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AstroPi3 Scripts revised

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Replied by Michael on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

My Guider is a 120 but my imaging camera is a 1600 cooled mono. Didn't get to try guiding since the 1600 connected perfectly but didn't seem to respond.
I also prefer Ubuntu Mate but unfortunately, it is not available for RP4 jet.
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Replied by Hy Murveit on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

I'm not saying that you can't image on the 3b+, I did for the last 6 months and it was fine, but I have to say that, for me, the RPi 4 for imaging is so much faster, I couldn't go back to a 3b+.
Differences:
- image download speed (usb3) is much quicker (camera to sdcard)
- writing from sdcard to usbstick (usb3) is quicker, though, I just ordered a fast usb card,
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MU8TZRV/ref...01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and will try to write from camera directly to that, skipping a step.
- general responsiveness to the linux windowing environment is much better
- I think on my Pi3b+, PHD2 would occasionally max-out the cpu, causing occasional freezing. Not too often, but noticeable
- I'll bet the networking (e.g. running VNC and doing the encoding to send the screen image across the network) is quicker too (just saying, no real measurements) making everything feel much more snappy
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My entire stack runs on the Raspberry Pi, and I just use a laptop for the VNC monitor/keyboard/mouse.
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Ok I messed around with the networking issue for awhile yesterday. I tried for a number of hours yesterday to get it working with /etc/network/interfaces, but it didn't want to work. Adding the static IP meant that it needed an ethernet connection on boot to work with DHCP. Hot plugging didn't work with the static link local IP address.

Today, I tried something different. I tried a network manager solution. Since I was installing network manager anyway and since it is much more configurable, I was able to do a lot more with it. I added two profiles to network manager, one for DHCP Ethernet and one for Link Local Ethernet using the static IP. I gave the DHCP more priority so it tries to connect first to DHCP any time a cable is plugged in, and when that fails a couple of times with a limit of 5 seconds per time, it will switch instead to the other profile and offer a static Link Local address for the observing field. This solution is better because it now shows the network traffic and IP address properly no matter which profile you are connected with. It is totally automatic and switches back and forth depending on how you are connected. And since it is all done with network manager, the user can see and manage it in the GUI if desired. Plus it seems more reliable so far as well!

Please test this! You can just re-run whichever setup script you used and it will change to the new settings. I tested this on both Raspbian and Ubuntu-MATE so far and it works well for each.
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Replied by AstroNerd on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

It works for me, but as before when it had a static IP being set it knocks off the internet on any WiFi connection, I realise that this won’t matter in the field, but I sometimes use a cable at home for a good connection and keep the WiFi connected to my home WiFi for either internet or astrometry solving..
Not sure why this happens, but as soon as I disable the static IP on eth0 the internet on WiFi then returns...

I got the 4K working but through a completely different method as none of the options you suggested worked..there is a setting in raspi-config on the rpi4 for using 4K 60hz mode, and for some reason when enabled it’s allowed the 4K resolution to come back into the menu... :)
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Replied by AstroNerd on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

Here is a picture of your conkyrc file after I used the script, as you can see I have changed the xftfont123 size to 12, and it makes no difference at all, in fact no matter what size I put here it makes no difference to the conky screen, nor do any other settings I change...and on my 4k monitor this is much too small...
Any ideas...
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Yes as I mentioned before if you look down below that in the settings there are a few places where it says “font Ariel bold size=10” and stuff like that. That would need to be changed too
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Replied by AstroNerd on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

Yep, have tried all that, it makes no difference to what you see on the screen...not sure if,it’s something to do with having a 4k monitor, but nothing alters anything you see.. :)
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There this topic is about networking i hoop i can add this question this topic. I use rasp Pi 3b i discoverd something strang i think it due to my network setting

The wifi of the RP is configured as Wifi AP
And via USB i have USB Wifi dongel connecting to my local network.

When capturing when network connection of my client PC is via the AP downloading canon raw file takes about 13 secs reasonable, but via the dongel it takes ages so minutes.

What did i missed in the configuration in the Both IP stacks


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Replied by AstroNerd on topic AstroPi3 Scripts revised

Just tried again with all the settings on font size 25 and still looks exactly the same, even tried changing the colours and background, and nothing makes any difference to what shows on the desktop... very odd, it’s as if it’s not reading the file at all..
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Hoi other question where can i get the web manager app

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Just added support for Debian since the Rock64 running Ubuntu really really does not like to play nicely with VNC or XRDP, it always shows a black screen. Several of us worked for quite some time trying to get it to work nicely last year. I tried again with my setup script as I mentioned earlier in this thread. But alas, even with a different version of ubuntu, it has a black screen when viewed remotely. I decided to apply what I have learned with making the Raspbian script to making a Debian script. It takes longer to build everything, but I think I have it working pretty well.

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I have been developing the web manager app this summer. If you have an ubuntu system, it is in the INDI PPA. If you don't, then you will need to build it from source: github.com/rlancaste/INDIWebManagerApp

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