Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 33335)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 33617)
@@ -1015,5 +1015,9 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-chip_id", "chipProcessedImfile.chip_id", "==");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-class_id", "chipProcessedImfile.class_id", "==");
-    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(chip_id, config->args, "-chip_id", true, false);
+    PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-cam_id", "cam_id", "==");
+
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(cam_id, config->args, "-cam_id", false, false);
+    // if cam_id is not supplied chip_id is required
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(chip_id, config->args, "-chip_id", cam_id ? false : true, false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(class_id, config->args, "-class_id", true, false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_S16(quality, config->args, "-set_quality", true, false);
@@ -1026,5 +1030,5 @@
     if (psListLength(where->list) == 0) {
         // won't get here
-        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_CONFIG, true, "-chip_id and -class_id are required");
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_CONFIG, true, "-chip_id (or -cam_id) and -class_id are required");
         return false;
     }