Re: [linux-uvc-devel] Support for Imaging Source cameras
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From: Paulo A. <pj....@gm...> - 2013-11-11 15:27:56
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Hi, are these models uvc compliant ? please see: http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/faq/ Regards, Paulo 2013/11/11 James Fidell <ja...@fi...>: > There's a "fix" in the UVC driver allegedly to allow support for > "The Imaging Source USB CCD cameras". This picks up cameras > with the VID/PID 199e:8102. However, there appear to be quite a > number of IS USB CCD cameras that do not have this VID/PID (my > recent checks suggest that many are 199e:8101). > > Imaging Source say these cameras (including the 199e:8101 models) > work under Linux with third party software and point to the Unicap > project website (http://unicap-imaging.org/index.htm). Any questions > addressed to IS about Linux support just get a referral to Unicap. > But it looks to me as if the Unicap project is unmaintained or > moribund. The support forums have been broken for some time and some > of the files referenced on the site appear to be missing. > > So, can anyone shed any light on which Imaging Source USB CCD cameras > are supported and which aren't? I'm wondering if perhaps it's the case > that their "industrial" cameras are supported using the 199e:8102 > VID/PID, but their "astronomy" cameras, based on the same hardware with > slightly different firmware, are not and have a different VID/PID > (199e:8101). > > If there isn't actually any way to get these cameras to work on Linux > then I may suggest to IS that they remove from their website the link > saying that they are. > > James > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers > Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore > techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most > from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Linux-uvc-devel mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel |