Is anybody successfully using this CMOS camera in an INDI/Ekos setup?
Does features like live view, cooling temperature, gain / offset control works? Any further advice?
I would like to buy one, just checking the compatibility beforehand.
Thanks

I don't have that particular camera, but I do use an ASI1600MC and an ASI290MC without any problems. The driver is the same.

I would be inclined to agree...but for another brand had a different result: one camera worked seamlessly and the other was not supported at first and as of today not fully working (eg live view and temp control).

Hi,

I started using the asi071mc, can confirm it is working, I can control all parameters. I am not sure about the live viewing - need to double-check on next occassion.

However the raspberry usb 2 connection struggles, causing amp-glow.

Contacting Zwo, Sam offered a fix by end October, adding a ddr buffer, - which I think is remarkable in terms of customer support.


See also

zwoug.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7349&hilit=Asi071+amp

Hi Helge,

I'm not using the raspeberry pi (yet) so the usb3 connection with my pc should not cause any issue. DDR buffer would be a nice feature though.

If not using live view, how do you manage focusing? Through single exposures?
Can you control all temperature settings? I mean, turn TEC on/off, set power, set target temp etc?

Sorry to bother you with these questions but I bought the other CMOS camera without checking the compatibility and I ended up using it on a windows 10 virtual machine ...
Thanks,
Ferrante

Dear Ferrante,

When runnig the focuser (moonlite diy focusser) I guess it is a sort of live mode - so I must have been using a live view, without thinking about it.

I applied temperature setting, and the camera was cooling down to the target temperature.

Please feel welcome to send me a list of controls you would like me to check.

Actually some of them I should be able to work-thru indoor.

Best, Helge

thanks Helge. It seems that the camera works well for you, so I'm quite confident now that it will be ok also on my setup.
But if you can try the 'live view' tab in the capture module on your next photo session would be great.

Did you follow any tutorial / guide for the DIY focuser?
Ferrante

...will do!

This is the tutorial i was following:

hansastro.github.io/Focuser/

This is plugged into the usb port. For me it is working quite well.

Dear Ferrante,

I checked once again the live view, in principle it works, I can get it started in the CCD tab. However, when I stop / switch off and want to start up again the live view, the screen opens, but the frame rate (FPS) remains at zero (i.e. practically I do not get the video stream). So that actually might be a kind of bug - or I failed to apply the right settings.

I attached a log file, but looks to me like it is not showing much. Maybe Jasem can help?

Best, Helge

Helge again thank you for your time and the useful insight on the camera.
The live view seems to be a minor issue. Beside fixing the bug, I guess that stopping / starting INDI would solve it.

All in all I finally decided to trade my camera for the ASI071 . I'll let you know.
Best ,
Ferrante

Dear Jasem,

I wonder if you could have a look at the potential bug concerning the live view in the ccd module: I can start and receive a proper video stream, when canceling and restarting the live view, no frames are received.

In my post below I attached a log file.

Thanks in advance!

Helge

Hi HelgeMK,
I also own an ASI071MC (not-PRO) camera and am just running Kstars/Ekos with INDI where the Stellarmate is acting as the INDI server. I update the Stellarmate to the latest set of SW (using the sw updater) in order to make sure that the INDI drivers were the latest. I can see the camera shows up nicely in KStars with the ability to control the cooling temperature. However, the ASI071 has an anti-dew heater and I am not seeing a control for this on any of the tabs. I would have expected it to be on the "main control" tab along with the cooling control?