Any luck with other cameras? i.e. Homyl Fisheye Wide Angle 5MP? :)

[GandaGit]

Hi. I'm very new to this and was wanting to setup an "All Sky" imager on the cheap.
I'm using a RBPi 3B with a camera I bought online:
Homyl Fisheye Wide Angle 5MP 1080p Night Vision Camera Module for Raspberry Pi 3/2

I get the "AllSky Software is restarting" on the webgui and this from the status:

Apr 18 09:58:33 allsky allsky.sh[1045]: xxxx Got signal 70 in capture_RPiHQ.cpp
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1045]: STARTING EXPOSURE at: 2022-04-18 09:58:48 @ 500 us (0.500 ms)
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.r>
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc>
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: Failed to create camera component
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: main: Failed to create camera component
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1846]: mmal: Camera is not detected. Please check carefully the camera >
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1045]: >>> Unable to take picture, return code=17920, r=70
Apr 18 09:58:48 allsky allsky.sh[1045]: xxxx Got signal 70 in capture_RPiHQ.cpp
Apr 18 09:59:03 allsky allsky.sh[1045]: STARTING EXPOSURE at: 2022-04-18 09:59:03 @ 500 us (0.500 ms)
Apr 18 09:59:03 allsky allsky.sh[1866]: mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647
Apr 18 09:59:03 allsky allsky.sh[1866]: mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.r>
Apr 18 09:59:03 allsky allsky.sh[1866]: mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc>
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Any help the experts can provide?
not sure if Allsky works with any camera or just the two types in the settings.

[EricClaeys]

@GandaGit Allsky only supports ZWO cameras and the Raspberry Pi HQ camera (RPiHQ).
If you are on Bullseye you can ask the libcamera team if they support that camera. If so, it might work with Allsky.

[GandaGit]

Thank you for the lead. I've asked for help there. lets see what they can do.

[GandaGit]

here is the post on SO:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71924339/homyl-fisheye-wide-angle-5mp-1080p-night-vision-camera-support-for-allsky-on-ras

[GandaGit]

Hi All and Eric!
Finally found out the issue with the camera. Bent pin on the flex cable from the board to the camera.
New cable just fixed it instantaneously!

and I have been beating the software and the drivers.

Anyhow. It's working now!
thanks again for all your support.

[EricClaeys]

@GandaGit Glad to hear the problem was easily resolved and you are hopefully enjoying your allsky camera.