Feature Request: Add Support for IR Timecode Reset

[sturmen]

There's one specific Sony IR remote control that includes a "timecode reset" button, which you can use in a multi-cam setup to simultaneously reset all of the Sony cameras to the same timecode, synchronizing them. Here's a video. I believe this would be a great addition to Alpha Fairy, and would also help people get this functionality long after Sony stops manufacturing RMT-845 remotes!

[frank26080115]

I can try

If you can tell me the 7 bit command that's being sent, it would help a lot

The infrared LED on the M5StickC isn't as powerful as a remote with a large LED. Please keep that in mind.

[frank26080115]

I tried all 127 possible commands, none of them reset the time code, tested on my A1 and A6600

[sturmen]

I have the remote around here somewhere; how would I be able to capture the IR command?

[frank26080115]

I actually did some looking around multiple IR code databases and didn't find anything for this remote, I didn't want this information to be lost forever so I actually obtained one myself and already finished reverse engineering it.

The IR codes I have put inside https://github.com/frank26080115/alpha-fairy/blob/main/arduino_workspace/libraries/SonyCameraInfraredRemote/SonyCameraInfraredRemote.h

For anybody visiting this page via search engine, the code is #define IR_CMD_RMT845_TCRESET 0x3D7D // 20 bits, repeat 5 times

Version 1.0.10 of Alpha-Fairy has a new menu item added to send the timecode reset command. Please update both the firmware and the image file data.

[frank26080115]

documentation and instructions have been updated to include this feature

please test and report back if it works with your camera, then I'll close it

I tested on my A1 and it worked

[sturmen]

This is fantastic, thank you so much! My M5StickC PLUS is still in the mail; can't wait to try it out!