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Ez-Bv4 And Camera With Surface Pro

I'd like to use the 160x120 resolution in my project running ARC (the latest version) for Windows on a Windows 10 Surface Pro 2 but I get the following error:

11/3/2018 11:37:43 AM - Error Camera.SetCaptureImage: AForge.Imaging.UnsupportedImageFormatException: Source pixel format is not supported by the filter. at AForge.Imaging.Filters.BaseTransformationFilter.CheckSourceFormat(PixelFormat pixelFormat) at AForge.Imaging.Filters.BaseTransformationFilter.Apply(BitmapData imageData) at AForge.Imaging.Filters.BaseTransformationFilter.Apply(Bitmap image) at EZ_B.Camera.eihiq5ToKN(Object )

It runs at 320x240 okay but uses a lot of CPU and the image tends to hang or stutter and falls behind when face tracking. Anyone else have issues with the surface pro? The exact same builder file works fine on my laptop (with Windows 7). Thanks:)


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#105  

Lol, so there is. Thanks for checking on the other warehouse.

#106  

UPDATE:

iRobot has been running for more than 40 hours now. I think I have it solved. Or, more accurately, DJ had it solved on page 1 of this thread:

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when you’re in a public place, the WiFi may cause interference with the camera.

If the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, I did the exact opposite. It's been quite a convoluted journey but I did learn a lot bout EZ-stuff along the way.

So, here it is: last night I took vertigo's wifi analyzer around the house (with my phone) looking for the weakest house/internet-wifi signal so as to reduce the amount of interference with the EZB. I couldn't find anywhere, upstairs nor down, that didn't have a decent signal. I thought "man, that TP-Link is a great router. I should get one for iRobot!" And then it dawned on me (finally). I should just use the home internet/wifi for hooking to the EZB in client mode. Voila, no interference because I'm using what was causing the interference. It hasn't missed a beat in almost two days. I most certainly underestimated just how much interference can be caused, and the effects. Now, this does beg the question: when iRobot is in the show in January at NIU, will their wifi do the same thing? Even if they allow me to use their wifi, I know at my school, wireless devices are booted off after something like 20 minutes of inactivity. I'll talk the the IT folks at NIU and find out what the deal is.

Anyway, thanks everyone for all the suggestions and help. I'm thinking of eventually implementing a chatbot so I'm sure I'll have more questions. For now though, I have some final details to attend to before the show.

#107  

Okay, after running about 50 hours, I pulled the Surface and deleted the script box I had in Builder (since I wasn't running the loop script that was in there) and about 5 minutes later it disconnected with a comm error (rather than the usual camera error). This time I'm not going to touch it for a week and see what happens. It's going to be tough not touching it for that long. I'm a tinkerer. :D