BioVID 4K Linux driver

[looking_pete]

Hello,

I'm trying to set up BioVID 4K camera on Linux. I could install ToupView and it's working fine. When I plug the camera in via USB, ToupView doesn't see the camera. I suspect I need a driver for the camera but I don't know where to get it from.
I'm using PopOS 22.04, which is a derivative of Ubuntu 22.04.
Was anybody able to make it work on Linux? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thank you

[MichaelG.]

Sorry, I can’t help … but I did have a look here:
https://www.labessentials.com/products/ ... ope-camera
https://www.lwscientific.com/products/b ... ope-camera

… and could find no reference to linux

MichaelG.

[SuiGenerisBrewing]

1. Go to: https://www.lwscientific.com/pages/camera-software
2. Click the link for "BioVID 4K for PC - Version 4.11 (October 2021)". This will send you to dropbox where you can browse a zip file containing windows and linux drivers
3. In the linux folder there are x64 and x86 drivers (you'll most likely need the x64)

[MichaelG.]

That is extraordinarily well hidden
… are they embarrassed, or what ?

MichaelG.

[looking_pete]

Thank you, SuiGenerisBrewing. That wasn't obvious at all.
I was able to install the driver. I hope it get installed successfully. At least, the shell script didn't throw any errors.
ToupLite unfortunately still doesn't see the camera, even after reboot.
If the driver worked for anybody, please let me know what Linux distro and kernel you used?

I listed all hardware components by running `sudo lshw` and it shows the camera under the USB section:

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              *-usb
                   description: Video
                   product: UHD CAMERA: XCAM4K16MPA
                   vendor: CAMERA
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: usb@2:3
                   logical name: input48
                   logical name: /dev/input/event12
                   version: 4.09
                   capabilities: usb-3.10 usb
                   configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=8mA speed=5000Mbit/s

`dmesg` also sees the camera, although there are some failures "Enable of device-initiated U1 failed".

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[  141.939741] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4070.0005: HID++ 4.2 device connected.
[  143.138220] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 3
[  156.232314] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[  157.122750] usb 2-3: new SuperSpeed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[  157.143657] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0547, idProduct=ab03, bcdDevice= 4.09
[  157.143672] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  157.143679] usb 2-3: Product: UHD CAMERA
[  157.143684] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: CAMERA
[  157.160882] usb 2-3: Enable of device-initiated U1 failed.
[  157.161206] usb 2-3: Enable of device-initiated U2 failed.
[  157.161983] usb 2-3: Found UVC 1.10 device UHD CAMERA (0547:ab03)
[  157.172685] usb 2-3: Enable of device-initiated U1 failed.
[  157.173038] usb 2-3: Enable of device-initiated U2 failed.
[  157.174364] input: UHD CAMERA: XCAM4K16MPA as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input48