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winc
This is a port to OS/2 of a couple of programs that work with the WinCam
digital camera. For those of you not familiar with this device, the WinCam
is a serially connected digital camera - it can even be connected via a modem.
See the StarDot Technologies website at http://www.wincam.com for more info
on the camera itself.
winc was originally written by Paul Fox (pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us) to provide
support for the WinCam in Linux. This is a port of two of the three programs
Paul did, along with the enabler library. The 16 bit Windows software that
ships with the WinCam also works well in WinOS/2, using the SIO comms drivers.
What we have in this package is:
winc.exe, which takes pictures from the command line and has, in Mr Fox's words
"too many command line options". See the file winc.man for docs on this.
wincd.exe, which will act as a picture-taking daemon, running in the backround.
See the file wincd.man for details on this program.
Paul Fox's original README file is here too - and you should read it.
The library and source, neatly bundled into winc_src.zip. This was a 'hack and
slash' port (oops), but most of the code is pretty much the way Paul left it -
the biggest exceptions are the low-level serial comms handling, and the locking
handling.
A Big Thank You is due to Paul Fox for this, and to the nice folks at StarDot
for their help and asdsistance. I may do more with this code in the future -
right now I thought I should get what I've done out and available so folks
could get started.
The WinCam is a nice device - I use it for a Webcam with wincd and the OS/2
port of the Independent JPEG Groups' cjpeg utility. I especially like the
convenience and flexibility offered by the serial interface.
What the OS/2 support for the WInCam is seriously lacking is a viewfinder
application - that will update a small greyscale image from the Wincam
in viewfinder mode for focusing and aiming. This is on my 'To-Do' list -
but the list is a mile and a half long! Perhaps one of you will beat me
to it - now that Paul (andI) have done this much for you. :)
Happy WinCamming!
-Derek
derek@decker.net