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indi driver update.
Anyone out there that is using indi and is comfortable compiling it please give the latest master version in the repo a try. I've added quite a bit of L5 and L6 features along with some bugs. I've fixed the bugs that I've found, but would love to fix any remaining ones. The driver exposes more commands appropriate to the gemini software level.?
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You can get it here:
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I've made a makefile that I use to pull and build indi along with the rest of the software stack on my raspberry pi running astroberry. It should also work on intel / mac, but I haven't tested the Makefile on anything but a raspberry pi, and an intel running ubuntu.?
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If you want to give the makefile a try it is here: ? ? Along with some instructions for which packages are needed on an astroberry:
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The master branch of indi has my up-to-date changes so you don't need do do anything special other than cloning master and building.?
FYI the master branch is unstable. It's for development and testing. Please help test so it goes into stable! ?
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Re: OT - NAS Drives?
Good point, Brian.
You want UPS battery backup if for no other reason than to ensure an orderly shutdown and buffer flush. In my configuration there are two UPS units -- one feeds the NAS units, the network switch and firewall, the server is on the other. Enough battery capacity to run things for an hour. An orderly shutdown of the arrays and server starts after 30 minutes of power outage. The observatory PC has two SSDs -- the images from the night (or day) get flushed to the server while I am closing. Nothing is retained there -- it all moves to the network. g |
Re: OT - NAS Drives?
Jim Waters
Thanks all you your inputs.? I am not sure what I was thinking.? I really need 20 plus TBytes of storage.? I have ~1.5Tbytes of Canon 6D / 5DMkIV terrestrial images to store also.
For astro stuff I retain the Lights, Flats, Registered and PI Projects for each target.? That adds up fast.? Especially if I image from my backyard.? I usually have 150 plus Light subs.? I usually zip stuff up too.? RAID 1 is sufficient for my needs.? I may archive stuff that's more than 4 years old to USB3 HDD's. The?Synology DS920+ is at the top of my list. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy G11G, NINA 2.0 Beta / ASTAP, ASI2600MC Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes |
Re: OT - NAS Drives?
Hi Jim boy i feel you on this one. I am also a longtime terrestrial photographer so I have a lot of storage needs but astro takes it to another level I have a 45tb NAS from Synology, which is a base unit plus an expansion. However, I really find the disk speed to be a non-starter for active astro work. It just takes too much time to pull it across the network.? I also have a 20tb DAS that I got for trying to improve the situation, it¡¯s a drobo attached via USB3 and even it is too slow So my approach is to use a faster 4tb SSD for active sessions, and once it¡¯s done, i move the files i want to keep over to the NAS or DAS. I really like both Drobo and Synology. I had a bad experience with losing a bunch of photos on the Drobo, so I now have battery backups on all those drives Brian On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:39 PM Jim Waters <jimwaters@...> wrote: I am getting tired of USB3 SSD's and HDD's floating around that I use to store my PI Projects.? Its no problem for me to build a NAS but I don't have the time or parts.? I have no experience with off-the-shelf NAS Drives.? What are good manufacturers and models to start looking at?? I am currently checking out Western Digital and?Asustor.? What do other do to store images? --
Brian? Brian Valente astro portfolio? portfolio astrobin? |
Re: OT - NAS Drives?
Jim,
After I got my DEC spike problem solved with my 811 (the key adjustment was to reset the tension on my SLW boxes, as per a Scott Losmandy video that Brian sent me - the adjustments eliminated the backlash and loosened the box so that it would float as designed - it was over tightened and frozen) I went back to AP adventures. Last month I wanted to try and put together a mosaic of the Cygnus Loop. I spent seven sessions gathering data for the four panels with my ASI2600 MC Pro. I am using NINA for acquisition and PI and a trial license with APP for mosaic processing. ?As I got into the processing, I found that my astro files (9 months of data and processing on about 35 DSO's) had maxed out my 2 TB SSD drive. I had a storage problem. I began to read and watch videos and talk to a few nearby friends. It seemed I was in the market for a NAS. Most of the advice suggested that I get a unit that could handle five years of data collection as I look to the future. That made sense. They also suggested the 3-2-1 strategy, 3 copies of your data on 2 different media with 1 offsite. I thought that was probably a bit of overkill for me. A third piece of advice had to do with read/write speeds of hard drives and transfer speeds between my computer in the NAS unit. ? I purchased a Synology DS218+ double bay unit, but swapped it out for a DS940+ 4 bay unit when I discovered the 218+ could not accept future expansion units. The setup was simple enough even for someone like me without any networking experience. I installed 2 10TB hard drives (leaving 2 bays available for future expansion), plugged it into my router, managed to set up a storage pool, a couple volumes, some folders, and transferred my Astro data over. I also ran an ethernet 6 cable from my router to my workstation. It all seems to work quite well, and I am pleased with it at this point. I have had to make one important adjustment in my processing workflow. The Cygnus Loop mosaic project has been massive, with 1400 X 60s subs, gathered over seven sessions and stacked into four different panels. As you know, Jim, our ASI2600s produce 52 MB subs! Then there were the layers of folders to get from the subs, to integrated masters, through the assembly process.?I ended up with 28 masters for my panels that were 940 MB each, before I ever got to my a final master. ?When I tried to handle this workflow with my computer hardwired to my NAS unit, the data transfer was too slow. So what I ended up doing was transferring all the subs to my newly empty SSD drive and plugging it directly into my computer until my processing was completed. That resolved any transfer delay issues. After I am done, I will plug the SSD into the NAS UBS3 port and transfer all the data back to the NAS. Easy to do.? I will be very interested to know how you resolve the data storage issue. I am also very interested to know what data of people keep long term. I assume that I will be adding fresh data to my DSO folders in the future and will want to process everything again. I also assume that the software is developing so rapidly that reprocessing my data with the new software competencies will sooner or later be worth doing. So what should I keep? I would really prefer not to have to keep everything. Do I keep the raw fits files with the calibration data? I assume that I keep my masters. I noted that some people said they kept only their registered folders plus their masters. But if you wanted to preserve your ability to re-process, wouldn't you have to keep something earlier, like perhaps the calibration folders? I'd be glad for any advice. Geoff Chapman |
Re: OT - NAS Drives?
If it is just drives then higher end drives from the main manufacturers should be fine. I have had the Seagate Ironwolf and Barracudas in a Netgear ReadyNAS (not sure they are still made) for years without any real issues - caveat:- use Raid 5 or other as you will replace mechanical drives at some point in time. +1 with Gregory's comment of Gigabit networking - along with a Gigabit and 10Gigabit interface on the NAS (a lot have both these days). Good luck, Ken |
Re: OT - NAS Drives?
I have a couple of QNAP nas devices -- with my Windows 2012r2 file server have roughly 36TB of accessible storage (I keep multiple copies as an alternative to backups). You will want gigabit connections -- AP raw images are huge. Started with 4TB drives, those are considered small now. While I used USB connected drives for years, I never found them truly reliable.
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OT - NAS Drives?
Jim Waters
I am getting tired of USB3 SSD's and HDD's floating around that I use to store my PI Projects.? Its no problem for me to build a NAS but I don't have the time or parts.? I have no experience with off-the-shelf NAS Drives.? What are good manufacturers and models to start looking at?? I am currently checking out Western Digital and?Asustor.? What do other do to store images?
I would need RAID 1 (minimum) and about 6 to 8TBytes of total data 'HDD' 7,200 RPM SATA II storage.? Network performance is a big consideration.? My house is hard-wired for 100Mbps.? Software capabilities is another consideration. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy G11G, NINA 2.0 Beta / ASTAP, ASI2600MC Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes |
Re: HD stand tray
Hi Ken,
Yours is probably one generation i7 newer than mine. I have a very low profile Skull Canyon i7 NUC kit that I installed 32GB RAM & 1TB NVMe. With the conventional Intel NUC box then mounting it to the scope is kinda goofy but on the large Losmandy HD tripod legs it would disappear. I much prefer the very tidy cabling of an on scope computer. Alternately the addition of the compact Pegasus Ultimate Power Box V2 allows you to run a single power cord and USB 3.1 cable to the optic with full control and minimum cable routing issues.? -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware? ? ?Astropheric Weather Forecast - South Pasadena, CA? |
Re: HD stand tray
Nice work, Jamie! I made mine from plywood also.? Here are pix.? ?Can't live/image without these trays to hold my electronics gear off the floor.?? Very best, Michael On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 11:43 AM Jamie Amendolagine <jamie.amendolagine@...> wrote: I made one out of door-skin / thin finishing plywood using a jigsaw. It seriously took less than an hour of effort and it's been working perfectly for years.? |
Re: HD stand tray
I made one out of door-skin / thin finishing plywood using a jigsaw. It seriously took less than an hour of effort and it's been working perfectly for years.?
It's for the light weight tripod, but I'm sure you could make one for the heavy weight one. The trick would be mounting it, and being OK with having to fiddle with it to close the legs. I leave my tripod open.?
Alternatively you might be able to adapt this 3d model and print it to fit your NUC.? -- jamie.amendolagine@... |
Re: HD stand tray
Jeff Rothstein
Check out buckeyestargazer.net. ?If Joel doesn¡¯t have a mounting bracket that fits your NUC he will make one. ?He did for me. ?
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Re: Gimini 2 freezes very often
Ed it sounds like a HC communication issue as in the HC cable is intermittently disconnecting. ?
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Re: Gimini 2 freezes very often
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI would suggest you check the connectors for the HC cable for corrosion (at both ends). ? David ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ed via groups.io
Sent: 11 July 2022 17:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] Gimini 2 freezes very often ? Hello |
Gimini 2 freezes very often
Hello
How can i fix this problem? it freezes when when tracking, slewing and it shows some weird characters in the main screen menu in the upper side of the screen. I have change the battery, new cables, loosen up the clutches, the power source is new and check voltage. Ed Thank you |
Re: Dyslexic G11T? Maybe?
Hi Jeff
that's curious behavior indeed.? I tried to reproduce it with a couple hand controllers here and was unable to do so. M13 comes up with correct RA/Dec coordinates. M92 and M31 also come up as expected. I assume you did this from the hand controller? (vs. Gemini Telescope.net or other app) You might try unplugging/plugging in the hand controller from the Gemini to see if that clears it. Otherwise it's probably good to start a support ticket by emailing techsupport at losmandy dot com and we can troubleshoot Brian |
Re: HD stand tray
Hi Ken,
Which NUC do you have? Mine had several threaded mounting points in back to attach the NUC to a mounting bracket. You can use the attachment points to fasten it to an old Losmandy dovetail saddle from a GM8 and clamp it to a short dovetail attached to a leg with stainless steel street sign band clamps which are extremely secure.? Or if you want a less serious low visibility solution use HD Velcro on the leg and Velcro straps attached with those same attachment points using washers under the fastener heads then just strap the NUC to the HD tripod legs on the Velcro patches which will let the Velcro straps grip the stick on Velcro landing pads. Also very secure but lighter and less obvious.? -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware? ? ?Astropheric Weather Forecast - South Pasadena, CA? |