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ASCOM Driver for A7s - "Live Video" implementation

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Hi All,
I'm trying to get my A7s working remotely.
I've seen a couple different ways people have tried but the whole experience has been a big pain in the ass.
I've found an implementation which controls the camera through the Sony Remote control app, through emulating button presses.
This works nicely for basic control but there is no live view, so i'd like to implement that myself.

Currently the ICameraV2 is implemented but KStars live video is greyed out, clearly something is not implemented.
So my question is does the 'live video' function of KStars use ASCOMs IVideo interface? Or something else maybe?
Is there some documentation i've missed which will point me in the right direction?

Link to Sony ASCOM driver project:
github.com/Axlns/ASCOM.Sony.Camera
3 years 11 months ago #54335

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Ekos uses INDI GPhoto driver, not ASCOM. Very different architectures.
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Ahh i've missed something important in my original post, I'm using wINDI on Windows 10, does this make a difference?
The wINDI site says its just a wrapper, so it shouldnt affect things too much?
I'm pretty new to this whole remote observatory control business, so i'm trying to get my head around which works with which and what with what.
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Unfortunately, wINDI is not supported now. You could try the INDI Sony driver and see if that works.
Last edit: 3 years 11 months ago by Jasem Mutlaq.
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Well that answers my questions haha
Thanks for the support
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