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Re: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:50:43 GMT
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Based upon Rich's comments on the X10 2.4Ghz remote camera, I ordered one and it
arrived on Friday. I promptly wnt to Radi shack and bought a coaxial power
connector (274-1533; 4.75x1.7mm) to fit the camera power jack. Then attached
the lego style power wire connector and inserted a fresh set of AA batteries
into a 6 cell battery box.
Transmits just fine. I put the receiver on an Intel USB camera's external video
jack so I could video capture to the PC and web. Works great through the wall
and out from the house over 150 feet.
The camera itself is a little bit dark, but I put another micro camera on and it
proves the transmitter works just fine. I don't know idf this is due to the
lego setup using 9V instead of the included wall-wart's 12v; the 2nd micro
camera I tried has it's own 4.5V pack.
BTW, Rich mentioned that the $88 X10 setup didn't have audio, but the one I
got does???
-Phil
Looks like it is going to work great as soon as I have a platform built.
-Phil
Mike Kory wrote:
> JP Brown <envcons@csi.com> wrote in message
> news:384A167D.3164EB90@csi.com...
> >
> > The picture isn't good enough for me to see what the thingy on the front • of
> > the "rover" is -- I somehow doubt that it is a video camera (would • probably
> > make the set waaaay more expensive than the $54 figure being tossed around
> > here), but it doesn't look much like anything I've seen before.
>
>
> It sure looks like a camera to me. You can even see a somewhat thicker cable
> coming off of the camera. Although low-res "golf ball" style cameras have
> gotten pretty cheap, I agree that $54 still seems too low.
>
> Working with the rover tethered to the computer seems a little awkward. Rich
> Thompson was working on using a remote video camera from X10. How's that
> going Rich?
>
> --Mike Kory
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| The smaller camera doesn't have audio, but the newer globe shaped camera does have audio on-board. I paid the same for both since I bought one earlier than the other. I can get audio transmitted to the TV, but not to my current sound card :( The (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| JP Brown <envcons@csi.com> wrote in message news:384A167D.3164EB...csi.com... (...) of (...) probably (...) It sure looks like a camera to me. You can even see a somewhat thicker cable coming off of the camera. Although low-res "golf ball" style (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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