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Greg Bradburn

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On 1/20/2016 at 07:37, roblegion said:

Hi Rick, this driver is running my 2 SPC900's fine under Win 10.

spc900nc_00_dw7_eng

Rob

I know I'm resurrecting an old thread but I have an old first edition NexImage which, as I understand it, is essentially the Phillips SPC900.

I used this camera on my old Dell running Windows 7 but I've upgraded to a new laptop with Windows 10 64bit and am trying to get all my AP software up and running on it.

I downloaded the spc900nc_00_dw7_eng driver and installed it but SharpCap doesn't see the camera. When I check Device Manager it shows the camera as an "unknown device".

Where did you get your copy of the driver from? Any tips to get it up and running on my Windows 10 64 bit laptop? What capture software are you using.

Thanks,

Greg.

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Pete Presland

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A few searches gave a couple of clues. A few searches gave a couple of clues, I would think if the Toucam Pro would work so would your SPC900

Unfortunately on the Philips website there is no reference to windows 10 drivers though

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?slg=en&scy=nl&mid=Link_Software&ctn=SPC900NC/00

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Deep_Space

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On 14/05/2018 at 06:49, URANUS7 said:

Hello, guys! The SPC900nc works on Windows 10, too. 

Please contact me to share the suitable driver.

I use the SPC900nc  on Windows 10, successful. Cheers!:hello:

Hi. Im a new astronomer with this webcam also. Im running windows 10 64bit. Could you help me as well please?

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Hildo

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This is an old thread but hopefully this will help some people out. I got it working on Windows 10 as well. It just takes a few more steps. I will break it down as much as I can

1) Download and run the driver "install" spc900nc_00_dw7_aen.exe. You can get it from the Phillips website but here is the a link https://www.philips.ca/c-p/SPC900NC_00/webcam-with-pixel-plus/support

2) Once the install is complete, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips\Philips SPC900NC PC Camera\vista64 right click on camdrv42.sys and select Copy

3) Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers and paste ( drag and drop will work as well )

4) Restart (This is important)

5) On the windows tool bar in "Type here to search" type in Device Manager and click on the program in the results

6) In Device Manager Under "Other Devices"right click The Unknown device (there should only be one) and select "Update Driver"

7) Click "Browse my computer for driver software"

8) Click "Let me pick from a list"....

9) Double Click "Show all devices"

10) Under The Manufacturer window, scroll down to "Philips CE CSI"

11) In the Model window select "Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera"

12) Click "Next"

13) On the Driver Update Warning window, Click yes

14) enjoy!

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Mick J

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Thanks @Hildo,   followed your instructions, only I used the UK site www.philips.co.uk/c-p/SPC900NC_00/webcam-with-pixel-plus/support  and Win7 UK driver SPC900NC_00_dw7_eng.exe

In Device Manager the camera driver installed under 'Sound, video and game controllers'  and is reported to be working properly.

I ran Sharpcap and of course it finds the camera and saves video as you would expect.   Some other applications see the camera and save video & audio as would expect.

Windows10 camera app is unable to see it and Skype can only see the microphone.  I am thinking that's because the driver is seen as a game peripheral, not listed in device manager under 'Imaging devices'.

Anyone know if this is correct or can be adjusted ?   Supernice to have this old camera working again, many thanks.

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dph1nm

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Hmm - this seems to have stopped working for me with the latest W10 update. Happily had it working with Hildo's instructions in June, but no longer. The driver installs (apparently successfully) from the device manager as usual, but does not appear under sound & video controllers, and if I close and re-open the device manager it goes back to reporting  unknown device, no driver installed. Anyone else had this?

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DaveL59

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I recently got one of these and same result as Mick_J, it appears not as a camera but under the Sound Video and game controllers section. Mine never came up as Unknown tho, just detected once plugged in and worked.

SharpCap sees the camera and works fine with it but MS camera doesn't and skype doesn't get video, not that that matters for what I got it for. That's on W10 2004 and subsequent updates with my desktop and laptop. Just not had much chance to actually play much with it so far. Did grab some video of the Moon and Mars when experimenting but nothing that was very clear so far, but then those were first attempts in poor skies.

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Very Amateur

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I've gone retro and bought the Philips SPC900 webcam. I installed the SPC900NC_00_dw7_eng.exe driver using Hildo's procedure above and it's working on my Windows 10 PC in Sharpcap. Fingers crossed for some clear sky soon to put it into action! 

Thanks Hildo. 

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TerryMcK

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2 hours ago, Very Amateur said:

I've gone retro and bought the Philips SPC900 webcam. I installed the SPC900NC_00_dw7_eng.exe driver using Hildo's procedure above and it's working on my Windows 10 PC in Sharpcap. Fingers crossed for some clear sky soon to put it into action! 

Thanks Hildo. 

Yes they are good little cameras. I have two and a Logitech C270 which is almost as good.

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