Re: areaDetector driver for webcams?

["Pearson, Matthew R." <pearsonmr@ornl.gov>]

Hi,

As an alternative solution for old analog cameras, we’ve used these Axis video servers in the past:

https://www.axis.com/en-us/products/axis-m70-series

Looks like they sell 1, 4 and 16 channel versions. 

Cheers,
Matt


> On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:22 AM, Bruno Martins <brunoseivam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I call them webcams because I think that's how the most common type of USB cameras for consumers are marketed (for consumers to use them for web chat, maybe?).
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> We have ~70 old analog cameras in plac. We're thinking of using USB adapters on a Linux server for a small subset of the cameras, which will show up as /dev/videoX devices (much like consumer webcams show up in Linux). Therefore an areaDetector driver for generic webcams would work for me, I think.
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> Bruno
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> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:59 AM Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de> wrote:
> I know I am slightly off topic here,
> But - out of curiosity - why would you call such devices webcams?
> They seem to be USB only, with no Ethernet or other IP interface.
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> Confused,
> ~Ralph
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 15:46, Gofron, Kazimierz <kgofron@bnl.gov> wrote:
> Hi Bruno,
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> We are working on AD EPICS Driver for USB Video Class (UVC) devices, which includes webcams, many mini-microscopes, etc.
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> Libuvc depends on several packages: libusb-1.0-0 and libusb-1.0-0-dev must both be installed.
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> Some detectors that support the UVC standard:
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> 	• https://www.theimagingsource.com/products/industrial-cameras/usb-3.0-color/
> 	• https://www.e-consystems.com/8MP-AF-UVC-USB-Camera.asp
> 	• https://www.framos.com/en/news/videology-introduces-super-speed-uvc-compliant-compact-usb-3.0-board-camera
> 	• https://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2013/04/usb-30-cameras-are-uvc-compliant.html
> 	• https://www.theimagingsource.com/products/industrial-cameras/usb-3.0-monochrome/
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> Kazimierz Gofron
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