On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Joni Kahara wrote: > > > So you you have an analog switch there? > > > > > I don't know much about the internals of the system. It uses a Hauppage > > Conexant Video Card. There is a switch using which we can de-activate one > > of the cameras, so that a clear image from the second one is obtained. > > > > A manual switch? Could you draw an ASCII-pr0n diagram of your setup? > This is somewhat puzzling.. how do you get two images simultaneously? > These 2 cameras are connected to a "Sync" unit (that is what the manual syas). I donot know how the Sync unit works, there is no further documentation. Apparently the Sync unit grabs from the 2 cameras and combines the data into a single image. Then it sends it to /dev/video0 (that is the only active video device in the system). The (manual) switch is just an accessory, if one wants to work only with one camera. Mohan Raj
