Setting up a document camera with Automator

Here's my setup:
I have a document camera stand, tripod, clamp light, all that. My goal is to be able to set a document on the stand, run an Automator script (or AppleScript) and have an image of the document saved as a PDF in a desired folder.
I think I can handle the scripting. My questions:
1) Should I use the "take picture" command in Image Capture? Or a different command in a different bit of software?
2) Is there a list of the current digital cameras that can be controlled via USB in this way? (Extra points if it's a video camera with an image capture option.)
Thanks in advance.
G5 tower Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I had a chat with someone from Linksys last night. And they told me that the router was working fine as shown in the screenshots, and I know it works fine on the home network.
He said the problem is that it is behind another router, like you guys pointed out. He said that I need a public IP address and that I need to connect the WRT1600AC directly to the modem.
The problem is that my ISP only gives out the Router/Modem combo piece of **bleep** by Cisco. I think most ISPs these days here in Canada give out those Router/Modem combos.
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