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Canon DSLR fails exposure over 1 sec?

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Hi!

On and off I have lately experienced that my Canon 1000 D fails to expose when set to more than 1 sec. Hitting "preview" trggers countdown in Ekos, but no response or exposure on camera. It is intermittent - it seems that rebooting fixes it. Attached is a log that I hopw contains some info on it. Setup is Stellarmate on R-Pi by the scope, I acess it with laptop via VNC.

Magnus
5 years 6 months ago #29591
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You need to enable INDI+CCD+Capture logging by clicking on the "Logs" button in EKos Main window.
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Same with 700d.
Log here
Not a big problem if you remember not to hit preview before imaging.
TIA and clear skies,
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5 years 6 months ago #29599

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Just tested here with 600D, works fine in all tests I threw at at. Previewing 1 second, 20 seconds, then live view then preview, then 20secs x 5 capture sequence.. not a single issue.

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Yes, it is highly intermittent here. I have so far not been able to see anything systematic in it. I enable the logging as you said, sorry I'd missed that, and will post a log next time I see it.

Magnus
5 years 6 months ago #29607

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Check here as well: www.indilib.org/forum/ekos/3811-capture-...-exposure.html#29606

Maybe reading the temperature led to this? I don't know, only way is to test the driver after making the necessary changes.
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Tonight it happened again. Started the scope and Kstars, took a 1 sec preview, camera clicks and image downloaded. THen I try Align. Start a 30 sec exposure - no click from camera, error in Indi, and abort after 3 attempts.
Then a new 1 sec preview from Capture module. OK. Click and download of image
Back to Align. 30 sec exposure. Same thing - errors and abort after 3 attempts.

Log file attached. This time hopefully with more useful information.

Magnus
5 years 6 months ago #29639
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Did you try this ?
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5 years 6 months ago #29640

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Nope, not yet. Haven't compiled anything myself yet on the Pi... gonna try.

Magnus
5 years 6 months ago #29641

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INDI Gphoto v2.5 is out on Nightly, please try it and see if it resolves your issue.
5 years 6 months ago #29745

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I admit I don't really have a clue. However, looking at the logfile reminds me of problems that I had a few weeks ago and that have been discussed thoroughly. I don't know the EOS 1000D but what I see is the 1s exposure works and the 30s does not. When doing the former, the driver searches for a camera option that fits the 1s and finds one. In contrast, when it searches for a camera option that fits the 30s it does not find one and wants to use bulb mode instead.

[2018-09-18T20:28:49.038 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Canon DSLR EOS 1000D 0 : "[DEBUG] Finding optimal exposure setting for 30 seconds in shutterspeed (count=53)... "
[2018-09-18T20:28:49.038 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Canon DSLR EOS 1000D 0 : "[DEBUG] Using internal bulb widget:bulb "
[2018-09-18T20:28:49.038 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Canon DSLR EOS 1000D 0 : "[DEBUG] Setting toggle widget bulb: 1 "
[2018-09-18T20:28:49.039 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Canon DSLR EOS 1000D 0 : "[DEBUG] Failed to set new configuration value (GP result: -1) "

The message "Failed to set new configuration value" indicates to me the option "bulb" has not successfully been activated.

Now, the problem with my camera was that bulb had its own dial position whereas with Jasem's cam "bulb" was just one value within "manual" mode. If the 1000D has a separate "bulb" mode like the 5D has, you could try this for a 30s exposure.

Should that be complete nonsense, please ignore it...
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Hi!

There is a Manual position and then I turn the wheel until Bulb is choosen. However, it seems that, as you said, after setting 1 sec i fails to set Bulb. I guess it is solved now with the new driver version, will test as soon as possible, probably tomorrow.

Magnus
5 years 6 months ago #29786

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