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How to hardwire the Sony DSC-S600 Digital Camera
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This document covers in detail how to modify the Sony DSC-S600 digital camera for remote shutter control from the
PixController Universal or LE camera control board. Please see http://www.pixcontroller.com or email
support@pixcontroller.com for more information.
Please note that if you make this modification to your Sony camera that you will void
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Remove batteries and media card Before starting your project be sure to remove the 2 AA internal batteries and the Media Card. Remove the 2 AA batteries and Media Card Remove the camera case screws Remove all 4 screws from the camera case. Be sure to place the screws in a safe place while modifying the camera. Remove screws 1,and 2 from the bottom of the camera case. Remove screw 3 from under the USB connector door.
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Remove screw 4 from under the battery door. Remove the case Carefully remove the back of the camera case from the camera exposing the interior electronics. Next, remove the front of the camera case. This is a little harder to remove, but take your time and unsnap all of the hinges. The front of the case will be attached with a small ribbon cable, so take care as not to handle this too hard or damage the ribbon cable.
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Adding some tape… Before you go any further you need to add some masking tape or scotch tape as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. In Figure you 1 need to add some tape to hold the LCD screen in place during the camera modifications. If you do not add this the LCD will fall out and can be damaged. In Figure 2 you need to add the tape here to mask off the flash contact points. If you do not add this tape and touch these contact points you will be shocked. Figure 1 Be sure to
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Remove Shutter Board Next carefully turn the shutter board plastic housing upside down and remove the tabs holding the shutter board to the plastic housing as shown. Lift out the shutter board and turn upright. Locating the Shutter/Power/Common Contacts The PixController board contact points are shown in Figure 3. These are the locations where you will solder your small gauge wire and will be connected to your PixController board. You will need a fine tipped soldering
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Route the wires Put the shutter board back into the plastic housing and screw the housing back to the camera. Twist the wires into a small cable and route the cable around the LCD display as shown in Figure 5. Secure the cable to the bottom with some tape. From here you can drill a hole in the bottom of the case and export the cable there, or add a 2.5mm female connector inside of the tri pod port, or even add a 3-wire servo connector. We leave this up to the person who does the mo
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2. Wiring your S40 camera to the PixController Universal board. Connect the following wires to your Universal board: Shutter – Shutter, J14-1, or Phone Cable Shutter Wire Ground – Ground, J14-7, or Phone Cable Ground Wire Power – Power, J14-3, or Phone Cable Power Wire PixController Universal Camera Port Diagram PixController Universal Phone Port
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Zoom Lens issue Because of the zoom lens on the Sony S600 this can be an issue to get a good seal between the camera lens and the case as to not get flash bleed during night photos. Figure 6 shows a simple solution to this problem by adding 3 of the Large Flash Masking Washers sold on the www.pixcontorller.com web site under the camera accessories. These 3 washers can be easily glued together using Marine GOOP. Figure 6
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Building a trail camera In the photos below, Figure 7 and Figure 8 we show a completed trail camera system using a camo dipped Pelican 1020 case (note: Pelican will be selling Pelican 1020 and 1040 camo dipped cases in a Mossy Oak pattern in 2006). In this example we are using a PixController LE board with the LE II PIC chip in Sony S40 mode. The Sony S40 board setting are the same for the Sony DSC-S600 (both in the LE and Universal PixController boards). This layout uses a 9V battery hol
