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Title: Sony Homebrew help
Post by: yousowise on March 27, 2010, 04:18:53 PM: Hello all,
I have been putting a trail cam together using the sony homebrew posts that were on here about a year ago, most of the info. was from Bones, great info by the way. I have run into trouble. I have everything put together using a sony w90 and a yeti board, but when I test it the camera turns on but will not take a picture. The board is for a w80, but I believe this should also work for the w90. It takes picture if I manually short the shutter wire, and I have also used a small wire to short the contacts on the board and it will fire then as well. So far I have tried it with all dips off and with only number 6 on. Just wondering if anyone knows what my problem might be.
Thanks,
Ben
Title: Re: Sony Homebrew help
Post by: Grizzly95 on March 27, 2010, 05:45:05 PM: Have you let it go through the arming proccess? This usually takes I think 30 seconds. Any movement it senses delays the arming time. I have built 3 of them now. Where are you located?
Title: Re: Sony Homebrew help
Post by: yousowise on March 27, 2010, 11:14:32 PM: Yeah I am pretty sure it had gone through the arming time. I messed with some of the switch's and then put them all back to off. I really didn't change anything else but it is now taking pictures. I spent a couple hours dinking around with it and I still don't know why it didn't work to begin with. The multiple picture mode still doesn't look like it is working though, it will take 1 pic and stays on for a little longer and then powers down without taking a 2nd pic., then if there is still movement after the delay it will power back up and take another single pic. I Am just glad that it is now working, kind of. What switches do you normally have on when the camera is out in the field?
Thanks,
Ben

Oh I am in Clarkston, I am actually headed up tomorrow to see some family and will work mon. and tues. doing some fill in work in Deer Park.
Title: Re: Sony Homebrew help
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 30, 2010, 05:47:57 AM: try changing the wires around where they hook up to the Yeti board.