From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: July 23, 2009 2:48:37 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Just starting


Thanks for the clue Milton,

But to use Preferences in iChat I have to open an account it seems. I must have tried 15 or more different combinations of my ID info & still it`s denying me. I have this trouble annoyingly very often with my Apple ID`s because they can`t sort themselves out between .mac & .me! Perhaps I`m supposed to remember my original .mac set-up ID from 2005 or perhaps it`s some strange hybrid?! At any rate I can`t find the correct information! 


Mark

On 24/07/2009, at 3:42 AM, Milton Aupperle wrote:



Hi Mark;


Thanks for the iChat grabbing reminder. I keep forgetting to mention this in the manual.


You can permanently force iChat not to do this by unchecking the "Automatically open iChat when camera is turned on" in the Video panel of the iChat Preferences. Then it doesn't launch and grab the camera each time it gets plugged in.


HTH..


Milton J. Aupperle


On 23-Jul-09, at 9:33 AM, Mark Gaffney wrote:



Hi Terry, 

I presume you`ve connected the TIS camera via firewire cable to the FW port on your Mac. You should get iChat opening straight away. Cancel that by going to iChat in the menu bar & Quit iChat. Open Astro IIDC (put it in the Dock for convenience) go to the camera window in the menu bar & Open Camera. Then press Start Video. You should get a Video Preview window come up. You won`t get anything marvellous inside but presuming you point the camera at a light source (say a desklamp) you should see the Video Preview window light up...?


Mark.

On 23/07/2009, at 11:40 PM, Terrence Redding wrote: