WL500gPv2 and webcam

[s-s-s]

Hi,

...Why is it not possible to get pics higher than 800x600?

@all: I put the MSI Starcam racer (1.3MP) and the Logitech Quickcam pro 9000 (2MP) into choice, does anyone have any experiences whith these devices and e.g. openWRT?

thanks in advance,
bit

I have ... Quickcam pro for Notebooks (2MP) - vend/prod 0x46d/0x991, openWRT-kamikaze_8.09_rc2(openwrt-brcm47xx-squashfs.trx)
I think, that it is possible, if you start a stream page with USB stick.

[shx]

Hi there

Tried to use a very old cheap cam on wl500gp v2:

 Vendor=0ac8 ProdID=301b Rev= 1.00
 Manufacturer=Z-Star Corp.
 Product=PC Camera

Figured out that I should use spca5xx (or LE?), so I downloaded it from another post here and did:

   modprobe videodev
insmod spca5xx.o

dmesg gives me:

usb.c: registered new driver ?
spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver 00.60.00 registered

next I plugged the camera into usb (without hub), dmesg gives:

hub.c: port 1, portstatus 103, change 0, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 1, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2 connection change
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 1, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 0, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 0, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 0, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 101, change 0, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: port 2, portstatus 103, change 10, 12 Mb/s
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.0-1.2, assigned address 6
usb.c: kmalloc IF 816fd7c0, numif 1
usb.c: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb.c: USB device number 6 default language ID 0x409
Manufacturer: Z-Star Corp.
Product: PC Camera
usb.c: ? driver claimed interface 816fd7c0
usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 6

and lsmod gives (which seems the webcam is recognized):

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
spca5xx-00.60.00      577560   1
videodev                8312   0 [spca5xx-00.60.00]

However my problem is in /dev, there is no 'video' or 'v4l/video0' folder created properly which is required by webcam apps normally I suppose.

Anyone please help? Thanks a lot!!!

[domengt]

You can change some setting . I think it ok. french translation

[EdP]

On my WL500gx (Oleg 1.9.2.7-10 firmware) I've connected a digital handycam that I thought I could use as a webcam. It's a Panasonic NV-GS11 that supports webcam mode. Unfortunately, I can't get any setting to make it work as a webcam.

When I press the Record button on the camera, it says "can not operate".
Any hope for this setup?

Also tried an HP Photosmart R707 digital photo camera, but that doesn't even open its shutter, I guess it doesn't do webcam mode. Same thing for HP Photosmart R967.

[EdP]

Well, I'm at the brink of giving up on surveillance here.
OK, so I can't get the handycam or the HP cameras to work. So I went and bought a Microsoft webcam, which I remembered got a decent review. Model LifeCam VX-1000, because it is on the Linux-usb list as working, but even with the correct driver, it wouldn't work.

So then I traded it in, this time a Logitech QuickCam E2500 since all you folks seem to get it working with Logitech cameras, for lack of availability of the 4000. When I plug it in, dmesg says

pwc Philips webcam module version 9.0.2 loaded.
pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840.
pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.
pwc Default image size set to vga [640x480].
usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam
pwc Philips webcam decompressor routines version 9.0-BETA-2
pwc Supports all cameras supported by the main module (pwc).
pwc Adding decompressor for model 645.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 646.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 675.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 680.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 690.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 720.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 730.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 740.
pwc Adding decompressor for model 750.

but still no joy, there's only rcamdmain running, no rcamd being spawned. Needless to say, Preview from the USB/webcam admin page doesn't work either.

So I tried to install motion. It apparently depends upon mysql, which won't start:

[ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist

I'm not that familiar with mysql and can't seem to get that working in a hurry.

Besides that, motion will start in daemon mode, although it could never work, as /dev/video0 is missing.

Like I said, I'm about to call it quits here. Is there a way out of this?

[flexusz28]

Just found a whole line of webcams from Pleomax named PWC xxxxx.

Example http://www.evomag.ro/produs--Samsung...000--9175.html about 20$.

How could we tell what driver they use ?

[wpte]

well it's a PWC chipset... so it might work
there is no way to tell if it actually does, there is just a good chance it does

on the wiki page of the linux PWC driver supported webcams:
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/vi...WebcamsWithPWC

[geotibi]

I connect my book home edition hdd to router but it is attached as webcam (this appear in system log) and in user interface icon "No Device" disappear (firmware 3.0.3.8) and i can't access this drive from ftp or windows sharing. it was formatting fat32, exfat and ext2 but nothing. also i have tried with an usb stick (fat32) and this is ok, but my external hdd not working.

[wpte]

I have a WD mybook (1TB) as well.
All I know that it works on oleg firmware, I never tried it on asus firmware.
it's indeed very strange it think it's a webcam
must be a firmware issue I guess...

you can try to switch off webcam support, then the firmware usually doesn't load the webcam drivers, so it might recognise it as a different type of device

[J0HNNY_B]

Hello
I have a Asus Wl-500 GPv2 and I want to use a Logitech Webcam Sphere AF.
I put Oleg firmware on it : http://koppel.cz/cdmawifi/download/171
Can anyone help me mount this webcam or provide other viable solutions?
I want to use this router and this webcam like a video surveilance solution, and I have to connect on the second usb router port a Huawei 3G modem.

Thank you and I am looking forward to your answers

[cichy]

Latest Oleg's firmwares are here: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/wiki/NEWS check them out.

[J0HNNY_B]

Latest Oleg's firmwares are here: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/wiki/NEWS check them out.

I try with this firmware but my logitech sphere af not recognize.

[RollsDis]

Hello all I am new to this whole router flashing business, I have purchased a router (Asus Wl-500g V2) I have flashed the router with a Mega build from this site http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtop...?p=99564#99564 about half way down it shows the download link.it looks like below.

dd-wrt.v24_RC5_std+nokaid+voip+vpn+micro+mini+micro-usb-webcam-mod-0.3-build-2007-11-26-0919.7z

Well I have flashed this and I point to the routers IP and I get the ddwrt panel. then I follow all this guys instructions but I dont get anything.

Is there anyway that someone can help me with this maybe another method or something. Even if it is starting from scratch any thing will help perhaps a tutorial or something.

Once again my goal is to get a Logitech quickcam 4000 hooked up to the router, it is for a school proj. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks all

[RollsDis]

I am still struggling with getting Camera functionality on my router, if someone could please help me out I would greatly appreciate. I know I am a newbie but I am pretty sure I can do it.

thanks

[Copter]

Just flash the recent version of this firmware http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/ , and your quickcam pro 4000 works like plug and play.

What exactly do you want to do with it?