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QHY broken with new release (indi-1.7.4), kstars/ekos (2.9.7)

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I tried on another RPi3 and the same as the first RPi3. When I try on the Odroid I see that INDI sends the commands to the filter wheel and I see the indicator led on the filter wheel light up but the wheel doesn't turn :(
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I tried again on my MacBook and there is a difference there compared to the Odroid. When I try to change filters on the Odroid I see the red led light up and that indicates the first slot. However, when I do this on Mac I see the colour light up for the correct slot, e.g. blue for 2, green for 3 etc.

Anyway, I grabbed logs on both Mac and Odroid doing the same thing: start INDI and then changing the filter from 1 (Red) to 2 (Blue). It worked on Mac and not on Odroid. The logs look similar to me and don't provide info on the difference between the two but maybe I am overlooking something. Please let me know if I can do more tests.
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I have a QHY5, plugged in to my Odroid C1, all is fully up-to-date (full reinstall of system 2 days ago...) and I must say that the QHY5 isn't behaving correctly.
It does tend to lock up and I get the following message:
2018-10-13T19:09:11: [ERROR] GetQHYCCDSingleFrame error (-1)

To unlock, I need to park the mount (just to be sure I can restart from the same location), stop indi drivers and start again.
Only then I can use the QHY5 again, until the next random lockup...
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Gonzothegreat. I've had an issue with the Orion SSAG using the QHY driver that causes the camera to lockup if the image capture is aborted. Likewise I have to restart the indi drivers to fix it.
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5 years 6 months ago #30396

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I can confirm that on armhf systems, QHY library has linking issues. Still investigating...
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Gonzo, I've had issues with my QHY5 for a looong time. It did work perfectly years ago with an old driver called qhy-old until it has been removed. My QHY5 didn't behave reasonably ever since. Lock-ups, no video, all sorts of weird issues. Finally, I bought a cam from a different manufacturer and had no issues anymore. Now I read you have lock-ups like I had many moons ago. This IMO is just ridiculous. They don't get their act together as far as software is concerned and I can't see how something like this is going to survive in the market longer term.
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May i ask which camera you chose to replace it?
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I bought an ASI camera and my impression was such that I bought another one a few weeks later. It's a 294 Pro for deep sky and a 294 for guiding. The 294 definitely is overkill for guiding but on the other side you'll never ever again struggle to find a guide star. Never! With Indi/Ekos I have never experienced ANY issues with any of these cameras. My QHY5 has disappeared in the bottom drawer. You can have it for 20 Euros, seriously.
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I agree that in the past, I had no issues with the QHY5 but now it's a different story. Thinking about selling it really, will replace it with a Zwo camera. Maybe for Christmas.
Do not want to be let down in my automation due to the QHY5.
5 years 5 months ago #30467

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Appears QHY reintroduced a bug that was fixed in an earlier SDK, so I contacted them for a fix. Stay tuned.
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There is a new QHYSDK release now that should fix this issue. It's in GIT now and should land in nightly later.
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