Hello, I've just completed the Phillips ToUcam Pro III (SPC900NC) - using the following resources:
(1) Saillard.org PWC driver for Linux (2) qAstrocam imaging caputing software (3) QCUIAG link to long exp. mod for SPC900NC As I have completed the mod, but am having trouble determining if it is actually working, I'm emailing several of you for help. The PWC driver sees my SPC900NC. The qAstroCam software allows me to select from a list of long exposure mods "SC mod: TUC led" and "SC mod: // port (old)" and I can type in an exposure period in seconds such as 30 seconds, and it appears to run through 0-100% complete but does not actually save an image. The problem is it keeps running through 0-100% over and over until I type 0 in the exposure field. While it is doing this, I can also click on the qAstroCam button to click a picture or video, and the properies come out like this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CameraName=Philips SPC 900NC webcam CompressionWished= 0 Exposure=65535 ExposureTime=30.000 <===== SECONDS FrameRateSecond=0.033 FrameSize=640x480 Gain=24576 Gama= 0 TIME=2006-09-17-23-18-44.647173 WhiteBalanceMode=Auto ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My mod makes use of a two-way switch for setting the control back to stock SPC900NC versus LX, and I did make sure it was in LX for long exposures. So my main issues are I cannot tell if it is trully working, and how should I be able to tell, and additionally using qAstrocam what are the recommended settings for long exposures with the SPC900NC, and prefered method of taking long exposures? I need some clarity on it - not sure why when I enter the exposure length it immediately begins going 0-100% over and over without me hitting the cam or video button, and does but does not save any image unless I do hit the cam button - but I don't know if it is trully saving a long exposure. Also, to the person who came up with the SPC900NC mod, I'd like to further ask about the LX lead - I have it so the two-way switch sets the cam back to stock control, or to LX control. And when in LX control mode, it simply makes a connection from the LX lead from the 4066 chip to the PORT-10 point per your instructions. Is this correct or am I missing something? I would most appreciate a reply from each of you, as I am not sure who really can give a full answer. Sincerely, Peter Baitz PS: Below are all the resources: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PWC driver list (v10.00.12-rc1) [email protected] qAstroCam developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] QCUIAG Mod site http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.m.j.meijer/D_I_Y/spc900nc.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] QCUIAG Group http://www.qcuiag.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ToUcam Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ pwc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.saillard.org/mailman/listinfo/pwc
