From: "doobisary" <tjp314@pacbell.net>
Date: July 28, 2012 11:01:07 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Firefly MV cameras, NIB, on ebay
I got my cameras today. I installed flycapture and tried to run the firmware update, but get an error every time I do. I'm using Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion.
Flycapture runs the camera just fine, so I know the camera works. I just can't install the update or get video to work in Astro IIDC.
Any suggestions?
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:
Dear Teruo;
It could be old firmware and you would need to update it to the most
recent version, which is :
"Firefly MV Firmware v1.6 Release 0"
That is the same issue that the Chameleon cameras had - easily solved
if you update tot he latest firmware version.
You need to log in to the PGR site to get the Firmware update and then
install it under Windows with UpdatorGUI2 in the FlyCapture2 SDK.
I do have customers using them with no trouble - including the model
you mentioned.
HTH..
Milton Aupperle
On 25-Jul-12, at 9:29 AM, TeruoUtsumi wrote:
I received the PGR Firefly camera from the eBay listing. I'm seeing
no video, but am assuming I don't have my system/software setup
correctly.
I have an unregistered copy of AstroIIDC. I set the default folder
in Preferences.
The camera is connected to the USB port on my Mac (I've tried two
different Macs) and the green LED on the camera is on.
The MacOS system report shows that it recognizes the camera.
(Output pasted below.)
In AstroIIDC, the only menu command selectable is "File"->"Open
Camera...". Selecting "Open Camera..." yields a window titled
"Firefly MV USB FMVU=03MTM Controls".
I click on "Start Video" and a window titled "Video Preview" appears
but is blank.
I tried changing Video Format, Display Format, frame rate, but to no
avail.
There are no buttons of any sort on the camera.
Any ideas on what's wrong?
Teruo
System Profile info:
Firefly MV USB FMVU-03MTM:
Product ID: 0x2001
Vendor ID: 0x1e10 (Point Grey Research Inc.)
Version: 0.03
Serial Number: 009DA35D
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Point Grey Research
Location ID: 0x1a110000 / 3
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500