By the way:
When looking at the JPG EXIF information of a picture, there is noted 'E4' as camera model and some more information like lens, distance etc.
You might rename E4 to E8 in an EXIF editor and yiu might think it is OK, but ... in Flir Tools it is still showing "E4" and also the serial number of the camera is shown there.
Does anybody have an idea how to get rid of these informations (by not loosing the other informations Flir Tools are using e.g. digital camera picture, temperature span etc.)?
One thing to check - the main obvious bug in the older FW is it doesn't show time/date in the file information - is this fixed in 1.19?
Another possible feature for a MCU add-on - timelapse mode.
You could maybe also do auto shoot on detection for wildlife/security by looking for a rise in the temp scale (you can read this via level and span commands).Good idea. I could not find the possible/allowed UART commands / parameter in this thread but I may have overseen them (due to the size of 46 pages I did just a quick scan). Can you please point me to the correct place or restate them? Thanks
Oh, and I am sorry for your cable! On long term it might be better to repair with another short FPC cable (add solder on one cable, then place contacts to contacts of old/new cable and heat from the top, that works pretty well).It's the T59504PDF linked here
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/flir-e4-thermal-imaging-camera-teardown/msg316284/?topicseen#msg316284
Thanks Mike.
I assume it is chapter 4.2.4.5 on page 59.
But how do I send the command?
Like this below if I want a span from 0°C to 100°C (=273 / 373 Kelvin)?
38400 Baud; ASCII through RS232 interface:
"rset .image.contadj.adjMode manual CR/LF"
"rset .image.sysimg.basicImgData.extraInfo.lowT 273 CR/LF"
"rset .image.sysimg.basicImgData.extraInfo.highT 373 CR/LF"
Thats all?
Is CR and LF correct or only CR?
Assuming you use Window, freeware, get this -> http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
Use the Remove Metadata sub menu to clear any stickied attributes from a photo.
BTW. Is there a way to remove the "flir" branding from the image?
It's nice when you are senile and need to be remembered which brand camera you have, but otherwise it's useless, takes up measurable space and quite frankly I think it's rather annoying..
Is there anyway FLIR can patch this hack? I want to buy one but, unfortunately, not this year...
Forgot to at the time, but I just contacted them and they changed it down to $895
Forgot to at the time, but I just contacted them and they changed it down to $895
Ordered mine last night. Do you think its too late for me to get discount? What did you say when you called? Thanks for any help you can provide
Is there anyway FLIR can patch this hack? I want to buy one but, unfortunately, not this year...
As mentionned earlier ... yes, plenty of ways. Especially for new camera. But even if you updated the fw on a old one there is plenty of things they could do.
Would it be un-hackable ? Doubtful, but they could make it really painful and then you'd need motivated people that don't already have an hacked one to get to work on it ... Actually now that I think on it, doing it only for new cam might be a good technique ... I'm sure several people (me for eg) wouldn't spend any time looking at bypassing a new protection scheme if the old bypass kept working on my camera ...
OT / @Cable: this reminds me of a 140 DM (yes, long long ago - nowadays it would be 140€) iLink(aka Firewire) cable (1,5m) ... specialty: was branded Sony and had a nice purple plastic instead of generic black ... of cause it was next to the camcorders ... approx 20m distance to the normally overpriced cables
What are some "to-dos" for the hack? Getting the E8 feature set has been done much thanks to Mike. What are other things people have requested? I have experience with REing embedded systems (although none with Windows CE) and am looking forward to modifying mine. One of the main reasons I decided to buy one IS because there is still functionality to add. Here is list of things that I gathered from the posts/video:Again any insight or additions you can provide would be appreciated.
- Hot Swap Button (from thermal to live view)
- Temperature Adjustment
- Refresh rate unlock?
Some questions:
Is the refresh rate hardware restricted or software?
Regarding temperature adjustment, this is achieved via serial commands correct?
Get' em while you can -Tequipment stock went from 12 yesterday down to the last one in stock today!
FYI: If you are not from the US, don't bother Tequipment or Optimum Energy Products (shopflir.com) with a request for quote. They both do not ship the Flir E4 to non-US countries. But it can take a day or two until they answer your mails and during this waiting-time other available E4 might be gone.
Their answers for several requests were:
Flir don't want us selling into other dealers regions.
and
... Unfortunately, we are not allowed to supply FLIR products into your territory.
and
...as we do no send thermal cameras outside of the US as per federal law
In Europe there are enough available .... but +30% more expensive