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PYRO 1394 WebCam User ’s Guide www .adstech.com PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO 12627 Hidden Creek Way Cerritos CA, 90703 phone 562.926.1928 fax 562.926.0518 support 562.926.4338[...]
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T able of Contents A letter from the President of ADS . . . . . . . . . 3 Package Contents/System Requirements . . . . . . . 4 PYRO 1394 WebCam Installation Guide . . . . . 5 F AQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 iSPQ software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Help Resources . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Service and W arranty . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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A Letter from the President of ADS T echnologies “Connect, Create, and Store” At ADS T echnologies, Inc. we bring the best and latest multimedia technology to your PC. Our products allow you to “Connect, Create and Store”. CONNECT with our line of USB and 1394 Host and Hub devices. T oday, external bus technologies such as USB and FireWire/[...]
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Introduction Package Contents: 1. PYRO 1394 WebCam 2. iSPQ Video Chat software 3. Y ahoo Messenger 4. iVisit 5. Microsoft® Netmeeting 6. T eV eo Live Web Cam 7. User ’ s Guide 8. Extendable Tripod (see Fig. A) System Requirements: • Intel CELERON (400 Mhz & up) / Pentium III / Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon / Duron CPU’s / Mac G3 and up • 128 [...]
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Installation Instructions: Windows XP / 2000 Hardware Installation Do not connect the device to the FireWire/iEEE port at this time. INST ALL Device Drivers FIRST ! STEP 1. (Installing Drivers for the PYRO 1394 W ebCam) A. Insert the PYRO 1394 W ebCam CD. Y ou will then see this screen: B. From the Auto-Run Install screen Click “INST ALL DRIVERS?[...]
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6 STEP 2. (Connecting the PYRO 1394 WebCam) Make sure the PYRO 1394 WebCam CD is in your CD ROM drive. Connect the PYRO 1394 WebCam Device directly to your FireWire/iEEE port on the motherboard or FireWire/iEEE add-in card. The following windows will appear as you connect the PYRO 1394 W ebCam. It may take a minute or two to configure each componen[...]
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7 T o verify proper hardware installation, check the System Device Manager: 1.) Click Start 2.) Select Settings, Control Panel. This will open the Windows Control Panel. 3.) Double Click “System” When the System Properties appears, click on the Device Manager tab. NOTE: For testing purposes, we have included “amcap.exe”, a Microsoft applica[...]
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8 Installation Instructions Mac OS OS 9.X: • Double Click on the ICON called PYRO WEBCAM DRIVER. This will install the proper extensions into your EXTENSION folder . REST ART your MAC. • Plug the PYRO W eb Cam 1394 connector into an available 6 pin 1394 port on your computer . Y our computer will recognize the PYRO Web Cam • Run any of the bu[...]
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9 • I have a Laptop with Firewire port but cannot connect the Pyro Webcam. The PYRO Web Cam requires 6 pin Firewire port. Most Laptops that comes with Firewire port have the 4 pin port instead of 6 pin port. The two extra pins in the 6 pin Firewire port provides BUS power to for the Web cam from the computer and the 4 pin port wont. Adding a self[...]
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10 Installing iSPQ (Eye-Speak) Software: Windows Note: Windows 2000 prompts will look slightly different for all the pictures depicted here. • When you begin installing your iSPQ software, a wizard like this one will open. Click “Next”. • Click “Y es”.[...]
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11 • Click “Next”. • Click “Next”.[...]
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12 • Click “Next”. Note: The program will now begin installing into your system. • After the program is installed, click “Finish” and reboot your system. Y ou are now ready to use iSPQ.[...]
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13 • Click “Continue”. • Click “Agree”. • Click “Install”. After you have installed the software, reboot your system and you are ready to begin using iSPQ. Mac This process will install the iSPQ software onto your Mac. CameraView: Easy capture and preview from your WebCam. T ake snapshots or capture live video from your webcam. Pr[...]
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14 HELP RESOURCES: ADS Web Site: www .adstech.com Support Online: We are constantly adding more information to the On-Line Help section of our web site. Click the “Support” button on the home page and select your product. Here you find support F .A.Q.’s with questions and answers to common issues, downloads, patches, manuals, and other resour[...]
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15 Servic e and War ranty: Servic e: If you requ ire assist ance with the in stallati on, operat ion, or appli cation of your ADS T echnologi es, Inc. produ ct there are severa l options ava ilable to you as described in the technica l support sec tion of this man ual. Y our primar y source for inform ation and ass istance is always your com puter [...]
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16 3. Ship the product to the ADS fact ory with the RMA number marke d on the inside and out side of the pack age. If there is no RMA num ber on the packa ge or the RMA number has expired, the shipment will be refused. ADS wil l not be liable for lost or mis-shi pped pro ducts. 4. Repla cement prod uct cannot be shipped to you unt il the defect ive[...]
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17 UNDER NO CIRCUMST ANCES will ADS T echnologi es, Inc. be liab le for conseq uential da mages, incl uding but not limited to any lost savings, los t profits, or any other damag es, caused by th e use of any ADS T echnol ogies, Inc. product or inab ility to use the pro duct, even if the dealer or ADS T echn ologies, Inc. has been adv ised of such [...]
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European Office Shannon Industrial Estate Shannon Co. Clare, Ireland Phone: +353.61.702042 North America Office 12627 Hidden Creek Way Cerritos, CA 90703 Phone: (562) 926-1928 Fax: (562) 926-0518 Support: (562) 926-4338 www .adstech.com PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO PYRO Part #: 203-511[...]