peterfrisch
Germany
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I know there is at least one other thread for the cam, but I couldn't find it anymore...
I have slight problems with that little wireless camera that came with the EZ-Bot kit. The stick is recognized by my PC (and my old laptop) no problem. The camera claims to be working (the blue LED is lit) but I get no picture. I read some other threads in the forum to be sure there are no other wireless gadgets running, so I took my laptop to my bedroom where there should be no 2.4GHz distractions, but I still get no picture. Any ideas?
press and hold button for 2 seconds?
I've tried up to 10 sec. Reading the manual for camera didn't help. I also didn't find youtube video showing how the process of camera's valid operation is going on, to find out the problem.
As an addition of symptoms: If usb cable is plugged (charging mode), the red led lights a couple of seconds and turns off. If I press power on button with USB cable plugged I get a fast blink of blue led that takes less than a second. Nothing else happens with camera.
That's not normal, I think that camera is defective. Try contact EZ-Robot: https://synthiam.com/About/Contact-Us.aspx im sure they will help you with it.
The problem is that I've removed the camera from enclosure similar to shown in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EB70ehdJbo&feature=player_embedded otherwise I wouldn't see any fast blue led blink. As I didn't see any reaction from camera during yesterday, I've decided to check what is going on inside myself. I would be more happy to fix it without asking replacement (is it still possible to claim replacement after removing enclosure? not sure and it is not funny to wait the new camera).
Have you removed the battery?
Just tried mine and it behaves as you describe. The mini USB port is a charging connection for the battery (I think) if you solder an EZ-B connector to the power connections of the camera (where the battery was connected) it should behave normally and the Blue light will stay on after holding the button down for a second or so.
I didn't remove battery at the beginning, when I had my problem. It seems that it was not working anyway or connection to battery had problems. Today I've just removed battery and utilized your setup (soldering & power from EZ-board via one of the ports). It is also more meaningful than charging battery every time. Now all works fine. The quality of camera is poor, but I suspect that my wireless keyboard and mouse play their role. Anyway, I've already planned to change them into usb version. Thanks for valuable advice. Your observation was very informative.
Thats great news glad it works for you now
Neil