FireCapture v2.6 in Astroberry 2.0.3 does not work on ZWO ASI462MC

[lucian-liu]

I know that this is a quite known issue by many FireCapture v2.6 users ==> ZWO ASI462MC can not be recognized by it!!! But I just want to know if there is any update plan for Astroberry server to upgrade FireCapture to V2.7 beta or later. This would be great if I can know when the newer version would be available. FYR that I also updated my astroberry with apt update and upgrade right after I flashed the 1st image.

[elenin]

Also not work on QHY 462C,tested on astroberry with raspi and ubuntu20.04 with intel i7.

[rkaczorek]

Firecapture uses own drivers. Please report unsupported devices to http://www.firecapture.de/

[TonyF1330]

FireCapture 2.7 (release, not beta) has been available as of March 2022 and appears to have resolved the issue with ZWO cameras. Can version 2.7 be bundled/added to the next Astroberry release instead of 2.6.x?

I have no idea how difficult this ask is so I apologize if this is a huge milestone that takes lots of time to plan and implement.

Thanks!

[lucian-liu]

2.7 beta has fixed this issue but it still requires manual installation in Astroberry. However, I am good to close this issue.

[TonyF1330]

I'm not very knowledgeable regarding manual installations on Astroberry (Raspberry Pi or Linux for that matter). Is there a "dummies" guide that I can follow "step by step" to manually install FC 2.7? I've tried downloading 2.7 from the FC website and installing it. It appears to finish installing but then won't load when I try to run it. I'm sure that I'm missing a step or doing something wrong. Thanks!

[rkaczorek]

Firecapture 2.7.10 has been just pushed to astroberry repository. Run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade to get it

[lucian-liu]

This should be the steps as I recalled.

1. Download FireCapture for RPi (link)
2. Open "Terminal" to install FC v2.7 by

   sudo su dpkg -i firecapture_2.7.10_armhf.deb

3. After you install FC, you should also modify its shortcut.

   Find FC shortcut from Astroberry start menu. Right-click FC shortcut to access "Properties" Change "Command" and "Working directory" to where your FC is. Then you should be good to run FC v2.7.

[lucian-liu]

I have the snapshot of where to set FC v2.7 shortcut here.

[TonyF1330]

Thank you! This community rocks!!!

[TonyF1330]

After the update to 2.7 using sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade FireCapture 2.7 doesn't launch successfully for me. If I turn on the start menu option to run in a terminal window I get the following output. This is similar to the errors that I was seeing when I tried to manually update before asking for help. I wonder if I messed something up during those earlier attempts to get 2.7 to work? I'm considering installing a fresh image unless anyone has any suggestions that I should try first.

2022-08-29 13:57:31.589 INFO de.wonderplanets.firecapture.log.Log logInfo Starting FireCapture - lets go.... 2022-08-29 13:57:31.676 INFO de.wonderplanets.firecapture.log.Log logInfo System information FireCapture Release: v2.7 FireCapture Build: 10 FireCapture Directory: /opt/FireCapture_v2.7 OS: Linux OS Version: 5.10.103-v7l+ PATH: /usr/java/packages/lib:/lib:/usr/lib JRE Version: 12.0.2-BellSoft JRE ClassPath: lib/radiance-substance-3.0.0.jar:lib/radiance-neon-3.0.0.jar:lib/radiance-trident-3.0.0.jar:lib/swingx-1.6.jar:lib/zstd-jni-1.3.3-4.jar:lib/loci-common.jar:lib/Firecapture.jar:lib/fits.jar:lib/ome-xml.jar:lib/ij.jar:lib/Filters.jar:lib/INDI.jar:lib/jcalendar-1.3.3.jar:lib/RXTXcomm.jar:lib/bio-formats.jar:lib/jgoodies-common-1.3.0.jar:lib/jSerialComm-1.3.11.jar:lib/jacob.jar:lib/jgoodies-forms-1.5.0.jar: JRE initial heap size: -Xms1024m JRE max heap size: -Xmx1024m Camera: 0

2022-08-29 13:57:31.678 INFO de.wonderplanets.firecapture.log.Log logInfo Loaded settings from: /home/astroberry/FireCapture/FireCapture.ini 2022-08-29 13:57:31.681 INFO de.wonderplanets.firecapture.log.Log logInfo Loaded FireCapture.ini java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.pushingpixels.substance.api.skin.SubstanceOfficeSilver2007LookAndFeel at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583) at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:332) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.util.GuiUtil.setLookAndFeel(GuiUtil.java:193) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.initProfile(SystemSettings.java:906) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.getCurrent(SystemSettings.java:1577) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.capture.Capture.(Capture.java:60) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.(SystemSettings.java:116) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.gui.FireCapture.(FireCapture.java:165) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.(SystemSettings.java:116) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.gui.FireCapture.(FireCapture.java:165) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.initCaptureProfiles(SystemSettings.java:1367) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.initProfile(SystemSettings.java:912) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.profile.SystemSettings.getCurrent(SystemSettings.java:1577) at de.wonderplanets.firecapture.capture.Capture.(Capture.java:60) ... 2 more

[rkaczorek]

I would suggest removing all settings by running rm -rf /home/astroberry/FireCapture Then, try it running with your camera disconnected. It should start with demo mode. If it is ok rerun with a camera. Whatever happens provide us with feedback.

PS. What's your hardware? It is always worth mentioning as it helps diagnosing an issue.

[TonyF1330]

Perfect, that procedure solved my issue. Thank you again! For reference, I have an ASI585MC.