Kstars-devel Digest, Vol 244, Issue 3
bennett david
davidjbennett at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Jun 10 14:38:26 BST 2024
I have experienced the same problem on many occasions with ASI2600MM camera failing after 3 attempts. Whilst there was an Indi issue a couple of years ago that was fixed, I have attributed the problem to either the camera power supply or USB3 connection. The briefest interruption in the power supply will cause my camera to lock up and re-starting Indi doesn't help. I find a re-boot of the raspberry pi is needed. I have improved power supply and lockable connectors so this issue is rarely seen now.
It's not a fault but a suggested improvement would be to improve the driver and be able to log hardware faults. Failed after 3 attempts is not a lot of information to go on!
Regards
David
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> 1. Re: ASI SDK Issue (Hy Murveit)
> 2. Re: ASI SDK Issue (Akarsh Simha)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 20:40:36 -0700
> From: Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com>
> To: Jarno Paananen <jarno.paananen at gmail.com>
> Cc: hy at murveit.com, KStars Development Mailing List
> <kstars-devel at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: ASI SDK Issue
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> TL;DR I tried again and it failed again (though after a little while--it
> got 25+ exposures OK before failing).
> Then I tried with the ZWO program asi_camera_test and it also failed there.
> When I switched back to the previous ZWO software I had no issues, all
> worked.
> I believe there's an issue with the new ZWO software and ASI1600 cameras.
> Can you ask ZWO?
>
> Details:
>
> I don't know what ASIStudio is, but there is a program
> called asi_camera_test in the indi-3rdparty/indi-asi directory.
>
> Repeating tonight.
> Instead of bothering with my LED panel, I tried shooting "Sky Flats" in the
> eastern sky around sunset.
> It successfully shot all 25 flats with my L filter, but when it started
> shooting the R flats it failed, just like yesterday.
> (The L exposures were .2, .02, .002, .0025, .00431, and then it passed the
> ADU test and took 24 more at .00431).
> Then it started with L at .2 seconds, and failed three times and quit.
> Indi panel on my asi1600 driver says:
> 2024-06-09T02:55:01: [ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts.
> 2024-06-09T02:54:55: [ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts.
> 2024-06-09T02:54:50: [ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts.
>
> At this point I stopped KStars and went to the program asi_camera_test that
> was built in the indi-3rdparty/indi-asi directory.
> The output is below (seems to have FAILED running a 0.1s exposure).
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> > ./asi_camera_test
> attached cameras:
> 0 ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
> serial number for 0: 1614120405080900
> 1 ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
> serial number for 1: 091383041f070900
>
>
> select one to preview
> 0
> ZWO ASI1600MM Pro information
> resolution:4656X3520
> Mono camera
> Gain
> Exposure
> Offset
> BandWidth
> Flip
> AutoExpMaxGain
> AutoExpMaxExpMS
> AutoExpTargetBrightness
> HardwareBin
> HighSpeedMode
> PatternAdjust
> Temperature
> CoolPowerPerc
> TargetTemp
> CoolerOn
> sensor temperature:0.000000
>
>
> Image Formats:
>
>
> Format #0 : RAW 8-bit
> Format #1 : RGB 24-bit
>
>
> Please input the <width height bin format> with one space, ie. 640 480 2 0.
> Leave w/h to zero to use maximum.
> 0 0 1 1
>
>
> set image format 4656 3520 1 1 success, Will capture now a 100ms image.
> Failed to capture an image: 3
> ASI Camera Test completed successfully
> ______________________________________________________________
>
>
> When I look at the source code for the "Failed to capture an image: 3", the
> 3 is the ASI_EXPOSURE_STATUS output of
> from /usr/include/libasi/ASICamera2.h which just says:
> ASI_EXP_FAILED,//:exposure failed, you need to start exposure again
>
> I guess I can conclude from that that it isn't KStars/Ekos. It may be my
> cameras, I suppose, but given that things work with the old SDK, I doubt it.
>
> BTW, after all that I tried again (repeating the same thing from the start).
> It didn't capture anything in the Flats section, failed right away.
> Ran asi_camera_test, failed same way again.
>
> Then I ran 'git checkout' on the submit before the ASI API update, and
> recompiled/reinstalled indi, and ran again.
> Everything worked perfectly well, all 175 flat exposures and the
> asi_camera_test program--no issues!
>
> Seems to me it's clearly the new ZWO software.
>
> Do you have a way to ask ZWO?
> Hy
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM Jarno Paananen <jarno.paananen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Hy,
> >
> > I haven't heard of issues with the new SDK and my ASI178MC and 120MM-S
> > work normally as far as I can tell. Have you tried if ASIStudio works for
> > you? It uses the same SDK so it would give some indication if the issue is
> > there, the INDI driver itself hasn't changed for some time. Unfortunately
> > there isn't much we can do about the SDK except use an older version and
> > possibly lose support for some of the newer cameras. ASI1600 is a bit of an
> > oddity in the ASI product line as it uses a Panasonic sensor instead of a
> > Sony one like most of the others do (120 and 220 also use non-Sony sensors,
> > though not Panasonic either) so it might be they broke something (again)...
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 8:39 AM Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Jarno, Jasem,
> >>
> >> I am concerned about the recent ASI SDK release.
> >> I just tried capturing flats with Ekos and got repeated failures with
> >> short exposures.
> >> I reverted indi-3rdparty to the commit just before this SDK release,
> >> recompiled and installed indi and had no issues. I went back to HEAD and
> >> had the same issue, and back to before the new ASI SDK and had issues again.
> >>
> >> I tested with my ASI1600 mm pro camera.
> >> I replicated with a second ASI1600 mm pro camera.
> >>
> >> Have you or any others had reports of issues like this?
> >>
> >> Hy
> >>
> >> PS This is the commit I'm talking about, so to run without it I ran this
> >> in indi-3rdparty
> >> > git checkout 68b8f5060f4a90bd460bb9333cea45c394040765
> >> and then compiled and installed all of indi as usual, then recompiled
> >> kstars.
> >>
> >>
> >> commit 3fef15c60b5f5a097af0ae93dd12a664580f635c
> >> Author: Jarno Paananen <jarno.paananen at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Sat Dec 2 07:09:56 2023 +0200
> >>
> >> ASI Camera SDK 1.32 release (#858)
> >>
> >>
> >> From the KStars log:
> >>
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:44.494 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] -
> >> Reset non guiding dithering position
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.214 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> Capture State changes from "Idle" to "In Progress"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.215 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> Preparing capture job
> >> "/home/pi/mydisk/Flats/Flat/Flat/Green/Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs_\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\dT\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d"
> >> for execution.
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.217 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Job requires 0.500-second Green images, has 0/25 frames captured and will
> >> be processed."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> >> batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> >> format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> Capture State changes from "In Progress" to "Capturing"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:52.514 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> >> CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:52.514 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:52.520 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Restarting capture attempt #1"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:52.526 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> >> batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> >> format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:52.526 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:58.044 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> >> CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:58.045 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:58.050 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Restarting capture attempt #2"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:58.056 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> >> batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> >> format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:16:58.056 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:17:03.509 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> >> CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> >> [2024-06-07T22:17:03.509 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> >> [2024-06-07T22:17:03.519 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> "CCD capture stopped"
> >> [2024-06-07T22:17:03.523 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> >> Capture State changes from "Capturing" to "Aborted"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > // Jarno
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> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 01:06:18 -0500
> From: Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com>
> To: hy at murveit.com
> Cc: Jarno Paananen <jarno.paananen at gmail.com>, KStars Development
> Mailing List <kstars-devel at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: ASI SDK Issue
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> I had issues with my ASI not capturing about a month ago, using PyINDI. I’m
> away traveling so I can’t tell you which version of INDI I was running. The
> capture command would never return and my timeout would trigger.
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 00:40 Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jarno, Jasem,
> >
> > I am concerned about the recent ASI SDK release.
> > I just tried capturing flats with Ekos and got repeated failures with
> > short exposures.
> > I reverted indi-3rdparty to the commit just before this SDK release,
> > recompiled and installed indi and had no issues. I went back to HEAD and
> > had the same issue, and back to before the new ASI SDK and had issues again.
> >
> > I tested with my ASI1600 mm pro camera.
> > I replicated with a second ASI1600 mm pro camera.
> >
> > Have you or any others had reports of issues like this?
> >
> > Hy
> >
> > PS This is the commit I'm talking about, so to run without it I ran this
> > in indi-3rdparty
> > > git checkout 68b8f5060f4a90bd460bb9333cea45c394040765
> > and then compiled and installed all of indi as usual, then recompiled
> > kstars.
> >
> >
> > commit 3fef15c60b5f5a097af0ae93dd12a664580f635c
> > Author: Jarno Paananen <jarno.paananen at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat Dec 2 07:09:56 2023 +0200
> >
> > ASI Camera SDK 1.32 release (#858)
> >
> >
> > From the KStars log:
> >
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:44.494 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] -
> > Reset non guiding dithering position
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.214 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > Capture State changes from "Idle" to "In Progress"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.215 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > Preparing capture job
> > "/home/pi/mydisk/Flats/Flat/Flat/Green/Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs_\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\dT\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d"
> > for execution.
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.217 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Job
> > requires 0.500-second Green images, has 0/25 frames captured and will be
> > processed."
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> > batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> > format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > Capture State changes from "In Progress" to "Capturing"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:46.367 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:52.514 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> > CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:52.514 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:52.520 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Restarting capture attempt #1"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:52.526 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> > batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> > format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:52.526 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:58.044 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> > CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:58.045 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:58.050 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Restarting capture attempt #2"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:58.056 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture exposure = 0.5 sec, type = Flat, filter = Green, upload mode = 0,
> > batch mode = true, seq prefix = Flat_Flat_Green_0.500_secs, gain = 75,
> > format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+4656, 0+4656)"
> > [2024-06-07T22:16:58.056 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capturing 0.500-second Green image..."
> > [2024-06-07T22:17:03.509 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO
> > CCD asi1600-imager : "[ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts. "
> > [2024-06-07T22:17:03.509 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > "Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details."
> > [2024-06-07T22:17:03.519 PDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "CCD
> > capture stopped"
> > [2024-06-07T22:17:03.523 PDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] -
> > Capture State changes from "Capturing" to "Aborted"
> >
> >
> >
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