Renaming of Camera

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Hi,

This question has been asked a couple of times, but I couldn’t find an answer…

I have two lasers, with both a Sculpfun camera. In the operating system they are both called CAM500, which is not helpful.
I have changed the name via the method described here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-rename-hardware-in-device-manager-of-windows:
To rename hardware in Device Manager of Windows 11/10, follow these steps:

  1. Open Device Manager on your computer.
  2. Right-click on the hardware and select Properties.
  3. Go to the Details tab.
  4. Expand the Property menu and choose the Driver key.
  5. Right-click on the Driver key and select Copy.
  6. Open the Registry Editor on your PC.
  7. Navigate to Enum in HKLM.
  8. Select Edit > Find.
  9. Paste the copied Device key and click on Find Next.
  10. Double-click on the FriendlyName String Value.
  11. Enter a name you want to set and click on OK.
  12. Restart your computer.
    Worked as a train (a german version, not a uk version, because they are on strike). Under device manager I have now CAM500 and CAM500 1.
    HOWEVER… in Lightburn they are still called CAM500 and CAM500. So where does lightburn get the names, if it isn’t from the operating system?

For the rest it increases the efficiency, so happy with the cameras (as long as I know which one to use with which laser…)

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Try doing the same but with an underscore in the name like CAM500_1.

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Thank you for the quick response.
No improvement:
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Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

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If you change to CAM501?

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You re trying to change 2 things
Device name and “device friendly name”
They are 2 distinct ways
There is a way to change the latter, but it requires RegEdit things
Which is far from ideal, and a bit risky

Example:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/i-have-5-webcams-it-wont-allow-me-to-change-device/74d63529-7a4a-4247-af4d-1008bc411f3f

This is an interesting use case though
Besides the obvious feature suggestion , wonders if @Rick @JohnJohn think it something Lightburn could do? maybe allow adding a “alias” to the usb camera device?

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May be link it to the Laser settings…?