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Atik driver generic questions

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What is the most important in the Atik driver, is it the indi-atik or the libatik?
Do they have to work in pair or can I for example use indi-atik 1.7.9 with libatik 1.8.2 ?

I have git cloned all the tags from 1.7.6 to 1.8.2 to see which one would work (work in progress)

I see for example a slight difference in the bin file libatikcameras.bin for branch 1.7.6

root@heidenrod-obs:/Astro/indi_old_branches# for x in `find . -name libatikcameras.bin` ; do ll -la $x | grep armhf; done | sort -u -k9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10662196 Dec 25 23:58 ./v1.7.6/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11989452 Dec 26 00:40 ./v1.7.7/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11989452 Dec 25 23:45 ./v1.7.8/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11989452 Dec 25 23:54 ./v1.7.9/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11989452 Dec 26 00:22 ./v1.8.0/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11989452 Dec 25 23:42 ./v1.8.1/indi/3rdparty/libatik/armhf/libatikcameras.bin
root@heidenrod-obs:/Astro/indi_old_branches#



As for atik_ccd.cpp I obviously see more changes.

root@heidenrod-obs:/Astro/indi_old_branches# for x in `find . -name atik_ccd.cpp` ; do ll -la $x; done | sort -u -k9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39454 Dec 25 23:58 ./v1.7.6/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39466 Dec 26 00:40 ./v1.7.7/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39466 Dec 25 23:45 ./v1.7.8/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39674 Dec 25 23:54 ./v1.7.9/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39737 Dec 26 00:22 ./v1.8.0/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39737 Dec 25 23:42 ./v1.8.1/indi/3rdparty/indi-atik/atik_ccd.cpp
root@heidenrod-obs:/Astro/indi_old_branches#
Last edit: 4 years 3 months ago by Gonzothegreat.
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The bin files are provided by Atik. They handle the communication directly with the camera and expose the Atik API. The CPP files go from INDI to Atik using the bin files for the low level communication. They are equally important. The Atik site will have more information, including downloads and the SDK.

The little information you have provided shows that the software is working and there is good communication with the camera. You can see this because the camera connects to INDI and Indi gets information about the camera - it's name, the image resolution and the pixel size, all of which are read from the camera. You also get an image so the camera software is capable of running the image download code. Where it fails is that your image has no data in it. Getting data relies on the camera processor sending the correct signals to the CCD and successfully reading the ADC which digitises the date from the CCD. It looks as if something in that process is failing. This is not software, nor firmware. It is almost certainly a hardware problem with the connections to the CCD. It could also be a failed CCD or one of its support chips.

That white ribbon cable might be the problem, They can be tricky to get fixed correctly, with the lock bar holding it. Also bear in mind that the cable has two ends - the other will be to a circuit board in the CCD chamber.

Your best bet is to contact Atik. They have their own forum and support. You are more likely to get help from them. All we can do is offer sympathy.
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I tend to agree, that the issue is a hardware one, and not software related, if I remember correctly did you not have hardware issues with this camera a while ago...?
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I'm taking the camera back with me and will send it to Atik for repairs.
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To respond to your question, you must install first the library at a given level and then compile and install the same level driver.

Personally I use my Atik 314L+ every clear night, I have used all this version including the last 1.8.2 without any issue.
But this is on i386, so there is still a doubt about the armhf build. Can you try with your camera connected on a i386 or amd64 platform?
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I use the ATIK 414EX on a RPI4 (Debian Buster) with INDI 1.8.2 and before with INDI 1.8.1, and had also no issues. It works perfectly.
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