Better way to confirm a task is done on Z1?

craig · February 11, 2021, 9:28pm

I have not tried this, but there is a CaptureComplete API call.

ricohapi/theta-api-specs/blob/main/theta-usb-api/event/capture_complete.md

# 0x400D CaptureComplete

### Event Code

0x400D

### Overview

Notifies that shooting is finished.  
In RICOH THETA, this event may be raised when the shooting is canceled during running self-timer.

This might also be relevant.

github.com

ricohapi/theta-api-specs/blob/main/theta-usb-api/property/functional_mode.md

# 0x5002 FunctionalMode

### Device Prop Code

0x5002

### Overview

Acquire the camera status.

### Support model

| X | Z1 | V | SC | S |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| All | All | All | All | All |

### Support value

| Value | Description |
|:--|:--|

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github.com

ricohapi/theta-api-specs/blob/main/theta-usb-api/property/capture_status.md

# 0xD808 CaptureStatus

### Device Prop Code

0xD808

### Overview

Acquires the shooting status of the camera.   
(Vendor Extension Property)

### Support model

| X | Z1 | V | SC | S |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| All | All | All | All | All |

### Support value

| Value | Description |

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There’s a long thread here with examples to send the raw USB hexcodes to the camera with ptpcam -R

RICOH THETA API Over USB Cable - (Z1, V, S, SC models)

At the time we were testing the USB API, we were just trying to get it to work. However, if I were to build something today, I would try to experiment with something like 0x5002 FunctionalMode or 0xD808 CaptureStatus to see if I could get better results.