I'm currently running the kstar-Ekos-Indi package on a tinker.
Since two weeks, I'm trying to control my sony Alpha7s without success.
My config is : Ubuntu 16.04 xenial - Kstars 2.9.6 -
INDI Library: 1.7.3
Code $Rev$. Protocol 1.7.
gphoto2 2.5.17 gcc, popt(m), exif, no cdk, no aa, no jpeg, no readline
libgphoto2 2.5.9 all camlibs, gcc, ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.12.0 gcc, ltdl, no USB, serial without locking
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issue: indiserver starts normally and detects the alpha7s but the capture does not work at all returing the following messages:
018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T13:14:12: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Error starting exposure
2018-06-09T12:59:15: [ERROR] Failed to set widget shutterspeed configuration (Bad parameters)
2018-06-09T12:59:14: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure.
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [INFO] Device configuration applied.
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [INFO] Upload settings set to client only.
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [INFO] Loading device configuration...
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [INFO] Detected Sony Corporation Model ILCE-7S.
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [INFO] Sony DSLR Alpha-A7S (Control) is online.
2018-06-09T12:58:59: [WARNING] Shutter speed widget does not have any valid data (count=0). Using fallback speeds...
2018-06-09T12:58:57: [INFO] Debug is enabled.
Unfortunately, the only solution is for libgphoto2 folks to fix it. You can voice your opinion there to make the demand better. But they have very few resources and it's summer time so I understand. If I had a Sony camera, I could try to figure out a solution, but I only have my old trusty Canon 600D.
Same problem here i tested today..The paradox is when the first time i connected the camera everything works right!!! After disconnection by me and reconnected ''Shutter speed widget does not have any valid data (count=0). Using fallback speeds...''