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QHY issues

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Replied by Ron DeBry on topic QHY issues

I was hoping it would be as easy as following Kevin Ross' lead and replacing fxload in /sbin I can now see the QHY5iii462C in lsusb and it is successful with QHY's LiveFrameMode test program, but in KStars the QHY driver crashes immediately.

Running $indiserver indi_qhy_ccd fails due to missing libqhyccd.so.22 (as per Simon's post above)

Can I get libqhyccd.so.22 somewhere without building INDI-3rdParty from source?

[edit]: Going backwards. I installed nightly and rebooted - and now I'm back to "Cypress WestBridge" in lsusb. Copied the fxload from fx3load over to /sbin again but still not seeing the camera, jusy Cypress WestBridge
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Replied by MORELLI on topic QHY issues

The issue doesn't exist with V3.6.2 beta, only with V3.6.3. One tells me to install libusb-dev and compile fxload. Wih no success. I am unable to connect my QHY camera, 294C and 224C. So I can't image the comet ZTF !
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic QHY issues

This is in StellarMate? If yes, then it already comes with latest fxload and it doesn't need to be compiled.
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Replied by Ron DeBry on topic QHY issues

I install from ppa on a mini-pc with ubuntu 22.04. That used to also have the correct fxload, but it got lost in some update between early January and now.
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Replied by Sonny Cavazos on topic QHY issues

Likely it was the update to 22.04, that's how my fxload got replaced with the incorrect version. It's Ubuntu has the outdated fxload in the OS. Reinstall the PPA and it should put in the correct fxload.
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Replied by Ron DeBry on topic QHY issues

Thank you for the suggestions, Sonny. I never did figure out how to completely reload the distribution from the ppa, though I did manage to reinstall libqhy (but doing so did not place a new fxload in /sbin).
Instead, I finally realized that the executable that came in the fx3load package is built for the wrong architecture. Once I recompiled it and placed the new fxload in /sbin the camera works correctly again in Ekos.
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Replied by MORELLI on topic QHY issues

Hello,
I have a QHY294C and QHY224C. With the V3.6.3 and Ubuntu 22.4 OS, there is no connection. The cameras are in the list of lsusb. I reinstall Kstars and indi-full, with no success. On my laptop I have V3.6.2 beta and no issue.
With Stellarmate V1.7.5, until I do an Ekos Debug, the cameras were not connected. Now they connect !
I have also my RPI4 with an Ubuntu 22.04 ARM64 and Kstars, with the same issue with QHY.
No issue with ASi or Player One.
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Replied by JuergenN on topic QHY issues

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 with a Mele 3Q, Kstars / Indi is installed per Jasems ppa. At the moment I stay on 3.6.2, because I'm using QHY cameras, and 3.6.2 is working...
Due to this discussion I searched for fxload/fx3load. I found (with locate) the fxload in /sbin. But there is NO fx3load. Is this correct?
I really hesitate to upgrade to 3.6.3...
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Replied by MORELLI on topic QHY issues

I just reinstall the ppa, next kstars and indi-full. On the RPI4 with Ubuntu 22.04, the cameras connect. On my desktop no way.
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Replied by Ron DeBry on topic QHY issues


Hi Juergen, fx3load does not come with a ubuntu 22.04 install, you must go get the updated version as described above by Kevin Ross:

If "lsusb" shows "Cypress" and not "QHYCCD" then that probably means the firmware wasn't loaded. Unfortunately, the fxload utility that's packaged is out of date. You must download and build one that supports newer USB3 cameras from

sourceforge.net/projects/fx3load/

After you build it, copy it to /sbin/fxload, and either unplug/replug the camera, or reboot

You end up with a newer version of the file named fxload
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Replied by JuergenN on topic QHY issues

Hi Ron,
thank you for clarifiing :-) So the fx3load will "produce" the new fxload... But for the moment I stay with 3.6.2, since we have CS after a very long bad weather period and I dont will risk my sessions ;-)

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Replied by Khalid on topic QHY issues

I am having the same issue with a QHY5ii-L Mono, which is a USB 2.0 device.

It was working perfectly with KStars (on a laptop, with Ubuntu 20.04, and everything from Jasem's PPA).

At some point the QHY stopped working. I cannot say when, because it has been over a year since I last setup.

The symptom is that the QHY INDI driver will crash when Ekos is started.

Investigating further, I found that lsusb only shows the major/minor numbers (1618:0920) with no description beside it.

I then created a file in udev/rules.d like so:
ACTION!="add", GOTO="qhy_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="usb", GOTO="qhy_end"
 
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1618", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0920", RUN+="/usr/sbin/fxload -t fx2 -I /lib/firmware/qhy/QHY5II.HEX -D $env{DEVNAME}"

The is a snippet from the larger file under /lib that contains entries for loading the firmware for all QHY devices.
But there is one significant change. The original had /sbin/fxload, but the utility is in /usr/sbin/fxload, so that is changed accordingly.

Restarted udev, and now the device is identified correctly as follows:
Bus 002 Device 027: ID 1618:0921 QHY-CCD   QHY5-II

So that is an improvement.

But the driver still crashes when INDI starts.

What info can I provide to help resolve this issue?
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