The Iconasys Turntable Controller is a standalone software that can be used with current Iconasys turntables and with any 3rd party programs that supports Shutter Release.
Step-by-step guide:
To install the Iconasys Turntable Controller you will need to first install the turntable drivers and then download and install the turntable controller software.
If using Google Chrome, you just need to paste the download link in a new tab, in the address bar. Or, use another web browser.
For some PCs, on Windows, with latest Ryzen CPU, please download the attached archive:
it is a 7zip archive, if you cannot unarchive it, you can download the official 7zip app from here:
- for linux additional dependencies needs to be installed:
libxcb-xinerama0
libxcb-xinput0
Download and install the software:
See release notes:
Version Release Notes Release Date 3.0.31182 - Fixed identifying the connected turntable
December 17th, 2021 3.0.30886 - Update Turntable Controller to run correctly on macOS Big Sur
October 20th, 2021 3.0.30074 - Fixed turntable not going to start point after finishing
- Fixed pause button not reseting
- Fixed double capturing when you click continue after you paused the process
- Fixed not being able to add 0 degree to custom defined angles
- Fixed capture triggering at start when custom defined shooting is used, but the first angle is not 0
- Fixed shooting mode not restoring to the last used setting
- Added separator between tab content and buttons
- Added Platinum XL, Mark II turntable type
September 1st, 2021 3.0.29908 - Show warning message if added custom angle is not correct
- Fix steps per revolution for some turntables type
- Update angles list view
April 1st, 2021 3.0.29843 - Fixed Windows install driver from app
Fixed installer package to overwrite previous installation
March 19th, 2021 3.0.29818 - Build (& deploy) Linux variant so that it no longer depends on the system libraries, we deploy the libraries, or linked in the app
- Added driver installation bundled into the app (for mac & win), and for Linux we display an informative "how to" message
March 15th, 2021 3.0.29803 - The completely new stand-alone turntable controller, the plug-in back-end and UI is exactly the same with the SHS-Enterprise, also almost all host back-end and UI is shared between the two apps
- Updated the app to 64 bits on Windows
- Create DMG package and update the back-end FTDI library on MacOS
- Added a true camera hardware plug-in to Iconasys turntable controller, for now only the capture image function (aka shutter release) is implemented
- Do not sleep/wait the main thread at all, instead if pre-capture or post-capture delays are set, post the specific functions in a timer
- Implemented the auto-update feature
March 9th. 2021 2.0.29317 - Added Platinum LRG V2 model
September 22nd, 2020 2.0.28616 - Update the installer to show the correct version in control panel applications list
- Better handle the auto-resize UI controller content based on the turntable UI, instead of hard-coded
- Better handling the possible error when app start and show the possible error(s) to user
- Fixed the continuous rotate UI issue; updates for better UI sync with rotating state
February 18th, 2020 2.0.28309
Application itself: added the silver turntable option
Ability to Cancel 360 Shooting
Ability to manually trigger camera
Ability to "Pause" rotation when shooting
Include version number into UI's footer
Add the CCW preview rotation buttons
Other fixes in the background
November 20th, 2019 1.0.28050 Installer: added an item shortcut in windows start-up menu entry
August 23rd, 2019 1.0.27804 - Initial version of stand-alone turntable controller
July 5th, 2019
- Fixed identifying the connected turntable
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