Can't get ASCOM driver to take images

albertw

Hi,

I've been using my ASI120mm (pre ST4 port version) with firecapture and PHD for planetary and guiding and it works fine when connecting as WDM.

However I cannot get PHD or TheSkyX camera add on (which I now need for autoguiding) to work via ASCOM. My ATIK 314L+ works in theskyx via ASCOM so I'm happy that I have the ASCOM framework set up right.

In theskyx I can connect to the camera without problems and it appears to report the correct information. However the problem occurs when I try to take an image. Screenshots below:

This is a windows 8 laptop, intel core i5, latest ASI drivers/sdk/ascom and ASCOM toolkit, tried all usb ports, running programs as administrator. Any remedies or suggestions on how I can diagnose this problem further?

Thanks,

~Al

albertw

A little more info. I can connect in the skyx to the ascom camera even when it's unplugged... 'Driver Information' and 'Model' report 'Error', but the status is 'Ready'. By contrast selecting the ATIK when it's disconnected expectedly gives an error of 'No Connection to the device'.

Looking in the Ascom diagnostics, when I try to choose the ASI120mm, I get the following error whether the camera is connected or not:

Connect Failed...An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Symbols.Container.InvokeMethod(Method TargetProcedure, Object Arguments, Boolean CopyBack, BindingFlags Flags)

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.NewLateBinding.LateSet(Object Instance, Type Type, String MemberName, Object Arguments, String ArgumentNames, Type TypeArguments, Boolean OptimisticSet, Boolean RValueBase, CallType CallType)

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.NewLateBinding.LateSet(Object Instance, Type Type, String MemberName, Object Arguments, String ArgumentNames, Type TypeArguments)

at ASCOM.Utilities.ConnectForm.btnConnect_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\ASCOM Build\Export\ASCOM.Utilities\ASCOM Diagnostics\ConnectForm.vb 127

ideas? :)

Sam@ZWO

thanks for the infomation

we will check and feed back

please contact me though my personal email address, I may need you more help to solve this problem

sam.wen(at)zwoptical.com

thanks albert

ingoheide

Hi Al,

actually I have a similar problem: I'm working with AstroArt with an ATIK 314L+ as primary camera and the ASI 120MM as guiding cam. Now AstroArt recognizes the ASI but doesn't take images (for the guiding).

Playing a bit around I found out that when I start FireCapture (which then recognizes and initializes the ASI 120MM), close FireCapture and then start AstroArt everything works fine. So obviously Astroart has a problem initializing the ASI 120MM.

Perhaps your software has a similar problem with the ASI 120MM.

Kind Regards,

Ingo, Cologne, Germany