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QHY163M driver

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Hello,

I have a QHY163m that I can't get to work with INDI. I saw drivers on the QHY website but it's a .deb archive and I'm running Arch. No source code. I tried installing what I could from the .deb archive, but all I got to work is an ugly proprietary GUI that can't connect to my camera, no INDI compatibility (QHY asks me to connect a device). The INDI QHY driver can't connect to the camera and then crashes (log attached).

lsusb gives an empty line:
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 1618:c163

And no correspondence with this ID in 85-qhy.rules (but correct vendor ID).

I also have a FW attached (QHYCFW2-M), but I'm focusing on the camera first. Then I'll worry about the FW. Any ideas on how I could make it work? Can I simply hook it up to an existing QHY driver by editing udev rules? Or is the solution actually in that package I can't install?

Thanks!
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Replied by Adrien Barrajon on topic QHY163M driver

So... no one managed to get that camera to work with INDI on another distro that Ubuntu?
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Replied by Andrew Couture on topic QHY163M driver

Hello, feel your pain.
I see that the device is found and listed using lsusb, but it doesn't show any descriptors. If the firmware loaded successfully it would a readable name. What does the device list when you try 'demsg -wH' ? Do you get errors and what are they? Additionally, this is a USB3 device, have a look at this link to help get you started.
qhyccd.com/bbs/index.php?topic=5958.01618
Have you tried pushing the firmware to this camera? If you look (cat) the file located at /lib/udev/rules.d/85-qhy.rules it should show you an example for using fxload3.
Hope this is enough to get you started
Equipment

Sky Watcher Esprit 100ED APO
QHY5L-II Mini Guider
Pegasus PPB, DMFC
Xagyl Filter, LRGB+Ha
CGEM DX
RP4.4

William Optics RedCat 51
Star Adventurer
RP4.1
Software
KStars phd2 , Ubuntu, StarTools, Mac OS
AstroDSLR AstroGuider AstroTelescope, AstroImager, Astrometry
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Replied by Adrien Barrajon on topic QHY163M driver

Oh well, I'll give it a try. I don't dare editing the rules files though, I'm afraid of damaging the camera.

Does it at least work well on Ubuntu? Maybe I could make a USB stick install for this...
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Replied by Andrew Couture on topic QHY163M driver

I should have asked, what are you running KStars on? e.g. laptop with RPi? just laptop/desktop? Are you running the current version with applied updates? Are you running Ubuntu/windows/Mac or using VMs? Is the camera plugged into a USB HUB or direct to computer? Can you see what power it is drawing down? Are the cables good? (try a different set).
You do not need to edit the rules to push the firmware to the camera just CL
Here is another link for .dep based package;
github.com/qhyccd-lzr/QHYCCD_Linux_New
It says under Update 2 "changed rules to get QHY163 and FX3 cams working"
Looks easy to install, just run the install script - can't hurt to try
Equipment

Sky Watcher Esprit 100ED APO
QHY5L-II Mini Guider
Pegasus PPB, DMFC
Xagyl Filter, LRGB+Ha
CGEM DX
RP4.4

William Optics RedCat 51
Star Adventurer
RP4.1
Software
KStars phd2 , Ubuntu, StarTools, Mac OS
AstroDSLR AstroGuider AstroTelescope, AstroImager, Astrometry
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Replied by Adrien Barrajon on topic QHY163M driver

I'm running Kstars/Ekos on a laptop (Dell XPS 13" 9360) with Arch Linux. I'm using the latest version, with all applied updates. The camera is brand new, and would probably be plugged directly in USB-3, the other equipments (mount & autoguider) plugged into a USB hub.

I don't know if power is being drawn. How can I check?

I assume the cables are good because the camera is brand new. I can't really try with other cables because the USB-3 is a weird socket on the camera side. Something I had never seen before. But I know for sure the power works (fan spins when camera is powered, and the FW does one full rotation), and I'm pretty sure the USB connection works too because I see the camera appearing with lsusb (although no vendor/product).

I'll give a try to that package, thanks for the link.
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Well it works! I've used the GitHub link you've provided and it's all good now. I still have a problem with the FW which thinks it has 9 slots instead of 5, and I'm not sure why I can't get bin 4x4, but that's for another thread. Thanks for your help.
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