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Pentax driver broken, kStars 3.4.0

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I’ll do some testing Jasem, I really want this to work, so does other Pentax users - Stellarmate/kStars is a fantastic tool, but the bugs makes it frustrating when you have clear skies.
4 years 1 month ago #49996

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Just did some testing, if I connect the camera directly to my Ubuntu PC running kStars 3.4.0 it works just fine in MSC mode (as usual)

Trying the same controlling my RPi4/SM via kStars from my Win10 PC or directly via VNC:
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.187 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Received new device Pentax DSLR K70
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.187 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - INDIListener: New device Pentax DSLR K70
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.203 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - Ekos received a new device: Pentax DSLR K70
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.203 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "Remote devices established."
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.203 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < CONNECTION >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.218 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < DRIVER_INFO >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.218 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < POLLING_PERIOD >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.218 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < DEBUG >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.218 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < SIMULATION >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.218 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < CONFIG_PROCESS >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.234 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < ACTIVE_DEVICES >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.234 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < DEVICE_PORT >
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[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Pentax DSLR K70 : "[ERROR] Camera_get_config failed (-7): I/O problem "
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Pentax DSLR K70 : "[ERROR] Can not open camera: Power OK? If camera is auto-mounted as external disk storage, please unmount it and disable auto-mount. "
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - Pentax DSLR K70 is disconnected.
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "Pentax DSLR K70 is disconnected."
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Pentax DSLR K70 : "[INFO] Debug is enabled. "
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.937 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < DEBUG_LEVEL >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.952 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < LOGGING_LEVEL >
[2020-02-23T20:27:43.952 Rom, normaltid DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Pentax DSLR K70 >: < LOG_OUTPUT >

I also tried to unmount the camera and then started kStars on the RPi, same message.
Last edit: 4 years 1 month ago by Keld Henningsen.
4 years 1 month ago #50006

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I installed gphoto2 on the RPi, the camera is detected, executing the auto-detect command tells me that the K-70 is detected. Executing the --list-config command gives an I/O error message "Access denied". I have used the gphoto2 command line without any problems before.
The attached file is the result of running the --list-config command.
Running the DSLR test from the Control Panel fails, it says "connection lost", "DSLR test failed".

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Last edit: 4 years 1 month ago by Keld Henningsen.
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So it is a GPhoto2 issue. If you're using StellarMate, try software updater since I updated libgphoto2 just yesterday. Not sure if this will a difference, but at least try on the latest release before we file a bug report with libgphoto2.
4 years 1 month ago #50020

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I just updated to 1.5.1, no changes.
I've filed a bug report on GitHub->gphoto/libgphoto2: github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/issues/478
4 years 1 month ago #50106

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Thank you for filing the report... I will keep watch on that thread and will rebuild once/if they fix it.
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Same problem for me using Stellarmate 1.5.1 and a Pentax K5.

Do you have any update on this issue or any suggestions for a workaround?
I really would appreciate getting my setup working again as some clear nights are coming.
4 years 2 weeks ago #50725

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Same problem here with my setup (Stellarmate 1.5.1 and Pentax K5)

Do you have any update on that issue or can you suggest a workaround to get stellarmate 1.5.1 working with a Pentax?
4 years 2 weeks ago #50726

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I'm looking into it and hopefully Karl's new driver would be ready in the repo soon.
4 years 1 week ago #50744

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My gphoto bug report has not been looked into after I provided some log files (at least I cannot see any activities), it could be due to Marcus being on vacation or the situation we are in right now (COVID-19).
4 years 1 week ago #50759

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Jasem has some changes which made it possible to connect to a Pentax camera, at least if you use the GPhoto CCD driver.
Just update SM via the Control Panel (using VNC to connect to a RPi), the nrun the package updater (I did that first), restart and voilá :-)
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That sounds promising!
Thanks a lot for the info and the fast updates. I will give it a try tomorrow with my setup.
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