Problem with connecting multiple cameras to a single PC

[dimaego]

Hi guys!
Trying to set up a rig with 100 cameras (canon). Got myself a nice i7 4790 (motherboard Gigabyte g1.Sniper z97). Using multiple USB hubs 3.0 with external power source (Orico). So far i could only connect 12 cameras to my PC. which is strange, because last night i connected 22 cameras to my 3 year old laptop. Both run on Windows 7. I only use 3.0 usb cables.
My pc keeps telling me i reached max usb devices limit. Tried to clean registry with usb devices, did not help.
Will appreaciate any feedback
thanks in advance!

Dmitriy

[Wishgranter]

im recommend to contact Lee for further discussion and eventual a consulatancy of  GB related problems....

http://www.agisoft.ru/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=9817

[dimaego]

Thanks for the reply.
Did send a message to Lee.
Hopefully he can post his ideas here

[Infinite]

Thanks for the message. These days I don't give out consultancy for free.

USB related problems have been acknowledged by various USB hub manufacturers. "USB3" is totally useless, I think there are some fundamental problems with the drivers and chipsets, namely at Intel's end.

Perhaps the issue will be solved with the next generation of USB.

I would say experiment with different hubs cables and PC's. It is possible to connect for than 75x cameras per pc.

[dimaego]

Thanks, Lee
today i came to same conclusion. managed to connect 39 cameras to my laptop and its not the limit. Turned out 6th generation of Intel's chipsets work better than 8th generation.

[Lambo]

Yes, I also have a simple 4 year old Dell laptop with USB2 and have all 63 cameras connected to it and working beautifully.
Leo

[dimaego]

update: managed to connect 82 cameras to a single pc. so far so good.

[meshmixup]

Hi, My another approach is to buy extra USB 3.0 controller card to allow more interface to "groups" of camera.