From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>
Date: May 9, 2005 2:50:57 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Which Astroiidc option best?
Hi Milton:
I may have misunderstood your earlier response to my query about which cameras were
compatible, as I misunderstood that this website you referred to wasn't talking specifically
about astroiidc compatibility:
http://www.tele.ucl.ac.be/PEOPLE/DOUXCHAMPS/ieee1394/cameras/
The camera I purchased is listed as:
Model: C102T
Manufacturer: Aplux
Purpose: Webcam
Color: color
Resolution: 640x480
Bpp: 8
FPS: 30
Sensor: CCD 1/4"
Optics: 6mm
IIDC: v1.04
Features/Notes: Same as Fire-i
I suppose that, even if it's not the same as the Fire-i and won't work with astroiidc, I can
still acquire .avi video with it and process it with Registax, like I do now with my ToUcam
and 3com cameras. It only set me back $26 USD.
So, assuming it won't work and I do eventually buy one we know is compatible, what are
your thoughts about the download/lisence options?
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
Tim;
On 9-May-05, at 12:12 PM, Tim wrote:
Milton:
Well, I bid on another firewire webcam on ebay and got it this time.
It should arrive in a
few days. It's an Aplux, the model that looks like the Unibrain
Fire-i. Price was "way right"
so I couldn't resist. I like that I can daisychain firewire cameras
in case I want one on a
guidescope or finder at some point.
I think you made a mistake here on that camera.
As I've said in the past if the camera is NOT listed on the Astro IIDC
home page
http://www.outcastsoft.com/ASCASTROIIDC.html
-------------From the WebSite Site --------------
Supports the following inexpensive IIDC / DCAM FireWire cameras, listed
by manufacturer and camera model:
ADS Pyro (API-200 to API-203 Series)
Orange Micro iBot
iREZ Stealth
Unibrain Fire-i Color
Unibrain Fire-i400 Color
Unibrain Fire-i400 Monochrome
Unibrain Fire-i Board Camera Color
Unibrain Fire-i Board Camera Monochrome
The Imaging Source DMK 21F04
The Imaging Source DFK 21F04
The Imaging Source DMM 21F04
The Imaging Source DFM 21F04
The Imaging Source DMM 21F04-ML
The Imaging Source DFM 21F04-ML
The Imaging Source DBK 21F04
The Imaging Source DBM 21F04
The Imaging Source DBM 21F04-ML
NOTE: If your camera is not on the list it will not be recognized and
is not currently supported. Apple's iSight will never be supported as
it lacks some of the IIDC modes we need and is not capable of doing
extended CCD exposure times.
------------------------
as a supported camera, then it is not supported. Regardless of what it
looks like externally, the internals (i.e. firmware, internal
identifiers, configrom and controller chips used) of the camera are
unknown and if they are "unknown" it's NOT supported.
For example, Point Grey Research produces the FireFly which similar to
the Unibrain, TIS, iBot etc cameras (of course it's way more expensive
having a metal case and a real C/CS-Mount) but it IS NOT compatible
with Astro IIDC and will NEVER work. They use the same chip sets as
the others, but they have "tweaked" some of their components very
differently and so you can't do extended exposures to 1 second, you
can't extract Bayer video out of it, you can't control it at all.
I can guaranty that if we have not tested the web cams ones then the
camera will NEVER even be recognized as attached with Astro IIDC 1.0x.
Astro IIDC 2.0 (still in beta testing) will recognize more (higher end)
IIDC/DCAM cameras - but not more cheap IIDC webcams. Since due to "Home
Land Security" red-tape for all products crossing the Canadian - USA
border, it now costs me $150CDN to receive and return "free" cameras,
we don't support anything that is left of center.
HTH..
Milton J. Aupperle
President
ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
#1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
1-(403)-229-9456
milton@o...
www.outcastsoft.com