I was trying to connect the device via serial, there appears to be some hacking on the subject, unfortuanally, some pages disappeared from the net, here is one of them, previously hosted on http://3-cities.com/~rjh/ :
* computer control of all of the record-mode features of the camera ,
* a simple time-lapse capability,
* mounting and unmounting via USB,
* synchronization of files between the camera and computer, and
* a simple thumbnail index in case you have disabled it on your camera to save power.
It is written in Python using Tkinter/Tcl/Tk which are all available in the standard Linux distributions. Simply download the source (qv), make it executable (chmod 755 qv) and run it. If your python is not installed in /usr/bin/python, then either edit the first line in the file to reflect the correct path, or execute it using "python qv". There is a help button that displays the help text below. If you know how to use your camera, the S/W will hopefully be obvious. To use the USB interface, (highly recommended) install a recent kernel (2.4.2 and later) and get the patches from http://www.harald-schreiber.de. For the thumbnail index generation to work you will need ImageMagick installed or edit the code to replace the "convert" command with something else.
This software is freeware and may be used for any purpose free of charge. There is no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, and the author accepts no liability for any loss or damage that may result from the use of this software. No support is available. You are entirely on your own.
If you want to send me bug fixes or improvements I will attempt to include them and update this source. I also have an interface to the serial download that works, but the USB is so superior that I have quit using it. Future plans include ports to Linux running on hand-held devices such as the Compaq iPaq..
Many thanks to Eckhard Henkel for information about the Casio serial inteface and useful email discussions. You should definitely visit his site which has much useful information and software for the QV3000. Thanks also to Marco Manga.
Other useful resources include Maurice Delaney's page and Nick Hubbard's page.
Robert Harrison (rjh@3-cities.com) |
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