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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > Found my camera.
> >
> > > 3) Plug in and turn on your camera.
> >
> > I had to select "PC Connect" from my camera's onscreen menu.
>
> Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. On USB cameras the camera detects
> whether a PC is attached to the other side of the cable and, if so,
> automatically starts waiting for commands. I suppose it is harder for
> serial cameras to do that. I will tell potential users to check for
> such a "PC Connect" option and select it, if necessary.

Our mass-storage Argus (or maybe it was the HP) USB camera does not 
automatically detect anything and has to be set to the picture of a 
monitor.

Sindi