Newb to all this telescope biz, ran Linux Mint for a bunch of years, just got a new RPi4 and Astroberry- so far not a big fan. Or of the INDI system.
There. I've vented. It's Christmas eve and been trying to get 1st light since the 19th,
Before I updated the Astroberry system the INDI web panel showed SVBONY as a selectable CCD, but I still couldn't get either cam working. After the update SVBONY is not listed as a selection at all, but selecting V4L2 CCD lets EKOS-KStars identify the sv205, and although SV305 is listed in EKOS-KStars when I attempt to run the config it says it can't find the driver for 'indi_sv305_ccd'. I've also tried updating the INDI driver package but it reports that it is current.

It really shouldn't be this hard, considering I can get my system to work with a Win10 based laptop, but I'm looking for the Pi to be a small form factor remote to attach to the scope.
Where do I find these unicorn SvBony INDI drivers? Do they exist, or is it like the hard to spot unicorns?

.. and telescope controls that don't work without stopping gpsd drivers .. don't get me started!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. Maybe Santa will drop me off some Pi filling tonight for when I wake up tomorrow.

attached is some linux dmesg and lsusb gibberish that perhaps a kind elf can translate. [attachment=9727]second config info.txt

To get the SV305 drivers you have to run this command:

sudo apt-get -y install indi-sv305

The SV105 and SV205 are like web cams so the V4L2 driver should work fine for them. I understand your frustration as Indi has a steep learning curve and you couple that with linux, well it gets messy trying to get it sorted out. What works for one distro doesn't quite work for yours and so on. As far as the GPSD issue. My mount is set up with onstep for control. I was using onstep bluepill first and had the same issues trying to use port usbtty0, I would have to stop gps, then disable it and do some other steps to get the mount to work. I switched to a minipcb onstep and it uses acmtty0 port so the gps is no longer and issue with mine. I know this doesn't help but I do think it's a common issue so you may want to do a search on the forums for it.

Thank you for that @jaytay. I'm installing the driver as I type. So it looks like SvBONY is an INDI step-child because I would have thought that using the latest INDI Library would have covered that!
Somewhere in this multiple setup process I noticed that the sv205 (driver?, in Ekos?) defaults to an image size that's way smaller than the device is capable of and with sensor sizes way bigger than spec. - where can I go to edit these so they are correct? As you can see I need to better understand the astroberry pi architecture so forgive me.

Just received my new cam today. Sadly, SV305 Pro still very buggy and unstable in INDI. Can't even connect in PHD2 as well. Only successfully connect in AstroDMx.

Tom

Hi folks,

I hope every body is healthy.

I just received the SV305Pro sample today.

Sorry Tom, but as far as I can tell, it works like my SV305 on my linux laptop (Thinkpad X280, Ubuntu 18.04 amd64) with Ekos/INDI.
No issues yet. I will look forward this week-end.

I can reach 55fps fullframe in 12 bits and 112fps in 8 bits with Ekos.

Could you please give me some more details on your computer setup ?

SVBony also sent me a Mac OS firmware.
I will work on it. I don't have a Mac, any body volunteer for testing ?

Best regards, stay healthy and happy new year.

Blaise

Blaise,

Great news from your hand.
Have you tried it with a raspberry pi (astroberry)? Does the SV-305Pro work well on it?

I'm sorry but I can't help you with the apple ... I only have linux.

Have a nice New Year to everybody,
Pep

My SV305 pro issue is when connecting in Raspberry pi 4B 4GB. Since you already tested it well in Linux. Could it be the ARM SDK related issue?

Regards,
Tom

Hi,

I just pushed the last libsv305 version, including the last SVBony SDK.
The SDK history is not well documented, but it should fix some camera hanging issues.

@Tom I hope it will fix your camera.

Best regards

Thanks thx8411,

It looks good now. When can we get it from nightly?

Regards,

Hi,

The looping issue still occurred in Raspberry pi even after update the latest SDK. So, at this point, SV305 pro is temp useless in RPI4 for guiding (PHD2 and Kstars). But using AstroDMx is fine.

Hope you can take a look.

Thanks.

I'm running driver Version 1.2.2 on Astroberry/PI4/Kstars. This appears to be the latest build according to APT installer for Indi-sv305. Live Video is crashing INDI driver with the SVBONY 305 Pro every time it is executed. Thanks and please let me know if I can provide any more detail, hopefully there is a new driver version available to help resolve. Currently using AstroDMX without issues.

Camera issue running Version indi-sv305 version 1.2.2 Driver with SV305 Pro on Astroberry/PI4. Indi server crashes when running live Video every time. Using AstroDMX without issues.