ESP8266 Community Forum

- Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:39 am #11876

This means you want to remote control your camera using WiFi and a small micro, is that right?
Wouldn't it be reasonable to first write a program on your PC or Mac to realize the functions you are thinking of and then convert them to a micro controller. Thats the way i usually start a project. I start writing my App with XoJo (for Windows, OS X or IOS) and then convert it for a Atmel AVR. Have i understood correctly that you already have understood the WiFi communication protocol. So on what system is it based? Can you control the Cam with a self written program using USB or WiFi?
Give me more info.

The project is in a preliminary stage and I still have not written any program that should communicate with the cameras across wifi

I have the detailed information of Sony because Sony opens his protocol for free, if you are interested in you can download the API in:

https://developer.sony.com/2013/11/29/h ... ote-api-2/

The same for Canon, here you can find information about the SDK:

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/ ... k_homepage

And Nikon:

https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/

In the case of Panasonic till now I haven't found anything but I am trying to capture the traffic with Wireshark between a Lumix DMC-LX100 and my android smartphone.

I could communicate the ES8266 with the DMC-LX100 (authentication, association, EAPOL key OK) up to the point in which the camera asks for traffic from the app (comparing the traffic with the smartphone).

- Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:40 am #11880 How did your communication look like? Did you log anything? Maybe you can publish a bit of the code you used.

- Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:04 am #11882

How did your communication look like? Did you log anything? Maybe you can publish a bit of the code you used.

I just send AT commands, camera's SSID + password, the camera connects and ask to activate the app.

Looking at the traffic captured by the wireshark, all looks like with the smartphone.

- Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:20 am #11883 How does the Cam ask to connect?
Just displaying it on its own display?
Please show the Wireshark traffic.