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Re: XCAM confusion
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 12 May 2000 05:39:11 GMT
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Chris Osborn wrote:
> On May. 11 00, 11:54 PDT, "Urbanski Paul-W15470"
> <Paul.Urbanski@motorola.com> wrote:
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> > Are you sure the original XCAM doesn't need to be attached to
> > anything? When I called to order one, they told me that for the
> > original XCAM to work it had to stay attached to the RF transmitter
> > unit (which is about the size of your hand).
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> Yes, I'm sure, I have one.
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> The camera has a standard RCA mail connector on the back of it,
> and puts out a standard NTSC signal. The connector is right on the
> back, no cable coming off of it at all. I just got a 6 foot RCA
> male to RCA female cable, and plugged that into the camera and into
> my video capture card.
To follow up on Chris' accurate explanation it works exactly the same way
as the Xcam2. The Xcam2 just has 20 feet of cable and a crappy mic.
The BEST remote model would be the all in one unit. I have one of all the
models and find the latter is the easiest to set up on a bot.
Beware however that the quality on ALL their cams is poor. No matter what
they say. They hate low light and are for the most part blurry.
All the same, it's the cheapest way to get a eye on your bot.
Dean
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| Hiya, I have both the original Xcam and the Xcam 2. The camera is the same on both units. The Xcam 2 has the transmitter and camera integrated into a very small package. The camera is removable and just a plain NTSC color cam when removed from the (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Yes, I'm sure, I have one. The camera has a standard RCA mail connector on the back of it, and puts out a standard NTSC signal. The connector is right on the back, no cable coming off of it at all. I just got a 6 foot RCA male to RCA female (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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