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BBock
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Camera's no longer working.

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Originally I was having a problem with getting SpreadPi to work with a RaspberryPi 2
and I saw this and installed it and now the program appears to be
working.

> > There used to be an issue on the standard build that made it much more
> > unstable on a Pi 2. I thought that it was fixed. As a workaround, you
> > can try out my Archivist build which is built in a different way (it
> > goes on top of Raspbian rather than being a custom build).
> >
> > See: http://tenrec.builders/pi/archivist-2m.zip
> >
> > If that works for you, then that means this is a bug in SpreadPi. If it
> > doesn't work, then there are deeper issues with either Spreads or your
> > hardware.
> >

The problem I'm now having is that neither of my cameras
are turning on. They are both Canon CD1400 IS's and I put CHDK on both.
It's strange that neither will turn on. Both have memory that I put in
with odd and even txt files.
They won't turn on by hand either. Really odd. Would CHDK cause this?

Any ideas on what I should look at?

Bruce
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Re: Camera's no longer working.

Post by duerig »

Things to try:

- Verify that they have power. If you use an AC adapter, the power strip it is plugged into might have gotten turned off. If you are using a battery, perhaps it is discharged.

- Try turning them on without SD Cards at all. Perhaps CHDK is failing on startup and just turning them on without it will make them work.

I haven't heard of CHDK having trouble with this particular camera, but it is a newer camera and CHDK was only recently ported to it. If neither of the above seem to make your cameras happy, then I am not sure what to suggest.

-D
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I've tried using the cameras without a memory card. Also, I have a power adapter and two batteries. None are working yet. At one point during the init of SpreadPi it asked to focus the cameras and I used to get
the camera screens to light up. What's odd is that both cameras are now doing nothing.
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Re: Camera's no longer working.

Post by nafraf »

That's weird. There are not reports of Canon A1400 bricked by using CHDK.
Could you check the voltage level of your power adapter?
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One battery is 4.18v the other is 4.19v. Also, I tried turning on one of the cameras with a different memory card that did not have CHDK on it.


This web site says that since CHDK does not actually write over the firmware that it's not really bricked.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7102/1
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Now that I see the voltage of the batteries I suspect that your cameras are SD1400IS, not A1400. :roll:

CHDK does not make permanent changes to your camera, and it does not write to camera firmware (not intentionally) but it is a hack, then bugs are possible. There are some reports of failures here: Camera failures suspected to be caused by CHDK.

What was the camera power source during the failure? batteries or power adapter?
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They are CD1400 IS. I was using batteries at the time.
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Re: Camera's no longer working.

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I figured out why my cameras stopped working. When I purchased the AC adapters they would not work with the battery/memory covers so I removed them.
These cameras must have a sensor that detects when they are open as when I reattached them the cameras turned on again.
Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help.
Bruce
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Re: Camera's no longer working.

Post by nafraf »

:D Good to know CHDK was not the cause of the problem.
There is a CHDK hack to ignore battery switch door, but it has not been implemented for your camera. If you are willing to test it, I can send you a patched version.
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Re: Camera's no longer working.

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Please send it. I'll check it out.
Thanks,
Bruce
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