Re: PictureTel Camera's and 4 port card

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

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
"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
news:43a4b494.348770956@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:11:53 -0500, "P. Totaro"
> <PTotaro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hi Si, thanks for the reply
>>
>>It is a single (Techwell) chip that uses port switching. It shows as a
>>single device in device manager. I got this 60fps card before I knew what
>>to
>>look for in a capture card.I am assuming that this chip does not use WDM
>>drivers and that is why Webcamxp can't see it. My source choices for
>>capture
>>using Webcamxp are: Video for windows / Direct X / Stream from file /
>>Stream
>>from HTTP.I guess I need to be  looking for a 4 chip card that uses WDM
>>drivers?   Paul
>
> If you are looking to make a simple setup, webcam2000 (free)
> might be of interest. You can also make a simple external video
> switcher for your cams if you have a parallel port on yur
> computer. The below page has some setup info using webcam2000 and
> the middle link shows how to make a simple webcam switcher.
> Bottom link shows a simple webpage for controlling a homemade
> pan/tilt web cam.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/webcamsetup.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ppswitcher.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ezservo1.htm
>