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:
The camera's interface structure is different from the supported cameras, and because of that the algorithm fails to properly figure out which endpoint is which.
Some of the URBs (commands) are not correct for this camera: the device just ignores them.
Because of all that, the driver does not bind to the interfaces, and does not load.