Starlight Xpress MX-716 on Windows XP

[dazza1639]

Does anyone know if or how to get an old starlight xpress MX-716 parallel port ccd camera to run on windows xp. I can get it to run on my old windows me laptop but the same setup on my old windows xp desktop just produces a white image.

[dazza1639]

Well I'm stumped I can't find anything on the Internet I've tried matching the settings from the win me laptop but star2000 still only shows a white image frame. Could it be the parallel port settings in the Bios?

[nytecam]

Suggest you contact Starlight Xpress - they're usually very helpful but no guarentees with older PP cams as most current cams are USB2 !

[eliot]

Suggest you contact Starlight Xpress - they're usually very helpful but no guarentees with older PP cams as most current cams are USB2 !

I can second that Terry was a great help with getting my MX916 working.

[dazza1639]

I will give it a go I've got a few things to try first

[astro mick]

Hi Darren.

I,m assuming the PC has an inbuilt Parallel port.I take it your loading the software from an installtion disc.Your definately choosing the MX716/Parallel port files.

Do these load ok,when you try to connect does it come back with and files missing,like (Block IO and such).

Can you open the camera window ok,i assume you can as you are taking an image.

Have you tried powering down,then powering up again.

Sorry if this does,nt seem much help,but its difficult to know why its not being recognised.

Mick.

[dazza1639]

Thanks for the input Mick, the pc has a built in parallel port, I have downloaded the mx716 drivers & software both of which work fine on the windows me laptop. Everything seems the same on the xp machine, the software appears to be working and reading from the camera, it is just downloading a white image. I think it may be a bios setting for the parallel port. I need to set some time aside to investigate!

Thanks

Darren

[nytecam]

Darren - I use SXV-M7C v 3.6c1 Dec 2006 successfully on my SX Lodestar-C [MC7 chip] via USB - my default setting page below - hope it helps.

[dazza1639]

Success! 2 hours of changing bios settings and driver irq's and I've got it working. Download speeds are ridiculously slow though.

Thanks for all your help

Regards

Darren