Guiding with Atik 16ic under Linux

[SteveBz]

Hello guys,

I have an Atik 16ic running under Astronomy Ubuntu 16.04.  When I install the Atik 16ic, the system recognises it and there is an entry for it in the system log.

When I start oaCapture, it recognises the camera but crashes.

However under PHD2, INDI and Lin-Guider there is nothing.

Any ideas how to use this nice little camera under Linux?

Regards

Steve.

[JamesF]

I can't offer much help with PHD2, INDI or LinGuider, but I'll try to fix it for oacapture.  Not sure why it doesn't work already to be honest.  I'm thought I tested it on 16.04.

It may well be that PHD2, INDI and LinGuider don't have drivers for the camera.  I had to write my own.

James

[SteveBz]

10 hours ago, JamesF said:

I can't offer much help with PHD2, INDI or LinGuider, but I'll try to fix it for oacapture.  Not sure why it doesn't work already to be honest.  I'm thought I tested it on 16.04.

It may well be that PHD2, INDI and LinGuider don't have drivers for the camera.  I had to write my own.

James

I'll send you the oaCapture error message, it was failure to flush queue, or something.

PHD (the original) seemed to have support for 16ic, but it was removed.

If the others don't have drivers I could maybe find the original, reinstitute it, and recompile.

Regards,

Steve.

[SteveBz]

16 hours ago, JamesF said:

I can't offer much help with PHD2, INDI or LinGuider, but I'll try to fix it for oacapture.  Not sure why it doesn't work already to be honest.  I'm thought I tested it on 16.04.

It may well be that PHD2, INDI and LinGuider don't have drivers for the camera.  I had to write my own.

James

[  590.776027] usb 2-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci
[  590.875041] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=df35
[  590.875046] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  590.875048] usb 2-1.4: Product: ATK 16IC Camera
[  590.875049] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: ATIK
[  590.875051] usb 2-1.4: SerialNumber: A3001QH8
[  590.877593] ftdi_sio 2-1.4:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[  590.877640] usb 2-1.4: Detected FT232RL
[  590.878015] usb 2-1.4: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[  614.869957] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[  614.869961] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[  614.869962] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[  614.869965] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[  614.869967] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[  614.869968] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[  614.869970] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[  614.869972] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[  614.869973] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[  614.869975] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[  614.869976] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
[  616.003365] wlp4s0: authenticate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3
[  616.019292] wlp4s0: send auth to c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 1/3)
[  616.122899] wlp4s0: send auth to c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 2/3)
[  616.146286] wlp4s0: send auth to c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 3/3)
[  616.159034] wlp4s0: authenticated
[  616.162920] wlp4s0: associate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 1/3)
[  616.233281] wlp4s0: associate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 2/3)
[  616.267694] wlp4s0: associate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 3/3)
[  616.307474] wlp4s0: association with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 timed out
[  617.879264] wlp4s0: authenticate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3
[  617.898998] wlp4s0: send auth to c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 1/3)
[  617.908233] wlp4s0: authenticated
[  617.910828] wlp4s0: associate with c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (try 1/3)
[  617.914057] wlp4s0: RX AssocResp from c4:ea:1d:15:7b:d3 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[  617.914116] wlp4s0: associated

This is all I have.  oaCapture is running but it hasn't crashed yet.

Actually, I think the crash is caused by no camera.  I connect the camera and wait, it connects and then automatically disconnects.

I can see the camera in the drop-down list. I click, I get a tick on the dd list and an entry in the status bar.

If I click record, it crashes, but if I just wait, the camera disconnects, the status bar clears and the tick disappears from the drop-down list.

Steve,

 

 

[SteveBz]

19 hours ago, JamesF said:

I can't offer much help with PHD2, INDI or LinGuider, but I'll try to fix it for oacapture.  Not sure why it doesn't work already to be honest.  I'm thought I tested it on 16.04.

It may well be that PHD2, INDI and LinGuider don't have drivers for the camera.  I had to write my own.

James

OK, I updated the version to 1.4.  Much nicer, but still same behaviour.

Steve.