How to convert a Caresteam CS1500 Camera from Twain to UVC!
I thought I would make a post on how to convert a CS1500 camera that is the twain model to the uvc model. I called carestream tech support and they didn't know how.
I was hoping the board inside was the same, and all that was required was to find a way to flash the camera. The twain model is a strange breed, it acts like a usb rndis gadget so you talk to it like an ethernet adapter, and somehow the packets give you a twain camera. This is all great, but what if you want to use the camera in DirectShow like you would most cameras?
Let me show you my notes!
The camera's ip address is 10.0.0.11 and you first ftp the firmware to the camera with username root and password "aluirp;as#iwer2354123" without quotes. Extract the files in the zip file you want to flash located at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Trophy\Acquisition\
Once that is done, use putty or whatever you use to telnet to login to the camera and run this command to flash your files:
/opt/sirius/burnimg.sh /root
(this is me flashing the twain firmware first, just to see if it even worked before trying the uvc firmware and possibly bricking the camera)
Once the command is finished, run reboot. Power the camera back on, and it should now be the UVC model!
ip: 10.0.0.11
user: root
password: aluirp;as#iwer2354123
Texas Instruments DaVinci board
Texas Instruments DaVinci board
It shows up in amcap!
*Not responsible for bricked cameras, problems, user errors, and honestly I don't know how to log back into the camera and go back to twain, not interested in trying.