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SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error

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Offline AndyC

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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #10 on: 19 / September / 2014, 18:05:00 »
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Sorry for the attachment mistake, done now.

I've gone through all of the Canon parameters, changing them to my custom settings, and the intervalometer scripts still running for >20 shots after every couple of changes. A couple of times the camera crashed (without warning powering down with the lens still out, but that was always immediately after a user input and isn't a significant issue).

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Are you able to shoot in continuous mode (shutter held down) when CHDK is loaded?
With CHDK loaded and drive mode set to continuous, I can shoot continuously (>30 frames) with the shutter held down (not in Alt mode though).
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #11 on: 19 / September / 2014, 18:14:51 »
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You can try to dump the camera's firmware and upload it somewhere, so we could check whether it seems corrupted or not.

From the Wiki I can't understand how to dump the camera's firmware - I can't find an extend.m file to append on my memory card.
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #12 on: 19 / September / 2014, 18:33:41 »
Quote from: AndyC on 19 / September / 2014, 18:05:00
A couple of times the camera crashed (without warning powering down with the lens still out, but that was always immediately after a user input and isn't a significant issue).
What is that "user input"? You usually have to try very hard to make a camera crash. I can only think of something related to CHDK "subject distance" override, as your romlog appears to indicate.

Quote from: AndyC on 19 / September / 2014, 18:14:51
From the Wiki I can't understand how to dump the camera's firmware - I can't find an extend.m file to append on my memory card.
Wrong choice of words. You need to put the script in a plain text file and name it "extend.m" .
« Last Edit: 19 / September / 2014, 18:35:12 by srsa_4c »
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #13 on: 19 / September / 2014, 18:44:43 »
Quote from: srsa_4c on 19 / September / 2014, 18:33:41
I can only think of something related to CHDK "subject distance" override, as your romlog appears to indicate.
That's strange.  His script does not explicitly attempt to set_focus (other than via the shoot() command).

@AndyC :  are you trying to force the focus (to infinity maybe?) using the CHDK SD override menu items ?
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #14 on: 19 / September / 2014, 19:07:46 »
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What is that "user input"?
I think it's shutdown a coupe of times when I've interrupted a script already running - I'd (perhaps foolishly) assumed that it was a case of too much going on. It's not a big issue because it's immediately obvious, unlike a camera crash 20 seconds into a flight (as happened during a test flight 10 minutes ago...)

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are you trying to force the focus (to infinity maybe?) using the CHDK SD override menu items?
I haven't (yet) attempted to set_focus in any of my scripts. I tried to use 'Override Subject Distance: Inf [Inf.]', but it doesn't override the autofocus initiated by the shoot command (I think this is a known issue with this particular model that Waterwingz and others have been looking at, without a solution yet). My camera does instantly crash (no warning, power off, lens out) if I set the focus to MF, switch to Alt mode, and attempt to run any script.

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You need to put the script in a plain text file and name it "extend.m" .

I'll try this now.
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #15 on: 19 / September / 2014, 19:27:32 »
Regarding the firmware dump; when I run the 'extend.m' file as a script, my camera displays:
***Started***
uBASIC:1 Unk Stmt
***Terminated***
I think this is an error message reporting an unknown statement in uBASIC, and it didn't create the desired 'CBDUMPER.LOG' or 'PRIMARY.BIN' files on my card. Could you possibly explain how I need to actually use the 'extend.m' file?
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #16 on: 19 / September / 2014, 20:17:17 »
Quote from: AndyC on 19 / September / 2014, 19:27:32
Regarding the firmware dump; when I run the 'extend.m' file as a script, my camera displays:
***Started***
uBASIC:1 Unk Stmt
***Terminated***
I think this is an error message reporting an unknown statement in uBASIC, and it didn't create the desired 'CBDUMPER.LOG' or 'PRIMARY.BIN' files on my card. Could you possibly explain how I need to actually use the 'extend.m' file?
The process of dumping camera firmware uses the built-in Canon BASIC interpreter (cBASIC).  It really has nothing at all to do with CHDK (uBASIC) and CHDK does not even need to be loaded.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Obtaining_a_firmware_dump
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_Basic/Card_Setup
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_Basic/Scripts/Dumper

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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #17 on: 19 / September / 2014, 20:59:08 »
Thanks for clarifying (makes sense it runs before CHDK if the dump is required to create the port...).

I don't understand how to fulfill the request "1. The string "SCRIPT" must be at offset 0x1F0 of the first sector (Boot sector)." on http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_Basic/Card_Setup; the rest looks straightforward.
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #18 on: 19 / September / 2014, 22:11:45 »
Quote from: AndyC on 19 / September / 2014, 20:59:08
I don't understand how to fulfill the request "1. The string "SCRIPT" must be at offset 0x1F0 of the first sector (Boot sector)." on http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_Basic/Card_Setup; the rest looks straightforward.
It's explained a little farther down on that page :  http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_Basic/Card_Setup#EOScard
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Re: SX260-HS - Intervalometer crash due to Memory Card Error
« Reply #19 on: 20 / September / 2014, 12:56:50 »
Thanks, I really appreciate the help - just wish I could buy you a beer!

I downloaded and tried to run EOScard (v1.40); it recognizes the correct drive/format/size from the onset, but starts with an error message ('FAT32 VBR load failed'; see attached).
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