From: "Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D." <tredding@mac.com>

Date: June 18, 2010 4:16:06 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Chameleon USB 2 - First Light with Astro IIDC

Milton this is very good news.

Have you commented before on which USB cameras will work with Astro_IIDC?

I have two Meade DSI cameras and a number of video cameras that I use for occultation work which I currently stream through my MacBook Pro by using a video converter to take the analog video and convert it to digital/USB video for the Mac.

Will some, many or most of these USB video paths be supported?  Do you have to receive the individual drivers from the manufacture or does Apple establish and maintain the code for USB video devices that work with Macs?

Just curious.

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On Jun 18, 2010, at 5:47 PM, milton_aupperle wrote:

Hi Folks;

Here is First Light (Image) with the PGR Chameleon USB 2 camera.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Other/ChamleonUSB2_DesktopView.jpg

Thats a screen shot of Astro IIDC controlling the PGR EXView HAD camera, running at 1280x960 pixels for color images. I just got the control code spliced into Astro IIDC code base yesterday and got the bulk pipe code running this afternoon.

I still have a tonne of work for test things out and have several known issues to fix, but if we are lucky Astro IIDC 4.06.00 Alpha 8 will support fours USB 2 /3 Cameras by the end of next week.

Have a great weekend..

Milton Aupperle