USB switch

[Raymond Russell]

On 12/24/03 1:05 PM, "Joel Hammer" <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> I want to use the camera while it is still plugged into the cable.
> This camera will be mounted over a work area (Don't ask what we work
> on.). We will be taking photos of our work, and I want to upload them
> to a computer attached to the other end of the cable after every couple
> of photos.
> 
> With the appropriate daemons on the computer, as soon as the switch is
> thrown so the camera is connected to the computer, the pictures will be
> tranferred up to the computer, labelled, and stored in the appropriate
> location. That's the general idea.
> 
> Joel
> 


If you can't get this to go in Linux then OSX on an Apple Machine might be
the way to go.  Image capture in OSX 10.3 might be able to help.  Image
Capture allows you to control some cameras from a web interface.  An Apple
script could allow timed shots to take place.

This should be possible to setup on Linux but its beyond my abilities.  It
appears that some cameras can be instructed to snap pictures while connected
to the USB port, a cron job or shell script could be written instructing the
camera to take pictures.

Here is a link to an article describing Image Capture's feature
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/10/rendezvous_images.html

Ray