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- From: m_herodotus@csc32.enet.dec.com (Mario Herodotus)
- Subject: Help with Syncing Frame Grabber and external Camera
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.100135.11317@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: m_herodotus@csc32.enet.dec.com (Mario Herodotus)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:01:35 GMT
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- I am trying to get a Mac, with a frame grabber, and a camera to sync up.
- What I want to do is have the Mac detect the flash from the camera and
- send a signal to the frame grabber to grab an image. I thought I'd use an
- ADB device to send the "command-I" signal to the frame grabber software
- but I quickly found out that this is not as simple as detecting the flash
- and sending an ASCII code down the bus...seems there is a lot of stuff
- going on over the ADB and this has been a little too complicated for me.
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- Does anyone know of a better method for me to accomplish this task, or
- does anyone out there have a schematic for and ADB device that will
- perform
- the task I want to accomplish, or do you know of any comercial device that
- can accomplish this (with little or no modification)?
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- What I'd like is to get a preview on the Mac's screen of what the camera
- is
- putting on film. This would be used as a "live proofing station".
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- Thanks,
- Mario
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