Hi folks !

SVBony just released a new camera : The SV305 Pro M, an SV305 Pro with a mono sensor.
I asked SVBony to send me the last SDK,
I wish to upgrade the indi driver to support this new camera soon.

Are any of you planning to buy this camera ? I will need some beta testers

Best regards !

Thx8411
 

SVBony is also working on a deep sky cooled camera, the SV405C, with an IMX533 color sensor.
If this camera has the same value for money than the SV305, I think I will buy it (and support it also )

Best regards !

Thx8411

Hi,I hope I am ok posting to this thread rather than creating a new one…..I have a Pi4 running ubuntu 32-bit configured with the AstroPiMaker4 script.Connected to it is a SV305 PRO.Initially it didn’t work, but I found this very thread and upgraded libsv305 to 1.6.5 from the nightly repo.So I can connect via ekos and take pictures. However, all the pictures are greyscale and pixellated - I can reproduce this in sharpcap on a windows box by selecting one of the RAW formats.  If I select RGB24 there the pictures are in colour and fine.BUT in the ekos configuration window, I can only select Raw 12 bits or Raw 8 bits for the Frame Format. Am I overlooking a setting somewhere? Thanks!

Hi,

I hope I am ok posting to this thread rather than creating a new one…..

I have a Pi4 running ubuntu 32-bit configured with the AstroPiMaker4 script.
Connected to it is a SV305 PRO.

Initially it didn’t work, but I found this very thread and upgraded libsv305 to 1.6.5 from the nightly repo.

So I can connect via ekos and take pictures.

However, all the pictures are greyscale and pixellated - I can reproduce this in sharpcap on a windows box by selecting one of the RAW formats. If I select RGB24 there the pictures are in colour and fine.

BUT in the ekos configuration window, I can only select Raw 12 bits or Raw 8 bits for the Frame Format.

Am I overlooking a setting somewhere?

Thanks!

OK, I've found I need to debayer the images, so not a problem with the driver or ekos etc.

Going back to learn some more....

Hello everyone, If I've read the thread correctly, this driver is for the SV305, I own an SV105 that I would like to try as a guide camera for my widefield astrophoto setup, and was wondering if this driver could also work for me. I've tried using both the INDI webcam and V4L2 drivers via ekos in kstars, but none work, as the camera is only able to take a single exposure before not responding again. I figured this thread is the right place to ask, so if anyone has any experience with this little cam I'd be helpful for any tips !!.

Will this driver work also with SV305M Pro camera?

@Alvaro

Hello,

Sorry, but the SV105 and SV205 are totaly different devices. They should act as usual UVC devices, but I don't own any of it.

Best regards

Thx8411

@HADES

Hello,

I'm working on it. Not a big deal, in facts, the actual driver should work, except that the bayer matrix reported in the FITS fields should be wrong.
I'm waiting for informations from SVBony to properly identify the camera and set the good color/mono pattern.

Do you allready own a SV305M Pro ? In this case, you can allready give a try to the actual driver, and report me the results.
It would help me a lot.
If it doesn't work, you may try with the "work in progress" driver in my repo :

github.com/thx8411/indi-3rdparty

It includes the last SVBony libraries, supporting the SV305M Pro

Best regards,

Thx8411



 

@all

Hi folks !

I pushed to my repo the last SVBony libraries (v1.4.2):

github.com/thx8411/indi-3rdparty

Tested on my rig, it seems to work.

Could some of you test it on their one rig, to avoid regressions before submitting a pull resquest ?

Thanks and best regards !

Thx8411

 

Hi Collin, thank you for reply. I don't own this camera yet, but I would like to buy one and INDI support is critical for me. So if you think that it will work, I can order the camera and try your driver.

@HADES

Hello !

I just pushed a new commit to my repo, disabling the HAS_BAYER capability for the SV305M Pro.
It deserves some cleaning (bayer matrix offsets and white balance/saturation settings are a non sens and should by removed), but I hope it could work "as is".

Best regards,

Thx841