SPC900 on Windows 8.1

[Stu]

As a committed visual observer, I am obviously asking this question on behalf of a 'friend', and honestly don't have an SPC900.... Cough cough ;-)

My question, can this be installed onto a Windows 8.1 tablet? Any guidance on getting this setup would be appreciated.

Stu

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[Earl]

plug it in and see what happens, 8 has inbuilt camera app to test it

[wuthton]

Watch out for the driver in Windows 8.1. You may need to manually update the driver, my spc900 was initially recognised as a audio device.

[Stu]

Watch out for the driver in Windows 8.1. You may need to manually update the driver, my spc900 was initially recognised as a audio device.

Thank you, where would I get an updated driver?

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[Stu]

I have tried this to no avail. The SPC900 seems to be recognized as an audio device, although it is listed as a composite USB device and has the camera listed under that.

I have installed the latest windows 7 drivers, any ideas?

Stu

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[Stu]

It's windows 8, not 8.1 too

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[Avocette]

It's windows 8, not 8.1

You should definitely upgrade to 8.1 (free on the Microsoft website) before you do anything further.

[Stu]

8.1 upgrade is downloading....taking some time on my connection unfortunately. Will see how I go with that

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[Stu]

Well I'm upgraded to 8.1, and apparently have the later driver installed but I can't make it work. If I try Skype with the other two webcams disabled it says no camera connected.

Any ideas? Is there a better app to test with?

Cheers

Stu

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[Avocette]

Just clutching at straws but have you loaded SharpCap 2? It may recognise the SPC 900.

[Stu]

I'll give that a go, thanks. Any suggested straws appreciated :-)

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[Stu]

Well Avocette, thank you very much, that worked! Camera recognised and working fine. Just need some sun, or the moon later to give it a whirl.

Cheers,

Stu

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[Avocette]

Great news! 'A friend of mine' also has SPC900 he's playing with under Windows 7 - another steep learning curve!

[Stu]

Thanks very much for your help. I tried it out this evening when the sun poked through the clouds. I took a few short avi's, messed around in Registax for a while, not knowing anything about what I was doing, and got this....

Not great, but it's recognisable and proves that everything works.

Need some better seeing, and to understand how to work Registax now!

Stu

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[sgazer]

interesting thread, as I am also about to receive a Win8 tablet and hoping to attempt autoguiding! I was considering using an old unmod'd Logitech Quickcam 4000 (the one with the CCD sensor), but the drivers only went up to Vista. I tried the cam on my Win7 PC and Win7 installed drivers itself and if worked fine! Clever Win7.

However, I since tried a new cheap and nasty ebay cam and the low light performance was nearly as good! Technology hey. So I'm going to try a Logitech C270 which apparently has good low light performance (for guiding)