@Microfunguy
Quote "So, what is next ? Start overriding some of the sensors ? Determine the timing for overriding the lens-extended switch ?"
That's possible to do, but ideally I'd prefer not to have to do any of this. At this stage, the most I'd do is try to get rid of the bulky backshell and frontshell, and that is quite a big job, and also the backshell contains the focus assembly which has to be somehow handled. But for the present I have to direct attention to other aspects of my project that have been deferred for a couple of months. In any case, the controller version specific to my application will be realized first, and that may happen in parallel with other work over the next week or so.
If you may recall, in one of my other threads I suggested to reyalp to explore overriding lens errors in firmware. I described that solution as being the cleanest and most general for PFP operation, because all you'd need to do then is disconnect the big ribbon lens control cable, remove the CCD, take out the whole lens, connect the controller to your shutter, and you're off to the races. Despite errors from the individual components, I feel there is more technical insight now, so the firmware solution framework might be simpler than I first believed ... basically, it *seems to me* the camera *tries* to operate normally even after having detected an E32 (visible on the LCD) until it shuts down a minute later. So there may be just one common firmware node where error detection can be disabled, but I am not sure yet. I have to look into it and think it through more, and propose it to him. If possible, I believe a firmware solution together with the shutter controller would be *the* cat's meow for PFP operation.
I am humbled by the honor you have bestowed on me // sincere thanks. Most folks can design a firmware solution from the ground up by specification, but ... it takes exceedingly special skills to do what you do here. I'd say this forum is definitely at one of the highest technological levels in cyberspace today, and I am very content that you have accepted my contribution and to have taken part in some way.
@waterwingz
Quote "Sounds like you are getting "hooked"."
Decades ago when my main focus was technology, that would have been a good assessment. I am now hooked on the science, my intense effort to detect ancient life, and so I use the tools I acquired over a good lifetime of having worked in several technological disciplines. The mother of my present inventions is this: technology, please help me clear the way so I can see around the next bend. This drive is so powerful and the results so important that what I have done here is a small part and seems almost effortless by contrast.
