "ch1mid"
if k > 7 and k < 11 then gosub "ch1up"
if k > 10 then print "error"
wend
end

:ch1up
print "Shoot"
set_record(1)
sleep(20)
shoot
return

:ch1mid
print "Wait"
sleep 500
return

:ch1down
print "Stowed"
set_record(0)
sleep(20)
sleep (1000)
return

This one has cracked it. Turns out the lead i butchered for my trigger has a bad connection somewhere.

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