Hello,
I am a total noob here. I came across CHDK through booksorber.com. I am trying to find a way to scan books,
There are quite a few websites describing how to build book scanners. Some are more complicated to build than others - mostly depending on the level of automation desired. Here's one example :
DIY High-Speed Book Scanner From Trash and Cheap CamerasAnd if you really want information overload, the DYI Book scanner wiki offers this :
Scanner Build Listand I understood that I can use either this script https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/Countdown_Intervalometer for a timer
Here's some other useful scripts for book scanners :
Motion Detection - Shoot after motion stopsor use a remote control. I'd rather not have to build one, but it seems that the one referenced by the manual, Ricoh CA-1, is no longer available to purchase. The CA-2 is unavailable as well. The CA-3 is. Does CHDK support it?
I think you are the first person to ask here about the CA-3. I was not aware it was available and I pay pretty close attention to anything related the CHDK USB remote code. So I did some googling and could not find anything about whether the CA-3 is backwards compatible with a CA-1 or CA-2.
If you are stuck, there is a lot of information here :
USB Remote.
Scroll down to the
links section at the bottom of the page. It holds many ideas there on how to build your own switch - some trivially easy.
In addition, I'm not sure if
@fvdk still sells remote switches but you could check his
web page.
