
joy_actual
Hey guys,
My camera has worked perfectly for weeks, but today it's kinda dead :/
I've tried pairing the camera and the usb dongle to no avail.
The D1 and D2 lights are on, on the the dongle. The red light and the blue light are on, on the camera. ***The blue light seems much dimmer than it used to be. I'd say it's half as intense as the red one next to it.***
My debug window says "camera disabled" and the wireless camera no longer appears in the device drop down menu.
Any body have a fix, or did it just burn out?
I have all four lights on the usb dongle now, and the wireless video is back in my drop down window.
But, there's still no image and the blue light on the camera is still dim.
The computer will see the camera in the drop down list regardless of the camera's state. If the dongle is in and installed the camera will be selectable, even with the camera off.
Also, try pairing it again since you have said you tried doing that. It's very rare that you will need to pair it, once paired it should be set and they are generally paired when you take them out of the box. I'm just wondering if something may have gone wrong during pairing to stop it finding the camera.
The device drop down menu issues started after a "unplug everything, and reboot." I have done the mod to power it by the ez-b, but didn't disconnect the battery (something I've seen some people recommend in the threads). I haven't turned the bot on in a week.
On the unplug and reboot, I assume on reconnecting Windows hadn't found the device, or may have been installing it (again).
The blue light on the camera is still dim and no video signal.
Could leaving the battery attached, and powering the camera by the ez-b have burned it out?
It sounds similar to your problem.
A few questions:
+ When you charge the camera, does the "charge" LED on the camera light up? Because mine never did.
+ Can you please send me a link to the instructions to mod the camera power?
Thanks,
Mike
The more I look at this, the more I think that the problem is that my camera battery is not charging. The "charge" LED does not come on when I plug it in (I tried it with USB power from the PC and with AC power using the adapter). I assume the "charge" LED should come on when charging, right?
Is the camera fully charged?