Re: Video Capture Cards.

["Campbell" <c.macd@xxxxxxx>]

Michael,

I am interested in your escapades with the DS1921 kit. I have ordered some
weather stations, the thermochron kit and the microlan kit, just for
playing
with.

Is there any advice you can offer, have you set up all room temperature
monitoring and out of curiosity, the program enveloping the video capture,
was it enhanced from the one supplied on the SDK. Any advice you can give
on
the programming side would be useful as I am still stuck in the Turbo
Pascal
days (5.5 for dos).  I noticed SDK is on the Dallas cd but have yet to look
into it.

Has anyone else ordered components from Dallas in the USA. If so any idea
on
timescales, I know there test chips and cd was within 1 week.

Campbell

----- Original Message -----
From: "M McAree Jr" <michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Video Capture Cards.


>
>
> > >  Not likely !!! Most of it code *borrowed* from sources on
the Net.
> > > I am very impressed with the DS1820 stuff. It is really nice
to have a
> > > single screen showing the temperature of various rooms along
> > with a video
> > > feed from outside.
> >
> > Any chance of a screen grab?
> >
>
> Have a look at http://www.thompson.co.uk/screenshot.gif
> The info is dummy (and there is no front door cam shot) as I don't
have my
> HA PC in work, but you get the general idea. I plan to make use of my
extra
> video input device and add another camera. I will then have a toggle
button
> instead of the drop down combobox. Hotkeys to each camera may be
useful as
I
> could then get Pronto to learn the hotkey strokes from my IR keyboard.
I
> still have to do the call logging aspect of CallerID. Steve Morgan -
how
did
> you implement this? (on your website you just give ana apology)
> Considering I got my DS1820 a week ago I don't think it's that bad :-)
>
>
>
> > > Now that I have 3 video sources on my HA PC I may get
> > > another camera. Did we come to any concensus on what was the
best
value
> > for
> > > money camera available from Henry's, Maplins, B&Q etc??
> >
> > Macro have a cheap one again this month(25 or 27 + VAT from
memory).
>
> Thanks I'll try to get a run out there tonight. Do you still need a
card
for
> there?
>
> Michael
> BELFAST
>
>
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