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cannot build 3rd party drivers - by: chexmix

April 12, 2016, 5:08 pm
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Hi all -

I purchased a ZWO ASI120-MC-S a couple of weeks ago and have been trying to get it to work on my Slackware Linux box.

I successfully build libindi-1.2.0 from source, but when I attempt to build the third-party drivers (using the instructions in the README), I get



I got some hits when I googled parts of this, but none of the ones I looked at helped me ... what do I need to do here?

Thanks,

Glenn
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QHY5L-II Again - by: AstroZim

April 13, 2016, 7:26 am
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Thank you very much for creating this wonderful tool. But unfortunately, I cannot get past a certain point.

I have a QHY5L-II ccd connected to a Raspberry Pi2. When I start the indiserver and try to connect to it, the server seems to disconnect:

CCDCiel output:

INDIServer output:


The camera is working as verified with lin_guider on the same system. Also I can use CCDCiel to modify camera settings in the INDI settings window. There is also and option for video recording. When I enable this a video file is created with footage from the camera.
Can anyone point me in the direction of where the fault may be located? I have searched a lot on this and other forums and found many possibilities, but nothings seems to help me.

Thank you very much in Advance

Wim
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Heeeeelp - by: patdut

April 14, 2016, 6:12 am
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I just wanted to make some adjustments on my setup and looking for a local connection I wanted to use simulator drivers.
Unfortunately they are not in the drivers drop down list neither in kstars or ekos. :ohmy:
Just Atik camera and wheel drivers are in.
But all the drivers are here under /usr/bin :huh:
I made a apt-get remove on libindi and kstars-bleeding than install both indi-full and kstars-bleeding.
Same issue no drivers... :S
Moreover I have lost all the config files on my remote drivers :(

Additional question: is it possible to test plate solving without taking picture. Yersterday it didn't work although i have all the fits of astrometry.net installed and correct images taken.

Could those problems be linked like loosing path to some resources ?
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Canon 7D/7D mkII bulb exposure with mirror lock - by: hoxca

April 14, 2016, 7:56 am
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Hello,

I recently dig into INDI with a Raspberry PI3.
I got 2 Canon camera and try to get it work with the indi_gphoto_ccd driver.

In ekos, i get into a lot of trouble for bulb exposure with the Canon 7D Astrodon
my Canon 7D mkII work pretty out of the box but i cannot manage the mirror lock funtion and this one is not modded.

For investigation, i switch to gphoto2 command line trying to find a solution.
After a lots of testing, i find the "fiat lux" incantation for gphoto !

Both camera with the rotary dial set to B

gphoto2 --set-config imageformat=RAW --set-config autoexposuremode=Bulb --set-config capturetarget=0 --set-config eosremoterelease=2 --set-config eosremoterelease=4 --wait-event=10s --set-config eosremoterelease=2 --wait-event=65s --set-config eosremoterelease=4 --set-config eosremoterelease=0 --capture-tethered=2s --wait-event-and-download=2s

I think that it's pretty generic for Canon device,
Is it possible to leverage this into indi_gphoto_ccd driver and ekos ?
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Another QHY5L-IIc problem - by: lock42

April 14, 2016, 2:32 pm
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Hello.

I am very sorry for opening a new topic on this cam, but other threads aren't helpful for me.
I am on debian testing and I installed libindi from repositories.

I also installed libqhy and indi-qhy debian packages from the ubuntu ppa. My camera works very well with oaCapture and lin_guider but I cannot use openPHD2.
Indeed, I would like to use Indi for my cam but it does not work.

Here the output I have :


I am sorry if answer is easy, but I am very new with Indi.

I hope that somebody could help me. Thank you very much.
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PyIndi and property status - by: fraleo62

April 14, 2016, 9:07 pm
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Hi
I am working on a test client in Python using PyIndi

since I am controlling a filter wheel (SX Wheel) and I am trying to loop over all filters

very often i receive the error Driver indi_sx_wheel: read message SX Wheel 'Failed to write to wheel '
(indeed I see the same error also from Ekos)

The client and sometimes even the indiserver is stack and i need to restart over

Is there any way in Python I can retrieve the status of the property before trying to set a new value ?

Thx
Franco
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Mac/Cloudmakers Set up instructions? - by: drmikevt

April 15, 2016, 4:03 pm
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Hello - very happy to be setting up astro-imaging on my Mac. I'm trying to get my Moonlite focuser and CGEM-DX connected through the INDI control panel (Cloudmakers) but can't get past the port issues. For the Moonlite, it says 'No such file' and for the Nexstar it says 'Error connecting...Make sure to have BOTH, etc..' I know this is mentioned in the FAQ, but when running the sudo script, Terminal tells me that 'command cannot be found'.

Is there a guide to getting things setup on a Mac? I'm not sure if I need to install the Moonlite driver, or if Cloudmakers did that for me. I'm not sure why the mount comes up as Celestron GPS instead of Celestron Nexstar, which is what the INDI Server says. The INDI server has 'green lights' for both Moonlite and Celestron Nexstar. I'm using the latest version of all Cloudmakers apps and OS X 10.11.3

I apologize for the very newbie question - I'm sure there are some simple answers, I just can't find them.
Thanks
Mike
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FITS Open error:...1st key not SIMPLE or ... - by: robz

April 16, 2016, 12:14 am
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Hello,
I am developing the INDI driver supported for QHYCCD. Recently, I confused about the problem when I use the INDI Control Panel to get a picture,a dialog popped up which is display "Could not open file /tmp/kde-root/fitsXFW825.tmp(fits_get_img_param).Error 1st key not SIMPLE XTENSION" :(
Following is a Terminal report：

Could you help me?
Thanks!
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Hard day's night... - by: bilbo-le-hobbit

April 17, 2016, 5:39 am
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Bad night last night ... The EQ6 altitude adjustment screw breakage (hopefully, i have also an heq5), cable problems, and EKOS that crashes when I want to access the directories or save a sequence. I'll try to arrange the rest, but to EKOS, what can I do?
I made screencasts of the bug that I could reproduce in simulation:
ekos save seq. crash
ekos change directory crash

I'm on ubuntu 15.10 64 bits, gnome-shell, last version of kstars/ekos, nomadic installation (no observatory)
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WatchDog prevents data transfer? - by: supernov

April 17, 2016, 2:06 pm
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Just now I found out that my dslr transer issues I had in a previous session, seem to be due to WatchDog. I can connect to all my devices just fine, my DSLR takes photo's just fine, but when WatchDog is running, no data is coming back. Is this somehow a data overflow problem? If I leave out WatchDog, data is coming back.
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Strange BLOB_CR2 routing with Ekos - by: hoxca

April 17, 2016, 4:42 pm
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I use kstars-bleeding 5:15.12+r5667.251
With a remote indiserver on a distant raspberry PI.

What i did notice is if i issue the following command to my Canon 7D before starting the indiserver
gphoto2 --set-config capturetarget=0 to use Internal RAM
then I set the tranfert format to Native
and the Upload setting to Client
Directory set to /home/hugh/astrophoto

The file i downloaded and correctly routed to the designed folder with consistent naming
eg: /home/hugh/astrophoto/obj_Light_180_secs_001_2016-04-18T00:12:05.cr2

But if i ussue the following command to my camera before starting indiserver
gphoto2 --set-config capturetarget=1 to use Memory Card
same config in ekos
then I set the tranfert format to Native
and the Upload setting to Client
Directory set to /home/hugh/astrophoto

The file is routed to my home directory with only a timestamp:
eg: /home/hugh/file_2016-04-18T00:12:05.CR2

It would be cool to have a good file routing with capturetarget set to Memory Card
as we can capture the file on the laptop + mcard as backup (we only need to remove the delete routing on the gphoto_driver.c)
=> providing the same workflow as backyardEOS
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How can I test plate solving embedded in Ekos ? - by: patdut

April 18, 2016, 2:17 am
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I want to test the plate solving embedded in Ekos with ccd simulator. Just to be sure I have the good parameters setup before going on the field.
Is it possible and if yes how to do it ?
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KStars - EQMod timezone error - by: Kaczorek

April 18, 2016, 4:09 pm
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Hi I'm using Kstars 5:15.12+r5669.251~ubuntu15.10.1
After today's update I noticed strange behaviour of time synchronization between Kstars and EQMod driver.
UTC time is synched properly, but LT (displayed in KStars in top left window corner) is set improperly (wrong timezone) just after EQMod is connected. Updating time in EQMod on Site Management tab by clicking Time/UTC Now results in adding +1 to timezone on every click (and shifts LT).

UPDATE: The above applies when you set in KStars configuration Device Updates to Device. If you use Computer everything is OK.
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Calibration failed : star drift is too short - by: patdut

April 18, 2016, 11:52 pm
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Hello all,
Last night was a nice clear night even with the moon. So I decided to test my setup that is now fully functional.
(AZ-EQ6 + guider ZWO 120 on Lumicon 50mm finder + SBIG 8300C + self made moonlite like focuser + INDI server on Odroid XU4 + TP-LINK TN722N for wifi connection)
I made a focusing sequence to get the best focusing. I got a 1,7 HFR. I was really happy my focuser works fine.
I decided to improve my polar alignment with astrometry. Go south and adjust blindly the AZ position ==> 8". Go west and adjust blindly the ALT position ==>5".
Once more I was happy of the result. All woks fine.
Moving to Capella and made some plate solving to center the star. After some gropings got the sync on the star.
Was late and I ask the mount to go to Vega. Then others plate solving with sync.
Moving to M57. The nebula went to the center of the field. Nice !
Waiting some minutes doing some plate solving to see if there is some drift. No more than very few seconds.

Now Imaging.
First mount calibration. I was confident.
Took a capture and the automatic process does work with finally "Calibration failed : star drift too short".
Well maybe the focus is too good on the finder. I de-focused a little bit.
Choose the same star and ... "Calibration failed".
Mmmm maybe a little problem of... I don't know. Let's have a new try.
Choose another star and ... "Calibration failed"
Whatever I decide to guide without calibration. All went good at the beginning but got a big drift after a minute or two.
I am not so confident now I think that the poor debit between the Odroid to the PC may be a problem.
I choose quick guiding (on odroid).
Better result the drift grows slower but grows. So I find that a poor connection is one od the problems.
Back to the calibration with same last choosed star ==> "Calibration complete".
:blink: lets try once more ==> "Calibration failed".
Trying some parameter adjustment on the pulse duration. Nothing gives good result.
Testing the balance of my setup. It is good.
Took some pics of 60s max to avoid drift without calibration and rapid guiding. Stars are round and pretty.

My first conclusion is that the poor connection might be the source of my problem.
But I am not a confirmed user to put a definitive diagnostic. So I am very open to your suggestions.
I will try with PHD2 next time but I have to learn to know how to connect PHD2 and Kstars/Ekos on same INDI server.

Clear skies
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Controlling multiple dslr with Ekos - by: chrisvdberge

April 19, 2016, 1:38 am
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I'm trying to control 3 DSLR's with Ekos. I read this threat indilib.org/forum/ekos/512-controlling-3...os.html?limitstart=0 , but this doesn't seem to help me.

In device manager, I do get another GPhoto CCD tab to connect to when I add a new host.. but guess that's twice the same camera. (I don't get another option in drop down for camera control. And I noticed the name becoming GPhoto CCD 2 when I add a local device (not connected though..)

On the camera's I can see that only 1 of them goes into the 'PC-modus'.

How can I control multiple camera's using the gphoto_ccd driver?
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Fit pics loaded as monochrome in pixinsight - by: patdut

April 19, 2016, 5:39 am
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Hello,
This is a new question I hope. If discussed before, let me know
I try to load a fit image from my las session (SBIG ST8300C) in pixinsight and a new software named siril.
Same result the image is considered as monochrome. On the advice of siril developper I tried to lod it with debayerization with the bayer pattern set in siril to BGGR.
It works I obtain 3 images but the combination of the 3 images gives a RGB uggly one with a violet foreground.
Now, I don't know what to do more.

Any idea ?
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INDI Web Manager - by: knro

April 19, 2016, 8:59 am
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Here is the first alpha release of INDI Web Manager where you can start/stop INDI drivers. It's now on GitHub, any feedback appreciated:

github.com/knro/indiwebmanager

Please note that the systemd service file does not work. It runs but there is problem reading from sqlite3 database, I think it's probably something to do with running location of some sort. If you start it directly, no issues.

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More Scheduler questions - by: dokeeffe

April 19, 2016, 1:27 pm
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Not having good luck with the scheduler.... I think I'm doing something wrong,,,,,

How does it determine if the job is complete? Some jobs just instantly go to completion when I click start, some go to abort instantly.
I re-opened the schedule from a previous run cut short because of weather. Tried to re-run it but the M82 job instantly goes to completion and others to abort status.....




So then I started from scratch, Added M3, M13, M82 (re using the sequence file for this one). Started the scheduler and M82 goes to complete again. So it must be something in the sequence file that I'm re-using. I browsed the XML but cant see anything in there.....


My schedule file content....



My M82 sequence file content...
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Joystick connected to remote computer? - by: mlarsson

April 19, 2016, 2:07 pm
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Hi!

I'd like to be able to use a joystick, but cannot figure out how to do it when I use my remote setup. The telescope is connected to the Rasberry Pi server, but the joystick to my client laptop. How do I set this up? It all works rather nicely when I have it connected locally..... I start the indiserver with the module indi_joystick, but I cannot set the appropritate connection port, since it is on the client, not the server...

Magnus
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Connecting AZ-EQ6 using HiTec Astro EQDIR - by: supernov

April 20, 2016, 9:46 am
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Maybe someone has a simple answer, but when I plug in my HiTec EQDir USB cable directly into the port of my Raspberry Pi2, it gets recognized and is accessible using ttyusb0. However, when I put it into my USB hub, it's suddenly not there. Is there a simple solution for this?

Looking at dmesg it seems the device is not accepting any address via the USB hub. I do have a USB3 hub, would that interfere?

Much appreciated! Thanks
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