My friend Jim helped me find the sbig driver and query the version as follows:
strings /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsbig.so.4|grep LINUX
libsbigudrv Ver 4.84-LINUX
On the raspian system with INDI installed (but not astroberry):
pi@raspberrypi:~/barnDoor $ strings /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsbig.so.4|grep LINUX
libsbigudrv Ver 4.99-LINUX
4.99 is a must!
I scp'd it from raspian to astroberry and replaced the 4.84 version.
This fixed the problem . The device SBIG-STF402 is recognized and is fully functional