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Can I tether the camera in my MacPro Laptop to make it usable with my MacPro Desktop?

Asked by Bri_L (12219points) August 10th, 2009

I have a program that uses the camera to scan the barcodes of books and software. It then automatically retrieves the information about them. They also have a iTouch companion. The problem is I sync my iTouch with my Desktop. So Is there a way to hook up my Laptop to my desktop such that the cam is available to the Desktop?

Thanks!

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robmandu's avatar

Does the program need to control the camera directly? Or could you just provide it with a static image file (e.g. .JPG) with a picture of the barcode?

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Bri_L's avatar

It actually reads the barcode through the camera.

I can enter the info by hand but it is SOOOOO much faster that way. I guess the other option is to just move the library over when I am done scanning.

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martijn86's avatar

Gawker can use remote camera’s.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/90426

I can put my macbook outside on the roof and use my desktop to record the time-lapse.

Anything there you can use?

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Bri_L's avatar

@martijn86 – First of all I had found and lost that program a while ago so THANK YOU for that!

Second that seems like a great option to try! I am going to give it a go!

Either way Thanks for the link!

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