I have a lifecam vx-1000 and no matter what programe I try to use the roboard will BSOD on vx1000.sys driver every time.
Is there any alternative driver for the vx1000?
Windows XP. And right now I don’t have another camera. But will be attemtping more later. Still wish I could figure out what the technical problem was with the driver for sure. That way I can make sure not to repeat the problem. Anyone have a list of webcams that are knownto work or known to not work with the roboard hardware?
Well figured out that a logitech quickcam (web) works. But uses system resources like crazy. Had to lower the resolution down very far. Using OpenCV to access it. Any idea how to modify frame rate to free up cpu?
Also I am toying with the idea of getting a network camera. Anyone have any experiance?
Was looking at TV-IP422 . Too bad it is $230+ USD. 
IR, Pan & Tilt, and POE would be optimal but not required. Just something that could be easily interfaced with code via the network.
(sorry for my english speaking)
I made a post about saving Xp resources problem for robots using game booster.
If you wish to read the whole story is only spanish at emesn.com/autoitforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2057
It is a pity you do not have any spanish forum about it as I enjoy this robot making.
Salud
Do you have Windows XP or Linux on your RoBoard?
Have you tried another webcam. Maybe there is a compatibility issue with the drivers and the Roboard hardware.
It seems you are having driver issues or you are running out of memory (or at least video memory. XP is a hungry system.
Have you tried simply capturing one frame without actually displaying the video feed from the camera?
In order to gain in performance, you will need to kill and disable as many windows services and “features” as possible. Keep in mind that the RoBoard has limited resources and that XP was never intended to be efficient or “light”.
Also, there might be some hardware settings that you can adjust in order use the lowest possible framerate from your camera.
Pan tilt cameras can be expensive. if you still have performance problems, you could consider building a separate IP camera system. By using the BiPOM ARM9 GadgetPC, a USB camera, and a USB WiFi adaptor. You could then use the RoBoard servo-controllers in order to create a pan and tilt system (Lynxmotion Micro Pan and Tilt Kit)
@ BasicOs,
Claro que hablamos en español. Sin embargo, la mayor parte de nuestro miembros hablan en inglés y por eso la mayor parte de los mensajes están en ese idioma.
(Of course we speak in Spanish. Nevertheless, since most of our members speak English, most of the posts are in English)