ultra intervalometer problems

brizo

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ultra intervalometer problems

« on: 26 / July / 2012, 14:46:55 »

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Hi,

This is my first post, I've looked at other threads & can't find what i'm looking for. I'm pretty new to CHDK & am really enjoying its uses but still don't fully understand a lot of it! I have added the ultra intervalometer to my sx40hs but it won't work. I've tried the 4 different script versions, but every time I set my times & press my shutter button a red box comes up in the top left corner with yellow writing saying "uBASIC:1 Unk stmt" I don't know why this is happening & would appreciate any help with this.

Thanks

**I've just realised I've posted in the wrong forum! how do I go about moving this thread?**

« Last Edit: 26 / July / 2012, 14:59:21 by brizo »

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waterwingz

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #1 on: 26 / July / 2012, 15:39:44 »

Whatever software tool you are using to cut & paste the script code into a file is adding extra formatting characters. You need to use a simple editor like Notepad rather than a word processor

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brizo

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #2 on: 26 / July / 2012, 16:00:05 »

I've been using notepad & saving as all file type & encoding utf-8, I can't understand where the problem is coming from or where the extra commands are as I'm copying and pasting exactly from the script on the chdk site

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waterwingz

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #3 on: 26 / July / 2012, 16:47:45 »

Quote from: brizo on 26 / July / 2012, 16:00:05

I've been using notepad & saving as all file type & encoding utf-8, I can't understand where the problem is coming from or where the extra commands are as I'm copying and pasting exactly from the script on the chdk site

Please post the file you created as an attachment and somebody will take a look at it to confirm the problem ?

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brizo

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #4 on: 26 / July / 2012, 17:38:54 »

here's a copy of one of the 4 scripts that i've tried, I appreciate your help

ult_intrvl.bas (0.72 kB - downloaded 68 times.)

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srsa_4c

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #5 on: 26 / July / 2012, 17:46:58 »

Quote from: brizo on 26 / July / 2012, 17:38:54

here's a copy of one of the 4 scripts that i've tried, I appreciate your help

Notepad placed a unicode marker/character at the beginning of the file. Change the encoding to something non-unicode (ANSI?) and re-save.

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brizo

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #6 on: 26 / July / 2012, 17:54:39 »

Quote from: srsa_4c on 26 / July / 2012, 17:46:58

Quote from: brizo on 26 / July / 2012, 17:38:54
here's a copy of one of the 4 scripts that i've tried, I appreciate your help
Notepad placed a unicode marker/character at the beginning of the file. Change the encoding to something non-unicode (ANSI?) and re-save.

That worked great!! thanks very much. I saw on youtube that when installing chdk onto my camera the ver. file had to be saved with utf-8 so I just assumed all files need to be saved with that encoding, really appreciate your help!

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waterwingz

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Re: ultra intervalometer problems

« Reply #7 on: 26 / July / 2012, 17:59:40 »

Quote from: brizo on 26 / July / 2012, 17:54:39

I saw on youtube that when installing chdk onto my camera the ver. file had to be saved with utf-8 so I just assumed all files need to be saved with that encoding, really appreciate your help!

Well now, that advice might just explain why so many people have been having problems getting the f/w version number for their cameras using a ver.req file.

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