M-2 Scalar Users

[clay_baker at bodelin.com]

Hi Steve,

Yes that workaround did solve the problem.  After launching  
'ioxdeviced' I was able to stream video in the ProScope HR software  
application.  In addition, I was able to switch resolutions between  
VGA and QVGA as well as capture stills and time lapse with the  
software capture button.  However, video capture was not working  
properly.  Also, hardware button capture would freeze the live image  
requiring an application restart to be able to stream video again.   
FYI- USB Shot would crash every time during launch so it was not a  
reliable test application.

Just an FYI on the ProScope HR application - it is definitely a  
universal binary application.  However, since a M-2 universal binary  
driver wasn't available for testing during development, hardware  
button capture and video capture could not be tested on the Intel  
systems.  The issues described above can most likely be resolved with  
further software development.  PPC systems running the Scalar USB  
microscope component and ProScope HR software work fine.

Thanks,
Clay


On May 2, 2007, at 8:27 PM, Steve Sisak wrote:

> At 7:55 PM -0700 5/2/07, clay_baker at bodelin.com wrote:
>> After removing the Scalar USB Microscope component from the  
>> Components folder, I installed the latest beta driver (1.1.2a30)  
>> with virtually no success.  The M-2 is only recognized by the  
>> IOXperts camera identifier during installation.  However, after a  
>> restart the camera identifier can not find a camera.
>
> Hi Clay,
>
> This sounds a lot like a known but with a workaround that was  
> discussed in detail here back in February.
>
> What we found was that one of the daemons responsible for managing  
> the camera preferences was crashing for some reason when the camera  
> was connected at startup.
>
> You can work around it by re-launching:
>
>   </Library/Application Support/IOXperts/Private/ioxdeviced>
>
> by hand if the driver is acting up -- if you're using fast user  
> switching, you may need to re-launch it when you switch users.
>
> The long description is here in the archives:
>
> <http://lists.ioxperts.com/pipermail/video-beta-discuss/2007- 
> February/000322.html>
>
> Let me know if that helps.
>
> -Steve
>
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