PWC 9.0.2 + Ov51x 2.17 Firmware release (experimental)?

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13-07-2005, 21:04
jseabra

PWC 9.0.2 + Ov51x 2.27 Firmware release (experimental)?

Hi all

So youre a lazy bones like me and dont want to get an headhache trying to setup your pwc webcam to get those 640x480 pics?
Try my latest firmware -> http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/WL500g-1.9.2.7-6b-seabra.trx

Its based on Olegs firmware with some minor modifications and small hacks to make "hi-res" :-) work.
It uses pwc 9.0.2.
http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/foto1.png
http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/foto4.png
http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/foto2.png

Ill try to release the source code ASAP...Upload speed limitations ... :-)

Enjoy!

João Seabra

Update: Ive updated ov511/18 drivers to 2.27 which is the latest stable release.
Probably you wont get color with ov518 cameras but this is a beta release :-) , so beta-testers or one ov51x camera are needed :)
For some strange reason i dont have i2c-core.o in Olegs latest firmware image so i decided to put it there.
Please drop a line here.

Here you can get the pwc-9.0.2 patch and pwc 9.0.2.-> http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/pwc-9.0.2-patch.tar.bz2
Please use the firmware since this patches might break your source tree...
14-07-2005, 10:13
Oleg

Nice. It makes sense to release patches against my sources, so I could review them and apply.
14-07-2005, 10:51
WlanMan

Hi jseabra

This is avery nice work, i will try your image now, afterall i dont have a philips cam any more.
I wanted to ask you two things:

- Why dont you use the Version 10 Drivers, are they still so unstable ?

- Can you be so kind and put the updated OV51x Driver into your image next time, since the actual one breakes my Terracam. I would do it myself, but at the moment my linux system is out of order with a harddrive crash (that´s when you use parts from the junkjard :D).

Greets, Wlanman
14-07-2005, 11:08
jseabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Nice. It makes sense to release patches against my sources, so I could review them and apply.

Im having some troubles creating the patch :o
For some reason not only im getting the stuff i changed as other stuff that i havent changed. :confused:

And since there are ov51x driver update requests which I dont mind to do, I would send the complete pack. :)

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Done
The package only includes pwc patches since I dont know if ov drivers are working...
14-07-2005, 11:11
jseabra

Hi WlanMan

Thank you for your kind words.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WlanMan

- Why dont you use the Version 10 Drivers, are they still so unstable ?

Mainly because 9.0.2 drivers were the latest that i found working with 2.4 kernels.AFAIK 10.x require 2.6 kernel and theres no patch available for 2.4. :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by WlanMan

- Can you be so kind and put the updated OV51x Driver into your image next time, since the actual one breakes my Terracam

Ill see what i can do.No promises :)
Do you mind being a beta-tester since i dont own ov511 camera?

Quote:

Originally Posted by WlanMan

I would do it myself, but at the moment my linux system is out of order with a harddrive crash (that´s when you use parts from the junkjard :D).

I now what you're talking about :) :p

Kind Regards,

João Seabra
14-07-2005, 13:58
WlanMan

Hi

I have now flashed your image, and it seems you habe allready updatet the ov51x driver to 2.27 ?! Nice ...
As you see, the driver now does´n detect the cmos sensor in the cam, wereas the older driver didn´t gave any error. I will see what´s going wrong, the Terracam pro usb should be supported since ages from the drivers...
Will check this and report later. Thx

Quote:

usb.c: registered new driver ov511
ov511_core.c: USB OV518+ video device found
ov511_core.c: Device revision 0
ov511_core.c: Compression required with OV518...enabling
i2c-core.o: adapter OV51x registered as adapter 0.
ov511_core.c: Device at usb-00:04.0-1 registered to minor 0
ov511_core.c: v2.27 : ov511 USB Camera Driver
ov511_core.c: No sensor is detected yet

Quote:

ov51x 40236 0
ov518_decomp 19352 0 [ov51x]
ov511_decomp 10736 0 [ov51x]
i2c-core 15792 0 [ov51x]
videodev 8304 1 [ov51x]

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Ok, seems there is a issing module which has to be loaded before the camera driver itself which seems to carry the video sensor definitions ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by From the Web:

I have a D-Link USB webcam. After plugging it on my Mandrake 9.2 it was automatically discovered as a "generic camera", and the ov511 driver was assigned (as /var/log/messages stated).

During a test with the GnomeMeeting wizard, /var/log/messages showed: ov511_core.c: No sensor is detected yet

I had to modprobe a hitherto competely unmentioned module called "ovcamchip" and it was then able to find the sensor. Found this out by reading the ov511 download page (http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/download.html).

With this sub-driver loaded, the webcam works ok. Alexandre Aractingi 12 Feb 2004

This file isn´t under /lib/modules/...

Greets Wlanman
14-07-2005, 14:13
jseabra

There are other drivers in ov51x source code tree.
If you want I can post the here and you can try to insmod them...
14-07-2005, 14:15
jseabra

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Could you please try to insmod the attached file?
Regards
14-07-2005, 15:05
WlanMan

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Yep, now its working. You have a new friend :).

Quote:

ov511_core.c: No sensor is detected yet
ovcamchip_core.c: v2.27 : OV camera chip I2C driver
i2c-core.o: driver i2c ovcamchip driver registered.
ovcamchip_core.c: Camera chip is an OV7620AE
i2c-core.o: client [OV7620] registered to adapter [OV51x #0](pos. 0).

Capture works with firmware-own software, in color and up to 640x480 (still seems upsampled, dont know native sensor resoltion).
Hair attack atached :cool:

P.s: What´s your selfmade biquad design ? copperplate or cdrom type reflector ? i am interrested in this *g*. I read you have a toucam2 from philips, at least some of these devices have ov511 chips, what is yours ?

Mfg Wlanman
14-07-2005, 17:05
jseabra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WlanMan

Yep, now its working. You have a new friend :).

In the latest firmware everything should br working fine...

Quote:

Originally Posted by WlanMan

P.s: What´s your selfmade biquad design ? copperplate or cdrom type reflector ? i am interrested in this *g*. I read you have a toucam2 from philips, at least some of these devices have ov511 chips, what is yours ?

This is a little bit off-topic :) but take a look at the pic attached.
My toucam II uses PWC driver.Its PCVC830K
14-07-2005, 17:12
Oleg

Patches could not applied as is. There should not be binaries, instead they should be build from sources and pwc should still support resolution other than 640x480 (as for now you've removed other resolutions).
Please update if you're interested in this.
14-07-2005, 17:24
jseabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Patches could not applied as is. There should not be binaries, instead they should be build from sources

Okay.Ill submit a clean patch. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

and pwc should still support resolution other than 640x480 (as for now you've removed other resolutions).
Please update if you're interested in this.

As far as i can remember I havent removed the options.Probably something is broken and they´re not working...I will check that out ASAP.
Thanks alot!

--
Update: Im going out this and next week so you will have to wait a little bit longer :(

João Seabra
16-07-2005, 20:32
sir_lunatic

No go with pan and tilt

I just tried your pwc and pwcx modules from this thread and I get the same issue as with Toms pwc/pwcx drivers when using with a Logitech Orbit.....it ends up not identifying the pan and tilt features.

It does allow to capture the higher resolutions, however it breaks the pan and tilt feature.

Starting palantir with jseabra's drivers loaded, it states:

Jul 14 14:52:33 [video] Camera has no pan/tilt control

and when accessing the pan and tilt from the palantir java client i get the following from palantir's logs:

Jul 14 14:53:19 [video] PWCMPTSANGLE: Invalid argument

however all is well using the v8 pwc driver but lacking the higher resoltuions

thinking an option was excluded when you compiled this version.
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18-07-2005, 23:07
wireless

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Nice hack! It works quite nice with my Philips ToUcam Pro. Framerate is acceptable, but there is a lag of a couple of seconds (using a wl500g).
What annoyed me (although I'm really gratefull of your work sofar) was the fact that some pieces of texts seem distorted (see attachment...another charset?). I also had some navigation jams but I could not replicate them so perhaps it has nothing to do with your hacks.
22-07-2005, 11:08
jseabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by wireless

What annoyed me (although I'm really gratefull of your work sofar) was the fact that some pieces of texts seem distorted (see attachment...another charset?). I also had some navigation jams but I could not replicate them so perhaps it has nothing to do with your hacks.

Ok.
Ill fix that. Thanks for your report
22-07-2005, 11:12
jseabra

Ive sent the patches for Oleg.Theyre not final and for now they only support pwc web cameras.Support for omnivision will be added later.
If anyone wants to test them take a look at:
http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/wl-500-pwc...-patch.tar.bz2

To save usb bw compression is set to 2.This makes the image a little bit worse than already is but you can change this by hand in services_ex.c

Kind Regards,

João Seabra
22-07-2005, 13:44
jseabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by sir_lunatic

I just tried your pwc and pwcx modules from this thread and I get the same issue as with Toms pwc/pwcx drivers when using with a Logitech Orbit.....it ends up not identifying the pan and tilt features.

It does allow to capture the higher resolutions, however it breaks the pan and tilt feature.

Could you please try :
http://www.ruc.pt/~seabra/WL500g-1.9.2.7-6b.trx
pwcx module is not included but you can try Toms or mine included in previous firmware

Thanks
02-09-2005, 15:58
skanker

It would be cool if you could add Pan and Tilt to the interface.
22-12-2005, 15:27
catch23

9.0.2 for WL-500gx???

Nice work you did jseabra!!!:)

I would very much like to test the newer pwc on my WL-500gx. Is it hard to upgrade the driver in Olegs 6b-image? Could this be done via telnet on a live router?
I've been struggling a couple of days now with a Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 - no luck so far. My last (and only hope) now is the pwc 9.0.2. Perhaps someone know about other possibilities?

The ActiveX responds "couldn't connect to server", status LED is dark, camera is proved to be working on a PC and my System Log says:
Jan 1 01:01:05 USB webcam: attached
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.12 loaded.
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam

I'd be grateful for any kind of help and advice.

Merry Christmas to everybody!
25-12-2005, 09:31
max2950

I've tested you're firmware : it works great with my Philipps camera. However, like in Oleg's firmware i'm getting a mirrored image...
I also had some trouble with some messagebox : http://www.planetemax.com/ext/forums/pics/strange.jpg

This is what i get after reseting all default settings and restarting the device.
25-12-2005, 22:20
jseabra

Hi.

In my latest firmware this issue was corrected.
Are you sure you are using the latest??

Merry Christmas,
Seabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by max2950

I've tested you're firmware : it works great with my Philipps camera. However, like in Oleg's firmware i'm getting a mirrored image...
I also had some trouble with some messagebox : http://www.planetemax.com/ext/forums/pics/strange.jpg

This is what i get after reseting all default settings and restarting the device.
25-12-2005, 22:23
jseabra

Thanks!

You can use pwc.o and pwcx.o and insmod them but its not trivial and requires some tricks.
Anyway you wont be able to get 640x480 without using my firmware.

Merry Christmas,

Seabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by catch23

Nice work you did jseabra!!!:)

I would very much like to test the newer pwc on my WL-500gx. Is it hard to upgrade the driver in Olegs 6b-image? Could this be done via telnet on a live router?
I've been struggling a couple of days now with a Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 - no luck so far. My last (and only hope) now is the pwc 9.0.2. Perhaps someone know about other possibilities?

The ActiveX responds "couldn't connect to server", status LED is dark, camera is proved to be working on a PC and my System Log says:
Jan 1 01:01:05 USB webcam: attached
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.12 loaded.
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.
Jan 1 01:01:11 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam

I'd be grateful for any kind of help and advice.

Merry Christmas to everybody!
01-01-2006, 11:33
florin_m

Asus Deluxe

Hi,
Can you compile it for asus deluxe too please and add this patch too http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Doc/K...6.patch.tar.gz ?
Also i've tryed to use the ovcam module u provide with oleg firmware and i get:

Using ovcamchip[1].o
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_detach_client
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_del_driver
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_smbus_read_byte_data
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_smbus_write_byte_data
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_attach_client
insmod: unresolved symbol i2c_add_driver
01-01-2006, 15:24
jseabra

Quote:

Originally Posted by florin_m

Hi,
Can you compile it for asus deluxe too please and add this patch too http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Doc/K...6.patch.tar.gz ?
Also i've tryed to use the ovcam module u provide with oleg firmware and i get:

Hi!

I do remember having some problems about a missing i2c module.I will check that.
I cant apply that patch because its for 2.6 kernel while were using 2.4 kernel.
01-01-2006, 20:45
florin_m

Sorry, this one http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Doc/K...8.patch.tar.gz

Is the 2.4 kernel.