I'm trying to find a good guide for writing a PyIndi script to control a Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR camera in x86_64 LInux. I've installed kstars/Ekos, PyIndi, IndiLib, gphoto2. I've tested that I can connect to the camera itself.

I don't currently have an SD card (it's not my setup), but i can get one if necessary. I'm saving the photos locally.

So far I've had little luck interacting with the camera beyond changing the example CCD_Simulator script from this site "Canon DSLREOS 5D Mark III" and successfully connecting.

Does anyone know where I can find a good tutorial for doing this?

I'm just trying to do things like take a picture of stars with multiple exposure lengths. I just can't even get the thing to take a picture.

It seems like most people are using Ekos directly, but that will not be sufficient for what I'm trying to do I don't believe. Any guidance would be very helpful.

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