Philips PCVC840K through 5m USB-repeater cable?

Mr.Ed · Post by **Mr.Ed** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:49 pm

Hi guys,

Does anybody have any experience in succesfully using this configuration?

The extension cable has a small black box integrated at the far end, or beginning, depends on how you look at it

, which acts as a USB repeater. When i do "lsusb" then i see both the Philips webcam and a NEC Corp. Highspeed Hub.

When the camera is connected to the extension cable, no streaming video is displayed in ZM. A shorter cable without the repeater-electronics in it displays streaming video without problems.

My guess is to look for a linux driver for this kind of cable, if it excists at all

. But i was hoping not to need one.

For the Forum keeper(s): Would it not be a better idea to have a seperate section just for camera questions, rather then to have to ask these kind of questions in the chat section?

Best regards,

Ed.

rmo · Post by **rmo** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:20 pm

Hi Ed,
on my Box the Philips PCVC 840

PC USB1 -> PCVC 840 is running
PC USB2 -> PCVC 840 is running
PC USB1 -> USB2 Repeater -> PCVC 840 is not running, with strange error messages in log file.

Best regards

rmo

Mr.Ed · Post by **Mr.Ed** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:54 pm

Hi,

Could you elaborate a bit more on the error message you got in the logfile. Wich logfile is it? What does it say?

I have to admit that i am not that good in sniffing through logfiles and disecting everything in small bits and come up with a straight answer.

Maybe i have the same error message in that particular logfile. Who knows...

Ed.