Hey Folks
Wow this is an amazing project. I only came across CHDK for the first time last week and it is so cool I have an IXUS 75 and a 400d and it is so exciting to think that I can get most of the 400d functionality on my IXUS 75 which I actually use and love much more!
Ok, so i have been trying to get this operational for about a week...sorry if this question is answered already or too basic for this forum. However I fear that my issue is very closely related to the Ixus 75 camera so I am hoping someone here can help me out with this.
I cannot no matter what I do get the Firmware number of my Ixux 75. I have both Macs and a PC running Vista, both of which I have used to create the "var.req" file exactly as described in the online forums (Plain Text var.req saved as UTF-16 without file extensions). I also tried the "vars.req" file suggested elsewhere. I have also created these files on Linux using the command promt to make sure that my Mac/PC was not adding some bad characters to the file. However no matter what I do, I turn on my camera (which has the memory card with "var.req" file on it in memory card root) and I:
1) Press Play
2) Press Func/Set
3) Press Disp
And all I ever get is :
Firmware Ver 1.0.1.0
Not the firmware versions that include letters, which every forum says I need. So I cannot find out If I have a compatible firmware version to install the ports of CHDK made available.
Please help! I would love to start using this fantastic software and providing useful feedback that may assist in development.
Thanks
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