Logitech Quickcam Orbit/Sphere AF

[Nathaniel Lewis]

I have a logitech Quickcam Orbit AF which I am trying to interface with the Beagleboard xM.  I am using Robert Nelson's tweaked kernel to keep the usb ports stable.  My particular problem is associated with the uvcvideo kernel module.  Normally, it enables an extended controls list for things like LED control and pan/tilt, but it is not responding to dynamic controls.  I am able to pull the images down from the camera, just not control the tilt.  I'm not too familiar with the driver, but I have read online how others have had serious trouble with uvcvideo and the new kernels, so I suppose the fact that video works I should consider myself lucky.  Has anyone else had this problem or been able to fix it?  Also, guvcview doesn't obtain pan/tilt controls either

This is what the uvcdynctrl program usually outputs (from my desktop)

nathaniel@XtremePC:~$ uvcdynctrl -d /dev/video1 -c

[libwebcam] Unsupported V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO control with a non-contiguous 

  range of choice IDs found

[libwebcam] Invalid or unsupported V4L2 control encountered: ctrl_id = 0x009A0901, name = 'Exposure, Auto'

[libwebcam] Unsupported V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO control with a non-contiguous 

  range of choice IDs found

[libwebcam] Invalid or unsupported V4L2 control encountered: ctrl_id = 0x009A0901, name = 'Exposure, Auto'

[libwebcam] Unknown V4L2 private control ID encountered: 0x0A046D03 (V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_BASE + 33844483)

[libwebcam] Unknown V4L2 private control ID encountered: 0x0A046D04 (V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_BASE + 33844484)

Listing available controls for device /dev/video1:

  Brightness

  Contrast

  Saturation

  White Balance Temperature, Auto

  Gain

  Power Line Frequency

  White Balance Temperature

  Sharpness

  Backlight Compensation

  Exposure (Absolute)

  Exposure, Auto Priority

  Pan (relative)

  Tilt (relative)

  Pan Reset

  Tilt Reset

  Pan/tilt Reset

  Focus

  LED1 Mode

  LED1 Frequency

  Disable video processing

  Raw bits per pixel

nathaniel@XtremePC:~$

This is what I get on the BB xM:

nathaniel@kybernetes:~$ uvcdynctrl -c

[libwebcam] Unsupported V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO control with a non-contiguous 

  range of choice IDs found

[libwebcam] Invalid or unsupported V4L2 control encountered: ctrl_id = 0x009A0901, name = 'Exposure, Auto'

Listing available controls for device video0:

  Brightness

  Contrast

  Saturation

  White Balance Temperature, Auto

  Gain

  Power Line Frequency

  White Balance Temperature

  Sharpness

  Backlight Compensation

  Exposure (Absolute)

  Exposure, Auto Priority

nathaniel@kybernetes:~$ 

And if I try to inject the controls i get this:

nathaniel@kybernetes:~$ sudo uvcdynctrl -a 046d

[sudo] password for nathaniel: 

[libwebcam] Unsupported V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO control with a non-contiguous 

  range of choice IDs found

[libwebcam] Invalid or unsupported V4L2 control encountered: ctrl_id = 0x009A0901, name = 'Exposure, Auto'

checking dir: /usr/share/uvcdynctrl/data 

found dir: 046d 

found: /usr/share/uvcdynctrl/data/046d/logitech.xml 

Parsing: /usr/share/uvcdynctrl/data/046d/logitech.xml 

Importing dynamic controls from file /usr/share/uvcdynctrl/data/046d/logitech.xml.

ERROR: Unable to import dynamic controls: Invalid device or device cannot be opened. (Code: 5)

/usr/share/uvcdynctrl/data/046d/logitech.xml: error: device 'video0' skipped because the driver 'uvcvideo' behind it does not seem to support dynamic controls.

nathaniel@kybernetes:~$ 

Only problem is, uvcvideo DOES support dynamic controls...

Nathaniel Lewis

[David Lambert]

Not sure if this is the correct list, but the Beaglebone platform is the only one where this does not appear to work.

I am using a Logitech c615 webcam.
I have had problems with pan and tilt suddenly not working on the 3.8.x kernels. They are listed as available extended controls and swallow up parameters without error, but do not act and are not read back correctly.:

List of extended controls:
Exposure, Auto Min: 0 Max: 3
Exposure (Absolute) Min: 3 Max: 2047
Exposure, Auto Priority Min: 0 Max: 1
Pan (Absolute) Min: -36000 Max: 36000
Tilt (Absolute) Min: -36000 Max: 36000
Focus (absolute) Min: 0 Max: 255
Focus, Auto Min: 0 Max: 1
Zoom, Absolute Min: 1 Max: 5
 
Current values:
Exposure, Auto 3
Exposure (Absolute) 166
Exposure, Auto Priority 1
Pan (Absolute) 36000
Tilt (Absolute) 36000
Focus (absolute) 85
Focus, Auto 1
Zoom, Absolute 3
 
Setting zoom to: 3
Setting pan to: 5186
Setting tilt to: 5797
Setting auto exposure to aperture priority
Setting auto focus on

New values:
Exposure, Auto 3
Exposure (Absolute) 166
Exposure, Auto Priority 1
Pan (Absolute) 36000
Tilt (Absolute) 36000
Focus (absolute) 85
Focus, Auto 1
Zoom, Absolute 3

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