RATOS + Timelapse + DSLR control
Has anyone used a DSLR with RATOS? Do I need to install Gphoto2 on the Rasp Pi to control the camera through USB?
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No idea, but any guide you can find for raspberry pi os / mainsail will work in RatOS too
sensitive-blue•2y ago
No worries - I'll try Gphoto2 and update this query
I'd like to create a shell command config file (for Gphoto2 commands) within Mainsail/RatOS - if I do this will it cause any issues? I presume this is simply a collection of alternative commands and is totally independent of RatOS?
Nope! Go nuts 🙂 You can use the gcode_shell_command extension for whatever you want 🙂
Just know that you can't do sudo commands.
You can do sudo commands in a bash script if you whitelist the commands it runs (in /etc/sudoers.d/).
sensitive-blue•2y ago
Thanks! Really appreciate your input on all this.
Also - I'd like to add to the macros.cfg file - I guess there is no issue adding macros to this?
Everything you do, do it in printer.cfg (or your own includes).
Don't change anything in config/ but besides that go nuts
sensitive-blue•2y ago
ok - I can add macros in printer.cfg? If so - that's great!
Yes, or you can create a new file and put it in there and include it, whatever you want 🙂
sensitive-blue•2y ago
I need to install a shell command extension for Klipper - using KIAUH (https://github.com/th33xitus/kiauh). If I use KIAUH - will this over-write all Klipper settings and cause issues?
No you don't it's already there.
If I use KIAUH - will this over-write all Klipper settings and cause issues?No but it can royally screw things over, don't use KIAUH on a RatOS install. You should have no need for it any way.
sensitive-blue•2y ago
That's what I thought - thanks for your help!
Have you been able to get it running @Decorum ?
In the meantime i've done a few timelapses using a elgato camlink 4k, makes it a plug 'n play thing (it's just a "webcam" like anything else, except the quality is :chefkiss: ). No setup required.
Of course the camlink isn't free but it's very nice for many things DSLR/MILC related 🙂
That seems very cool, isn't the RPI too slow to stream 4k from the DSLR? I don't think my A7R3 does 4k live output through usb though.
I just got a script to work so that I have a "gphoto take frame" macro button on my mainsail and when I click it it runs the script timelapse.sh in my root folder and puts the image in /home/pi/timelapse
Now I'm wondering if there is a way for my mainsail dashboard to show the latest image that was added to that folder
This is the script, it wasn't working if there wasn't a sudo in front of the gphoto2 command. I thought it wasn't possible to sudo using gcode shell, but maybe it works for me because I call a script instead of a command