60 second shutdown script?

zeno

Re: 60 second shutdown script?

« Reply #10 on: 07 / July / 2008, 04:07:41 »

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You can use the shut-down command to switch the camera off. You'll just need a bit of logic in the loop that's waiting for power to be applied - count seconds in there and if the counter gets to 60 then shut down.

Something like this ought to work:

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@title remote shutter script with auto-shutdown
@param t shutdown delay in seconds (0 = never)
@default t 60
if t = 0 then t = 64000 
while 1
   i = get_day_seconds
   do
      j = get_day_seconds - i
      if j > t then shut_down
      a = get_usb_power 
   until a>0
   shoot 
wend
end

« Last Edit: 07 / July / 2008, 05:28:50 by zeno »

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Propfly

Re: 60 second shutdown script?

« Reply #11 on: 07 / July / 2008, 13:32:49 »

Zeno,

Thankyou for your reply. I tryed your script and must say: It works far better then anything I have tryed- thanks again!
With your script: when I let the timer go beyond the set amount and then trip the shutter the camera takes one last
picture and then shuts down. Meaning it does not shut down atomatically at time out. Maybe that is not possible ??
It also seems to work more consistently when I load the script manually. I have since found out that you cannot let the LCD
time out before the shutdown time.
I just thought you might like to know how it is working for me. It is great to have the added control and I'm going to go with it.

My experiments also involved the use of get_usb_power since I can wire the gentLED usb cable to send a long signal by
leaving the switch on for a bit longer. Basically, I thought short signal- take photo. Long signal shut down. But the script would start and end with nothing. As I am new at this- I find these scripts are quite a puzzle.
This was my last try:
while 1
do
a = get_usb_power
until a>0
if a<50 then shoot
else if a>300 then shut_down
wend

Any suggestions with this method?

« Last Edit: 08 / July / 2008, 00:39:20 by Propfly »

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zeno

Re: 60 second shutdown script?

« Reply #12 on: 08 / July / 2008, 16:29:09 »

jim
i'm away on holiday with limited internet access. back next week.
note that getusbpower units are 10milliseconds, so 300=3 seconds.

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maka45

Re: 60 second shutdown script?

« Reply #13 on: 15 / August / 2008, 20:02:20 »

Is it possible to use :loop ... goto "loop" with get_usb_power ?I think something like this:
@title shutdown
t=60
goto "start"
:start
i=get_day_seconds
goto "loop"
:loop
j=get_day_seconds-i
if j>t then goto "shutdown"
a=get_usb_power
if a<1 then goto "loop"
shoot
goto "start"
:shutdown
shut_down
sleep 1500
end

Last edit: as the 'shut_down'maybe needs some 'sleep',I have it get out of the loop.Sorry I haven't usb remote to test this
scipt completely but running it the delay of 1min has been respected and the shutdown works perfectly.

« Last Edit: 23 / August / 2008, 17:54:44 by maka45 »

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