Thanks. First, here are the lines from dmesg re: the connected camera:

[ 7439.424993] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[ 7439.437002] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=03c3, idProduct=120e
[ 7439.437019] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 7439.437022] usb 4-2: Product: ASI120MC-S
[ 7439.437024] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: ZWO

I can only presume that all this looks normal.

I have set up a USB filter in the VirtualBox Settings, here is what I've put there (drawing on the dmesg information):

Name: ZWO
Vendor ID: 03c3
Product ID: 120e
Revision:
Manufacturer: ZWO
Product: ASI120MC-S
Serial No: 0
Port:
Remote: No

Does this look reasonable?

Still can't connect to the camera. Sorry to be a pain.

This looks reasonable. Let me test it from home today and check if there are any outstanding issues. What is your host OS?

Ok, I tried to connected to ASI120MC in Ekos VM and it connected fine. However, there was a problem with capture. I checked on my machine and the same problem appeared. I updated to the latest ASI SDK and now it works OK. However, it should be detected without problems in the Ekos VM.

At any rate, you can wait tomorrow to get the update in the PPA and see if that helps. Under some circumstances, you also have to install the drivers on the host OS. So if you're using Windows, install ZWO Windows drivers.

Weird, I could swear I posted a reply to your 'what is your host OS?" question.

The answer: Slackware Linux.

well, perhaps it is a permission issue. Copy the /lib/udev/rules.d/99-asi.rules file (from the VM) to where ever Slackware stores the udev rules files and restart. That might make a difference.

I've been away from this project for a bit ... had an astronomy final and assorted other things to get through.

Trying again under Debian. I'll post my results. Have to get Virtualbox all configured.

Glenn

No happiness. Same as before.

I have a copy of Windows 7 lying around here, but I'd hate to have to resort to installing that.

Glenn

OK, I've established that Ekos is not able to see the attached USB device.

Installing the ZWO drivers on the host machine seems the logical next step. Will try that tonight when I get home from work.

If that fails, I can try installed kstars-bleeding (I've seen instructions how to install this on Ubuntu but not Debian, but since the former is based on the latter, it shouldn't be too hard) and see if I can make it all work without a VM. Or I guess I could replace Debian with Ubuntu ... it's important to me to get this working.

If it is important, then get Kubuntu 16.04 installed.

So let it be written.

So let it be done.

OK, I have

- installed Kubuntu 16.04
- installed indi-full and kstars-bleeding
- attached the camera

... much more happens now, but I don't get the same set of icons (including the one to 'capture' ) as I do when I load the simulators profile.

I guess the thing to do is load the latest ASI SDK?

UPDATE: I've downloaded the SDK, but (as I should have remembered) it contains no instructions re: what to do with it or where to install the files so they will be correctly accessed. I'm writing to the ZWO people.

-Glenn

No need to load anything, once you install kstars-bleeding, it automatically installs all latest drivers. But currently there is an issue with ASI driver.