Asus WL-500g and WebCam

[midgard]

thanks oleg... you are right. while the router was running we reconnected the webcam and it was working. however this is not what we want... i then added the line for loading the pwc module to the post-init script in /usr/local/sbin.

Now i think that i only have to start the rcamd. Do you know the exact command what hotplug runs on device plugin? i then would add this command (after checking that the camera is there) to the post-inst script.

thanks in advance
midgard

[Oleg]

try launching rcamd_main, it should load modules and launch rcamd with correct args.

[midgard]

thanks oleg... i tried... but it dont works. tried with/without loading pwc. the program i loaded was rcamdmain and it does nothing. it should spawn an httpd process and 3 additional rcamd on start (this happens if i do a reconnect of the cam). i now try to download the source to figure out the best way. it will take a while now, but i hope i figure out the way how to do it....

best regards,
midgard

[Roy]

Hi,

i have connect this Cam on my 500g. Mode acticex&refresh, OV511 2.10 and 320x240. When i hit Preview, a new Broqserwidow is open, but no picture is shown. "Image is not ready"

Is this Cam compatible to my router? What can i do?

Thanxx

[Oleg]

It looks like this is not an OV51x based cam, nor PWC. So it's not supported.

[Pirat]

Hello!

My webcam (Medion) works fine with 1.7.5.6 but since 1.9.2.7 it didn't work.

I got this in systemlog:

Jan  1 01:02:45 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.0-1.1, assigned address 3
Jan  1 01:02:45 kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x5a9/0xa511) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jan  1 01:02:45 USB webcam: attached
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver ov51x
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg write: error -88: CRC/Timeout
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg read: error -88: CRC/Timeout
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Unable to read camera bridge registers
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Sensor is an OV7620
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg read: error -145: NAK (device does not respond)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Failed to configure OV7xx0
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg write: error -71: Bit-stuff error (bad cable?)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Error uploading quantization tables
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg write: error -71: Bit-stuff error (bad cable?)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Error uploading quantization tables
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg read: error -88: CRC/Timeout
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Sensor is an OV7620
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: reg read: error -145: NAK (device does not respond)
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Failed to configure OV7xx0
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:52 kernel: ov51x.c: model: Generic Camera (no ID)
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: reg write: error -71: Bit-stuff error (bad cable?)
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: USB OV511+ video device found
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: reg read: error -71: Bit-stuff error (bad cable?)
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: Unable to read camera bridge registers
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: OV511 Config failed
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: Camera initialization failed
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov51x.c: v1.65-1.10-mark : ov51x USB Camera Driver
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov511_decomp.c: v1.6 : OV511 Decompression Module
Jan  1 01:02:53 kernel: ov518_decomp.c: v1.3 : OV518 Decompression Module

What can I do??

[hezik]

Revert back to 1.7.5.6?

[Pirat]

Revert back to 1.7.5.6?

LOL

But I would use some features from 1.9.2.7 (NFS, ...)

[hezik]

Did you plug in an external harddrive as well? Was that connected before as well?

If you connect just the cam, no usb hub or drive, does it work then?

[Pirat]

*shame*

without HUB it works.
Thanks!

edit:
the cam is not mine and at last testing I use 1.7.9.6 and a other HUB.

[hezik]

No problem, glad to be of service

The issue probably is that you're using a passive hub now (without power supply) and that the sum of the cam+hub+drive asks to much power. If you replace it with a powered hub there shouldn't be a problem AFAIK.

[Pirat]

The funny think is that the other HUB (previous uses) is also passiv.

[gwl]

Hello,

I would like to buy a webcam to interface with a WL500g.
From what I've seen the imagem quality on most (usb) webcams is quite low..

So, do you have any sugestions for a webcam that has a good image quality?

thanks.

ps: if you can, please post a sample shot from your webcam...

[RoofCat]

I would like to buy a webcam to interface with a WL500g.
From what I've seen the imagem quality on most (usb) webcams is quite low..

So, do you have any sugestions for a webcam that has a good image quality?

thanks.

ps: if you can, please post a sample shot from your webcam...

It's all about price vs performance I use Phillips ToUCam (do not remember exact model number) together with pwc drivers version 9 - this allows 640x480 resolution. framerate is set to 2 fps, since I use it with motion software as motion detector. FW used is Oleg's 1.9.2.7 CR4.
Known problems with this set:
- Spurious changes in camera brightness set on very bright scene.
- Sometimes driver cannot init camera - I had to program reboot to avoid it.
- Images are horisontally mirrored - I have to use flip option in my mencoder setup
- If antifliicker mode is switched on on this cam, it becomes unusable on bright light - had to switch it off, using PC software

Attached is yesterdays shot with my cat's motion detected in lower left corner

HTH
Roofcat

[gwl]

Thanks for your reply!

today I went shopping to a outlet shop and found some cheap (and old!) webcams from intel at only 9,99eur... (did't buy it... )
It was a Intel® Play™ Me2Cam* Computer Video Camera

http://support.intel.com/support/intelplay/me2cam/
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=294

apparently it should work in linux with the ov511 linux driver...