Bravo! 👏 I enjoyed this. Now just got to see if this will all work with my Sony FX30 (so far, not working using nRF Connect BLE app on my phone paired to FX30). Will review your project to see if I've missed something!
Figured it out! Enabling "Bluetooth" on the camera does not also enable "Bluetooth Remote". 🙄 You must also go into the Network -> Transfer/Remote menu and enable Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl. This is a separate menu from the Network -> Bluetooth -> Bluetooth Function On section. I guess the idea is that you may want to lock out remote control while still allowing for other remote camera app capabilities...
Thanks for all the explanations and for providing the code. I could not find a wiring diagram or am BOM for the build. Would you mind sharing this info as well? Many thanks.
Hi ! Thank you for this great job ! I wonder from what distance does it work ? (Knowing that the official Sony remote works for 5-8m maximum….). Can you reach 20-30 meters ?
@coral Hi , i know is a long time since the video was uploaded , but have you ever tried to see which service is used and wich commands for focusing in and out from the remote? I think this would help in creating either a phone app to make focus stacking on the sony alpha cameras a lot easyer, or a remote like you made but it would need to have some sort of imput to it. Thanks
I'm going to guess it's 0x0115 or 0x0116 ? You can tbh just step through the 16 bit value starting at 0x0110 and find it quite easily. What I do know however is that you can only send the command "focus near" or "focus far" not set exact focus points so my question is how reproducible it is.
Would you be willing to share your Fusion 360 models or point me to the model for the NRF52840? I'm looking to remix your model and code to add GPS functionality to the camera.
Hey Matthew ofc. I put all the STL files in the github repo but not to familiar with F360, is there something else I should export and add to the repo?
@@coral1 I was mainly looking for files that I could edit (i.e. .step or .f3d file) as the .stl is really only useful for printing. Anyhow, after posting my question I stumbled on github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts, which I think had the full models I was looking for so I just started my own model from scratch. Many thanks for your work on this project!
The code I wrote won’t work but you can easily just port the commands to whatever the HAL looks like. It’s probably a 1 hour task to port it to that framework
Thanks a lot for clear explanation. I wanted to do the similar project using ESP32 micropython. Unfortunately pairing and bonding is not supported yet for micropython esp32. I decided to take a simpler approach based on your information. I use nRF Connect app and write custom macros for taking picture and record video. For those who are interested you can find the guide here th-cam.com/video/lLQVk2f1Jpc/w-d-xo.html It is in my native language but I am sure you will get the idea.
Bravo! 👏 I enjoyed this. Now just got to see if this will all work with my Sony FX30 (so far, not working using nRF Connect BLE app on my phone paired to FX30). Will review your project to see if I've missed something!
Figured it out! Enabling "Bluetooth" on the camera does not also enable "Bluetooth Remote". 🙄 You must also go into the Network -> Transfer/Remote menu and enable Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl. This is a separate menu from the Network -> Bluetooth -> Bluetooth Function On section. I guess the idea is that you may want to lock out remote control while still allowing for other remote camera app capabilities...
Thanks for all the explanations and for providing the code. I could not find a wiring diagram or am BOM for the build. Would you mind sharing this info as well? Many thanks.
Great work! 👏
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Also CC-22 e king.
thank you so so so much!
Hi ! Thank you for this great job ! I wonder from what distance does it work ? (Knowing that the official Sony remote works for 5-8m maximum….). Can you reach 20-30 meters ?
780 Views... Cannot believe... GREAT Video. Thank you :)
Can we make just camera tally light with something like this??
Excellent project.
Can I use nrf51822 instead of nrf52840?
No idea, try it and LMK
This video helped me a lot.
Do you know the code of zooming? I've tried all codes from 0x0100 to 0x0120, but none of them is correct. Thanks.
@coral Hi , i know is a long time since the video was uploaded , but have you ever tried to see which service is used and wich commands for focusing in and out from the remote? I think this would help in creating either a phone app to make focus stacking on the sony alpha cameras a lot easyer, or a remote like you made but it would need to have some sort of imput to it. Thanks
I'm going to guess it's 0x0115 or 0x0116 ? You can tbh just step through the 16 bit value starting at 0x0110 and find it quite easily. What I do know however is that you can only send the command "focus near" or "focus far" not set exact focus points so my question is how reproducible it is.
Tell me please. If I send in USB (mini) the same code for Clear Zoom, it will work?
no idea
Would you be willing to share your Fusion 360 models or point me to the model for the NRF52840? I'm looking to remix your model and code to add GPS functionality to the camera.
Hey Matthew ofc. I put all the STL files in the github repo but not to familiar with F360, is there something else I should export and add to the repo?
@@coral1 I was mainly looking for files that I could edit (i.e. .step or .f3d file) as the .stl is really only useful for printing. Anyhow, after posting my question I stumbled on github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts, which I think had the full models I was looking for so I just started my own model from scratch. Many thanks for your work on this project!
Yep that's where I got the models for the NRF52840 in the first place. Let me know how your project goes, I'm very interested to see what you build.
Anyone tried this with arduino and hc-05 BT module? I wonder if this would work
The code I wrote won’t work but you can easily just port the commands to whatever the HAL looks like. It’s probably a 1 hour task to port it to that framework
I have a project which is similar. Can we discuss in MP Please?
MP?
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Thanks a lot for clear explanation. I wanted to do the similar project using ESP32 micropython. Unfortunately pairing and bonding is not supported yet for micropython esp32. I decided to take a simpler approach based on your information. I use nRF Connect app and write custom macros for taking picture and record video. For those who are interested you can find the guide here th-cam.com/video/lLQVk2f1Jpc/w-d-xo.html It is in my native language but I am sure you will get the idea.
Do you know if esp32 using c language support pairing and bonding?