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1. Time Click Software version 1 03 20110103 User Manual m eee A 7 E La mete L Lo o Ls Lo o m E i i wa YM A FAI k Table of Contents TOO DUDO tratos 3 nn o E 3 A 4 MISC rra 4 CONASUra ton Mel eee eee Cane re ne batida 6 o A n 6 FAE POCA O E O 6 RANDOM TT 6 SENSOR A o Po 6 MANUA bollino 6 Leelee dara 7 PA Ulloa A eo tere 7 a PP e O rota 7 dBA 8 ZR VOLO I rn 8 SE ST CS ima 8 FIR e dae e o A o 9 a Rename s rire 10 O RESet Dreset nene a as 10 Cl LION TTT 11 TOS TCC TIO 12 FR MMO US COMIC CUI E een eee sects 13 The purpose The objective of this device is controlling DSLR cameras through the remote connector without user intervention The most popular uses are time lapse photography and in response to sensors There are four different modes of operation e Fixed can be used to make time lapse photos e Random the interval between photos are random e Sensor react s to a sensor input to take a photo e Manual used as remote trigger Beyond the mode of operation there are some additional features that can be used to enhance the device operation e Bulb mode that allow exposures longer than 30 seconds e Mirror lock to decrease response time e Exposure bracketing of 3 exposures camera mode and up to 15 exposures automatic mode e 12 presets to store different sets of configurations The hardware Basically this device was assem2. bled around a microcontroller from Atmel that control all operations My prototype was assembled inside a box from an SAIT tape have lots of them available at my work The communication between the device and the user are made using the 16x2 LCD and the user control the device using a keyboard with four keys MENU and ENTER MENU ENTER Opening the box we can access the battery compartment 6 AAA batteries adjust the LCD contrast in a potentiometer and access microcontroller programming interface ISP for firmware Upgrade Connections There are 3 different connectors on the back of the Sensor Remote Power input output input device e Minijack2 5mm remote connect to camera with the appropriate adapter e Mini jack 3 5mm sensor input e Power jack for use with external 9V power supply Along with all this connectors there is also a power switch Regarding the remote connector on DSLR cameras despite the fact that it assumes different types even among the same manufacturer generally they all work the same way Usually use 3 pins one for GND one for metering amp focus half shutter press and the other for shutter operation When you short one of these two pins to the GND pin the respective action is taken by the camera All connections should be made with the device powered off Main screen Once the device is powered the first screen shows information about the device and
3. e duration in bulb mode This section will be updated when new data are available Manufacturer Resp time Resp time in ML Min bulb expos Canon 350D 258 39 1 8 Canon 500D 159 141 1 2 Canon 7D 129 82 1 30 all response time values are in milliseconds 12 Remote connectors Depending on your camera you need to get a suitable remote connector Here s a list of some connectors type and the cameras where they ll fit 2 5mm jack Canon 350D 400D 450D 500D 550D 1000D 60D N3 Canon 1D Mark III 1Ds Mark III 5D Mark II 7D 30D 40D 50D MC DC1 Nikon D70 D70s D80 MC DC2 Nikon D90 D7000 D5000 D3100 MC 30 Nikon D700 D300 D300S D200 D100 battery grip required D3s D3X D3 D2X D2Xs D2H D2Hs D1X D1H D1 Nikon F6 F5 F90X F100 MC 30 Fuji S3 Pro S5 Pro Kodak DCS Pro Olympus Olympus RM UC1 Olympus E 620 E 600 E 520 E 510 E 450 E 420 E 410 E 400 E 30 Olympus SP 590UZ SP 570 UZ SP 565 UZ Pen EP 1 EP 2 E PL1 Sony Sony RM S1AM Minolta RC 1000S RC 1000L Sony a900 a850 a700 a580 a560 a550 a500 a450 a350 a300 a200 a100 a55 a33 Minolta 7D 5D Since some connectors are very difficult to find the easiest way is to buy a special connecting cord or a cheap remote trigger and just use the connector Remember Google is your friend Some examples of connectors 13
4. software version 1 03 in this case One second after the device enter in normal operation mode Since all configurations are stored in EEPROM all options will be exactly the same that were when the device was last powered off During the startup if the user press and hold the enter key it will be asked for the factory reset option If enter is pressed again all configuration in EEPROM will be reset for default values To save battery power after 10 seconds of keyboard inactivity the LCD backlight is turned OFF automatically To turn it ON again just press any of the four keys This first key press will be ignored by the system only turn the LCD backlight ON Depending on the configured mode the main screen will look more or less like one of the next four screen shots Fixed mode In this case with metering active and counting down 9 59 to next photo Random mode With metering active and counting down 3 52 to next photo Sensor mode With mode set to RISE mirror lock active and without loop waiting for user Manual mode With metering active and waiting for the user to press enter Here is the explanation of all this information on the main screen Battery level is a graph that represents the Battery level capacity of the battery In this case is full sensor mode Operation mode Sensor mode is represented as an arrow up Active profile l Frames count for a rise of sensor value through the de
5. tection value trigger or an arrow down for a fall Operation mode indicate current mode with the first character of mode F R S and M Message area Metering mode Active profile is the active profile indicator Bulb mode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B and C Mirror lock Exposure Bracket The message area depending of active mode show important information to the user in this case the time left for the next photo Metering mode indicate if metering is active F in white or inactive F in black Bulb mode indicate if bulb is active B in white or inactive B in black Mirror lock mode indicate if mirror lock is active L in white or inactive L in black For the correct operation this setting must match the camera s mirror lock setting Exposure bracketing mode indicate if metering is in camera mode C in white is in auto mode A in white or inactive E in black Configuration menu Being in the main screen if the user press MENU it enter in configuration mode Inside the menu keys and are used to change values MENU is used to cancel or return to previous parameter and ENTER is used to accept or move to next parameter The main menu is divided in ten options 0 Operation Mode In this option the user can choose the desired operation mode Just press ENTER on this option and then choose the desired option using the keys or After choosing an option the user will be prompted for rela
6. ted parameters FIXED Fixed operation mode Chose the fixed duration between photos in the format hh mm ss RANDOM Random operation mode Chose the maximum random duration between photos in the format hh mm ss SENSOR Sensor operation mode How the sensor is triggered when RISING or when FALLING Value for trigger action The arrow indicates selected mode and the second value is the current sensor reading Amount of time in milliseconds to delay after sensor detection If OFF ask user to continue after a sensor detection otherwise reengage continuously MANUAL Manual mode Requires no additional parameters 1 Metering No metering is made before photo is taken Meter and focus if not in manual focus before photo taken Delay in milliseconds between metering and taking the photo 2 Bulb mode Bulb inactive Bulb active Duration of bulb in hh mm ss 3 Mirror lock No mirror lock Lock mirror before taking the photo Usually after mirror lock if the shutter isn t released in the next 30 seconds the mirror returns to initial position This value in format hh mm ss helps the device to relock the mirror in sensor mode with Loop set to ON 4 Bracketing Bracketing exposure inactive Bracketing exposure active Delay in seconds between bracketed exposures A higher value here may be needed low light camera bracketing Number of frames of the bracketed seq
7. to catch balloons explosion Without defined function and set with default values 8 Rename preset In this option after pressing ENTER each character can be edited 9 Reset preset This option allows the user to reset the current profile configuration to the default values The user is asked for confirmation 10 Operation Under normal operation in modes FIXED RANDOM or MANUAL there are some different screens that appears to the user when a photo is taken In case metering is active this message appears when metering is being done If mirror lock is active when the device locks the mirror this message appears When the shutter is open this message is shown Second exposure 1 second Third exposure 2 seconds Fourth exposure 4 seconds Fifth and last exposure 8 seconds 11 In sensor mode there are four possible stages When the device first enters to sensor mode if the sensor reading is already in the trigger zone show the value and wait it came out When the sensor reading is out of the trigger zone it is ready for action Then if a sensor reading falls into the trigger zone signal it and take a photo If sensor loop is OFF user action is required to continue Tested Cameras In this section l Il show some important values measured from tested cameras There are three values Response time Response time with mirror lock ML and the minimum coherent exposur
8. uence In CAMERA mode the camera must be set to bracketing and control the exposure In AUTO mode is the device that controls the exposure The camera must be set to BULB Step for exposure between bracketed frames in Y EV Range between 1 and 8 EV 4 EV The duration of the first exposure Range from 1 125 to 16 minutes but the lower values are very camera dependant 5 Photo delay After a photo has been taken this value in milliseconds are delayed 6 Shutter delay This value is very camera dependant and is the time it needs to detect that the shutter pin is shorted to GND 7 Select preset The default profiles values are pre configured for some common types of use Of course the user can customize them as they wish Here is the list of what is configured For time lapse photos with interval of 10 minutes For time lapse photos with interval of 1 minute For time lapse in random mode very good for party s For use as a manual remote trigger For short bracketed exposures controlled by the camera For longer bracketed exposures controlled by the camera For bracketed exposures controlled by this device to use indoor medium light For bracketed exposures controlled by this device to use in dark environments For use with a vibration sensor to capture drops falling into a glass For use with a light sensor to catch lightning s For use with a sound vibration sensor
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