Problems with v2.5 Linux The Sky X Plugins

mcgillca

HI - I recently downloaded the v2.5 plugins for The Sky X.

Unfortunately, this plugin crashes TSX as soon as it tries to take a photo - this is the case for both the ARM7 version and the x86 version.

I've still got a copy of v2.3 and that works on both architectures.

Thank you,

Colin

mcgillca

I should also have said:

For both the X86 and Arm7 versions, this is with the latest DB of TSX: 12033.

This is occurs for both my cameras: ASI 1600 Pro MC and the 120MM-S.

Colin

yang

Please provide the link that I can download TheSkyX of the same version with yours.

mcgillca

Hi - this is the latest daily build, so just select “most recent” for the link and you should see versions for the Pi and Linux at the top.

http://www.bisque.com/sc/media/

Colin

yang

Please try this version:

https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/public/TheSkyX_ZWO_ASICamera_181224.tar.gz

mcgillca

Dear Yang,

Hi - this works on both the Pi and Linux versions, in both long exposure and high speed modes.

I also see you have removed the Debayer information for mono binned images - thank you very much!

I'll run a long term test later, but both work well in my quick test.

Thank you,

Colin

mcgillca

Hi - apologies for the late report - i've been busy with a new role at work.

I managed to try out both the Linux (run on a UDOO x86) and Raspberry Pi versions of this version (run on an Odroid XU4), both under ubuntu mate. I have the same problem with both.

I use an ASI 1600MC Pro for imaging and an ASI 120MM-S for guiding.

With both versions, I get an intermittent error. Initially, the images are fine - then at some point in the evening, I only get the upper left portion of the image contained in the fits file - see the attachment. The rest of the image is set to zero.

The extent is exactly the same as the size of the 120MM-S chip i.e. 1280 by 960.

I have found that version 2.3 does not seem to have this problem on the Pi version. However, on the Linux version, I get a similar but different problem with v 2.3. I use 4x4 binning to plate solve - somehow, despite resetting to 1x1 binning, I get a 4x4 binned image again at the top left of the image. Now the extent is 1164 by 880. The rest of the image is again set to zero.

I plan to go back to the Odroid for now and v 2.3, but would be good to get this fixed in both versions.

Thank you very much,

Colin

yang

Did you image with TSX, please provide your setting to help me reproduce that issue, thank you.

mcgillca

Hi - yes, I did use TSX.

My settings:

Imaging Camera: 1600MC Pro

Frame Type: Light

Binning: 1x1

Time: 600s

Long Exposure Mode

Image Reduction: None

Image type: Raw16

Gain: 0

Offset

Bandwidth: 40

MonoBin

Guide Camera: 120MM0-S

Frame Type: Light

Binning 1x1

Time: 3s

Long Exposure Mode

Image Reduction: Full

Gain: 0

Offset: 15

Bandwidth: 40

Now for most of the period, the guide camera would have been taking a small subframe around the guide star, but it also takes a full frame image at times. I looked at the images taken - the problem started just after a meridian flip. Here a full frame guide image would have been taken just before starting the full frame with the problem.

In a private email, I've sent you a link to fits files for:

1) A full frame image from the 1600 when this first occurred.

2) The full frame guider image taken just before image 1 was started.

3) A guider subframe taken while image 1 was being exposed.

These images were all taken with Driver v 2.6 (the one you posted above) on a x86 Linux box, though I have also had the same problem with Driver 2.6 on an Odroid XU4 running the Arm7 version of the driver.

Thank you very much - please let me know if you need any more information.

Colin

mcgillca

HI - I should also say this also happened with my standard test - 3 second continuous images with the autoguider on the focus tab, 30s continuous images for the main camera, also on the focus tab in TSX.

Occurred somewhere around 100 camera images.

Colin

mcgillca

Dear Yang,

Thank you very much for sorting this out. V2.7 solves this for both the Arm7 and x86 Linux versions.

Thank you again,

Colin