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ZWO EFW not Connecting

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After the recent  upgrade in KStars (and EKOS & INDI), I have been unable to connect INDI to my ZWO EFW.  Using dmesg, I see the EFW is being connected as a human input device (/dev/hidraw1 on two different Kubuntu 20.10 machines).  I have libasi 1.15~202104270100~ubuntu20.10.1 and indi-asi 1.9~202104270208~ubuntu20.10.1 on both amd64 machines.

I would appreciate any help I can get.
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Replied by Jose Corazon on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Check this out. Some people, me included, had that problem, but purging Indi or just building Indi from source solves the problem.

indilib.org/forum/ccds-dslrs/9151-asi-us....html?start=84#70654
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Replied by Richard Beck on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Tried purging indi-full and reinstalling. I also tried purging libasi and indi-asi. Neither made a difference,
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Replied by Derek on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Same here, purged, reinstalled. For me its an Atik and SX camera. I'm gonna try downgrading INDI version next.
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

This is all happening on x86-64 correct? I tested the EFW just now on my PC and it works fine. Then I tested on a 20.04 VM and it didn't work. Looks like there is some size difference between the two. I'm trying to build it again on Launchpad.
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Replied by Richard Beck on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Yes, both machines are amd64 architecture.
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Replied by Jim on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

When you want to test things, but your skies are not cooperating, create a test bench with spare parts...

 

I am running the latest build from git with the Fedora Copr (x86_64/AMD64), and everything seems to work fine with both the ZWO camera and the EFW.

 

Hopefully Jasem's re-create of the .debs will fix some things as well.

JIm
 
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Replied by Richard Beck on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

I have a flat screen set up with the cameras, filter wheel, etc. connected. That's where I saw the EFW tab wasn't present. I have also connected only the EFW for testing.

I have tried to compile the drivers, but it has been a long time since I compiled them. I first tried a pull to update, and when that didn't work, I deleted the directory entirely and cloned the stable repository. I'm still getting this message:

CMake Error: The source directory "/home/user/indi-3rdparty/indi-asi/build/make" does not exist.

This was after following the following instructions from github:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr .. make


I don't recall how I got this sorted before.  Any help in getting this sorted will be welcome.

Thanks,

Richard
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Replied by Jim on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Richard, if the commands you listed were actually how you typed them, note the the last "make" should be on a new line/new command, not part of the cmake line.

Jim
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Replied by Richard Beck on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

I needed to create a make directory within build. After that, I was able to compile indi-asi, but the EFW still wasn't being recognized.

For what it's worth, here is the setup I'm testing:
  

All the usb devices show as connected via the light on the hub and "lsusb -vv".
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Replied by Jose Corazon on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Did you actually install the drivers or did you just build them?
I don't see a 'sudo make install' command anywhere.
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Replied by Richard Beck on topic ZWO EFW not Connecting

Yes, I did a "sudo make install". I also built and installed libasi and re-built and re-installed indi-asi. No change.

Can you confirm your EFW is a human interface device (hid)? Do you have any udev rules for asi devices?
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