On 12/05/2014 05:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > The thing that impresses the hell out of me was the > response time of the video. I have a setup using > emc-camview, and it takes 4 or so seconds for the video to > show a stable machine position after a move has been done. > So while it can be made to work as a homing device with > the align buttons, I think, unless a rotation is needed, > that I can do it faster and just as accurately by hand. I updated the computer on my Bridgeport, and specifically got a machine with USB 2.0 ports so the camera would update faster. I'm using one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200-x-Mini-Portable-USB-Digital-Microscope-Endoscope-Otoscope-Camera-with-LED-/271520292928?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f37dee040 Although a bunch of the specs are a bit bogus, it is really about 640 x 480 pixels, but refreshes quite rapidly. I would guess on this Dell GX270 i get at least 15 frames/second, in the emc-camview window, with the clipping scheme that performs the zoom-in. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users