NI IMAQ IEEE 1394 Olympus/Optronics Camera Not Detected In MAX

[APD629]

Hello,

I am trying to get MAX and ultimately LabView to detect my digital camera.  The camera was originally manufactured by Optronics but is now technically under Olympus.  The camera works fine with a third party software (MagnaFire) and is detected under device managers.  However, MAX cannot detect the 1394 FireWire port and as a result the camera has been unusable.  Now the tricky part is that the current OS (Windows XP) had to be reverted back to the SP1 1394 drivers due to the ohci compliance issues with SP2 in order for the camera to be detected by the device manager.  If anybody has any solutions that would be great.  

LabView 7.1

IMAQ 1394 2.0.5 (30 day trial) 

[Robert_Eastlund]

For the camera to show up in MAX, it not only has to have a firewire output, the firewire output has to be IIDC compliant, see http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/9FFF247558F4A51C86257418007C95EA .  It is not obvious that all of the Optronics cameras are IIDC compliant, see http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/cameras/search/o/.  What is the model of your Optronics camera?

If the camera manufacturer provides a DirectShow, you may be able to use the NI-IMAQ for USB camera driver to acquire images from the camera into LabVIEW, see http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/5030.

[APD629]

From the list you provided I believe my camera is not on your list.  I know its an optronics but in terms of model I believe it is MagnaFire since thats the software that has been compatible with it.  Does this mean that the camera is non compliant?

[Robert_Eastlund]

Do you have a model number for the Magnafire camera?

[APD629]

Sorry to make this difficult but there are three different numbers attached to it and I'm not sure which one it is.  They are as follows:

U-TLU 9J01266

U-CMAD-2

U-TV1X 

[Robert_Eastlund]

I have not been able to locate any relevant information with these part numbers.  Anyone?

[SMeserve]

All three of these items are camera accessories:

U-TLU is a Telan lens unit.

U-CMAD is a C-mount adapter ring.

U-TV1X is a lens.

You should contact Olympus to ask about IIDC/DCAM compliance.