Re: [libdc1394-devel] identifying cameras

[Paul D. <pj...@en...>]

Andy,

The field 'euid_64' in the 'dc1384camera_t' structure is a unique
identifier I believe.

I double checked and this is what coriander uses to remember user
specified names in gconf with, so yeah, this should do the trick.

Paul

On 2/8/07, Andy Gotz <and...@es...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the latest version of libdc1394 on Linux kernel 2.6.9 (RHEL
> 4). We are using libdc1394 and PGR FLEA cameras to do diagnostics on an
> electron accelerator. I have more than one camera connected and I need
> to somehow identify the cameras. I need to know which camera is
> connected so I can talk to the right camera. Up to now I have simply
> connected to cameras in the order they are connected to the bus. But
> this is not sufficient if a camera is disconnected or if the cameras are
> connected in a different order. The cameras display different
> information. I need to know which cameras has been dis/connected. Is
> this possible with libdc1394 ? Is there some way of identifying cameras
> in a unique way ?
>
> Thanks again for a great software and your help with my other questions.
>
> Andy
>
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