Microsft LifeCam Cinema & YAWCAM problem

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solorize
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Microsft LifeCam Cinema & YAWCAM problem

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I have recently set up my Microsft LifeCam Cinema with YAWCAM.

The problem I have is that every morning my camera is not detected
and I have to unplug and replug in the USB to get it to recognise the
camera again.

I have YAWCAM set up to schedule the camera on and off.
i.e ON during the day and OFF at night.

I thought that it could be something to do with the camera
turning off, i.e when the schedule tells it to go OFF and then
it not being able to turn back ON, when the scheduler tells
it to turn back on in the morning. But am not sure if and why
this would cause a problem.

When I set up the camera I installed the software that came
on the CD with the LifeCam, but did not install all the other
microsoft essentials (i think that was the name of it, it was
a load of other programs that I would not use).
And once that loaded I got a circular icon in my taskbar, that
allowed me to configure/adjust the image. Which I set up
and then ran YAWCAm and selected the Mircrosoft life cam device
and it all worked fine.... until the morning when it said device not connected.

I am now unsure why this is happening, the only thing I can think of
is that when YAWCAM is scheduled to turn OFF the camera over night,
that the Microsoft driver unloads it's self, as the curcular icon is not shown
in the taskbar in the morining.

One thing I may try is to set the YAWCAM scheduler to be allways ON
i.e. not turn off and see if that helps.

Has anyone else had this problem or is there a setting or something I am
not doing that I should to make it all work correcty.

Also, has anyone got the LifeCam Cinema running with YAWCAM
with it scheduled to turn off and on and not having a problem like mine?


FYI. OS is Windows XP
z3r0c00l12
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Post by z3r0c00l12 »

If your computer goes to sleep during the night, the camera probably won't reconnect when you wake it up.
solorize
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Post by solorize »

Hi z3r0c00l12,

The webcam is running on my server (which is on 24/7)
and is never turned off or put into Standby.

I have the YAWCAM scheduler set to come on in daylight
hours and then off at night time when it's dark.

It's just that when I check in the morning it comes up
with the problem of "No Device".

This has only just started happening since I've switched
cameras, as it was working fine when I had the PS3 eye
connected. :?
Last edited by solorize on Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
solorize
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Post by solorize »

I think I may have sorted the problem out.

You can see how I have sorted it out by viewing
the thread below.

http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5711

I hope this helps other people with the same problem :)
MarkHarney
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Post by MarkHarney »

I had this problem with one on Windows 7. I ended up fixing it by putting the Cinema Webcam on an externally powered hub. Apparently it was doing something that overloaded my USB port at some point. No problem since then. I know the thread is old, but if someone else has this problem I would be glad if this fixed it for them.
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