Xbox webcam mod

[nicks90]

yep - film canister with a hole in the end and then use the canister lid to keep the sensor clean when its not in use. But dont forget to take the lid off when you insert it into the focusser, or you'll be fiddling for ages wondering why you cant see an image in sharpcap

:lipsrsealed:

[mikey32shaw]

I think I have found something in telcos will let you know later its a container that hold hundreds and thousand lol for a mighty £1

[twelly27]

A film canister was still too big for mine, I cut it in half from top to bottom, put it in the Barlow and it spring to the size of the hole I marked when it stopped and glued it. It fits perfect now and works very well

[Biggazza88]

A film canister was still too big for mine, I cut it in half from top to bottom, put it in the Barlow and it spring to the size of the hole I marked when it stopped and glued it. It fits perfect now and works very well

Exactly what I did, only my glue melted the webcams casing and has never quite stuck right since! Nothing a bit of gaffatape won't fix tho

[happy-kat]

I thought I would also post this here.

Thought I would add I have a few of these and only one worked straight off on a Windows XP SP3. I noticed that the hardware id was not the same, the one that worked was &MI_02 though the rest of the ID was the same. this fix I think works on Windows 7 and Vista too.

*Follow at your own risk to your setup*

To get the others to work (plug in the xbox that is not working) I had to go to control panel> system> device manager> USB and find the xbox> update driver> no not this time> install from a specific location> don't search I will look for driver> then chose USB composite device and it should install and all be fine.

[mikey32shaw]

Well just finished modding my cam waiting for the glue to dry. All went well and straight forward looked at an old film canister seemed to flimsy to me. I did find a Berroca canister though that was perfect :-)

[mikey32shaw]

So then i have waited it for it to dry and hooed it up to the laptop. It picks up light as previoulsy talked about earlier in the thread but when i just point it there are lots of lines accross the image on the laptop screen? Is this ironed out with setting and once its on the scope ??

Many Thanks

Mike

[happy-kat]

Did it work ok before you modded it?

[twelly27]

So then i have waited it for it to dry and hooed it up to the laptop. It picks up light as previoulsy talked about earlier in the thread but when i just point it there are lots of lines accross the image on the laptop screen? Is this ironed out with setting and once its on the scope ??

Many Thanks

Mike

if its what I think it is I thought the same, but when it came to putting it in the scope it was fine

[mikey32shaw]

Thanks for that twelly, hoping it will be clear tomorrow to give it a run out :-)