papywizard FAQ

• General
  • What is a motorized head for?
  • Is my camera supported?
• Installation
  • What device can I use?
  • Bluetooth does not work under Windows
  • How can I change the look'n'feel?
• Errors
  • Error related to configuration
  • HardwareError: Axis n can't send command

General

What is a motorized head for?

Is my camera supported?

Installation

What device can I use?

Papywizard is mainly developped for Nokia 770/N800/N810 devices. The 770 is an old discontinued product, but can be found on ebay for less than 75€. The installation of that device is a little more complicated than on others, as it needs to be flashed with a new firmeware, but its design is much better. On the other hand, N800/N810 are faster, simpler to configure, but more expensive.

For a complete description of how to configure these devices, see this ​Autopano wiki page

Bluetooth does not work under Windows

Bluetooth support through ​pybluez is limited; only Windows and Broadcom stacks are supported. So, if your device comes with Toshiba or Bluesoleil stack, first remove it, and let Windows install its drivers. It should then work.

How can I change look'n'feel?

It is possible to globaly change the application look'n'feel using the GTK styles, by creating a gtkrc user file:

• C:\\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\papywizard\gtkrc¹ under Windows
• ~/.config/papywizard/gtkrc under linux
• /home/user/.config/papywizard/gtkrc under maemo

Here is a sample file to change the font size:

# gtkrc

style "user-font"
{
    font_name="Sans Serif 13"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 13"

I'm not familiar with styles under GTK, but there are plenty documentation arround. If you write some nice themes, please share them ;o).

Note: this only works for release 1.5.2 or above.

Errors

Error related to configuration

It may happen that the configuration file can't be updated while installing a new version, especially when you use dev. release. If Papywizard can't start, and report an error related to the configuration, you need to remove the config. file:

• C:\\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\papywizard\papywizard.conf¹ under Windows
• ~/.config/papywizard/papywizard.conf under linux
• /home/user/.config/papywizard/papywizard.conf under maemo

¹: you have to configure the Windows Explorater so it shows you system files and directories.

HardwareError: Axis n can't send command

Papywizard can't correctly comunicate with the head. Solutions:

• check if the head is switched on
• if using serial driver, be sure to use the correct port
• if using a bluetooth-to-serial converter, don't forget to configure its baudrate to 9600 for the Merlin/Orion head