[Elphel-support] No images from sensor

Linden Mills-Connery lmillsc at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 15:34:03 PDT 2012


Very odd, do we have different firmware?

Without immediate I get the GUI for changing elements, see attached. It
doesn't actually change the parameters.

Linden

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>wrote:

> I tried your request and it worked.
>
> What do you get without "immediate"?
>>
>>
>> http://10.23.33.10/parsedit.php?AUTOEXP_ON=1&WB_EN=1&PF_HEIGHT=0&WOI_TOP=0&WOI_HEIGHT=1936
>
>
> Oleg
>
> On 5 October 2012 16:21, Linden Mills-Connery <lmillsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have tried this HTTP request in a browser at get an error in the
>> returned XML:
>>
>> http://10.23.33.10/parsedit.php?immediate&AUTOEXP_ON=1&WB_EN=1&PF_HEIGHT=0&WOI_TOP=0&WOI_HEIGHT=1936
>>
>> Error: "Wrong address==0, probably misspelled constant: 'immediate'"
>>
>> I get the same error even if I call:
>> http://10.23.33.10/parsedit.php?immediate
>>
>> Not sure what I am missing?
>>
>> Linden
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>wrote:
>>
>>> There's a part of the file missing.
>>>
>>> Most likely it is caused by not syncing the camera file system after
>>> editing that file and rebooting the camera.
>>>
>>> The safest way to sync this file is to save it through
>>>
>>>> 192.168.0.9 -> Parameter Editor
>>>
>>>
>>> Or (in case of editing other files) this can be done from the telnet
>>> session with a command "sync".
>>>
>>> Also, you can change parameters with a http request in the following way:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?immediate&PARAMETER1=VALUE1&PARAMETER2=VALUE2.
>>>> ..
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Oleg Dzhimiev
>>> Electronics Engineer
>>> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
>>> Elphel, Inc.
>>>
>>> On 5 October 2012 14:18, Linden Mills-Connery <lmillsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, that fixed it. Find the bad XML attached.
>>>>
>>>> Linden
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Linden,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Could you please send the current /etc/autocampars.xml?
>>>>> 2. Meanwhile, you can rename the current file and regenerate the
>>>>> dafault one:
>>>>>
>>>>>> php autocampars.php --init
>>>>>
>>>>> It should create a new /etc/autocampars.xml if it doesn't exist. You
>>>>> might need to reboot the camera afterwards for a cleaner effect.
>>>>> The same thing will happen if you just reboot w/o this file in place.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5 October 2012 12:56, Linden Mills-Connery <lmillsc at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not sure what triggered the issue as I was not operating the
>>>>>> camera. But yes I change several parameters between getting the camera
>>>>>> set-up and putting it in line-scan (recording) mode. I am
>>>>>> curious what would be the recommended way of changing parameters with HTTP
>>>>>> requests. Currently I am emulating the HTTP request made by autocampars.php
>>>>>> to change parameters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Output of that call:
>>>>>> [root at Elphel353 /usr/html]788# php autocampars.php --init
>>>>>> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.9
>>>>>> Content-type: text/html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>>  <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>> /etc/autocampars.xml:74: parser error : Premat
>>>>>>                                               ure end of data in tag GAINR
>>>>>> line 74 in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> o
>>>>>>                                                   n line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]: ABLE
>>>>>> is enabled this overall gain is split bet
>>>>>>                                         ween the sensor analog gain and di
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                                                         ^
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>> /etc/autocampars.xml:74: parser error : Premat
>>>>>>                                               ure end of data in tag
>>>>>> descriptions line 11 in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.ph
>>>>>>                                                                 p</b> on
>>>>>> line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]: ABLE
>>>>>> is enabled this overall gain is split bet
>>>>>>                                         ween the sensor analog gain and di
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                                                         ^
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>> /etc/autocampars.xml:74: parser error : Premat
>>>>>>                                               ure end of data in tag
>>>>>> autocampars line 3 in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php<
>>>>>>                                                         /b> on line
>>>>>> <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]: ABLE
>>>>>> is enabled this overall gain is split bet
>>>>>>                                         ween the sensor analog gain and di
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Warning</b>:  simplexml_load_file() [<a
>>>>>> href='function.simplexml-load-file'>f
>>>>>>                                     unction.simplexml-load-file</a>]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                                                         ^
>>>>>> in <b>/mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on
>>>>>>                                              line <b>954</b><br />
>>>>>> <br />
>>>>>> <b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to a member function children() on a
>>>>>> non-object in <b>
>>>>>>                 /mnt/flash/html/autocampars.php</b> on line <b>958</b><br />
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this as simple as re-flashing the original  /etc/autocampars.xml
>>>>>> file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Linden
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM, support-list <
>>>>>> support-list at support.elphel.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>> Hello Linden,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How did camera stop working did you modify (and save any parameters)?
>>>>>>> It seems the camera could not finish initialization
>>>>>>> /usr/local/html/autocampars.php --init
>>>>>>> It may be caused by /etc/autocampars.xml parameters
>>>>>>> You may try "/usr/local/html/autocampars.php --init" manually and
>>>>>>> see what it will output.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---- On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:09:00 -0700 *Linden Mills-Connery <
>>>>>>> lmillsc at gmail.com>* wrote ----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Having a problem with the camera sensor no longer recording any
>>>>>>> images. I can access the cameras web interface fine but any images are all
>>>>>>> the blank 1x1 frames.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have attached the system report hoping that this will shed some
>>>>>>> light on the issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Linden
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Oleg Dzhimiev
>>>>> Electronics Engineer
>>>>> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
>>>>> Elphel, Inc.
>>>>>
>>>>
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