suvowner wrote: Have you tried the new 1.5.0 release.

Yes.. it crashed on installation so I am now nowhere new:







I think I will give up on Stellarmate.

I found out today that the manufacturer will not assist with an updated SDK to make my Altair Hypercam 183C ProTEC function correctly with this platform.

A shame, as when I decided to go for Stellarmate and researched on the INDI forum compatibility with my camera the link said: INDI Altair cameras Driver currently supports all of Altair Astro mono and color cameras.

Er... that's not the case, and in its current format it is useless. Jasem added today an exclusion but I am afraid it runs deeper than just that:

"On embedded platforms (Raspberry Pi, Odroid..etc), the camera exposure can fail with Exposure Timeout messages due to limitations in the camera SDK as it does not properly handle USB bandwidth on embedded devices. As of 2020-02-18, the SDK is still not updated to fix the USB resolution issues. One way to resolve this issue is by reducing the resolution."

Certain 'other' issues I could not resolve: It kept dropping the camera temperature settings when set, would not save configurations etc... I am sure there are more issues. I just have not got to a point to test further.

So... I would say it does not currently support all of Altair Astro mono and color cameras. Misleading header in my opinion on the INDI page: indilib.org/devices/cameras/altair-cameras.html

Anybody want to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 with this software please message me.

Jaq

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