I have been working to set up EKOS, KStars & Indi on the following setup:

Raspberry Pi 3 Running Ubuntu Mint
indilib 1.5.0
KStars/Ekos 2.7.5
Canon 650D
iOptron CEM25P

Pertinent info:
The Canon is set to M, with the exposure time set to Bulb.


I have the mount hooked up using a USB->Serial converter plugged into one USB port and the Canon's USB connection plugged into another. I have been troubleshooting the following issue, but am now at an impasse. The camera will take a random number of long(60 second darks) exposures(5/30 & 24/60) and then will stop taking long exposures and take ~ 1 sec exposures while the timer in Ekos is still counting down. Pausing the the sequence does not clear the issue, nor does cancelling it. When the error happens, it seems to be preceded by a message similar to this: Exposure failed, restarting exposure. Check the Indi Options window for more details. I'd love to straighten these errors out while I have a spate of cloudy nights

Thanks,

Eric

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