Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use a Starshoot Autoguider Pro as a guide camera, but haven't had any luck connecting to it through Ekos. Has anyone else had success with a particular driver or any file mods to make it work?

I've tried the following drivers:
- indi_ssag_ccd
- indi_qhy_ccd
- indi_starshootg_ccd
- indi_sx_ccd (really stretching here)

I'm running the drivers remotely on a RPi 4, connecting via KStars/Ekos on a Windows computer (both with Pi as a hotspot and over a router). I've tried using the Pi4's USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports with no discernable difference. I've previously connected other cameras and a mount to the Pi and successfully controlled them, but for this test, I only have the SSAG Pro connected.

In each case, I get the following prompts, respectively:
- "Failed to connect loader." "Failed to connect device." (two separate prompts)
- "No QHY cameras detected. Power on?
- "No Toupcam detected. Power on?"
- "Unable to establish remote device" (not a pop-up like the others, but in the Ekos status window)

If needed, I can post logs, but if anyone has made it work, I'd like to give their config a try.

Thanks!

Hi and welcome to INDI forums! I emailed Orion about this, let's see if they can suggest something.

Thanks for the welcome Jasem!

Has Orion replied yet? I'll be trying a it more experimentation on the setup this weekend and figured I'd ask beforehand.

Thanks!

Well, they said they would get back to me... maybe I'll follow up with them.

Not sure if Orion got back to you - I know they've been understandably overwhelmed.

I found a solution which appears to work. It's based on a couple of threads including these:
indilib.org/forum/ccds-dslrs/5292-qhy5-n...s/40296.html?start=0
www.indilib.org/forum/ccds-dslrs/1621-or...guider.html?start=12

Long story short, I added the following line in 85-qhyccd.rules file in section 2, the pre-enumerated device IDs:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="29a2", RUN+="/sbin/fxload -t fx2 -I /lib/firmware/qhy/QHY5II.HEX -D $env{DEVNAME}"

Again, it seems to work: the camera connects, takes images, and doesn't seem to throw any errors/warnings that aren't expected based on my test setup.

Hopefully this helps someone else - and maybe it's worth adding into the next release to add the capability for the SSAG Pro.

Thanks!