USB to serial and camera
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Hey Group; I have an older Olympus D-340R serial camera.. It works great. However, about everything is going to USB. So, I have a usb to serial device and the camera is not spotted due to the serial device being seen by hwinfo usb. Trying "hwinfo --camera" find nothing and as usual "--serial" is not offered by hwinfo. My problem is has anyone gotten a serial to USB to work. I do have gphoto2 available. What program would be used to view the pictures? What is a good replacement for "gphoto" -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. " n5xwb@arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316
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On 06:04 Sun 23 Jan , Donn Washburn wrote:
Hey Group;
I have an older Olympus D-340R serial camera.. It works great. However, about everything is going to USB. So, I have a usb to serial device and the camera is not spotted due to the serial device being seen by hwinfo usb. Trying "hwinfo --camera" find nothing and as usual "--serial" is not offered by hwinfo.
My problem is has anyone gotten a serial to USB to work. I do have gphoto2 available. What program would be used to view the pictures? What is a good replacement for "gphoto" -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. " n5xwb@arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316
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* Donn Washburn <n5xwb@hal-pc.org> [01-23-05 09:36]:
What program would be used to view the pictures? What is a good replacement for "gphoto"
a usb card-reader and *any* image viewing app, ie: gqview, xv ... -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
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Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Donn Washburn <n5xwb@hal-pc.org> [01-23-05 09:36]: What program would be used to view the pictures? What is a good replacement for "gphoto"
a usb card-reader and *any* image viewing app, ie: gqview, xv ...
Thanks for the reply. However, I would rather do like gphoto did and download the images directly from the camera. Save to disk then use the programs you suggested. Neither will look at the camera images directly. At least neither gqview or xv seem to do that. I have tried that "KDE" camera program (name escapes me now) and seemed to only like real serial ports (hard wired ttyS#) -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. " n5xwb@arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316
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On 11:45 Sun 23 Jan , Donn Washburn wrote:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Donn Washburn <n5xwb@hal-pc.org> [01-23-05 09:36]: What program would be used to view the pictures? What is a good replacement for "gphoto"
a usb card-reader and *any* image viewing app, ie: gqview, xv ...
Thanks for the reply. However, I would rather do like gphoto did and download the images directly from the camera. Save to disk then use the programs you suggested. Neither will look at the camera images directly.
At least neither gqview or xv seem to do that. I have tried that "KDE" camera program (name escapes me now) and seemed to only like real serial ports (hard wired ttyS#)
Sorry I couldn't help you further. :-\ Good luck! -- ..."Yogi" CH Namast� Yoga Studio
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* Donn Washburn <n5xwb@hal-pc.org> [01-23-05 15:17]:
Thanks for the reply. However, I would rather do like gphoto did and download the images directly from the camera. Save to disk then use the programs you suggested.
download them to disk from a usb card-reader, then proceed as you did after downloading from the camera.
Neither will look at the camera images directly. At least neither gqview or xv seem to do that.
they will to the disk in the card-reader or from your hard drive after downloading.
I have tried that "KDE" camera program (name escapes me now) and seemed to only like real serial ports (hard wired ttyS#)
Then you need to adjust, seek other options than reading in the camera via serial port. Also, a usb2 card-reader will transfer the images much faster. I have an Oly 5050Z which is usb and images may be read in the camera, but that requires power on the camer which depletes the batteries and requires me to have the camera out on my desk. I much prefer swapping the card out of my camera (I fill them quickly anyway), and leaving the camera in the bag. You need to make a choice and you have found that there is a problem trying to use the serial port, but an easy solution. Your move. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
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