[geeks] My hacked CVS video camera

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:45:35PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:22:13PM -0500, Michael Parson wrote:
>> So, how do you get the video off?  Does it show up as a camera device or
>> something?  I bought one of these a few weeks ago, but I haven't built
>> the cable yet.  Maybe this weekend.
>
> I use the "Ops" program; latest version is up at
> http://www.mrbill.net/cvscam/
>
> For all the information you'd ever want to know about them:
>
> http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/index.php?c=5

Cable built, used an old PalmIII->serial adapter I had for using my
Earthmate GPS on the PalmIII.  First few tries with it haven't given me
much yet, but if I slide the connector back and forth slowly, windows
will pop up the "You've got a new USB Device 'Saturn'" stuff, and the
camera shuts off.  The Ops program can't open the camera yet.

I'll mess with it more tomorrow, but I'd say that's some progress.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org