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indi-allsky.
I have developed the AllSky Capsule with Aaron Morris' indi-allsky software in mind.
https://github.com/aaronwmorris/indi-allsky
There are other AllSky software packages available, and I have designed another Allsky Enclosure in the past.
We will be using the instructions provided in the indi-allsky Wiki to install and configure the Capsule. With a few additional, required, steps beforehand.
OS.
We don't need a desktop, so the Raspberry Pi Lite OS will work perfectly. I use the Raspberry Pi Imager to write to an SD Card.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
And then use Jeff Geerling's tool to clone to the SSD.
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/nvme-ssd-boot-raspberry-pi-5/
You may wish to perform this step before fitting the RPi into the Capsule as access to the SD Card can be a little tricky.
You'll want to do all the usual updates, changes to raspi-config, and little tweaks we all do.
Config.txt
To enable all the I/O on the GPIO Highjacker, configure the HQ Camera, and the settings for the PoE HAT, we need to edit config.txt.
sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt
Scroll to the bottom of the file and below the [all] section paste in:
# Disable HAT EEPROM on GPIO0/1 so they can be repurposed
#dtoverlay=i2c0
# free primary UART from BT/console
dtoverlay=disable-bt
enable_uart=1
# map the UARTs to your chosen header GPIOs
#dtoverlay=uart0
#dtoverlay=uart1
dtoverlay=uart2
dtoverlay=uart3
dtoverlay=uart4
# Enable PCIE3
dtparam=pciex1
dtparam=pciex1_gen=3
# Enable cameras
dtoverlay=imx477,cam0
Ctrl-x and then y to save. Then reboot.
Confirm this information is up to date using the manufacturers documentation.
GPSD.
GPSD is a daemon that manages the GPS, if you have one installed.
sudo apt-get install gpsd-clients gpsd -y
This will take but a few minutes to install.
Next, we need to change the configuration so the daemon knows where to look.
sudo nano /etc/default/gpsd
Find the line DEVICES="" and change it to DEVICES="/dev/ttyAMA4"
Then ctrl-x and y to save and exit. Then reboot.
sudo reboot
After logging back in again we need to enable the daemon and set it to autostart on power-up.
sudo systemctl enable gpsd.socket && sudo systemctl start gpsd.socket
sudo gpsd /dev/serial0 -F /var/run/gpsd.sock
Install indi-allsky.
Start here | https://github.com/aaronwmorris/indi-allsky/wiki/Getting-Started
You'll also want to implement the recommendations for
I have also modified the Overlay, and changed the Charts (admin).
It will take several days to get the settings how you like them. Due to the fluctuating weather in the UK, it took a few weeks to find the right balance.