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Re: Getting the Camera and Default Code to Work
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
It says to use a PWM port because that's where it gets the proper power supply: 7.2 volts from the backup battery. A digital I/O port only provides five volts, which is not in spec for the camera's power input, and will not correctly power servos connected to the camera.
Well, that's interesting. Today for the first time we powered up our camera, and we connected it to a PWM port as per the specs and got no power, no lights, nothing. Then I remembered reading this post and we switched it to a digital I/O port and everything worked like a charm.

This was using LABView connected to the serial port on the camera over a USB to Serial cable, and just the RC, with a fully charged backup battery, and a full charged 12V as the power source.

Seems to work fine for us, at the moment as we are learning and exploring the abilites of the camera.
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