Maybe then adding a second wifi interface to the Pi via USB is a good
option. It will hurt the bandwidth of the main interface but at least it
gives you a way.
Alternatively control the Pi via ethernet to reserve Wifi for the camera?
This menu you're saying pops up on the camera's screen?
Unfortunately I suspect the choices in that menu translate as:
1) Disable "camera mode" and enable "Mass Storage mode"
or
2) Do not disable camera
If you have Rasbian up and running now have you tried to plug in the camera
and run this?
"gphoto2 --auto-detect --debug"
Does that output anything indicating it sees the camera?
What does "lsusb -v" show?
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 10:07 PM, Guustaaf Damave <g...@damave.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Lacy,
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> When you plug the camera in via USB a menu pops up letting you choose
between mass storage device, power over usb and charge. So there may be a
way control it via USB.
>
> It can be controlled via wifi but that will then use up the Raspberry's
wifi modem and I would need another one to connect to the internet.
>
> I am on Windows and I did not see any process starting when I plugged the
camera in.
>
> Guustaaf
>
>
> On 10/8/2017 12:30 AM, Lacy Rhoades wrote:
>
> From what the manual says, when you plug that camera in via USB, the
camera becomes a mass storage device. In which case, no, there's probably
no way to allow it to use gphoto for control or capture. At least the
manual doesn't mention being able to change the way that works. I.e. when
you plug the camera in, it stops being a camera and is now only acting as a
USB disk drive.
>
> It looks like the camera advertises at least some kind of Wifi/bluetooth
control. Does that work for your purpose? Maybe that wifi protocol can be
reverse engineered.
>
> If that doesn't work for you, and you are still curious about using
gphoto, maybe you can start by checking if the camera supports any "PTP"
controls at all (picture transfer protocol over USB)
>
> 1) On a mac, open activity monitor and make sure there's nothing like
"PTPCamera" running already
> 2) Plug the Hawkeye camera in via USB
> 3) Check the process list again for anything like "PTPCamera"
>
> If the system sees it as something that can talk PTP it will launch that
immediately. Here's a screenshot of what that looks like:
https://imgur.com/a/jILAm
>
> To my limited knowledge this is going to be the first/best indicator if
compatibility can ever happen
>
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Guustaaf Damave <g...@damave.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone answer this question:
>>
>> Would it be possible to develop a gphoto2 camera profile for cameras
with the Ambarella A12 chip?
>>
>> If so, how much work would be involved? (Assuming the developer has such
a camera at their disposal)
>>
>> I bought several Hawkeye Firefly 8s cameras that have that chip and I am
willing to make one available to someone willing to develop such a profile.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Guustaaf
>>
>>
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