your signal catching and capture process restart does work. Had a hung camera this morning, manually restarted the indiserver and pictures came in again. The log showed the catch of the signal and the restart.
I think the remote restart could be an optional feature or just a driver restart like the indi web manager is capable of doing. Something like if the camera is BUSY for more than 60s do a driver restart, if more than 180s do an indiserver restart, if more than 360s do a remote reboot.

CS, Markus

Hello everyone. I'm trying to install indi allsky on a raspberry Pi 4, but after running./setup.sh the following error is displayed:

ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 438, in _error_catcher
yield
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 561, in read
data = self._fp_read(amt) if not fp_closed else b""
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 527, in _fp_read
return self._fp.read(amt) if amt is not None else self._fp.read()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/cachecontrol/filewrapper.py", line 98, in read
data: bytes = self.__fp.read(amt)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/http/client.py", line 465, in read
s = self.fp.read(amt)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/socket.py", line 706, in readinto
return self._sock.recv_into(b)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/ssl.py", line 1278, in recv_into
return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/ssl.py", line 1134, in read
return self._sslobj.read(len, buffer)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TimeoutError: The read operation timed out

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 245, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve
failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
return bool(self._sequence)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 155, in __bool__
return any(self)
^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 143, in <genexpr>
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 47, in _iter_built
candidate = func()
^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 182, in _make_candidate_from_link
base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 228, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 290, in __init__
super().__init__(
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 156, in __init__
self.dist = self._prepare()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 222, in _prepare
dist = self._prepare_distribution()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 301, in _prepare_distribution
return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 525, in prepare_linked_requirement
return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 596, in _prepare_linked_requirement
local_file = unpack_url(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 168, in unpack_url
file = get_http_url(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 109, in get_http_url
from_path, content_type = download(link, temp_dir.path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/download.py", line 147, in __call__
for chunk in chunks:
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/progress_bars.py", line 53, in _rich_progress_bar
for chunk in iterable:
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/utils.py", line 63, in response_chunks
for chunk in response.raw.stream(
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 622, in stream
data = self.read(amt=amt, decode_content=decode_content)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 560, in read
with self._error_catcher():
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 155, in __exit__
self.gen.throw(typ, value, traceback)
File "/home/leo/indi-allsky/virtualenv/indi-allsky/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 443, in _error_catcher
raise ReadTimeoutError(self._pool, None, "Read timed out.")
pip._vendor.urllib3.exceptions.ReadTimeoutError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.piwheels.org', port=443): Read timed out.


###############
### ERROR ###
###############

The setup script exited abnormally, please try to run again...


Can anyone help sort it out? Thank you.

This happens sometimes when the sites hosting the Python pre-compiled wheels get overloaded or go down for maintenance. You may just try again periodically until the wheels can be downloaded.

Hi Aaron,

would it be possible to implement a function to show the histogram of a definable ROI in the image and not the complete image. Would help with manually finding the correct white balance more easily.

CS, Markus

I just reviewed the code and it already only provides the histogram for the central 50% region of the image. This is currently hard coded.

I just merged a change that uses the SQM Region of Interest setting or loads the detection mask for the SQM values. The histogram displayed will now match the area of the SQM detection.

Hi Aaron,

thank you so much. It works very well. I finally got a good daylight wihite balance with just the manual settings. Btw. Switching on AWB or SNCR throws the WB off and makes it worse.

early afternoon settings for Pi HQ camera:

Red Balance Factor
2.6
Green Balance Factor
1.0
Blue Balance Factor
1.8

CS, Markus

did some further research about color temperature (white balance) for day and night sky. There is an interesting paper about the Color of the night skycolor of the night sky . And another one for the daytime dependend color temperature between sunrise and sunset www.researchgate.net/publication/3287269...or_augmented_reality
Combining the two results, it should be possible to approximately set a reasonable white balance for allsky pictures without actually measuring it or using the unreliable automatic functions.

CS, Markus

There is a lot that can go into figuring out the correct color balance. For instance, the imx477 comes in two varieties, the most popular has an IR-Cut filter, but there is also a version that does not (you can also manually remove the filter as I have done in mine). Some cameras do not have them, but the lens has one built in. Cameras without an IR-Cut filter will have much higher values in the red channel.

Other cameras just have a completely different color sensitivity curve... some extend much further in the IR range like the imx462.

Hi all,
For those of you who might be interested, I made a modification to the cloud detection app I developed based on AI (CNN), back in 2022.
At the request of some users, I have modified the app so that input parameters can be loaded from a .csv file instead of dialog windows. This allows for a more autonomous start-up of the process, without the need for human intervention. I am sharing a bundled .exe file that can be run in Windows, and a .py file to run in a proper python environment.
For details please check my website at: www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/Equipment/Al...-Condition-Detection

CS
Ignacio

Hey guys.

I installed indi allsky on a raspberry pi 4. I have the indi-player one driver installed, but allsky only loads the simulated ccd. What do I have to do to load the player one driver? Thanks.

Re-run setup.sh and re-define the indiserver with indi_playerone_ccd . There is also a dedicated script to perform this action: ./misc/change_camera.sh I would suggest rebooting once done.

I apologize for my lack of knowledge. How do I reset indi server for Player one? I'm going to run the script. Thank you very much.