@lamslo thank you for this additional information.
I’ll add this to the agenda we have with RICOH to report on community feedback.
If you have a single camera connected to a nearby laptop, you may want to use Ethernet.
If you have multiple camera connected in a room, you may still be able to use Ethernet.
However, if the WiFi meets your requirement, then maybe it will just work.
@jcasman this would be a good test to assign our intern for the edge case of the menu coming up and causing the camera to lock. Though, I think we’re assigning her something else tomorrow.
update evening of Aug 5,
The official mobile app sets the camera control to the API prior to taking a picture. Thus, the lower menu does not impact the official mobile app.
I also tried with Insomnia and could not replicate the error with the dropped WiFi or camera locking up.
Camera
- THETA X firmware 2.51.0.
- tested with EV, WB, Option menu open (swipe from bottom and small menu appears)
- tested with menu swiping from top open
APIs Tested
- info
- state
- takePicture
results
Could not replicate
other
I have seen the locking behavior described before, but I couldn’t replicate it today. I have not seen a connection between the online menus and the API locking behavior yet.