I just bought a Theta X, and did not plan initially to put any battery inside, but my computer does not provide enough Power to the Theta to fully unlock its features when i plugged it (cannot update firmware, only access internal memory).
Do you have any suggestion to allow connecting the camera to the computer and provide power at the same time ?
I also bought a noname 100W power supply with usb-c (and an ethernet adapter with PD), which work perfectly. But would an Y-adapter, or an OTG adapter with PD would work ?
I saw some references on Amazon that allow OTG with 60W PD.
I know the problem you are describing, but I do not know of a solution. Can you post a link to the Y-adapter you are looking at? I have not heard of any attempts to use a Y-adapter.
I can use an Ethernet adapter with Power Delivery (PD) passthrough and access the camera API over Ethernet without the battery inside the camera.
This type of hub does not work in my tests. I have not looked into OTG.
I have not tried the adapter listed, but it does not seem like it would work in the connection architecture below. I do not think the laptop would be able to communicate with the camera. However, I have not tried.
