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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

INDI Driver for SVBONY cameras

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Blaise,

I had a "brain in the off position" error. My original testing was on an X86_64 Ubuntu laptop. It originally compiled there, and I had been testing with my guide scope on a tripod. The Skywatcher 250P is driven by a Pi4, now running the (beta) Raspbian verson for that machne as follows:

jon@piscope:~ $ uname -a
Linux piscope 5.4.51-v8+ #1326 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 17 10:58:13 BST 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux
jon@piscope:~ $ lscpu
Architecture: aarch64
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: ARM
Model: 3
Model name: Cortex-A72
Stepping: r0p3
CPU max MHz: 1500.0000
CPU min MHz: 600.0000
BogoMIPS: 108.00
Flags: fp asimd evtstrm crc32 cpuid
jon@piscope:~ $

It would be nice to run it there, but not mandatory. I have started testing on the Laptop version, and it compiles without issue (again).
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3 years 8 months ago #57214
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Oh...by the way...from your previous iteration of the indi_sv305_ccd driver:



I have @#$@#! TREES in the way for NeoWise!!! I may have to drive up on a mountain top to get a shot of it.
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3 years 8 months ago #57215
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Great job! Any update on the driver? is it ready to be submitted to INDI 3rdparty repository? armhf + arm64 are now supported as well?
3 years 7 months ago #57649
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Works pretty well on X86_64. I haven't had a good compile on arm64 or armhf yet. It is possible there has been some uploads I haven't been aware of yet.
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Hello,

Sorry being so silent these last days. Back from vacations, and my wife is at the hospital (nothing really serious, but annoying...), and I have to manage the children all the day by myself ;-)
A Very time consuming job !

@Jon

Your Jupiter is really great ! I wish I shot this kind of pictures ! What's your setup ?
Thanks for the "uname". I just pushed a fix. I hope it will work.

@knro

The new version of the driver is almost finished. Comparing to the previous one :

- 2 regressions :
* a bit less stable : some issues with the new SVBONY APIs ? No answers from SVBONY at this time.
* exposure abort disabled : I didn't find a way to implement it with the new APIs. No more answers from SVBONY.

- improvements :
* no more hard coded stuff
* all camera settings are available
* better live view
* support for arm v6, v7 and v8 (virtually. Only tested on amd64 and x86 yet. All my PI boards are actually engaged in my "power grid" monitoring system ;-) )

But as you can see, the driver may be used as is.

Just let me test it on raspberry, and I will send a pull request.

Best regards !

Blaise

PS : I will look at the CircleCI issues as soon as possible.
3 years 7 months ago #57699
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Blaise,

Thank you. My setup is a stock SkyWatcher 250P Goto Dobsonian. I have a home-built waveshare HAT focuser and use the indi_skywatcherAltAzMount driver for the GOTO. Nothing special...lots of short exposure subs, stacking with Siril and finish in GIMP.

I will test with Pi3 and Pi4 this week.

I hope your wife recovers rapidly and wish you good luck and patience with your new-found avocation as a daycare venue.

*JC*
3 years 7 months ago #57706
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Blaise,

Thank you for the update. Hope for speed recovery for your wife. You can submit a PR once you get it running on armhf architecture and then we'll have a wider pool of users to continue the testing.
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Cannot compile for aarch64 (Pi4):
Linux target
CMake Error at libsv305/CMakeLists.txt:40 (message):
Your architecture isn't suppored

Cannot compile for armfh (Pi3):
Apparently limited in CMakeLists.txt:
# Limit SVBONY to x86 architecture now
if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "x86_64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "i[3-6]86")
option(WITH_SV305 "Install SVBONY SV305 Camera Driver" On)
else()
option(WITH_SV305 "Install SVBONY SV305 Camera Driver" Off)
endif()

It is quite possible I am not getting the GIT from the proper place: github.com/thx8411/indi-3rdparty
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3 years 7 months ago #57735
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I did this inside the indi-3rdparty directory:

git checkout thx8411_sv305_2
3 years 7 months ago #57876
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So using Ubuntu Mate x64 on the raspberry pi 4 i was able to install everything and run indiserver, however the camera is not detected. Oddly, on Ubuntu on my laptop, the camera comes up as:
Bus 005 Device 005: ID f266:9a0a CKCamera CKCamera

But on the raspberry pi:
Bus 001 Device 007: ID f266:9a0a

Same ID, no name ! No sure where to go on that one....
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@wmarchewka: git checkout thx8411_sv305_2

Ah...apparently, I am not getting the right build candidate. I'll try again this weekend.
3 years 7 months ago #57879
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That's not a big issue. There is a file that translates the USB VID/PID to a description. That file needs to be updated.
wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/USB
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