Camedia problem with new work computer, please advise.

[Sparky Kronkite]

These are the sad facts -

New Toshiba Satellite Pro (my new work lap-top puter) with NT

Camedia loaded fresh and successfully with a short-cut on desktop - fires up every time

Serial/9-pin to mini cable from my Olympus D-360L

So -

When the puter tries to talk with the camera - it tries and tries - takes a while - first says "this file contains 127 images" which is right, the camera does. Also, in the picture field - the first 3 digi-pics of my youngest son appear - but no other pics (the rest of the 124) load......... hmmmmmm?

It takes some more time and eventually says (it changes on its own) "file contains zero images." This - still my the first 3 images of my son in the picture field.

Then - when I try again to get the computer to talk with the camera - I get an error box with 4 listed items that are the most probably causes as to why the puter won't talk with the camera.

And let me tell you this - this entire system - camera, batteries (yes they're good/new), cable, etc.. WORK FINE AT HOME ON MY HOME PUTER!!!!! The only difference here is the Toshiba.

Now - my first thought was that the serial port was toggle OFF. But, even when in 'explore' I can find nothing, anywhere that will give this type of reference to the serial port. And - not even in the trouble-shooting system Toshiba includes upon the puter - do I find any reference to the serial port.

So - I don't fucking know. Numerous people have tried and failed here - they too can't find an on/off serial port reference. One guy suggested shorting pins 1 and 3 on the serial port and 'pinging' to find out if it's on or off. Jeesh!!!

The big question for me is - WHY? - does it seem to 'begin to see my photos?' Seeing the first 3 ones of my son? And then shut down and not talk with the Camera?

You guys got any clues?

Various people have put close to 10 hours on this so far - to no avail.

Thanks for whatever you may come up with.

 

[The Heretic]

I have never used that app, nor had to deal with a serial connection to my camera as it uses USB to connect to my desktop. My laptop doesn't have USB though, so what I got was a SanDisk CompactFlash PCMCIA card adapter for under $10. I know they have them for other formats too such as SmartMedia, etc.

I don't know off the top of my head if your cam has a removable media card, but if it does and your laptop has a free PCMCIA slot, you might consider this option.

 

[Problem Child]

I have never used that app, nor had to deal with a serial connection to my camera as it uses USB to connect to my desktop.

I've used it, it's a piece of shit, IMHO. I could never get my PC to recognize my camera half the time either.

 

[Weird Harold]

Then - when I try again to get the computer to talk with the camera - I get an error box with 4 listed items that are the most probably causes as to why the puter won't talk with the camera.

And let me tell you this - this entire system - camera, batteries (yes they're good/new), cable, etc.. WORK FINE AT HOME ON MY HOME PUTER!!!!! The only difference here is the Toshiba.

Your symptoms sound very similar to the problems I had trying to use the serial port on my sister's computer to download pictures from my camera to a floppy disk.

My problem turned out to be interference from the sofware for her PDA being configured to use the same serial port. I had to shut down the PDA software before I could use the camera and make sure I removed the cmaera software before I left so her PDA software would work.

I don't know whether your problem is specifically PDA software, but there is some conflict that is confusing the serial port about which program it's supposed to be talking to.

If Win NT has a device manager, check to see what is loaded as using the comm ports and make sure that there isn't something else assigned to the serial port you're trying to use.

Also check to be sure that the serial port and modem aren't configured as the same port and nothing is using the same IRQ and address.