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Meade DSI load firmware

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Meade DSI load firmware was created by Daniel Franzén

Hello.
When I saw that beta support for Meade DSI was released in the newest version of indi I was eager to try it out.
I could not connect to the camera though.

However, the instructions says this about the DSI:
What does this mean and how do you load the firmware?

Thanks
/Daniel
9 years 2 months ago #3209

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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Meade DSI load firmware

If you're using INDI from PPA, you don't have to do anything, the firmware should be loaded once you plug the DSI in. If you're compiling, you need fxload package installed.
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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

When a DSI is plugged in but doesn't have the firmware loaded, you will see a device with VID/PID 156c:0100 in lsusb. If the firmware is loaded, you'll see 156c:0101. What model DSI are you using? The driver currently only supports DSI Pro I/II (and I've only tested a DSI Pro I since that's what I have). If you have a DSI color I would be happy to try and add support if you would be willing to test it.

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Ben
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Replied by Daniel Franzén on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hi Ben. Yes I indeed have a DSI color and not the Pro version. I wanted to see if it would work anyway.
I'll be more than happy to test it if you want to try and add support for it.

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Daniel
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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Thanks Daniel. Can you check the output of lsusb to see if the DSI Color has enumerated correctly with the firmware loaded? I believe that all DSI's use the same firmware but would like to verify.
-Ben
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Replied by Daniel Franzén on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hello again.
This is the output from lsusb
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 156c:0101

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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Great, it looks like the firmware has been loaded fine and is working well enough to enumerate correctly. I think the changes required to support a DSI Color should be relatively simple. I'll let you know when I have something to try.

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Ben
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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hi Daniel,
Could you give the attached patch a try? To apply it, cd to 3rdparty/indi-dsi and then do "patch -p0 < /path/to/indi-dsi_color.patch" and build as you normally would.

Thanks,
Ben
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Replied by Daniel Franzén on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hello.
Sorry for the late answer, I think we operate under different time zones :)

The patch went fine and I was able to build the driver.
However when starting indiserver it constantly restarts, which I don't think it should do.
This is the output when starting indiserver.
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: read <getProperties device='Telescope Simulator' name='EQUATORIAL_EOD_COORD'>
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: snooping on Telescope Simulator.EQUATORIAL_EOD_COORD
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: read <getProperties device='CCD Simulator' name='FILTER_SLOT'>
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_SLOT
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: read <getProperties device='CCD Simulator' name='FILTER_NAME'>
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_NAME
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: stdin EOF
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: restart #78
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: pid=29289 rfd=0 wfd=9 efd=10
2015-02-20T18:16:12: Driver ../local/bin/indi_dsi_ccd: sending <getProperties version='1.7'/>
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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hi Daniel,
Yes, that's definitely not supposed to happen! Jasem pointed out my obvious problem. I have attached another version of the patch that should fix this issue and hopefully get some debug output. Please give it a try when you have time.
Thanks,
Ben
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Replied by Daniel Franzén on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hello.
Now the driver started ok. However, when connecting the following message is displayed. I forgot to mention that I have the DSI version 2, so maybe that's why.
Found a DSI with an unknown CCD: ICX429AKL
Trying to take an image works, but the downloaded image is full of errors, see attached file.



I'm running indiserver on my raspberry pi, hopefully that won't be a problem.

/Daniel
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Replied by Ben Gilsrud on topic Meade DSI load firmware

Hi Daniel,
Well, that's progress! It makes sense what you are seeing given you have a DSI Color II which has a different sensor than the DSI Color I. I'll tweak the patch later today but I'm hopeful that we're close.

It should be just fine to run on the raspberry pi.

Thanks,
Ben
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