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I think the python wrapper may not be possible directly from the SDK. I have not downloaded it so it is my guess. From PW point of view, it is better to write an abstraction layer in between PW and the SDK something like

                             PW
                              |
                        Abstract DLL (generic functions for exposure/focus/white balance etc bracketing)
                          |                               |                        |
                        Canon SDK             Nikon SDK              Olympus SDK

Then PW will do a wrapper on the abstract layer.

I am not sure about the licensing of the SDK as well.

Jones

Should this work with any version of EosUtility?  looked like a simpler solution to my random 'not taking that picture' issue so finally got XP loaded back onto the netbook tonight.  I lost my disk from the 20D somewhere alongst the way so just downloaded the newest version of eosutility which now has a white background in the shooting window that had previously been black like your image.

Anyways it says no eosutility window found for each picture taken.

Thanks
Matt

Thanks....A step closer but another step back   It now seems to be doing something, the mouse now moves over the icon with the wrench and hammer where you set your name and info rather then the camera where I assume it should go.  It doesn't 'click' on the button either if it's supposed to do that. 

It could be my problem...not totally sure.  I'm doing this on a lenovo s10e which has a 1024x576 screen resolution however I have it set to 1024x768 and can slide up and down panning the desktop.  Kind of a pain to work this way.

Speaking of which I saw the dell mini10 today.  It looked like Intel integrated some sort of scaling mode which squished 1024x768 into a the 1024x600 screen.  The option was right there in the intel driver...that something that can be done on other models?  I looked but seems I have the latest video driver on my computer.

Thankyou for the quick response.

Last edited by tarnis (2009-05-16 12:09:33)

Thanks Jones, that looks like it was it.  Didn't even notice the checkbox.  Need to go fix my USB/Serial cable now...bluetooth don't work in windows for some weird reason without everything freezing.  But better then skipped images till I figure out the other part that don't work

Castillonis wrote:

sjhenry, thanks for posting the concise directions along with the screenshots.  I appreciate it.  I purchased a Merlin and I am reviewing different netbooks.  I am glad that you mentioned the minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 for the Canon utility to install / or work.  I have noticed that almost all of the netbooks have a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 and that some of the netbooks with 1024 x 768 or 800 have glossy screens.  Which netbook are you using?

Dear Castillonis,

I just began to use the Acer Aspire One 751
http://www.acer.de/acer/product.do?link … xHistory=0

it has a resolution of 1366 x 768 (WXGA) glossy.
I use it with 1gig ram. (2gig max.)
an onboard bluetooth uses broadcom chipset. I use it with BT interface from teleskop-austria.at.
Canon EOS Utility + Canon Photo Professional + EOS RAW Codec Plugin works smoothly with XP SP3.
battery is normally (Internet surfing + WLAN enabled module + bluetooth module enabled) good for 6 hours. (ads say 8 hours - perhaps if monitor is switched to lowest light level).

so - so far - I'm really happy with this netbook ;-)

Liebe Gruesse,
Georg

gkaefer wrote:

gpfoto wrote:

Hi,

I don't find the eosbracket.exe file on my papywizard folder. Where can I download it from?

Thank you,

gpfoto

look at page 1 of the threat and search the posting containing the script: EOSBracker.ahk
inside fist lines of scipt the way to happiness is described ;-)

Liebe Gruesse,
Georg

Reading, and reading is the answer... Thank you.

Now, I'm working with the EOS Utility and seems to work fine except for that it takes more than 1 min. to take every shoot. It starts mooving to the position, stabilization, and then it shoots the first image about 1:10 min. later. And the same for every image.

I've also noticed that on the taskbar I've as many icons with the "H" (AutoHotKey) as shooted images...

How to solve this?

Thanky you,

gpfoto

Nice! I will ask for the Canon SDK, and see what it is possible to do with this module...

2 questions:

1. is it possible to post a step-by-step instruction what to do to let PW and EOS Utility work together (I work on an Mac, not on a PC)
2. I saw at the linked screenshots you work with version 1.x. Does ist work with 2.1.5 too because I have to use this to connect my MacBook via bluetooth to the Merlin

thanks and regards
Matze

Last edited by Matze (2009-07-01 12:33:01)

I'm very close to buying the Merlin now and have started to experiment with Papywizard in simulation mode and EOS Utility and found two things that might be interesting to some of you.

The first thing is the solution for a problem I ran into with my Canon EOS 350 D. It took the pictures fine but instead of doing multiple exposures EOS Utility kept changing the white balance between shots. That baffled me somewhat until I compared the screenshots posted in this thread to the actual view of my EOS Utility window. As it turned out, the information on exposure time was missing in my window. The solution was as simple as it gets: The camera needs to be in full manual mode! Otherwise elements of the EOS Utility windows will be missing and as the AutoHotkey-Script appears to navigate by tabbing to the correct buttons, it will fail if some of the buttons aren't there. This might be obvious, but I didn't find this particular hint in this thread so maybe it will be useful to someone else.

The other thing is directly connected to the (utter lack of) driver support from Canon for Vista 64bit (and as yet Windows 7 64bit). As there are no drivers for the EOS 350D for those operating systems you can't shoot in tethered mode via EOS Utility. So what you need to to is use Windows XP. The good thing about it: You don't have to ditch your regular OS to do this. Just install Virtual PC (it's free), do an XP install there, install Papywizard and EOS Utility, connect the EOS to the computer and tell Virtual PC to patch it through to the guest OS. Works like a charm.

I did also try it with Sun Virtual Box but am experiencing driver difficulties there and didn't get Papy/EOS to work with it.

Christian

Last edited by Tipjip (2009-08-22 13:53:08)

fma38 wrote:

Thanks for the tips. About Virtualbox, you need the full version, not the OSE (Open Source Edition) which does not support USB...

That's correct, but I was using the full version. I keep having trouble with the VirtualBox USB driver anyway (and not only for the 350D but for an older Canon Scanner which isn't supported in x64, too.

Christian

P.S.: According to a quick google search that appears to be a common problem with VirtualBox.

Last edited by Tipjip (2009-08-22 15:24:56)

eos utility for my 1D MkIII works in vista x64 but not in xp x64....maybe try to update it.

Henrik

PS Just waiting for my Merlin

To matze,
A tethered solution for mac users
http://www.ononesoftware.com/quick/2009 … Remote_All