optical10

Hi All
I've been waiting a long time to find a camera to plug into my Axim 51v. I like most other Axim users have an expensive Digicam but for every day use it doesn’t make sense to carry around it with the Axim for spur-of-the-moment shoots we take with say a phone camera. Also as I use my Axim as a phone a CF or SD plug-in digi 1.3mp camera would be ideal.

The problem seems to be lack of wm5 support from the few manufacturers of pocket PC plug in cameras. Searching the various forums lifeview.com seem to be the best range of cameras [FlyCam CF or SDIO Digicam cards] for the pocket PC but they don’t support wm5! However they do have a software development kit SDK available for download. As I’m not a software writer I have emailed them to ask if it is beyond they scope of a novice to reprogram the wm2006se software for their cameras to work in Axim 51v wm5.

I’ll post by results when they reply.
Optical10

*** After trawling through the lifeview.com.tw website and notice in the system requirements section that mobile five support is now included! I’ll e-mail them to confirm and post my results as soon as possible. ***

optical10

Originally Posted by optical10

Hi All I've been waiting a long time to find a camera to plug into my Axim 51v. I like most other Axim users have an expensive Digicam but for every day use it doesn’t make sense to carry around it with the Axim for spur-of-the-moment shoots we take with say a phone camera. Also as I use my Axim as a phone a CF or SD plug-in digi 1.3mp camera would be ideal. The problem seems to be lack of wm5 support from the few manufacturers of pocket PC plug in cameras. Searching the various forums lifeview.com seem to be the best range of cameras [FlyCam CF or SDIO Digicam cards] for the pocket PC but they don’t support wm5! However they do have a software development kit SDK available for download. As I’m not a software writer I have emailed them to ask if it is beyond they scope of a novice to reprogram the wm2006se software for their cameras to work in Axim 51v wm5. I’ll post by results when they reply. Optical10 *** After trawling through the lifeview.com.tw website and notice in the system requirements section that mobile five support is now included! I’ll e-mail them to confirm and post my results as soon as possible. ***

Seems the FlyCam CF software only works with HP WM5 pda! However the have provided me with the SDK for the FlyCam CF camera.

Here's the problem would you spend £140 on hardware to test your first code writing on? No I didn't think so. I'm in need of help from a software developer who can say if this project is worth my while as Dell doesn’t seem up to the task [or willing] to take it on.

Any input appreciated

Optical10

BeachCoder

Hi,

I am having to build a small app for my work and I am using the FlyCam-CF. The only problem is that the LifeView website has broken links when trying to download the SDK, so I was hoping that you would be able to help me get a copy of it. If you can then that would be great.

Regards,
Simon

cslave1

Any luck making the FlyCam work for your WM5 device?

BeachCoder

Nope. It appears that LifeView no longer make or support these cameras and are unwilling to release a copy of the SDK. I have also had no luck in being able track down a copy of it either. Are you having similar issues?