I think the cords are incidental from the *ist-Ds to the K--5xxx.
Sorry I can't help you on the compatibility issue between Remote assistant and the OS but I can't help but expect that there will be problems. Pentax pretty much dropped support for Remote Assistant after the K-20D was discontinued. There is no provision to display live view over the USB tether, I thought that was BS that Pentax wouldn't match the features that other manufactures included, but I guess their philosophy is that they build field cameras not studio cameras. Why supply functionality that few will use that will just add to the cost of the product.
I don't think PK_tether will harm you camera, I'd worry that some of the commands won't work correctly.
I've been using PDCU4 for several years now and I don't think that Remote Assistant properly integrates with any version after 3.X. I''m also pretty sure that Remote Assistant 3.x doesn't officially support the K-7 or the K-5 cameras. It may work with them much as Camera Assistant 1.0 seemed to operated the entire *ist-D[x] family even thought it only officially supported the *ist-D.
On 1/13/2013 11:15 AM, Jens wrote:
Having had problems instatling and getting Pentax Camera Utility 4 + Pentax Remote Assistant to work properlymy pro. (As I don't have the original PCU4 CD yet, this might be one reason for my problems). I have upgraded the K20D firmware properly. But I cant find the original USB cord for the K20D, so I'm using the one from my K-5 - should this cause any problems? Aren't the cords (K-5, K20D, K-01) compatible? I have read, that I need to upgrade Windows 7 as well as download software to allow Windows 7 to work in "XP-mode", in order to make PDCU+PRA work. Is this true? Then I downloaded the third-party software PK_tether. It worked right away. Is this dangerous to use - vould i tharm my camera? Is there a tethered method, thheat will actually show the viewfinder image on the computerscreen (with Pentax cameras, naturally). I am using K20D for this purpose. I found that PK tether works differently accordiing to wher I store the program. Where suld I store it. ive I'd really appreciate any help you might offer as well as experience you ant to share :-) Thanks in advanace. Jens, Denmark
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