Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:18:55 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Something broke :-( Re: fwcontrol update Message-ID: <48ADB18F.3000507@miralink.com> In-Reply-To: <200808211744.RAA12308@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200808211744.RAA12308@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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Dieter wrote: >>> More accurately: >>> >>> the camera itself works >>> >>> VIA controller can do fwcontrol -R >>> >>> VIA controller attempting to do fwcontrol -S gives dropouts >>> on a regular basis, every couple seconds. NEC does the same >>> thing if in CYCLEMASTER mode. I have not been able to get >>> the VIA into non-CYCLEMASTER mode. See today's attempt to >>> do so using fwcontrol -f above. >>> >>> NEC controller can do fwcontrol -S (after switching to >>> non-CYCLEMASTER mode) >>> >>> NEC controller used to do fwcontrol -R >>> >>> Now, if camera is connected to NEC controller and I press play >>> (sending DV data to computer), lots of bus resets happen. The >>> resets have nothing to do with running fwcontrol. The resets >>> happen even if fwcontrol has not been run at all since FreeBSD >>> was rebooted. >>> > > >> So, at this point I have done "something" to the NEC controller to >> remove functionality. >> > > Maybe, maybe not. It might have been fwcontrol, or it might have > been putting the camera in "camera" mode instead of "vcr" mode. > The previous time I tried that, nothing at all happened. I don't > remember which controller it was connected to last time, so it might > have been the VIA. The goal being to capture video live, rather than > having to record it on tape, rewind, play back. Previously I got > no indication that the camera was sending any data to the computer, > this time I got the bus reset spewage. I would think that the data > would be the same either way (live or tape), but perhaps there is > some difference which messed up the NCR. > > In hindsight, that was a bad time to throw in another variable. :-( > > Ummm...ok. Is the unit in "vcr" mode now when it generates the spewage? Are we worse or better than when we started? :) > > >> This seems a strange way to use your camera to me >> > > Strange how? > It's strange to me that you don't have any applications other than fwcontrol to pull and push files from your camera. -- Sean Bruno MiraLink Corporation 6015 NE 80th Ave, Ste 100 Portland, OR 97218 Phone 503-621-5143 Fax 503-621-5199 MSN: sbruno@miralink.com Google: seanwbruno@gmail.com Yahoo: sean_bruno@yahoo.com
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