[Noisebridge-discuss] hacking digital camera/binocular combo

[jim]

   a combo digital camera and binoculars has a usb cable 
with standard usb on one end and micro-USB on the other 
and comes with a CD with arcsoft photoimpression 5 for 
windows. 
   i installed the software on both a windows laptop 
and my linux laptop, seems to work (linux uses wine). 
   connecting the cam-bino via usb to either machine 
gets nothing, not via the gui, not via the command line 
(mount, fdisk, lsusb.... 
   i don't have a second cable to swap in (i've got a 
cable with standard usb on one end and mini-usb on the 
other). 
   the on-board camera works, we can see pictures, the 
other features seem to work. 

   i was surprised after just connecting it to my linux 
laptop that the laptop showed nothing connected, but i 
figured maybe it required some software. 
   maybe it's the cable, maybe the on-board connector..., 
anybody have a clue? 

hopefully, with thanks, 
jim