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many thanks for the explanation. now the settings are clear to me :-)
i think i will give it a shot and try it in the next clear night. (sadly very rare at this time in germany)

i will keep this post updated and it would be a pleasure for me, if someone has maybe a clue for the indi_rpicam driver. maybe all will work in a new build

thank you so far!

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Thank you much for your answer! That made it clear to me. i guess too there will only be a kind of software binning. in the data sheet of the chip ( Sony IMX477 / www.sony-semicon.co.jp/products/common/p...MX477-AACK_Flyer.pdf ) is Binning listed in the features. but no word if hardware or software based. well no benefit here for me i sometimes forget that this is NOT a SBIG camera for 5000$
later this day, i will play a bit with the options in the webcam driver - maybe i can make the cam with it a bit more useful and fix the exposure time bug.
(i noticed that even the indi_rpicam does not react to different expsure settings in PHD2 - maybe there is the BUG)
i will update as soon i figured it out where the problem lies.

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thank you - you were right! i forgot the "_ccd" :-) i was so puzzled about the new error that i did not see my typo.

and the best is - the RPI Cam works with indi_webcam_ccd great. The resolution is at 1600x1200 okay with less than 1s delay. if i set the resolution to 640x480 the delay is nearly gone.
if i try to set the correct resolution PHD2 crashes totally :-)

for guiding it would work for me with this lower resolution. i wonder if the binning is working with the indi_rpicam driver? i set 4x4 binning, but nothing happened - it should be much brighter, but no effect. i would love to have the binning feature , but if it isn't working with this camera, i can use the webcam driver too and i don't have a need for the rpicam driver.

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Produced a bit debugging log from the driver. it looks like that the download is so slow. exposure finished at 16h26m23s and Download finished after 6s!

2021-01-03T16:26:29: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:26:23: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:23: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:23: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:26:21: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:26:16: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:16: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:16: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:26:13: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:26:08: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:08: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:26:08: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:26:05: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:59: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:59: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:59: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:56: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:51: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:51: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:51: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:48: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:46: [DEBUG] ISNewSwitch: dev=RPI Camera, name=DEBUG_LEVEL 
2021-01-03T16:25:44: [DEBUG] Upload complete 
2021-01-03T16:25:44: [DEBUG] BLOB transfer took 0.516558 seconds 
2021-01-03T16:25:43: [DEBUG] Uploading file. Ext: fits, Size: 24664320, sendImage? Yes, saveImage? No 
2021-01-03T16:25:43: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:43: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:43: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:40: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:40: [DEBUG] StartEposure(0.010000) 
2021-01-03T16:25:40: [DEBUG] ISNewNumber: dev=RPI Camera, name=CCD_EXPOSURE 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: [DEBUG] Upload complete 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: [DEBUG] BLOB transfer took 0.404857 seconds 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: [DEBUG] Uploading file. Ext: fits, Size: 24664320, sendImage? Yes, saveImage? No 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:36: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:33: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:33: [DEBUG] StartEposure(0.010000) 
2021-01-03T16:25:33: [DEBUG] ISNewNumber: dev=RPI Camera, name=CCD_EXPOSURE 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: [DEBUG] Upload complete 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: [DEBUG] BLOB transfer took 0.4311 seconds 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: [DEBUG] Uploading file. Ext: fits, Size: 24664320, sendImage? Yes, saveImage? No 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:28: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:25: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:25: [DEBUG] StartEposure(0.010000) 
2021-01-03T16:25:25: [DEBUG] ISNewNumber: dev=RPI Camera, name=CCD_EXPOSURE 
2021-01-03T16:25:21: [DEBUG] Upload complete 
2021-01-03T16:25:21: [DEBUG] BLOB transfer took 0.438387 seconds 
2021-01-03T16:25:20: [DEBUG] Uploading file. Ext: fits, Size: 24664320, sendImage? Yes, saveImage? No 
2021-01-03T16:25:20: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:20: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:20: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:17: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:17: [DEBUG] StartEposure(0.010000) 
2021-01-03T16:25:17: [DEBUG] ISNewNumber: dev=RPI Camera, name=CCD_EXPOSURE 
2021-01-03T16:25:15: [DEBUG] Toggle Logging Level -- Driver Debug 
2021-01-03T16:25:15: [DEBUG] ISNewSwitch: dev=RPI Camera, name=LOGGING_LEVEL 
2021-01-03T16:25:15: [DEBUG] Toggle Debug Level -- Driver Debug 
2021-01-03T16:25:13: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:13: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:13: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:10: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:25:05: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:05: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:25:05: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:25:02: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:24:57: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:24:57: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:24:57: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:24:54: Download complete. 
2021-01-03T16:24:49: [WARNING] Telescope aperture is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:24:49: [WARNING] Telescope focal length is missing. 
2021-01-03T16:24:49: Exposure done, downloading image... 
2021-01-03T16:24:46: Download complete.

i tried to look into the module code, but this is too much for my poor c++ knowledge

Hi

thank you for your answer!

To explain my Setup:

Windows 10-client with PHD2 <-> Raspberry INDISERVER <-> RPI HQ-Cam and Synscan Telescope (for testing i use the telescope simulator by now)
For testing i wanted to keep it all as simple as possible.

The versions i use:

Hardware:
 Hardware        : BCM2711
 Revision        : c03112
 Serial          : 100000003331c535
 Model           : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2
OS:
 RaspiOS: 10.6
Firmware and Loader:
 BCM2711 detected
 Dedicated VL805 EEPROM detected
 BOOTLOADER: up-to-date
 CURRENT: Do 3. Sep 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
  LATEST: Do 3. Sep 12:11:43 UTC 2020 (1599135103)
  FW DIR: /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/critical
 VL805: up-to-date
 CURRENT: 000138a1
  LATEST: 000138a1
INDI:
 INDI Library: 1.8.7
 Code v1.8.7. Protocol 1.7.
from Repo:
 deb https://www.astroberry.io/repo/ buster main

Here are my results trying alle 3 Modules which may work with the RPICam

Try #1 with indi_v4l_ccd:

root@raspberrypi:~# v4l2-ctl --list-devices
bcm2835-codec-decode (platform:bcm2835-codec):
        /dev/video10
        /dev/video11
        /dev/video12

bcm2835-isp (platform:bcm2835-isp):
        /dev/video13
        /dev/video14
        /dev/video15
        /dev/video16

mmal service 16.1 (platform:bcm2835-v4l2-0):
        /dev/video0

root@raspberrypi:~# indiserver -v indi_v4l2_ccd
2021-01-03T12:34:22: startup: indiserver -v indi_v4l2_ccd
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: pid=1278 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2021-01-03T12:34:22: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Using default decoder 'Builtin decoder'
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Supported V4L2 formats are:
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Y16
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: NV21
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: BA81
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: YU12
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: NV12
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: YV12
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: BYR2
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: RGB3
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: RGGB
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: GRBG
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: JPEG
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: MJPG
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: RGBO
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: RGBP
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: YVYU
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: YUYV
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: GREY
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: VYUY
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: UYVY
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Telescope Simulator.EQUATORIAL_EOD_COORD
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Telescope Simulator.TELESCOPE_INFO
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Telescope Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Telescope Simulator.TELESCOPE_PIER_SIDE
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Rotator Simulator.ABS_ROTATOR_ANGLE
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Focuser Simulator.ABS_FOCUS_POSITION
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on Focuser Simulator.FOCUS_TEMPERATURE
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_SLOT
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_NAME
2021-01-03T12:34:22: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: snooping on SQM.SKY_QUALITY

(connecting phd to the indiserver:)

2021-01-03T12:35:09: Client 0: new arrival from 10.0.0.10:49990 - welcome!
2021-01-03T12:35:18: Client 5: new arrival from 10.0.0.10:50046 - welcome!
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: VIDIOC_CROPCAP: Inappropriate ioctl for device
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Decoder usesoftcrop true
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Decoder  set format: JPEG size 1024x768 bpp 8
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Decoder: Colorspace is 7, using default ycbcr encoding and quantization
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Decoder allocBuffers cropping false
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Class User Controls
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Brightness
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Contrast
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Saturation
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Red Balance
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Blue Balance
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Horizontal Flip
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   boolean
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Vertical Flip
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   boolean
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Power Line Frequency
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Disabled
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   50 Hz
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   60 Hz
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Auto
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Sharpness
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Color Effects
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   None
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Black & White
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Sepia
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Negative
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Emboss
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Sketch
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Sky Blue
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Grass Green
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Skin Whiten
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Vivid
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Aqua
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Art Freeze
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Silhouette
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Solarization
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Antique
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Set Cb/Cr
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Rotate
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Color Effects, CbCr
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Class Codec Controls
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Video Bitrate Mode
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Variable Bitrate
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Constant Bitrate
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Video Bitrate
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Repeat Sequence Header
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   boolean
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control H264 I-Frame Period
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control H264 Level
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   1
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   1b
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   1.1
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   1.2
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   1.3
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   2
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   2.1
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   2.2
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   3
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   3.1
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   3.2
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   4
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control H264 Profile
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Baseline
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Constrained Baseline
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Main
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   High
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Class Camera Controls
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Auto Exposure
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Auto Mode
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Manual Mode
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Exposure Time, Absolute
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Exposure, Dynamic Framerate
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   boolean
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Auto Exposure, Bias
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Integer Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF060
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF1AD
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF2FB
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF448
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF595
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF6E3
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF830
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF97D
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFACB
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFC18
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFD65
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFEB3
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000000
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x000000000000014D
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x000000000000029B
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x00000000000003E8
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000535
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000683
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x00000000000007D0
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x000000000000091D
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000A6B
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000BB8
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000D05
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000E53
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000FA0
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control White Balance, Auto & Preset
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Manual
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Auto
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Incandescent
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Fluorescent
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Fluorescent H
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Horizon
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Daylight
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Flash
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Cloudy
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Shade
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Image Stabilization
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   boolean
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control ISO Sensitivity
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Integer Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000000000
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x00000000000186A0
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000030D40
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x0000000000061A80
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   0x00000000000C3500
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control ISO Sensitivity, Auto
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Manual
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Auto
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Exposure, Metering Mode
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Average
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Center Weighted
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Spot
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Matrix
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Scene Mode
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Menu items:
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   None
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Night
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   Sports
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Class JPEG Compression Controls
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd: Control Compression Quality
2021-01-03T12:35:21: Driver indi_v4l2_ccd:   integer

(connected successfully with PHD2)

2021-01-03T12:36:01: Client 0: new arrival from 10.0.0.10:50318 - welcome!
2021-01-03T12:36:02: Client 0: read: Connection reset by peer
2021-01-03T12:36:02: Client 0: shut down complete - bye!

(reconnected after phd2 restart)

Picture works well, but with about 7-10 seconds delay

Try #2 indi_webcam:

root@raspberrypi:~# indiserver -v indi_webcam
2021-01-03T12:45:44: startup: indiserver -v indi_webcam
2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: pid=2317 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2021-01-03T12:45:44: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
Child process 2317 died
2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: 2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: execlp: No such file or directory
2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: stdin EOF
2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: restart #1
2021-01-03T12:45:44: Driver indi_webcam: pid=2318 rfd=0 wfd=6 efd=7
Child process 2318 died
... (happens 10 times and indiserver is terminated)

Do I have to give some kind of options to the indi-module? Looks for me that something in the System could be missing?
/dev/video is existent:

root@raspberrypi:~# ls /dev/video* -al
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 7 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 4 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video10
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 5 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video11
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 6 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video12
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video13
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video14
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video15
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 Jan  1 21:17 /dev/video16

Try #3 indi_rpicam:

root@raspberrypi:~# indiserver -v indi_rpicam
2021-01-03T12:48:57: startup: indiserver -v indi_rpicam
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: pid=2337 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2021-01-03T12:48:57: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Telescope Simulator.EQUATORIAL_EOD_COORD
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Telescope Simulator.TELESCOPE_INFO
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Telescope Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Telescope Simulator.TELESCOPE_PIER_SIDE
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Rotator Simulator.ABS_ROTATOR_ANGLE
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Focuser Simulator.ABS_FOCUS_POSITION
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on Focuser Simulator.FOCUS_TEMPERATURE
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_SLOT
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on CCD Simulator.FILTER_NAME
2021-01-03T12:48:57: Driver indi_rpicam: snooping on SQM.SKY_QUALITY
2021-01-03T12:49:35: Client 0: new arrival from 10.0.0.10:55399 - welcome!
2021-01-03T12:49:44: Client 0: read EOF
2021-01-03T12:49:44: Client 0: shut down complete - bye!
2021-01-03T12:49:54: Client 0: new arrival from 10.0.0.10:55515 - welcome!

(connected successfully with PHD2)

Picture is perfect, but 10-13s delay actually

The Exposure in PHD2 is set to auto, but even 0.1s won't speed up things.

Other Tests:

I testet with raspistill, for i know that there are some issues regarding the speed for the first picture. There are many threads in the net handling this problem. The resolution for the problem was to update the raspifirmware and to keep the OS (and modules) up to date. As you can see, if i trigger a 1-second single shot via raspistill, the overall time is about 2 seconds. This delay would be okay for me

root@raspberrypi:~# time raspistill -n -t 10 -md 3 -bm -ex off -ag 1 -ss 1000000 --awb sun --ISO 800 -st -o /dev/shm/rpicam.jpg
real    0m2,638s
user    0m0,001s
sys     0m0,071s

if you do not set the "-t 1" option, the first picture with raspistill does need 8 seconds... coincidence?

root@raspberrypi:~# time raspistill -n -md 3 -bm -ex off -ag 1 -ss 1000000 --awb sun --ISO 800 -st -o /dev/shm/rpicam.jpg
real    0m7,999s
user    0m0,010s
sys     0m0,044s

How does indi_rpicam retrieve the picture? is this only a raspistill-wrapper or an own kind of code?

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Hi there,

i am new here and could not find any post regarding a problem same as mine. so please forgive me if i was blind :-)
I tried first with an raspberry 3B and after that with a new 4B (4GB Version) , same effect. Both have the actual Firmware running.
The Raspberry has the newest stable Raspi-OS and i installed INDI via the astroberry.io repository as described in the FAQ.
Everything works very well, except the Raspicam Module (or maybe the camera itself?) I can connect with PHD2 Guiding (running on my pc) over LAN and i get the Picture, but the Update needs more than 3 seconds to the next Image.
The polling frequency is set to 0.5s, the PI has 256MB shared video Memory, and a load Average while guiding around 0.2. So i don't see any bottleneck :-(

Do you have any clues for me where i may start debugging? Or is this a normal behaviour with this camera?

Thanks in advance and best regards
Andy

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just tested phd locally on the Raspi - except the extra load, the problem exists unchanged. So i guess it is definitively no networking issue. Connection did go to localhost.
very strange and i don't get the problem

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Hi there,

i am new here and could not find any post regarding a problem same as mine. so please forgive me if i was blind :-)
I tried first with an raspberry 3B and after that with a new 4B (4GB Version) , same effect. Both have the actual Firmware running.
The Raspberry has the newest stable Raspi-OS and i installed INDI via the astroberry.io repository as described in the FAQ.
Everything works very well, except the Raspicam Module (or maybe the camera itself?) I can connect with PHD2 Guiding (running on my pc) over LAN and i get the Picture, but the Update needs more than 3 seconds to the next Image.
The polling frequency is set to 0.5s, the PI has 256MB shared video Memory, and a load Average while guiding around 0.2. So i don't see any bottleneck :-(

Do you have any clues for me where i may start debugging? Or is this a normal behaviour with this camera?

Thanks in advance and best regards
Andy

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