PICO 2000 - Security Key Not Found etc.???
Jim Donald
capture) but I can't get it working consistently.
After installing the program I keep getting the message:
<Security key not found. If the problem persisted, please contact your
dealer>.
Well, it's holiday time and my <dealer> isn't around right now.
Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong.
I was told that when using PICO 2000 with the above card I must not
load the drivers, viz:
1. Star Imavision Video Capture
2. Star Imavision Audio Capture
This procedure HAS worked (but on one machine only).
The rest of the time no matter what I try I keep getting that damned
<security key not found> message.
Help gratefully received. TIA.
Jim
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Jim Donald
>This software was supplied with a UCC4 4-port capture card (with audio
>capture) but I can't get it working consistently.
>
>After installing the program I keep getting the message:
>
><Security key not found. If the problem persisted, please contact your
>dealer>.
>
>Well, it's holiday time and my <dealer> isn't around right now.
>
>Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong.
>
>I was told that when using PICO 2000 with the above card I must not
>load the drivers, viz:
>
>1. Star Imavision Video Capture
>2. Star Imavision Audio Capture
>
>This procedure HAS worked (but on one machine only).
>
>The rest of the time no matter what I try I keep getting that damned
><security key not found> message.
>
>Help gratefully received. TIA.
Well, I'll answer this myself because, after several hours of head
scratching, I've sussed it out.
When PICO 2000 says:
<SECURITY KEY NOT FOUND>
What it is REALLY saying is:
<I CAN'T SEE THE CAPTURE CARD>
So I am not going to run. Might seem simple to most, but it perplexed
me for ages. Therefore, the answer is to:
1. Tediously disable EVERYTHING non-essential in the PC
2. Get the PICO card to work (which it did when everything else was
disabled)
3. Then start adding devices one after the other until the PICO card
stops working (Security Key Not Found etc., etc.)
That last device you added is the one causing the trouble in the first
place. In my case an integrated INTEL NETWORK device on the
motherboard. I disabled it in BIOS; got the PICO to work and then
added a cheap PCI network card, which got me back online without
upsetting the PICO.
Yet prior to discovering this problem, Windows XP Pro reported
everything hunky dory. No yellow exclamation marks or red crosses.
Even now I cannot understand how this INTEL NETWORK device was
buggering things up because it was not sharing IRQ, I/O or memory
address with the PICO. Oh well....Another Wndows mystery unsolved.
TIPS FOR ISTALLING AND RUINNING PICO 2000 VER. 1.8 WITH THE UCC4
4-PORT CAPTURE CARD FROM GAMMAGRAPHX INC. (WINXP PRO ROUTINE).
1. Put card in PCI slot
2. Restart the machine
3. Install drivers (Star Imavision Video/Audio capture)
4. Install PICO 2000 software.
5. Reboot the machine
6. Make sure you have FULL sharing enabled on file: c:\DSR-Video\
7. Now, before running PICO 2000 for the first time a registry edit is
required:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/UNIVISION CANADA/PICO 2000
Now delete the <language> key. This will prevent you seeing a whole
pile of question marks instead of English text when you start the
program.
OTHER POINTS
1. The company that sold me this kit said I mustn't load the drivers
because, if I did, the card wouldn't work. This is not true. The UCC4
card works with or without the drivers in Windows XP Pro. Without the
drivers it seems to prefer IRQs 10 or 12 where it sits as <multimedia
audio and video devices>. 'Course if you don't load the drivers, WINXP
Pro keeps prompting you for them each time you reboot. So if you don't
want the drivers you have to keep cancelling out the Add New Hardware
Wizard. A pain in the ass really.
2. There's a very clever bloke who has kindly supplied WDM drivers and
other utlitites for this card which allow it to work with any WDM
compatible Windows capture program (I tried them with Windows Movie
Maker and Ulead MSPRO 7 Video Capture and they worked fine and you can
even capture directly to MPEG 2 with Ulead using the right CODEC).
Those drivers and some other stuff can be had here:
http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/download.html
These are Brooktree drivers which work with the UCC4 even though it
says Connexant on the capture chip. Believe me. The Brooktree drivers
work great. Meanwhile, BTSPy (also at the above URL) allows you to
customise the card when installing the Brooktree Drivers. This allows
any Windows program to access all four ports on the card (but so far I
have not found a program that allows viewing them all at the same
time). However, you can capture from up to four cameras individually
by selecting the appropriate input. But no Quadding or multiplexing
without the right software.
Nevertheless, BTSpy required that your UCC4 is working with PICO 2000
(or other multiplex software) before it can spy out your card's
capabilities. So, in case your card isn't working, here's what BTSPy
reported for my card (when I tested it with the DICO software, which I
DID manage to get to work).
************************************************
### BtSpy Report ###
General information:
Name:ucc4 ver. 2.0
Chip: Bt878 , Rev: 0x00
Subsystem: 0x00000000
Vendor: Gammagraphx, Inc.
Values to MUTE audio:
Mute_GPOE : 0x00f000
Mute_GPDATA: 0x000000
Has TV Tuner: No
Number of Composite Ins: 4
Composite in #1
Composite1_Mux : 2
Composite1_GPOE : 0x00f000
Composite1_GPDATA: 0x000000
Composite in #2
Composite2_Mux : 3
Composite2_GPOE : 0x00f000
Composite2_GPDATA: 0x000000
Composite in #3
Composite3_Mux : 1
Composite3_GPOE : 0x00f000
Composite3_GPDATA: 0x000000
Composite in #4
Composite4_Mux : 0
Composite4_GPOE : 0x00f000
Composite4_GPDATA: 0x000000
Has SVideo: No
Has Radio: No
Add here all the comments you want!
If your card can decode Stereo TV , and
your card does NOT use one of the following
chips, you will have to "peek" the right
GPDATA and GPOE values to enable Stereo and
SAP audio. The driver already supports the
DPL3518, MSP34xx, PT2254, TDA7432, TDA8425,
TDA9840, TDA9850, TDA9855, TDA9873, TDA9874,
TDA9875, TEA6300 and TEA6420 and does not require
extra information to drive them!
If you are able to get your card working using
this program , please , mail me this file (with
any extra comments you would like to add) to:
ejt...@tutopia.com , so I can add native support
to your card in the next driver release!
************************************************************
The above setup and drivers (Brooktree) won't make PICO 2000 work, but
they'll allow the UCC4 to work with any WDM application (like Windows
Movie Maker or Ulead Video Capture etc., etc.). In these you will be
able to access each port on the card and capture from each one
idividually (but NOT all four at the same time, as you can with PICO
2000).
Whew! I hope all this is useful to somebody. Kept me busy over
Christmas anyway ;-)
BigWallop
"Jim Donald" <jim...@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:je5ruvc1vq1350lob...@4ax.com...
> This software was supplied with a UCC4 4-port capture card (with audio
> capture) but I can't get it working consistently.
>
> After installing the program I keep getting the message:
>
> <Security key not found. If the problem persisted, please contact your
> dealer>.
>
> Well, it's holiday time and my <dealer> isn't around right now.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong.
>
> I was told that when using PICO 2000 with the above card I must not
> load the drivers, viz:
>
> 1. Star Imavision Video Capture
> 2. Star Imavision Audio Capture
>
> This procedure HAS worked (but on one machine only).
>
> The rest of the time no matter what I try I keep getting that damned
> <security key not found> message.
>
> Help gratefully received. TIA.
>
> Jim
>
Move the capture to another PCI slot in the machine, even it means swapping it with another device, then
go to set up in the BIOS frame and set it to its default parameters. Reboot the machine and it should
find the capture card and load the drivers for it automatically.
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Jon Morris
Just bought this product on ebay ... so very interested to read your
comments..... time wasted by no means.. esp. the link and coments on the
WDM drivers... Happy New Year...
Cheers
Jon
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Steve
"guv" <gu...@msn.com> wrote in message
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> On 28 Dec 2003 22:43:20 GMT, Jim Donald <jim...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >On 27 Dec 2003 14:28:32 GMT, Jim Donald <jim...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> >>This software was supplied with a UCC4 4-port capture card (with audio
> >>capture) but I can't get it working consistently.
> >>
> >>After installing the program I keep getting the message:
> >>
> >><Security key not found. If the problem persisted, please contact your
> >>dealer>.
> >>
> >>Well, it's holiday time and my <dealer> isn't around right now.
> >>
> >>Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong.
>
> Well done on the info and glad you got it all sorted.
>
> Ive been looking at buying one of these cards on ebay (what did you
> pay if you dont mind me asking)
>
> I am trying to find out a couple of bits on it, and despite being
> emailed the manual, Im still unsure.
>
> What I would like to be able to do, is use it like a webcam using my
> static IP and view via the internet (with a password perhaps?) I note
> in the manual, it talks about dialing in. I dont want to dial in
> (since I am just wanting to be able to peek every now and then from
> work for instance). Can this be done with this card and software? Or
> is this only available on more expensive kit/software? Have a feeling
> the software is the key to this exercise and the provided wont do it?
>
> Do these cards work with AMD processors ?
Ron Haholy
when you see all those??????? in the boxes it means you didnt run the
pack, you dont need to fool with the registry at all, there is a file
called englishpack.exe, execute it, it will flash across your screen
and behold its all english.