wave-p ETHER9808 v1.0 - 8 channel DVR card - WORKING

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illru
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wave-p ETHER9808 v1.0 - 8 channel DVR card - WORKING

Post by illru »

wave-p ETHER9808 v1.0 - 8 channel DVR card - WORKING
The card is gold in color.
Chip set SAA7130HL

Using kernel 2.6.24
Compile SAA7134 as a module.

Use:
modprobe saa7134 card=97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97
OR
modprobe saa7134 card=100,100,100,100,100,100,100,100
OR
modprobe saa7134 card=103,103,103,103,103,103,103,103

I have found 97 to work the best.

Good luck
-Dave
xnaron
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Post by xnaron »

Thanks for the info. I've got this card working with zoneminder now but I am unable to go to 640x480 video. The monitor will only work if I set it to 320x240. This card is supposed to work at 640x480. What is yours set for?

thanks,
Brendin
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Post by cordel »

Make sure you have enough shared memory configured. Any questions check the FAQ.
xnaron
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Post by xnaron »

I just found out from the manufacturer that they falsely advertised this card on their website as 640x480.
see below:


Hi Bredin,

Thanks for your Email.

Sorry to say that the resolution we put on our website is wrong. The actual resolution is CIF(352*288). We are regretful for the inconvenience caused to you.

Best regards!

Ray Jiang
Shenzhen Wave-Particle Intelligent Technology.,Co.,Ltd.
Tel: 86-755-83676190 Ext: 809
Fax: 86-755-83676106
Mobile:15915483024
Email: wave-p@126.com
MSN: wave-p@hotmail.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Brendin
To: 'Brendin' ; 'RAY'
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: ether 9808 compatible with Asus and Core 2 Duo?


Hi Ray,



Can you confirm that the ether 9808 I just purchased is supposed to capture video at D1 (640x480) and not just CIF (320x240)? I can only get the software to capture at CIF (320x240) resolution. Can you please let me know right away? The card is advertised on your website to work at 640x480 and I have tried the versions of your software. What am I doing wrong or is this card defective?



Thanks,

Brendin
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Post by Zagbur »

Could you provide more information on version numbers or such? I found there are at least three editions of this card. All seem to be based on PHILIPS SAA7130HL chipset, and all are advertised as supporting 640x480, and are sold as such. Even on the maker's website they still haven't changed that in the description.


For visual comparison:
gold board:
http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture9 ... duct4.html

green board:
http://www.wave-p.com/en/productsc-5.htm
http://monitoruj.pl/cctv/113-karta_dvr_ ... _9808.html


thanks in advance ;)
il_ferra
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Post by il_ferra »

Hi ,i've a card that is the same as yours except that mine is a 4 channels one (ETHER9404)
i'm able to use it with many card id (even the ones that you suggested) but it happens that sometimes zmc process crashes. This happens using zonminder 1.22 and 1.23.
Do you experience the same issue?
chrilleman
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Post by chrilleman »

Hello,

I can get the wave-p ETHER9404 card to work with:
modprobe saa7134 card=97,97,97,97

But it works on and off, can work for 2 hours then the camera starts flimmer and the colors got mixed up. And the harddrive is filled up with motion records because of the flimmer.

Anyone got this problem?

thanks,
Christian
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Please Help Installing Wavep card and Zone Minder

Post by jorge.daniel »

Hello, I have bought two ETHER9808 cards. I am using the manufacturer software in Windows, which is very unstable (It hangs every 8 hours).

I would like to change to ZoneMinder, but I do not know where to start. I would like to install ZoneMinder and Wapa Cards on an Ubuntu system.

1. how do I setup wavep drivers for this card (green)?

2. how do I setup ZoneMinder?

3. Is it possible to watch cameras over a mobile phone?

I will be reading zone minder site in order to get help. Please guide me through this, I am a novice using linux and cctv systems.

thanks in advance.
--
Jorge Acosta
Caracas - Venezuela
jorge.daniel@gmail.com
illru
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Post by illru »

I just pull this DVR from production for maintenance so I have some time to answer some of the questions.

xnaron
I have it set to 320x240. 640x480 is a no go for me.

Zagbur
I have only worked with the gold card, on the pcb is stamp "WAVE-P DVR9808V1.0" I'll post a pic.

il_ferra/chrilleman
Sorry I have not had problem with zmc 1.22, 1.23. Or the flimmer issue.

jorge.daniel
I only use Gentoo Linux when I have a choice. (I'm not knocking other distros I just like Gentoo) I have never done a Ubuntu/ZoneMinder install. But you may want to note the specs below.

DVR specs:
Mobo Intel D845GEBV2
CPU 1.7G P4
1G ram
No vid card this box is headless
One DVR9808V1.0 with eight channels
All back and white cameras
Gentoo 2008.0 Linux with 2.6.24 kernel
ZoneMinder 1.23
Firefox is used for management.

Other thoughts and tidbits.
I tried this cards on a A-bit mobo then in a Dell with no luck. I have had no issue with this card in this older Intel board. Also the Gentoo install is bare bones, only ZM and SSH are running EVERYTHING else has been removed. The kernel is also striped down. The 640x480 issue bothers me but it was not a requirement for this box.

Good luck
-Dave
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Post by timcraig »

xnaron,

I would double check you adjusted your shared memory settings (found in the FAQ) and then try 640x480 on one camera while the others are turned off.

I've heard manufacturers claim their cards only support 320x240 while the card in fact supports 640x480. They were either mistaken or know that the card will run too hot in some cases if you capture at 640x480 (which can be addressed by adding heatsinks to the capture chips on the card.).
Kogashuko
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Post by Kogashuko »

Ok so this is where I was at last night. I was trying the setup on my p4 system with a live CD. I actually tried some different live cds and the latest one will not boot. Anyway, zoneminder defaults with one camera as video0 (0). When I selected the little tool that lets you search all it sees is video0 (0). I get nothing but a black screne. After looking at this post and not having any idea what modprobe was I dug around a bit. I stopped zoneminder used the suggested modprobe comand on the command line (terminal or whatever it is called in linux) . I then changed state to running and was still unable to view the camera.

I also tried an older xubunto live cd and when I ran zoneminder it by default added 4 monitors. The first one was the black box and the other three were grey lines. They were all video0 (0) video1 (0) and so forth.

What am I missing? Should this work from a live CD or am I going to need a real install of the software?

I dont mind the windows software for this card and I find the gui kind of helpfull. However, I do have one ip camera and the windows software does not seem to work with my 3g phone. I used to us webcamxp but found that the way it does video with motion (dont ask me why) causes problems with the hard drive. After a day or so the software is still stable and starts causing errors on the disk. Windows eventually stops seeing the disk. I repaired one 200gb hard drive 4 times and now on boot the bios tells me the hard drive is bad. No more webcamxp. I also noticed that the windows software uses very few system resources. My single core 3ghz p4 is only at like 15% while recording.

Today I should have an intel atom 330 board coming in and I plan to turn that into my DVR box. I am hoping to use zoneminder instead of the factory software.

Anyone has any ideas please let me know. Thanks.
marcio123
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Post by marcio123 »

Hello,


I have wave-p ETHER9808 v1.0 DVR card installed on my computer.
I just installed ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. After that I tipped in terminal:

(can 64 bit be a problem ? )

sudo modprobe saa7134 card=97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97
to load saa7134 module.

I have installed zonemider with


sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libarchive-tar-perl libarchive-zip-perl libdate-manip-perl libdevice-serialport-perl

sudo apt-get install libjpeg62 libmime-perl libstdc++6 libwww-perl zlib1g

sudo apt-get install zoneminder


sudo ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

sudo adduser www-data video

after that i launched my webbrowser and opened

localhost/zm

I tied to add new camera
this are settings that i have changed

Device Path /dev/video2
Capture Method video for linux ver 1
Device Channel 0
Device Format PAL
Capture Palette RGB24
Capture Width (pixels) 320
Capture Height (pixels) 240
Preserve Aspect Ratio
Orientation normal

after save i wanted to see my camera so i clicked at 'zones'.
The only thing that I see is red color and no picture (on any input)

Do You see any mistake that I have made ? Please help me ...

Regards,
Marcin from Poland




P.S.
lspci shows 8 times
05:08.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)



lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 5280 1
nls_cp437 6976 1
vfat 13184 1
fat 59832 1 vfat
binfmt_misc 10220 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 277860 1
saa7134_alsa 14560 8
snd_hda_intel 31880 2
snd_hda_codec 87584 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 9352 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44704 0
snd_mixer_oss 18976 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 93160 4 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 3460 0
snd_seq_oss 33440 0
snd_seq_midi 8192 0
saa7134 178356 1 saa7134_alsa
snd_rawmidi 27360 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
ir_common 52740 1 saa7134
v4l2_common 21024 1 saa7134
videodev 43360 2 saa7134,v4l2_common
snd_seq 60608 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
iptable_filter 3872 0
v4l1_compat 16804 1 videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 13344 1 videodev
videobuf_dma_sg 14436 2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134
snd_timer 26992 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 8308 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
videobuf_core 21188 2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
tveeprom 14884 1 saa7134
ip_tables 21200 1 iptable_filter
ueagle_atm 35828 0
snd 77096 33 snd_hda_codec_realtek,saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
usbatm 18112 1 ueagle_atm
x_tables 25832 1 ip_tables
soundcore 9088 1 snd
ppdev 8232 0
atm 47744 1 usbatm
shpchp 37756 0
snd_page_alloc 10928 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
parport_pc 37352 1
psmouse 57124 0
serio_raw 6596 0
lp 11908 0
parport 40528 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 43968 0
usb_storage 65952 2
floppy 65192 0
r8169 38884 0
mii 6368 1 r8169
intel_agp 32816 0
Last edited by marcio123 on Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Marcin Stępień
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marcio123
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Post by marcio123 »

I have made some improvement ;)
Now I can see the picture in VLC.

I have created and added this to /etc/modprobe.d/options :

alias char-major-81 saa7134
options saa7134 gbuffers=16 card=97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97


and increased "shared memory" at the end of /etc/sysctl.conf with
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728


all that is described on
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... 10_Desktop
there is also list of cards and their number (card = 97 .... )

Still zoneminder doesn't show any picture :/ and the picture in VLC isn't acceptable (quality)
Last edited by marcio123 on Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Marcin Stępień
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Post by marcio123 »

I dont know why it didnt work before -- suddenly it just started

Everything is working now ! :) but sometimes camera just turns off (in main screen it is written with red font) and there is no picture (black picture).

When I click on '/dev/video4 (0)' (this is red) and then press save (just save - no changes) it works again. It happens on every camera from time to time ...

Can zoneminder restart camera when it looses picture ??
Last edited by marcio123 on Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Marcin Stępień
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littlej
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Post by littlej »

i think its something with saa7134 chipsets, u can search on this forum about sources going red. i solved this seting MAX_RESTART_DELAY to 1. hope it does the trick for you too. i'm runing solid for few months already. cheers
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