Can't Control a Nikon D80 under Snow Leopard [Case Solved]

[astrokiwi]

This program looks fantastic, but try as I might, I just can't get it to trigger the shutter of my Nikon D80. Have done all the obvious things - USB set to MTP/PTP, manual settings for everything on the camera, using a freshly formatted SD card, no other software running on the Mac. Solar Eclipse Maestro detects the D80 in the Hardware Configuration dialogue, but it simply won't fire the shutter. The console reports the following:

Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Test ISO camera #1 not set to: 200
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Test aperture camera #1 not set to: f/8.0
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Test shutter speed camera #1 not set to: 1/2000s
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Unable to take the test exposure with camera #1 (error 0x0000)
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Connecting to camera #1...
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Property 0xD0E1 on camera #1 not retreived
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Camera #1 not initialized
Sat Oct 24 13:43:41 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Unable to sync camera #1 date and time to: 20091024T004341.9Z (error 0x0000)
Sat Oct 24 13:43:46 MiniMe.local Solar Eclipse Maestro[301] <Notice>: Error while pressing the camera #1 shutter (error 0x0000)

I've downloaded a trial version of Nikon Camera Control 2 and this connects and fires the shutter no problem, so there is no problem with the USB cable.

I'm running this on a 13 inch Aluminum MacBook running Mac Os X 10.6.1. Solar Eclipse Maestro is version 1.5.0.

I'm sure I must be missing something obvious? Any suggestions or help would be most appreciated,

Stephen
http://www.astrokiwi.com

[xjubier]

With Snow Leopard please use Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.5.1 or newer. And don't forget to deactivate Image Capture for your camera (refer to http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Eclipse_Maestro_Help/pgs/c1sem11.html or to the application help).

Updating to Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.5.1 is also highly recommended for users under Leopard or Tiger. This release brings new features and a lot of bugfixes.

Please download from this webpage:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Eclipse_Maestro_Photography_Software.html