Veo Advanced Connect Web Camera Notes

The following research was done by John Duino.
Kernel: RH 2.4.20-18.9
ibmcam.c is the kernel-included version

[root@spirit usb]# modprobe ibmcam framerate=1
[root@spirit usb]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
ibmcam                 54752   0  (unused)
usbvideo               27576   0  [ibmcam]

[root@spirit usb]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
T:  Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1800
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1880
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc= 93/900 us (10%), #Int=  1, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=1860
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.01 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0545 ProdID=810a Rev= 5.00
S:  Product=USB IMAGING DEVICE
C:* #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   0 Ivl=1ms
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=   8 Ivl=0ms
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 1 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=1022 Ivl=1ms
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=audio
I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=audio
I:  If#= 2 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=audio
E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=05(Isoc) MxPS=  32 Ivl=1ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#=  3 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=046d ProdID=c00e Rev=11.10
S:  Manufacturer=Logitech
S:  Product=USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 98mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=hid
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   4 Ivl=10ms

Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.0-1, assigned address 4
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: ibmcam_probe(dff28200,0.)
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Veo Advanced Connect Camera [810A] USB camera found (model 4, rev. 0x0500)
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Number of alternate settings=2.
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Interface 0. has 2. endpoints!
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: ibmcam_probe(dff28200,0.)
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Veo Advanced Connect Camera [810A] USB camera found (model 4, rev. 0x0500)
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Number of alternate settings=2.
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: ibmcam.c: Interface 0. has 2. endpoints!
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: device 4 audiocontrol interface 1 has 1 input and 0 output AudioStreaming interfaces
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: device 4 interface 2 altsetting 1 channels 1 framesize 2 configured
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: valid input sample rate 8000
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: valid input sample rate 11025
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: device 4 interface 2 altsetting 1: format 0x00000010 sratelo 8000 sratehi 11025 attributes 0x01
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: registered dsp 14,19
Jul 25 22:11:37 spirit kernel: usbaudio: registered mixer 14,16
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup ibmcam for USB product 545/810a/500
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit kernel: host/usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000480, flags 0, urb df5b7480, burb df5b7580
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit kernel: host/usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000480, flags 0, urb df5b7480, burb df5b7580
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup ibmcam for USB product 545/810a/500
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit kernel: host/usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000480, flags 0, urb df28c800, burb df5b7300
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit kernel: host/usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000480, flags 0, urb df5b7300, burb df28c980
Jul 25 22:11:40 spirit /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 545/810a/500

[root@spirit usb]# xawtv
This is xawtv-3.81, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.20-18.9cam)
can't open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device
no video grabber device available

same for all video devices

As a summary: