Re: basler camera on firewire
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From: Carl K. <ca...@pe...> - 2011-11-07 20:41:38
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Robert Lemmen <rob...@se...> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 02:31:01PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: >> This is more for me than you, but it might help you.... >> >> If you have a 2nd firewire controller (card), plug one card into the >> other and run: >> >> https://gitorious.org/cfk_misc/fwdiag/blobs/master/async-test.c >> >> If it finds an error, then the problem is one of the cards or cable >> and probably not the camera. >> >> Or the program is whacked. This is something a friend wrote, I >> haven't gotten around to testing it other than "it runs! great! >> thanks! I'll buy you a beer!" > > not sure how to interpret this, but with a cable between both cards (for > any combination of ports) I get: > > /dev/fw0: Success > 234 > 001106005350d195 65472 65472 > /dev/fw1: Invalid argument > 234 > 0000d100802a6abc 65473 65472 > /dev/fw2: Invalid argument > 234 > 0000d100802a6abc 65473 65473 > /dev/fw3: Invalid argument > 234 > 001106005350d195 65472 65473 > /dev/fw4: Invalid argument > /dev/fw5: No such file or directory > /dev/fw6: No such file or directory > /dev/fw7: No such file or directory > /dev/fw8: No such file or directory > Device not found. > : No such file or directory > > without a cable beteeen them, I get: > > /dev/fw0: Success > 234 > 001106005350d195 65472 65472 > /dev/fw1: Invalid argument > /dev/fw2: No such file or directory > 234 > 0000d100802a6abc 65472 65472 > /dev/fw3: No such file or directory > /dev/fw4: No such file or directory > /dev/fw5: No such file or directory > /dev/fw6: No such file or directory > /dev/fw7: No such file or directory > /dev/fw8: No such file or directory > Device not found. > : No such file or directory > > is that a sign for good cables and cards? Not really. I have not had a chance to run in on known bad hardware to verify it actually reports an error. If it reported an error, then there would be a clue what to look at. But... looking at the output makes me wonder if it is detecting 2 cards. I can at least see what happens if it I run it with only 1 card. I should be able to do that today. -- Carl K |