TecroTech Webcam CF-31 MK 2 and MK3 Installation Success

1. Communication excellent....I had a tech question and tech support called me "after hours".
2. Shipping was three days Colorado to rural route in NW California. Signature required USPS.
3. Excellent quality product.
4. Excellent video on there web site.


REMOVE BATTERY AND POWER SUPPLY!

1. Remove keyboard bezel. 3 screws.
2. Remove hinge screws. 2
3. Shut lid.
4. Tip computer into lap, supported by bench and remove rear hinge screws. 2
5. Remove lid screws, antenna covers and plastic side covers.
6. Pinch lid together and open it to remove hinge covers.
7. Close lid, separate the top and bottom cover, rolling the lid piece away to the rear.
8. Lay the product onto the rear on the LCD area. The silver plate with holes in it.
9. Remove TSPCB and un-plug connector.
10. Slip TecroTech cable under gray LCD cable in general location for install.
11. With screw in place, insert 12 pin connector into TSPCB.
12. Arrange TSPCB where it belongs and tighten screw by inserting screwdriver between wires. Then plug original 12 pin plug into TecroTech harness.
13. Install second TSPCB screw if you had one. note: MK1 used two screws...MK 2 and 3 used only one. I think it's a good idea to add a screw for grounding and heat dissipation.
14. Now working backwards from TSPCB start taping it down with the provided double stick pads....:NOTE: The cables are pre-bent for ease of install. The microphone just kinda sticks up there, held by the lid and protected by the WWAN/WLAN antenna.
15. I would hold off on sticking the camera down until the lid is in place and antenna refitted. Location for the camera becomes obvious by the bumps on the lid, position of antenna and by try-fitting the INCLUDED antenna cover with the camera hole.
16. Roll lid into place taking care that no wires are pinched. Check latch for function. Insert all screws into lid for a semi-loose fit THEN open lid and adjust camera location.
17. Lid is open so install hinge covers; 2 screws and install keyboard bezel; 3 screws. Also install right antenna cover if the microphone looks right.
18. Close lid, roll computer into lap and install rear hinge screws.

Now you should have a working camera and it's time to adjust camera position.

It's subtle but if the camera is aligned squarely with the lines of the lid you should be able to tape it down.

Cheese in Linux works as well as your favorite Windows webcam program.

I guess the only thing left to do is tighten antenna screws, lid screws and install left PROVIDED antenna cover.

I'll throw this out there for comments.

Bottom line: It's a good company, good support and a good product.

Thanks

Jeff

more here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...h-for-a-toughbook.821007/page-3#post-10786948

 

Mine arrived a few days ago - very quick service! Not yet had time to do the install but first chance I get it'll be going into my Mk3.

 

So I installed camera #3 in my wife's CF-31.

That makes two MK2 and a MK3. Windows 7 installs the webcam drivers auto-magically. Linux does too but it "just works"with no pop-ups.

You may need to refresh the sticky tape on the camera. I used two layers underneath and one between the WWAN antenna and the top of the camera. I used thin touch screen double sided tape I got from Techtuff a while back.

This is a good bit of kit.

 

Yes, this is an awesome kit.
I just followed this video as guidance:

 

I've just installed mine - was meant to work today (christmas day) but we were all told we're not required so I'm at home and decided to install the Tecro Tech camera kit into my CF31. I don't have any family stuff I can do (did that yesterday) so I'm doing stuff for me.

Installation wasn't a drama other than my eyesight now I'm 50 y/o (aka 'officially mature') being a bit poor with really close-up work.

I didn't get any error messages when I powered the system up once it was all back together, but how do I know for sure if Win 10 pro has correctly 'installed' the camera? The mic works - I tried the OBS Studio software and it's getting audio, but the video frame is showing blank. I can see the lens of the new camera so I know it's not being physically blocked by anything.

Using 'Device Manager' I can find something called a 'CameraMaxHD' which the OS claims is 'working properly'. Is that the Tecro Tech camera using some sort of default Win10 driver? Same device shows up under the sound/video/game controllers sub-menu.



Craig.

 

Umm yes.

Camera Max HD both sound and video are correct.

If ya have a Linux distro, and want to look at yerself...sudo apt-get install cheese

Sorry no help with W10.

 

Got it to work - there's an option called 'video capture device' under the 'sources' add-source function which doesn't seem obvious, but that linked up to the camera and I started seeing video from the camera. So there we go - video and audio functions of the camera work as intended! Might need to re-do the fine-positioning as I normally have the lid/screen tilted back a bit more and the camera's plane is perpendicular to the screen's plane.

 

I added a bit of double stick to re-arrange the direction.

Check PM just for grins.

Merry Christmas.

 

That's what I'll probably need to do in order to get the camera module itself to 'align' properly. With the display tilted back a bit (normal position) the camera points up to the top-left.