Identifying a webcam module

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

A couple of points, Dave … although I am always grateful for your advice:

The Mac identifies the Camera and the USB connection separately … and it is pretty clear that, although it is connected to the USB 3.0 ‘tree’ on the Mac, [and the Visualiser unit has the fancy Type-B connector], this device is performing as ‘USB 2 High Speed’.

The Camera information would normally, I believe, be sufficient to identify the ‘product’ in the same level of detail that its bar-code should identify your jar of Peanut Butter.

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I will post some screenshots later

MichaelG.

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Ref. __ **LINK** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

In easy stages:

The Mac mini has two ‘Thunderbolt’ ports [of no relevance to this discussion] and two ‘Type-A USB’ ports, which operate according to what is connected to them.

My keyboard and mouse are in one port and, for the following examples, the other port is used directly [i.e. without any external hub]

Here are the relevant panes when a common little UVC webcam is connected:

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MichaelG.

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Chapter 2 to follow

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

… and now with the Visualiser device connected :

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MichaelG.

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Chapter 3 to follow

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

… and finally … here is the USB pane for my Microscope Camera

[ which is a proper USB 3.0 device ]

Note: it does not feature in the Camera pane, because it is not UVC

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MichaelG.

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