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Experience with QHY-183c using indi_qhy_ccd

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Experience with QHY-183c using indi_qhy_ccd was created by Luca Gervasi

Hello,
i'm going to share my experience with QHY 183c (www.qhyccd.com/QHY183.html) using indi_qhy_ccd with my RPi3 astrobox.

Qhy is experimenting with a common firmware layer that should allow us to use their cameras out of the box. Firmware is available in a indilib's repository subfolder (github.com/indilib/indi/tree/master/3rdparty/libqhy/firmware) which mimics libqhy sdk.

Once you attach your camera, kernel recognizes it as:
mar 24 15:54:51 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
mar 24 15:54:52 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1618, idProduct=c183
mar 24 15:54:52 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
mar 24 15:54:52 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: Product: WestBridge 
mar 24 15:54:52 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Cypress
mar 24 15:54:52 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 0000000004BE

You can then upload firmare image (QHY183.IMG) using this command:
fxload -v -t fx3 -I /usr/lib/firmware/qhy/QHY183.img -D /dev/bus/usb/001/006

Where 001 and 006 can be extracted from the previous paste (mar 24 15:54:51 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg) and confirmed by an "lsusb" command looking for your idVendor and idProduct:
lsusb | grep 1618:c183
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1618:c183

After loading the firmware (less than 1 second), the devices resets and reconnect as another device:
mar 24 16:07:48 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 6
mar 24 16:07:48 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
mar 24 16:07:49 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1618, idProduct=c184
mar 24 16:07:49 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
mar 24 16:07:49 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: Product: Q183-Cool
mar 24 16:07:49 astropi kernel: usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: QHYCCD

Please not that it changed the idProduct (was c183, is c184 now).

The device is usable using indi_qhy_ccd as now (indi-qhy 1.6+r3007~201703232003~ubuntu16.04.1).

In my experience, it is not working as expected (unable to stream, wrong colors and so on), I expect that it will be developed a bit more :)

Hope to help someone.
Bye
The following user(s) said Thank You: Ferrante Enriques, Cedric
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