Turn the THETA on and then connect it.
Here is the THETA connected to Ubuntu 16.10. The front blue dot and the camera icon are blue.
The side button is red.
craig@linux-cube:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ca:0366 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Detect Device with gphoto2
craig@linux-cube:~$ gphoto2 --auto-detect
Model Port
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USB PTP Class Camera usb:003,003
Taking Picture with gphoto2
craig@linux-cube:~$ gphoto2 --capture-image
New file is in location /store_00010001/DCIM/100RICOH/R0011887.JPG on the camera
craig@linux-cube:~$
Download All Images and Videos
craig@linux-cube:~$ gphoto2 -P
Saving file as R0011758.JPG
Saving file as R0011759.JPG
Saving file as R0011761.JPG
Saving file as R0011763.JPG
Saving file as R0011764.JPG
Saving file as R0011765.JPG
Saving file as R0011766.JPG
Saving file as R0011767.JPG
Saving file as R0011768.MP4
Saving file as R0011771.JPG
Saving file as R0011772.JPG
Saving file as R0011773.JPG
Saving file as R0011774.JPG
Take Picture, Download to Ubuntu, Delete from Camera
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download
New file is in location /store_00010001/DCIM/100RICOH/R0011888.JPG on the camera
Saving file as R0011888.JPG
Deleting file /store_00010001/DCIM/100RICOH/R0011888.JPG on the camera
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$
List Files and Folders on THETA
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --list-files
There is no file in folder '/'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM'.
There are 114 files in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/100RICOH'.
#1 R0011758.JPG rd 3904 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#2 R0011759.JPG rd 3956 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#3 R0011761.JPG rd 3869 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#4 R0011763.JPG rd 3903 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#5 R0011764.JPG rd 3939 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#6 R0011765.JPG rd 3829 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#7 R0011766.JPG rd 3858 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#8 R0011767.JPG rd 3885 KB 5376x2688 image/jpeg
#9 R0011768.MP4 rd 50123 KB 1920x1080 video/mp4
Check Battery Level of THETA
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --get-config=batterylevel
Label: Battery Level
Type: TEXT
Current: 67%
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$
Check whitebalance of THETA
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --get-config=whitebalance
Label: WhiteBalance
Type: RADIO
Current: Automatic
Choice: 0 Automatic
Choice: 1 Daylight
Choice: 2 Unknown value 8001
Choice: 3 Unknown value 8002
Choice: 4 Tungsten
Choice: 5 Unknown value 8020
Choice: 6 Unknown value 8003
Choice: 7 Unknown value 8004
Choice: 8 Unknown value 8005
Choice: 9 Unknown value 8006
Choice: 10 Unknown value 8007
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$
Get Capture Mode
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --get-config=capturemode
Label: Still Capture Mode
Type: RADIO
Current: Single Shot
Choice: 0 Single Shot
Choice: 1 Timelapse
Choice: 2 Unknown value 8002
Choice: 3 Unknown value 8003
Choice: 4 Unknown value 8004
Set Capture Mode to Timelapse
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --set-config capturemode=1
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --get-config capturemode
Label: Still Capture Mode
Type: RADIO
Current: Timelapse
Choice: 0 Single Shot
Choice: 1 Timelapse
Choice: 2 Unknown value 8002
Show Info on Specific Image
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$ gphoto2 --show-info 2
Information on file 'R0011759.JPG' (folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/100RICOH'):
File:
Mime type: 'image/jpeg'
Size: 4050247 byte(s)
Width: 5376 pixel(s)
Height: 2688 pixel(s)
Permissions: read/delete
Time: Tue Jul 12 18:45:49 2016
Thumbnail:
Mime type: 'image/jpeg'
Size: 3258 byte(s)
Width: 160 pixel(s)
Height: 120 pixel(s)
Audio data:
None available.
craig@linux-cube:~/Development/ricoh/usb-api$