Re: PictureTel Camera's and 4 port card

["P. Totaro" <PTotaro@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Si, Thank you once again for the response.

You have given me some great resources. I will try a few things over the
Christmas holiday and let you know how I make out. Do you know of a site
that list DVR cards that use the Brooktree chips? Thank you for all your
help.  Paul
"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:32:02 -0500, "P. Totaro"
> <PTotaro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Here is some info on the camera  http://www.camerapad.com/cameras.asp
>>
>>The problem is, I have the camera plugged in and with the pico2000 soft
>>ware
>>I can see the video, but can't control the PTZ with this software because
>>PictureTel uses it's own protocol. I can use BDLCam to control the PTZ but
>>the streaming software (WebcamXP) does not recognize the 4-port  DVR card
>>because first, it only has 1 chip (Techwell TW6800) that uses port
>>switching
>>and second doesn't use WDM drivers. I think I also need a DVR card with 4
>>chips that doesn't use port switching and shows up in device manager as 4
>>separate devices.
>> I have the command set and protocols for the camera's but need to find
>> DVR
>>software that will allow me (or actually someone who knows how to enter
>>it)
>>to edit the PTZ commands. Any suggestion, Paul
>
> I suggest you get a card with 4 or more brooktree capture chips
> on it. You might get some help from the techwell link below on
> getting the card to switch video inputs (you would probably have
> to make your own software). Get a copy of the vidcap32.exe from
> the below links and see if it recognizes your card. If it does,
> then most other webcam applications should be able to use your
> card. You should be able to use the BDLCam (for cam control) and
> a webcam application at the same time (would need to be running
> on different ports) on the same web page. Note that a webcam
> application and the pico2000soft ware cannot be running at the
> same time under normal conditions. Bottom link shows a way to
> send the bytes to the serial port from a web page.
>
> http://www.techwellinc.com/products/6800.html
> http://www.natech-inc.com/names/other_programs/vidcap/
> http://www.surveyor.com/products/downloads/vidcap32.exe
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/byte.htm
>