Bekijk de volledige versie : Pan/Tilt control on WebCam Logitech Sphere
Hi,
I do not have an 500g either a logitech sphere webcam, but if it is possible to connect the Sphere to the 500g (which is as I learned from your forum) AND there is a way to control the pan/tilt from within a custom webpage on the 500g I will buy both tomorrow :D .
So is anybody running such a setup?
Thank you and regards
Hi
The Camera will run out of the Box.
To use pan and tilt, i suggest you compile "Palatir" for the WL500g which has streaming video services avaliable over a linux, windows or java binarys which can controll pan and tilt of this cam.
I have no Spehre, but wanted Palantir on the 500g. Lazyness has stoped me from this at the moment, if you are a bit experienced with linux, i think you can do it yourself.
Greets
Hey!
Has anyone news about the pan/tilt control of the logitech sphere webcam?
Today I got my wl-500g and my logitech sphere webcam work, and visable via the internet. It would be great if I could control the pan/tilt function via my LAN!
Anyone??
Thanks!
I can use the pan/tilt features of my Quickcam Sphere with setpwc, but I can't
use setpwc & webcam recording at the same time. ( Device busy ) In setpwc website, there is a tip to use sysfs, but it's in kernel 2.6. How can I use setpwc & other software to access webcam at the same time ?
ps. I have palantir, but what I want is recording , not streaming.
Thanks very much.
sandoval
02-06-2005, 09:22
I have a sphere and a 500g, if someone can write me a tutorial.. Im willing to test it.
I have a sphere and a 500g, if someone can write me a tutorial.. Im willing to test it.
Hey, that is cool.
Do you habe Palantir installed ?
You should only need to follow the instruktions in this thread and get a picture allready. Then you have to modify the configuration file to enable the pan/tilt mode for the sphere. Try to look at the Palantir website for some information regarding this, if you stick somewhere ask here.
To edit the file, use the "Vi" editor
Vi is an editor. If you want to start typing into the file, press the 'i' key (=insert) on the location where you want to add stuff. If you're done typing press the <ESC> button to get back to command mode. To save your work, type :w. To exit vi, type :q. To exit without saving, type :q!.
You may look into google to get some more instructions/howto about it in your language.
Im verry interrested on a sphere myself if this works :).
Greets
sandoval
05-06-2005, 15:38
Well I installed the palantir-mips.zip but when i try to run it, it returns an error.
(filedir...)palantir.conf not found
So im kinda stuck on that...
P.s. i have a 500gx, with 1.9.2.7-5a firmware..
sandoval
05-06-2005, 17:44
Oke, got it running now... I'm getting a picture on port 3000. and streaming video using palantir winclient. xyz coord are not responding :(
sandoval
06-06-2005, 06:54
Maybe a stupid question, but how do I compile palantir? I have the latest version 2.5.5 but i can't get it to compile for mips...
Maybe a stupid question, but how do I compile palantir? I have the latest version 2.5.5 but i can't get it to compile for mips...
Hi
You shouldīnt need to, since my one is the recent version, the next one which should be released in the near future will be here aswell of course.
But if you want to try:
- Install the Asus toolchain
- Download Palantir und libjpeg
- compile libjpeg with the mipsel toolchain, as desribed here and there in the forum
- compile palantir, do some small tweaks in the makefile so that is works and the jpeg lib gets staticaly linked into the palantir binary.
Oke, got it running now... I'm getting a picture on port 3000. and streaming video using palantir winclient. xyz coord are not responding
If you get a picture with the client, all you need is to activate sphere pan and tilt stuff in the palantir.conf
Look In the FAQ (http://www.fastpath.it/products/palantir/faq.html#7), you must insert these two blocks at the very end of the config file.
What was the problem with conf file not found mentioned before, wasnīt it in the right place after decompression ?
Greets
sandoval
07-06-2005, 17:03
Sweet, it works like a charm!!
Thx mighty one ;)
About the file:
I was in the right place, but the file got screwed in ftp transport. Took me some time to figure that out. So problem was my fault totaly..
Sweet, it works like a charm!!
Hi
That is cool, i think i buy one myself. What did you payed for ?
Is the cam centered and stays so ?
As i read, the orbit has no feedback about the servo position so it doesnt know where the eye position is. This may lead to inacurate positioning after some time, do you experienced this ?
Greets
There are 3 options for setting the sense level of the webcam for detecting motion. Low - Medium - High.
When i put the sense at High, i keep receiving e-mails, every second. Even when there is nothing moving in front of the cam.
When i put it at medium i receive nothing at all, even if i stand in front of it and wave.
Is there a solution for this.
Using the Philips webcam Vesta Pro / Asus WL-500G / Asus 1.9.4.0 firm.
Should this problem be the Philips Vesta Pro Camera, or would it be the firmware/hardware in the Asus WL-500G ??
Anyone had this problem before ?
Thanks for your replies !
alanwww1
26-07-2005, 11:24
Sorry i am new to the scene. I installed Oleg's latest formware. I am able to view my Logitech Quickcam Sphere in 640x480 resolution with PWC 9.x driver.
I don' want to add very much more software to the Wl500g just the SETPWC ( (clould be around 100kbytes) command which has pan and tilt setting function.
Is it possible to have this binary "setpwc" copied or installed (or loaded) on the wl500g internal flash ???
If not, than how can i connect the webcam and an USB stick (with setpwc) at the same time ?
Is it possible to mount a network drive and run the program from there ?
alanwww1
26-07-2005, 11:30
Sorry the size of setpwc is only 6kb !
Hi Sandoval,
Now that you have the sphere working with tilt and Pan, is there any chance you could write a quick guide for a noob like me.
I have no unix experience.
I am able to view my Logitech Quickcam Sphere in 640x480 resolution with PWC 9.x driver.
Hee, can u tell me how you did that ? i can't get my sphere to do 640x 480, i get errors.
alhough the pan/tilt works fine, whith setpwc, and Palantir.
to answer your question, yes you can put a usb hub & logitech spere & a usb stick on it at the same time, no probs. i even got it to work whitout a powered usb hub, but i wouuld advise you to take a powered version
Hi,
has someone created a firmware that has pan/tilt support for logitech Sphere build in and that does export this feature in the http page for the camera
?
I know there is a setpwc binary by Oleg and firmware with palantir build in- but I am pretty lazy and do lack the knowledge to modify the firmware plus I do not have any storage (Stick or hdd) attached to my WL-500g
Thank you
Which webcam works fine for security alert motion ? I ever test Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 and Philips Toucam Fun (730) : I received a lot of mails even if no motion are detected.
thanks
Hi
Search the forum about motion allert, i may have read this feature is not working very well with all sort of cams, and since we have no source of the camserver ... *dong* blame asus.
Greets
t just does not work well.
We habe no source, so we cant track down the problem.
Itīs up to you to mail asus about and request some information / update on it.
Greets
Hi,
i have a Philips toucam pro II, and i use mvc to capture video and setup my personnal alarm system with asus wl500gx
i want to buy a logitech sphere. could you confirm me it's possible to move this webcam with setpwc ?
thanks
Hi,
i have a Philips toucam pro II, and i use mvc to capture video and setup my personnal alarm system with asus wl500gx
i want to buy a logitech sphere. semebody can confirm me if it's possible to move this webcam with setpwc ?
and use mvc to capture pictures in the same time ?
thanks
Hi,
i have a Philips toucam pro II, and i use mvc to capture video and setup my personnal alarm system with asus wl500gx
i want to buy a logitech sphere. semebody can confirm me if it's possible to move this webcam with setpwc ?
and use mvc to capture pictures in the same time ?
thanks
I dont know, since i have none. But Look in the "palantir" threads by using search, there was something about, related to mooving the cam with the palantir inbuild pan-tilt controll.
Greets
Hi, Wlanman
Palantir is a package ?
because now, i use mvc to keep pictures from my webcam, it works perfectly !
i can manage my personal alarm system from the web, send email; images by ftp, play sounds in local mode, ...
and i would to keep this software
i just want if i can use setpwc to move the logitech sphere webcam
Thanks
Hi,
i've bought yesterday a logitech sphere to test myself, and ...
it fails !
it's not possible to switch only the Philips Toucam pro 2 by the logitech sphere.
i use pwc 9.02 driver
mvc doesn't work with this webcam.
setpwc say me he can't find information into /dev/video (same error with palantir)
palantir is use only for video stream i think, and now, with my system, i use the webcam as alarm system with capture mode when somebody stay in front of the camera
if somebody has mor information about palantir configuration and sphere webcam, i'm interesting ...
for the moment, i've returned this webcam (deal with the sailor ! thanks !)
Hi,
i've bought yesterday a logitech sphere to test myself, and ...
it fails !
it's not possible to switch only the Philips Toucam pro 2 by the logitech sphere.
i use pwc 9.02 driver
mvc doesn't work with this webcam.
setpwc say me he can't find information into /dev/video (same error with palantir)
palantir is use only for video stream i think, and now, with my system, i use the webcam as alarm system with capture mode when somebody stay in front of the camera
if somebody has mor information about palantir configuration and sphere webcam, i'm interesting ...
for the moment, i've returned this webcam (deal with the sailor ! thanks !)
libeccio
23-02-2006, 19:11
Hello,
After had reading post on this subject, I understand I need to install Palantir but how? Is there a package for it ?
Thank you for your help.
I guess you shout setup the wl-500g deluxe's firewall setting.
It may happen that the acknowledge for email message is discard by wl-500g deluxe
Are you sure /dev/video is correct? Using pwc on OpenWrt with my Philips it is placed in /dev/v4l/video0, I believe. I'm not sure if I am using v.9 or v.10 though. It's worth a check at least.
Hi Everybody,
Is somebody have this Webcam with the oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-7f ?
the kernel seems don't recognize my webcam.
Is somebody have an other driver pwc.0 as 9.0.2 ?
and is it possible to move this webcam by setpwc ?
Thanks very much
Hi Everybody,
Is somebody have this Webcam with the oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-7f ?
the kernel seems don't recognize my webcam.
Is somebody have an other driver pwc.0 as 9.0.2 ?
and is it possible to move this webcam by setpwc ?
Thanks very much
Hi ,
i have also a logitech sphere webcam with the oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-7f
the kernel seems don't recognize my webcam.
What driver pwc.0 do you have ?
Could you send me your pwc.o, pwcx.o and setpwc ?
could you tell me also your post-boot file ?
Thanks very much
As far as i know, quickcam cameras are not supported out of the box by the wl500 neither are they supported by Oleg's firmware. However, you can try to run Palantir (http://www.fastpath.it/products/palantir/) on your unit. The guys from palantir also provide a quickcam driver, maybe this could do the trick.
Maybe you might want to read this topic....:rolleyes: (http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=2921)
Hi,
see my message in your private inbox
i've used the driver quickcam.o and palantir.
the webcam seems to be connected by reading the syslog.log, but when i lanch palantir, i have the error on /dev/v4l/video0 can't find
HELP !!!
can somebody use this webcam ? and which driver i may use ?
Thanks
i've used the driver quickcam.o and palantir.
the webcam seems to be connected by reading the syslog.log, but when i lanch palantir, i have the error on /dev/v4l/video0 can't find
HELP !!!
can somebody use this webcam ? and which driver i may use ?
Thanks
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This is quite old topic, but anyway. I am also interested in some more details from start to finish. I have Asus WL-500G Premium and Logitech Sphere. I will be thankful for any help/advice.
Please post a step-by-step guide for idiots (like me), to be able to do that.
I have a WL500G Deluxe and a Sphere...