Hi,
I hope I'm on the correct list for gspca driver development. By
searching I came up to the old driver page and the gspca project
page http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/
I recently bought a nice new webcam without Linux support (that was not
very important for me as I have a working webcam already but this one
has several useful features especially at work where I often don't or
can't use Linux unfortunately). The webcam is called VAD (Vicious and
Divine) Laplace from the manufacturer Speed Link.
So I thought helping to get a driver for this cam. What I can offer is
USB sniffing on a certain OS (no MAC drivers available too so there is
not much choice). I already know that the cam is not UVC compliant.
I have searched for some more hardware information than from the vendor
available but in vain (though the cam is about 1 year old already).
I know that especially the video format the webcam delivers would be
important to know for driver development.
If there are any (freeware) tools available except those USB sniffers to
find out any more hardware details please let me know, so I can help
with the driver.
The basic hardware SPECS are below and I attached USB HW information
from /proc/bus/usb/devices (with lsusb). IDs are idVendor=1ae7,
idProduct=9003 (9004 is the other variant of the webcam in black).
- 2 MP Photo, 1.3 MP Video resolution, USB 2.0 (1.1 supported)
- 3x digital zoom, Flash, Night illumination (3 hardware buttons)
- Noise-suppressing microphone, Mute button
- Z-fold positioning, 0.6m cable CAM, 1.4m extra USB extension cable
- max. resolution 1280x960/15fps, 640x480/30fps, photo 1600x1200
Sorry, it's not really much I found out so far. But I hope that I can
be of further help for driver work. I intend to do some further tests.
I think it's most appropriate to post results on the linuxtv wiki, so
I created a new page there:
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/VAD_Laplace
Regards,
Reinhard Katzmann
--
Software-Engineer, Developer of User Interfaces
Project: Canorus - the next generation music score editor -
http://canorus.berlios.de
GnuPG Public Key available on request
[suamor@localhost]$ sudo lsusb -v
Bus 006 Device 008: ID 1ae7:9003
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x1ae7
idProduct 0x9003
bcdDevice 2.03
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 126
bNumInterfaces 3
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Control Device
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (HEADER)
bcdADC 1.00
wTotalLength 40
bInCollection 1
baInterfaceNr( 0) 1
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 12
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 1
wTerminalType 0x0201 Microphone
bAssocTerminal 0
bNrChannels 2
wChannelConfig 0x0000
iChannelNames 0
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
bUnitID 2
bSourceID 1
bControlSize 1
bmaControls( 0) 0x03
Mute
Volume
bmaControls( 1) 0x00
bmaControls( 2) 0x00
iFeature 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 3
wTerminalType 0x0101 USB Streaming
bAssocTerminal 0
bSourceID 2
iTerminal 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (AS_GENERAL)
bTerminalLink 3
bDelay 1 frames
wFormatTag 1 PCM
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 11
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
bFormatType 1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
bNrChannels 2
bSubframeSize 2
bBitResolution 16
bSamFreqType 1 Discrete
tSamFreq[ 0] 8000
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x00c8 1x 200 bytes
bInterval 4
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
AudioControl Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (EP_GENERAL)
bmAttributes 0x00
bLockDelayUnits 0 Undefined
wLockDelay 0 Undefined
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 3
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 234
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
