Save & Recall Settings

Camera settings file management — backup and restore camera configurations

Save and restore complete camera configurations using .DAT settings files. Not all cameras support settings download/upload — see Compatibility for the list.

See the auto-generated API reference for full request/response schemas.

Before you start: the camera has to allow it

The SDK only permits these operations while the camera reports that it will accept them. Read the three gate properties with GET /properties/all first — a 400 from either endpoint below usually means the camera is refusing, not that the request was malformed.

Property	Required value	Meaning
camera-setting-save-enable	1 (Enable)	Camera will allow a download
camera-setting-read-enable	1 (Enable)	Camera will accept an upload
camera-setting-save-read-state	0 (Idle)	No transfer already in progress

The camera will not enable either flag without recording media present — and on a two-slot body it must be slot 1 specifically. An ILCE-7M4 with a card in slot 2 only reports camera-setting-save-enable: 0 and rejects the call.

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Download Settings to PC

POST /api/cameras/{cameraId}/settings/download — download the camera’s current settings to a file on the host PC. Body: optional filename (e.g. CUMSET.DAT).

There is no save_path. Unlike the SD card endpoints, you do not choose where the file goes — it is always written to a camera_settings/ directory relative to the server’s working directory. The optional filename only names the file; the response reports where it actually landed in data.path.

curl

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/cameras/D10F60149B0C/settings/download \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"filename": "CUMSET.DAT"}'

A typical settings file is around 180 KB. Completion also emits a downloadComplete SSE event.

Gated on camera-setting-save-enable being 1 with camera-setting-save-read-state at 0.

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Upload Settings to Camera

POST /api/cameras/{cameraId}/settings/upload — restore a previously saved settings file. Body: filename (required).

The camera reboots and drops the connection once the settings are applied. Your session ends — reconnect afterwards. The response carries this as data.warning.

filename is resolved inside the server’s camera_settings/ directory — use List Settings Files to see what is available.

curl

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/cameras/D10F60149B0C/settings/upload \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"filename": "CUMSET.DAT"}'

The result arrives as an SSE settingsResult event:

{"operation": "read", "success": true}

Gated the same way as download, but on camera-setting-read-enable being 1 (with camera-setting-save-read-state at 0). Recording media must be present — slot 1 on two-slot bodies.

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List Settings Files

GET /api/cameras/{cameraId}/settings/files — list the settings files available in the server’s camera_settings/ directory.

curl

curl http://localhost:8080/api/cameras/D10F60149B0C/settings/files