Scripting Parameters - Canon CHDK Quick Start Manual

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Scripting Parameters

Load Script from File...
<ALT>
Enter
Folder, select a script, press
any required parameters to suit your needs (such as in this
screenshot, "Times to Repeat", "Display Delay" - see the
script's documentation), then press menu to finish. Stay in
<ALT>
mode, press the Shutter button to run the script. To
interrupt a running script press the Shutter button. To return to normal shooting, exit
mode. CHDK saves your last user-selected script parameters from one session to the next.
The default script is the one you load when you don't need a script.
New scripts can be added to the SCRIPTS folder as they become available.
Script shoot delay (.1s)
After an image is captured, indicates how long to delay the execution of the next script
command. A value of 0 executes immediately. A value of 10 executes the next script command
one second after capture.
Mainly used to minimize camera movement before script starts.
Script Autostart
When enabled, the script listed under "current script" will execute immediately the camera is
turned on, remember this when you see your camera operating by itself after it is turned
Remote Parameters
• Enable Remote
Toggles your remote USB cable detection state, both scripted and scriptless.
When this is enabled you may use your camera normally without any script and still use your
USB-Remote cable to trigger the shutter. Have your camera in normal record mode and not
in
<ALT>
operations.
Note on scriptless usage: You may first perform a half-press to auto-focus and set exposure
with a short press of your USB-Remote trigger, The second press will then perform a full
shutter-press. If you want to trigger a full shutter-press immediately just hold down your
USB-Remote button a little longer. Or more precisely explained by the author of this: "... if
USB remote is enabled, pressing / releasing remote button is equivalent to pressing / releasing
the shutter halfway. To take a shot, do a "reversed click", i.e. momentarily release and again
depress the remote button within 0.5s, which will "push" the shutter all the way.
Note: On some cameras the scriptless USB Remote trigger may be used to advance (in
reverse order) from frame to frame in Playback mode. Now when giving a slide-show lecture
you can stand away from the camera and just click the photo change button.
< Main Menu
mode, press
FUNC.SET
FUNC.SET
[Off, On, Once]
Enable [•] / Disable [ ]
mode. This is the same as if you pressed the shutter manually in all normal camera
to go to the SCRIPTS
again to load it, set
<ALT>
on.