Petar Milevski replied to the topic 'AstroPi3 Scripts revised' in the forum. 9 months ago

i do remember doing something similar with my asus tinkerboard and it worked ok. but i no longer have that SBC.

Yes its not easy. Many a night tearing out my hair to figure that one out

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Petar Milevski replied to the topic 'AstroPi3 Scripts revised' in the forum. 9 months ago

agreed.

You just have to remember to rename that xorg.conf file so it doesn't take effect when you want a monitor or use a mini HDMI dongle instead to trick it

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Petar Milevski replied to the topic 'AstroPi3 Scripts revised' in the forum. 9 months ago

Hi Rob, i dont know if this will help, but this is what i did on my build and it seems to work ok

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################################################
# By Petar Milevski 2022
#!/bin/bash -i
################################################

while true
do
compute[0]="Canon EOS M3 Intervalometer"
compute[1]="1. Set camera to Bulb mode\n2. Set image quality to RAW+JPG\n3. Set ISO to 1600\n4. Manually focus camera"
compute[2]="Exposure time (sec)"
compute[3]="Number of Exposures"

#LC_ALL="en_AU.UTF-8"
default_h="120" # default exposure time = 120 sec
default_m="24" # default number of exposures = 24

if temps=`yad --width=400 \
--center \
--form \
--title="${compute[0]}" \
--text="${compute[1]}" \
--field="${compute[2]}" \
--field="${compute[3]}" \
"$default_h" "$default_m"`

then

var_exp_t=$(echo "$temps" | cut -d "|" -f1) # default exposure time seconds
var_frame_no=$(echo "$temps" | cut -d "|" -f2) #default number of frames

gphoto2 --wait-event=2s
counter=1
until [ $counter -gt $var_frame_no ]
do
gphoto2 --set-config eosremoterelease=2 --wait-event="$var_exp_t"s --set-config eosremoterelease=4 # --wait-event=Xs is time of exposure in X seconds
gphoto2 --wait-event-and-download=5s --keep-raw # add a minimum of 5 sec for downloading image
((counter++))
done
rm *.JPG

else
echo "cancel"
break
fi

done

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I have a variation on the above with a GUI,

Just rename it to *.sh

I have tested it on my Canon M3 and Canon RP, works great.

regards

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Hi all, I'm wondering is anyone has had any success (or if it is possible) to control and capture images through indi using the built-in wifi on Canon R mirrorless cameras.

I have a Canon RP, it connects to indi on my Raspberry pi via wifi using the Canon DSLR driver. I know the camera is connected because is say " Now launch the Canon EOS Utility to control your camera" on the camera's screen, but then i try to trigger it, it obviously errors.

Instead of using the EOS Utility, i want indi to do the work without having to use a USB cable.

Is this possible? is it in the works?

regards

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Petar Milevski created a new topic ' ZWO AM5 Harmonic Drive Mount' in the forum. 2 years ago

Hi all, just curious to know if the new zwo mount is supported under indi?

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Petar Milevski replied to the topic 'Zwo vs QHY' in the forum. 3 years ago

Hi all, my experience has been this. A few years ago i purchased a QHY163C. Initially everything was fine with using it with indi, but then QHY did a driver update and i was never able to get the thing to work. Even the cooling oscillated.

I rebuilt my computer(s) RPi4, tinkerboard, even my laptop, nothing helped.

After talking to QHY, their first response was does it work with Windows 10. I dont use windows so was never able to test it. It basically got to the point where i had to sell the camera because i just could not acquire or download photos.

I eventually bought a ZWO ASI 071 and have never had an issue with it using the same computer(s).

ZWO are on top of their game when it comes to drivers, but i suppose they have an interest in making sure things work under linux because they sell the ASI-AIR. QHY on the other hand, do not really seem to care about those who use anything linux.

Just my experience.

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Hi Rosario, yes i did.

I just had the wires going into it the wrong way around. I should use my glasses when working with GPIO's :-)

regards

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Hi sywong2000, great job.

I did a similar thing a while ago, but not a neat as you build. But i also added a small fan which keeps the rpi4 cpu temp in check.

See images.

regards

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Petar Milevski replied to the topic 'First try at a mosaic' in the forum. 3 years ago

pixinsight is pretty good at combining many images into a mosaic.

I have used in a few times in the past. see below

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