Sony camera remote API SDK

1 download SDK and unzip (play memories "smart remote control" app)

2 use SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol) to discover the camera and get the endpoint URL needed to call the API, as well as information about the supported functionality in the camera.

3  call the APIs by HTTP POST with JSON

Examples 

Yunswj Develop/code on Horizon SBC , github, C++

API learning note 

Mungewell python, ssdp

keyserSoze42 android, Java,JSON, Sony remote API

Kiakiraki python, REST (Akira Tsuruda)

Kota65535, Ruby, wrapper

Jdesfossez , simple python2, json,  partial

storborg, python, ssdp

falk0069 , SSDP, port 15740, PTP/IP

Alpha-fairy M5/ESP32/Arduino based. Excellent coding structure. PTP

Bachmmmar, PTP IP, python based on falk0069

ThibaudM  json , Java 

Yasinyildirim Libjson rpc

ROS 

Tzeny , C# ASCOM, PCAP, tested on NEX-5T, Forked from Dougforpres

erik smit, python, json ，DLNA

petabite, python, sony rc api wrapper, wifi 

rohhn bulb timelapse, android app, python, tested on A6000, A6100

solfra SonyAutoAstro, gphoto, python, tested on A5000, A6000, gphoto. astrometry.net api key. python 3.rawpy ; keyring ; astroquery ; astropy ; numpy, maplotlib @solfra38, LinkedIn ,

Simonmitchell ROCC , swift(Apple), camote

Matlab 

and many others

The most popular is:

Ma1co, yt, PMCA-RE( RE stands for reverse engineered) , python. This guy also has fw extraction tool, and OpenMemoriesTweak , with GUI.

SonyAlphaRumors, tencent, dpreview, openhub, dyxum, hackaday , linuxgamecast,

PMCA era camera seems to be based on Android gingerbread

bettermanual, A5100, java, android

Rekkun 

osSide  how to install PMCA-RE on linux

Stareater

30 min record hack , SonyAlphaRumors , personal view

android apps on A6000 series and some A7S

Sony camera has gone through several generation of development, some old models without WiFi are not supported.

There's no "once and for all" connection method:

USB , latest SDK

Bluetooth, limited and simple feature

Infrared

WiFi 

Play memories era example , using http REST, json

Time trap github

Dpreview, duncang, C# on MacOs 

Monitor + from Jet sun tech

2020:

Latest SDK , called CrSDK, only supports the premium high end A7R IV and A9 II , FX3, FX30 models. At the same time end support of other older models !! 

For USB and wired LAN only ( no WiFi or Bluetooth)

The current Camera Remote API’s provision will be closed following this new release of the new Camera Remote SDK and its support will be terminated.

ASI AIR connect via USB, and seems not using SDK from Sony. Either make use of libgphoto, or "borrow" from libgphoto. YouTube 

Webpage of related links

Another webpage of links in Korean

PIMA PTP doc, and RoboSLR,  ISO 

CIPA PTP-IP doc

USB MTP host

Libptp2 fork 

pypi ptpip

Sony A5100: 054c:0957, VID=0x054c PID=0x0957 , using lsusb