There are two wires: One is the Firewire cable from camcorder to PC; the second is the USB cable from this heavy duty base to PC.

We do have a diagram showing how you mount the camcorder to the this heavy duty base--It is printed a Quick Start sheet that should be shipped with your this heavy duty base.  

"QuickStart" Installation Guides:
1)  Remote Control Base (for webcams)
2)  Heavy Duty Remote Control Base (for digital CamCorders Non-Sony)
2b) Heavy Duty Remote Control Base (for digital CamCorders Non-Sony updated)
3)  Heavy Duty Remote Control Base (for digital CamCorders Sony)
4)  Network System and Remote Control Base
5)  IR Infrared Remote Control Base (Uses your TV Universal Remote Control to pan, tilt, rotate) 
6)  WEBCAM SETUP on BASE

To obtain the software, you will download it from the software section of our website, it doesn't come on CD but you can purchase a CD for $10.

Webmasters:  Can I put multiple webcams on one my my websites webpages?

Yes, you can.   I have a webpage here that has two different webcams on one page.   I will not guarantee both of these webcams are up and running when you click the link below, but if you view the source code for the webpage (at the link below) you will see two Java Scripts (one for each webcam).

http://www.netmeeting.us/PuppyCam2.htm 

Special Features

Remote Control – your Camcorder to see what you want with simple mouse-clicks or voice commands. Works with DV camcorders up to 3 pounds in weight.

Optical Zoom – Control your camcorder's optical zoom from your computer if your camcorder has an IEEE 1394 Firewire interface.  At present, these are the camcorders we know of, which work with this heavy duty remote control base optical zoom control:   Canon ZR series;  Canon Elura series;  Canon Optura;  Panasonic NV-GS70

Optical zoom control (which only works with certain Firewire digital camcorders) is controlled over the Firewire line and we do not have a solution for extending Firewire to 150 feet but someone else might.

Camcorder Models Compatible with Optical Zoom Control
At present, these are the camcorder models we know of that work with optical zoom control: 

CanonZR series (Canon MV in Europe) 
CanonElura series 
CanonOptura 
PanasonicNV-GS70

Digital Zoom – Scale the camera image from 50% to 300% to get a full view or close-up view.

Surveillance – With the software, set your Remote Control Base/Camcorder to scan a room or area in a simple or complex pattern exactly as you specify. Useful for monitoring banks, lobbies, workshop, parking lot, daycare, workrooms, etc.

Motion Tracking – The software is tuned to track all human skin tones and can automatically pan and tilt to track the nearest person as they move around. Quality of tracking depends on the quality of your camcorder.

Video Capture – Set your Remote Control Base/Camcorder to capture video from its input to your computer. Make your own home movies!

Remote Monitoring – With our surveillance, motion detection, tracking, and remote control features, your Heavy Duty Remote Control Base can monitor an entire room by detecting, tracking and recording movement. From anywhere in the world, use your web browser to view a history of the movement captured by your Base and Camcorder!

Detailed Hardware Specs

• Maximum weight of camcorder or DV camera: 3 lbs

• Minimum weight of camcorder or DV camera: 1.5 lbs - if your DV camera is lighter than 1 lbs, use a regular remote control base instead.

• Maximum angles of rotation: 160 degrees pan and 110 degrees tilt

• Maximum speed of movement: 53 degrees per second

• Optical zoom control available for Camcorders that use an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) interface and support the zoom command set (eg. Panasonic NV-GS70, Canon ZR in US, Canon MV in Europe - see examples here)
  Unfortunately Sony has put their optical zoom control into their proprietary LANC interface rather than follow the IEEE 1394 standard. We cannot control the zoom of that camera from our software at this time. We are considering adding hardware to our USB circuit board to control Sony cameras. Whether we do it depends on demand.

• Digital zoom available for all camcorders.  Zoom ability from 50% to 300%

• Base Interfaces to your PC via USB port

• Camera video interfaces separately via Firewire, USB, or a video capture card

• Powered by USB port or by optional power supply

• Camera mounts/unmounts easily with an included quick-release camera shoe.

• DVdriver needs to be purchased separately but make sure you really need DVdriver.  This heavy duty base comes with the software application which can control a heavy duty digital cam-corder base and receive digital video from a camcorder.
  
  Customers only need to buy DVdriver if they want one of the following features, which only DVdriver provides:
  
  --ability to use the camcorder's video stream in multiple applications simultaneously
  
  --ability to control the optical zoom of certain camcorder's via software.
  

Camcorder Requirements

• Camcorder over 1.5 lbs and under 3 lbs in weight.

• Standard camcorder tripod (you need to mount the Base to a tripod)

• Standard 1/4" #20 mounting thread screw on camcorder

• Firewire or USB or video capture card interface between camcorder and PC

• Optical zoom:
  Control available for Camcorders that use an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) interface and support the zoom command set (eg. Canon ZR in US, Canon MV in Europe - see examples here).   
  Unfortunately Sony has put their optical zoom control into their proprietary LANC interface rather than follow the IEEE 1394 standard. We cannot control the zoom of that camera from our software at this time. We are considering adding hardware to our USB circuit board to control Sony cameras. Whether we do it depends on demand.

• Digital zoom available for all camcorders.  Zoom ability from 50% to 300%

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP.

• Genuine Intel® Pentium^TM, Pentium II, Pentium III, AMD® K6, AMD K6-2 processor running at 133 MHz or higher; for best performance, 200 MHz or above is recommended

• 32MB RAM

• Available USB port

• CD-ROM drive

• Display adapter capable of 24 bit color at 640x480

• Windows compatible sound card and microphone (for voice command features)

• Modem or LAN access to the Internet at 28.8Kbps or faster required (for video conferencing)

• Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer^TM 4.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator^TM 6.0 or higher

• 20MB available hard disk space 

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• ZOOM:  Unfortunately Sony has put their optical zoom control into their proprietary LANC interface rather than follow the IEEE 1394 standard. We cannot control the zoom of that camera from our software at this time. We are considering adding hardware to our USB circuit board to control Sony cameras. Whether we do it depends on demand.

• Sometimes laptops/notebooks need additional power supply (click here for more information)

Misc questions from customers:

From Customer:  We are using a usability recording software called MORAE (techsmith.com) and it requires that the recording equipment (camera in this case) be connected to the participants computer. The observer computer is located in another room. Because MORAE does not allow us to view the live recording of the participant during recording mode (interesting, huh), we have to find a way to send the camera via two outputs. We need a camera that has both usb (or firewire) and s-video/composite video outputs. Camcorders have these and will do the trick. We happen to have a Panasonic DV camcorder, but it shuts off after 5 minutes (no good for usability recording). A web camera with both USB and s-video/composite would probably be better because of that. Do you have such a camera or know of one? We might be able to use your camcorder pod if we got a different camcorder. Any recommendations on camcorders that work the best with your pod and don't have auto standby? 

From Tech Support:

If I understand the user's needs correctly, they can solve the problem without buying any hardware. 

Just run RemoteControl Base software and use to view the live video from the webcam or capture the video to the hard drive for later viewing.   Run the MORAE software on the same computer and in whichever dialog within MORAE you use to choose the webcam to use, select "TrackerCam Capture Driver," which appears as one of the choices while the software for your camera is running. This sends a duplicate video stream to the MORAE software. 

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