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Hi to all,
this is my first post in this forum - and besides my first post in an english (language) forum.
( I am in Germany)
I like to buy the Merlin head and a bluetooth extension, I have asked today at "teleskop-austria.at" but he is sold out...
Is it o.k. to ask herewith for offers or for any suggestion where to get this needed parts (both) ?
On my small Laptop (WIN XP) this fantastic Papywizzard (1.6.1) already is installed and the simulation mode seems to run fine.
Thanks in advance for any help, cause I want to start tests with my Camera soon ;-)
(yes, I am a little impatient since I heard that I cannot buy a new one fastly...)
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Claude (claudevh member) here should be able to furnish you Bluetooth module 
For head, you'll have to wait as it's out of stock everywhere in Europe for now !
Vincèn
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Thanks Vincèn,
so i will have to wait... but I don´t want to wait ;-))
Is there anyone who is not satisfied with the Merlin head in terms of Panorama shooting with Papywizzard ?
And is there one, who wants to sell it ?? ;-)
OR
Is there any other possibility, any other available head below 400.- € that could take small DSLR and a 300mm lens ??
Thanks again for any tip !!
best regards !!
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soulbrother wrote:
( I am in Germany)
Tomorrow you can see the Merlin in action.
There is a panomeeting in Cologne from 12:00 to ??:??, more infos here: http://href.to/lbk
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Thanks Paul,
but I hope that it will be shown on the meeting in Munich**, Cologne is too far for a short trip...
http://www.panorama-forum.net/wbb/index … #post35365
But, first time ever, I meet a "panoguy" was many years ago in Cologne ;-)
(it was Mike - trozzreaxxion)
** and I would be happy If I could show it - but the Merlin seems to be sold out for next 5 weeks...
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soulbrother wrote:
** and I would be happy If I could show it - but the Merlin seems to be sold out for next 5 weeks...
Or maybe not - did you check with any UK based retailers to see if they might be willing to ship to you?
http://www.autopano.net/wiki-en/action/ … king_mount
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acuter-Merlin-Mot … 35a1a408e8
FWIW I think this is rather a high price, but....
But do call these people first if you may choose to buy from them just in case they don't actually have stock.
Last edited by mediavets (2010-03-19 19:39:52)
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Hi all,
I received today my Merlin, it seems to work proper with the "manual" hand controller.
BUT I have a big problem with the Papywizzard :-((
Before - without any bluetooth USB dongle, it runned well in the simulation mode.
Now I installed (WIN XP Pro SP 3) a small bluetooth dongle, it was detected by Win XP - I also had a correct connection with Claude´s bluetooth Merlin-controller (that I have received last week) - I have entered the short password that Claude gave to me, the connection betwen Laptop (WIN XP) and the controllerbox via the small USB bluetooth key seemed to be working...
BUT:
when I open Papywizard I get a window - that is ALWAYS on top - and that seem not to do anything (or it waits for any signal?), this small window only shows:
"Creating GUI..."
But behind this window, the real Papywizzard GUI (window) alsready has started (but cannot be "activated" - it cannot be used, as not active...)
So, what I did try:
1. I uninstalled the bluetooth dongle (in WIN XP)
2. I did a new installation of the papywizard
3. I tried to start-up papywizard after new installtion (I tried old and newer versions)
it is always the same result, as written above...
can help someone ????
did anyone has such problem, if yes, what was the soluton?
1000 thanks and best regards,
Dieter
see screenshot:
Last edited by soulbrother (2010-04-06 16:59:03)
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Which Papywizard are you using? Can you post the content of the log file, which is in:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temp\papywizard.log
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Frédéric,
here the log:
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2010-04-06 16:50:10,358::MainThread::INFO::Starting Papywizard...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,405::MainThread::INFO::Importing modules...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,467::MainThread::DEBUG::Shooting.start(): loading user external shooting script
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "papywizard\model\shooting.pyo", line 70, in <module>
ImportError: No module named shoot
2010-04-06 16:50:10,467::MainThread::WARNING::No user external shooting script found
2010-04-06 16:50:10,640::MainThread::INFO::Loading i18n files...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,655::MainThread::DEBUG::Papywizard.i18n(): locale=de_DE
2010-04-06 16:50:10,655::MainThread::WARNING::Can't find qt translation file
2010-04-06 16:50:10,655::MainThread::INFO::Loading Style Sheets...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,671::MainThread::WARNING::No user Style Sheet found
2010-04-06 16:50:10,671::MainThread::INFO::Loading configuration...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,671::MainThread::DEBUG::ConfigManager.__init__(): versions: dist=['2', '0', '0'], user=[u'2', u'0', u'0']
2010-04-06 16:50:10,671::MainThread::DEBUG::ConfigManager.__init__(): user config. is up-to-date
2010-04-06 16:50:10,671::MainThread::INFO::Creating model...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,687::MainThread::INFO::Loading default presets
2010-04-06 16:50:10,703::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='4@0 + Z + N'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,703::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='3@-15 + Z'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,703::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='6@30 + 6@-15 + N'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,703::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='4@30 + 4@-30'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,703::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='3 + 6 + 12 + 6 + 3 (28mm)'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::DEBUG::Preset.__init__(): loading name='4 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 8 (32mm)'
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::INFO::Loading user presets
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::WARNING::No user presets found
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::INFO::Starting Spy...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::DEBUG::Spy.__init__(): yaw=0.0, pitch=0.0
2010-04-06 16:50:10,717::MainThread::INFO::Creating GUI...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,733::Spy::INFO::Starting Spy...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,905::MainThread::DEBUG::MainController.__onActionHardwareConnectToggled(True)
2010-04-06 16:50:10,905::MainThread::INFO::Connecting to real hardware...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,921::Dummy-4::TRACE::Shooting.switchToRealHardware()
2010-04-06 16:50:10,983::Dummy-4::DEBUG::Head.init(): initializing driver...
2010-04-06 16:50:10,983::Dummy-4::DEBUG::BluetoothDriver.init(): trying to connect to 00:50:C2:58:55:B9...
2010-04-06 16:50:11,046::Dummy-4::EXCEPTION::BluetoothDriver.init()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "papywizard\hardware\bluetoothDriver.pyo", line 76, in init
File "bluetooth\msbt.pyo", line 51, in connect
IOError: Bei einem Socketvorgang war das Netzwerk inaktiv.
2010-04-06 16:50:16,875::MainThread::TRACE::MainController._onCloseEvent()
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I need to add, that I tried sveral times to start papywizard, first time, after the bluetooth connections seemed to be working (due to the windows connection messages and status displayed)
and I also did cancel the bluetooth connection and tried to start papywizard - but in any case I ave the same result: this small window tha want to tell: "Creating GUI..." does not hide... and it´s therfore not possible to enter to the papywizard (what is visible, but not "touchable"...
I don´t know what to do next....??
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Hallo Dieter, das hat Georg herausgefunden:
Hint: IF your windows username contains special characters like ö,ä,ü then try to use not these standard directories during installation. Papywizard has problems to handle these special characters (no all versions are affected. This is/was solved in some versions, but coming back in newer versions).
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I think the auto-connect flag is active, but the bluetooth connection is not reachable (you don't need to connect from the system *and* from Papywizard in bluetooth. If you connect from the system, use a serial Papywizard connection (search for the emulated COM port in the system).
Second, you should use a recent dev version, instead of the 2.0.0, which is not that stable! I also removed the auto-connect flag, so Papywizard starts in any case.
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soulbrother wrote:
I don´t know what to do next....??
It seems Frederic got his response posted while I was still composing mine- but we seem to suggest the same things.
.....
Are you using the latest dev. version of Papywizard V 2.1.17?
If not, do so: http://www.papywizard.org/wiki/Download … ntversions
Try using a serial style connection for your Bluetooth USB device; remember that serial port value can be entered, for example in the case of COM2, as 'COM2' or '1' since Papywizard enumerates serial ports from zero.
Last edited by mediavets (2010-04-06 18:08:33)
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Dear all,
with latest version of papywizard, the connection and startup was successfull :-))
Now cooking, eating, and after testing the Merlin with my K7 ;-)
short test was sucessfull, but I need to modify my NPP Adapter, but ths is mechanically - I will be successfull without some more help,
last point for today:
Do I need any update on that:
MerlinOrionHardware.init(): firmeware version=020481
thanks again guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't think you need to upgrade the firmware; the buggy one is the 020581. But if you experience strange behaviour (like a slow move every two shots), then you can try to upgrade.
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