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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Introducing Chronos 2.1 HD!
« on: March 07, 2020, 01:57:26 AM »
you can already change the displayed value and choose between time, degrees and percentage
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.4.0 Beta - Debian and Networking
« on: March 03, 2020, 08:58:30 AM »
nice! that was quick!
I just did the update and it went ok, I guess:
after the rebooting message the screen just went black and the camera stayed on in a limbo state. I waited 5 Minutes and then tried a soft-power off with no effect, I had to ddo a hard poweroff via long-pressing the button.
cam is working though.
(Nit-Picky minor detail on the side: the chronos-gui2 is package version is alpha135, not beta 135
)
EDIT
found a new bug: Sometimes when you click the menu button, the menu only appears for ~0.3 sec and closes again. or, when the menu is already open and you want to close it using the menue button it opens again. I also managed to get a crude video of the behavior, it is available on request.
I just did the update and it went ok, I guess:
after the rebooting message the screen just went black and the camera stayed on in a limbo state. I waited 5 Minutes and then tried a soft-power off with no effect, I had to ddo a hard poweroff via long-pressing the button.
cam is working though.
(Nit-Picky minor detail on the side: the chronos-gui2 is package version is alpha135, not beta 135
)EDIT
found a new bug: Sometimes when you click the menu button, the menu only appears for ~0.3 sec and closes again. or, when the menu is already open and you want to close it using the menue button it opens again. I also managed to get a crude video of the behavior, it is available on request.
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.4.0 Beta - Debian and Networking
« on: March 01, 2020, 01:57:34 AM »
Thanks for the quick replies!
I managed to get the cam working again with loading the old 3.x calibration data.
I did notice a few more issues:
- the option for overlaying frame count information onto the video output seems to be missing in the new ui
- playing back a record starts with the screen black and flickering for a few sekonds bevore the actual output is shown
- i sometimes have to turn the camera on twice as it shuts down automatically during the boot up
- the saved footage screen also doesn't find newly recorded clips
- the interface options don't seem to have any effect in the new gui
- I'm absolutely confused by the triggers I/O menu, maybe I should read the docs when available
- marking the save start does not leave any indication it worked until you also mark an save end.
- entering the update screen and returning back clears the battery power graphs
I managed to get the cam working again with loading the old 3.x calibration data.
I did notice a few more issues:
- the option for overlaying frame count information onto the video output seems to be missing in the new ui
- playing back a record starts with the screen black and flickering for a few sekonds bevore the actual output is shown
- i sometimes have to turn the camera on twice as it shuts down automatically during the boot up
- the saved footage screen also doesn't find newly recorded clips
- the interface options don't seem to have any effect in the new gui
- I'm absolutely confused by the triggers I/O menu, maybe I should read the docs when available
- marking the save start does not leave any indication it worked until you also mark an save end.
- entering the update screen and returning back clears the battery power graphs
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.4.0 Beta - Debian and Networking
« on: February 29, 2020, 05:46:46 AM »
Ok there is defenitively something wrong here:
after black calibration i've got this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVor2fjf0U
some more quick findings:
- I like the new UI, but menues lack a "back" option in addition to "done" which returens you all te way to the front page
- the web interface does not show video for me, haven't done any more tests with it, but it looks great otherwise
- the new interface does not seem to have an option to restore the saved calibration data on the chronos 1.4, only to restore settings.
- the restore calibration data fails on the old interface with the following message: "Error: tar command failed" if there is no calibration file on the external media. a more appropriate error message would be nice.
- the slider for exposure is very sluggisch and barely reacts to screen input
- i accidentally zoomed in on the main screen and can't find an easy way to zoom back out. pinching does not seem to work. but great feature to be able to zoom!
- as i pressed the button right next to the network acces password (the striped box) to hide the actually entered characters i got an error in red: "Status: Error, See journalctl." At that point i had not connected an ethernet cable yet.
- the alphabetical order of the submenues on the new GUI seems suboptimal, is there a way to reorder them?
- great idea for the paython scripts! however the about.txt file gives an error as it can't be executed.
- great ideea to be able to search for menues/settings!
- the saved footage screen does not detect videos shot with the previous software version. Also it displayes "1gb free / 12 gb total (94%full)" where I have no idea what it is referencing. The sd card is only 23% full.
after black calibration i've got this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVor2fjf0U
some more quick findings:
- I like the new UI, but menues lack a "back" option in addition to "done" which returens you all te way to the front page
- the web interface does not show video for me, haven't done any more tests with it, but it looks great otherwise
- the new interface does not seem to have an option to restore the saved calibration data on the chronos 1.4, only to restore settings.
- the restore calibration data fails on the old interface with the following message: "Error: tar command failed" if there is no calibration file on the external media. a more appropriate error message would be nice.
- the slider for exposure is very sluggisch and barely reacts to screen input
- i accidentally zoomed in on the main screen and can't find an easy way to zoom back out. pinching does not seem to work. but great feature to be able to zoom!
- as i pressed the button right next to the network acces password (the striped box) to hide the actually entered characters i got an error in red: "Status: Error, See journalctl." At that point i had not connected an ethernet cable yet.
- the alphabetical order of the submenues on the new GUI seems suboptimal, is there a way to reorder them?
- great idea for the paython scripts! however the about.txt file gives an error as it can't be executed.
- great ideea to be able to search for menues/settings!
- the saved footage screen does not detect videos shot with the previous software version. Also it displayes "1gb free / 12 gb total (94%full)" where I have no idea what it is referencing. The sd card is only 23% full.
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.4.0 Beta - Debian and Networking
« on: February 29, 2020, 05:11:23 AM »
Great to finally have something new to paly with. great work guys!
I got as far as step 6: generating the calibration failed with the following error on my 1.4:
"Error during black calibration, error 22: API call fail"
with just the option for "ok"
Also: is this blinking extracting cube supposed to be this way?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVor2fjf0U
looks wrong to me.
I got as far as step 6: generating the calibration failed with the following error on my 1.4:
"Error during black calibration, error 22: API call fail"
with just the option for "ok"
Also: is this blinking extracting cube supposed to be this way?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVor2fjf0U
looks wrong to me.
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Software Dev / ADC and Audio
« on: February 08, 2020, 07:45:33 AM »
It's been a while. Are there any updates on those features where the hardware is present but the software still needs to be developed for the Chronos 1.4 like the audio recording / playback and the analog data recording? Is there maybe a beta branch to test those features?
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.2-RC1 and RC2
« on: October 19, 2019, 02:23:05 AM »That makes sense but would imply all of your 2.1 cameras had the same "issue" ?! Let me know if I can help in any way.I can confirm the lag issue is gone now. The "Tab is only highlighted and not selected" issues might have gotten a bit worse, but it's hard to tell. I have an estimated "errorrate" of about 1 in 4. This is close to the point where it gets annoying. I did not put the old screen back jet to test the source of the issue though.According to foobar, we may need to update calibration data for the new LCD panel to fix this:
The response of the touch screen may not be in perfect alignment with the LCD display. Normally this would be fixed using calibration software to align the touch inputs with the underlying LCD. On the old panel, the geometry was close enough that we have never really needed to perform that step, we may need to update the tslib calibration data for the new panel.
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.2-RC1 and RC2
« on: October 13, 2019, 07:14:23 AM »
I can confirm the lag issue is gone now. The "Tab is only highlighted and not selected" issues might have gotten a bit worse, but it's hard to tell. I have an estimated "errorrate" of about 1 in 4. This is close to the point where it gets annoying. I did not put the old screen back jet to test the source of the issue though.
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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI: Main Screen v2 + Dark Theme
« on: September 25, 2019, 08:12:54 AM »
I agree with all of you here.
An easier solution to the configurable menu other than drag and drop would be to simply be able to enable / disable some elements via checkboxes in a configuration list. Or even more hardcore use a config file so only the true nerds can use it
An easier solution to the configurable menu other than drag and drop would be to simply be able to enable / disable some elements via checkboxes in a configuration list. Or even more hardcore use a config file so only the true nerds can use it
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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI: Main Screen v2 + Dark Theme
« on: September 24, 2019, 08:26:05 AM »
I Like the new design!
A few quick thoughts on it:
A few quick thoughts on it:
- Top and bottom bars usually require 2 hands to operate. Not a problem for me but might be for some usecases.
- Please add the ability to select a color theme (light / dark)
- bigger Buttons are usually a good thing, but they should not intrude on the actual picture. There are a few obvious answers to this dilemma:
- Hide the UI if not needed
- Provide the most needed or customizeable buttons on the main screen and hide others in menues
- provide hardware buttons instead of or in addition to software ones (like the record button, use of the encoder knob where applicable etc)
- YAY! Zoom!
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Chronos User Discussion / Re: transfer video to computer via code
« on: September 09, 2019, 10:47:11 AM »
have you tried ssh1 instead of winscp?
can you edid you known_hosts file and add the required key?
if you're on win10 you can install bash and use native linux tools which might be easier.
can you edid you known_hosts file and add the required key?
if you're on win10 you can install bash and use native linux tools which might be easier.
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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Chronos 1.4 Footage Thread
« on: September 09, 2019, 10:44:36 AM »Here is some new footage with the Chronos ring! Turned out amazingly good https://youtu.be/p9XandILnvkWow! That was some jawdroppingly amazing footage! Hugely impressive! Absolutely awesome!
And we have much more coming!
What I'd really like to see at that framerate is lightning (which usually required very complex setups with rotating mirrors and so on).
Thumbs up!
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.2-RC1
« on: September 04, 2019, 12:13:50 PM »Sadly I don't know for sure, but I don't remember similar issues with the old one.Another small bug:Do you know if this only started when the screen was upgraded?
In the Util Menu, sometimes "clicking" the tabs does not change to them but only highlights them.
See the following image of an example:
"About" is selected but the "Kickstarter" Tab still displayed.
If needed I could put the old screen back and test it to be certain.
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.2-RC1
« on: August 31, 2019, 12:45:54 AM »
Another small bug:
In the Util Menu, sometimes "clicking" the tabs does not change to them but only highlights them.
See the following image of an example:
"About" is selected but the "Kickstarter" Tab still displayed.
Also the issue I accidentally reported in the wrong thread:
In the Util Menu, sometimes "clicking" the tabs does not change to them but only highlights them.
See the following image of an example:
"About" is selected but the "Kickstarter" Tab still displayed.
Also the issue I accidentally reported in the wrong thread:
I just noticed a significant lag on the screen update if the overexposure-warning stripes are shown. It appears to drop down to single digit FPS and takes a few seconds to recover even after the bright spot is gone. I noticed this after the screen upgrade, but they can't possibly be related. I have not tried yet if recording is somehow affected.
If needed i can provide a video of the "slowdown" happening.
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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.2 Beta - Updated June 25th 2019 with beta-6
« on: August 31, 2019, 12:37:46 AM »Yes I'm on 0.3.2-RC1, I accidentally posted to the wrong thread. I will mention it there as well.I just noticed a significant lag on the screen update if the overexposure-warning stripes are shown. It appears to drop down to single digit FPS and takes a few seconds to recover even after the bright spot is gone. I noticed this after the screen upgrade, but they can't possibly be related. I have not tried yet if recording is somehow affected.
If needed i can provide a video of the "slowdown" happening.
Does this still happen on v0.3.2-RC1? This and other bugs were fixed in that version: Stuttering issue on the playback window on new production LCD modules.
The RC1 topic is here: http://forum.krontech.ca/index.php?topic=488.0