Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 7/25/2014 9:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote: I have a pretty recent Dell Optiplex 980 desktop, and my scanner will not work at all on the rear ports. But, it works fine on the front ports. I don't see any difference in the lsusb listing between the two hubs, so I have no idea what is going on,

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-26 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/26/2014 03:26 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Are you certain the rear ports are enabled in BIOS setup? Yes, the scanner enumerates and can be seen on the bus, but it locks up and can't complete a page scan. Keyboards, cameras, and other gear work fine on the rear ports. They seem to have the

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread Ed Nisley
On 07/24/2014 09:06 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: the real problem that caused the usb disconnect? If the dmesg dump says something like: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... Then I'll lay you long odds it really *is* EMI from your myriad steppers and suchlike. Spent quite

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 July 2014 07:50:25 Ed Nisley did opine And Gene did reply: On 07/24/2014 09:06 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: the real problem that caused the usb disconnect? If the dmesg dump says something like: hub 1-0:1.0: port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... Its not saying exactly

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 July 2014 15:42:23 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 25 July 2014 07:50:25 Ed Nisley did opine And Gene did reply: On 07/24/2014 09:06 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: the real problem that caused the usb disconnect? If the dmesg dump says something like:

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread sam sokolik
I have seen front usb ports that use very poor wiring/board layout. (some that just don't work they are so badly designed) sam On 07/25/2014 08:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 25 July 2014 15:42:23 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 25 July 2014 07:50:25 Ed Nisley did

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Sam, re: front panel usb ports poor design i've seen frequent disconnects and reconnects, even re-enumerating ( i think ) changing ttyUSB0 to ttyUSB1 on the dongle i use to talk to machines. avoid any usb port that 'feels odd', 'feels loose' or where connector looks like it sticks out _not_

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/25/2014 08:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: An lsusb suggested that the front panel plugs were usb 1.1 only, so I moved it to one of the rear panel plugs directly on the D-525-MW motherboard, On reboot it was correctly linked to /dev/video0, and it ran solidly for about 3 hours while I

Re: [Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 July 2014 23:09:22 sam sokolik did opine And Gene did reply: I have seen front usb ports that use very poor wiring/board layout. (some that just don't work they are so badly designed) sam I won't argue a bit on that Sam. After my experience trying to make a wired usb mouse

[Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; My camera on the milling machine is having spastic spells. Dmesg says its disconnecting but I see no evidence of that as being a mechanical cable problem. None of the disconnect/reconnect sessions can be blamed on my moving the usb cable that hooks it up. Its the only video device