From: "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: January 21, 2010 10:31:36 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: USB and AstroIIDC : It works!!???


No that's not true.


I sent them an e-mail 12+ months ago to correct their web site.


And why believe them when it clearly states on our own web site in the FAQ section that we only support IIDC FireWire Cameras.


http://www.outcastsoft.com/ASCASTROIIDC.html#FAQ


From our Web site:


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Does Astro IIDC work with the DFG/1394-1 FireWire converter or USB Cameras from TIS, PGR and other Astronomy / Microscopy / Machine Vision companies?


No. Astro IIDC only works with FireWire IIDC Cameras, which follow the open IIDC FireWire camera protocol. By following this robust industrial certified standard, Astro IIDC can support dozens of manufacturers and hundred if not thousands of compliant cameras. Almost all higher end USB cameras use manufacturer specific proprietary non standard protocols for camera control. This means we would need to have the company provide us with low level technical information (which most will not do) and then write specific code for each manufacturer and in some cases each camera. The Mac market place is simply too tiny to make it cost effective to support all these non standard proprietary USB cameras.


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Milton Aupperle



--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, astroc@... wrote:



Hello,


Is it possible or not because I find that on the web :


** http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=10632

=> "Astro IIDC (Mac OS): Using Astro IIDC you can control all The Imaging Source

USB CCD cameras on Mac OS."


** http://fr.astronomycamerasblog.com/2008/05/28/le-ciel-profond-a-litalienne/

http://www.astronomycamerasblog.com/wp-content/uploads-extra/mayer_m13_zoom.jpg

On these links, the author use DMK31AU03 with AstroIID for the capture ??


Thank you for more informations,


Regards,

Olivier