Scripts .SH Edition

[SBRCoach]

Bsr
I come from a very old version of this software (0.6) which is more than 2 years old.

How to edit existing scripts (.sh) and create new ones in the built-in editor like before.

I tried outside and then transfer them, but with this version it no longer works.

THANKS

PS: Sorry for my bad English!

[EricClaeys]

@SBRCoach,

ALL settings are now edited via the WebUI and NOT by manually editing files.
The files to edit are in the Editor page of the WebUI: config.sh and if you have an Allsky Website on the Pi or a remote server, then ftp-settings.sh and configuration.json.
The installation should have used most of the other settings in the Allsky Settings page of the WebUI but you will need to check that page.

There is extensive documentation available via the Documentation link in the WebUI. It should answer almost any question you have.

[EricClaeys]

Forgot to mention, do NOT simply copy your old files on top of the new ones since many setting names have changed and new settings added since version 0.6. If you already did that, run ./install.sh again.

Future upgrades will be much easier.

[SBRCoach]

Thank you for your quick response and congratulations for the work since my very old version.

As I am testing this new version in addition to my current version I took care to obviously use a new USB key and did another complete installation starting from 0 including Linux so as not to touch my current version which has been working well for 3 years and does not lose my personal modifications to the scripts.

So with this new version, we cannot edit DIRECTLY INTERNAL all the other scripts of the application other than "config.sh" and "ftp-settings.sh"? shame !

If I asked you it is because I did not find the answer in the so (complicated when using automatic translation of the language... I am French and do not master English)

Having trouble with this version, some OVERLAYs don't appear either even though I think I have everything activated (Editor, overlay editor ... Overlay method in settings

[Alex-developer]

Thank you for your quick response and congratulations for the work since my very old version.

As I am testing this new version in addition to my current version I took care to obviously use a new USB key and did another complete installation starting from 0 including Linux so as not to touch my current version which has been working well for 3 years and does not lose my personal modifications to the scripts.

So with this new version, we cannot edit DIRECTLY INTERNAL all the other scripts of the application other than "config.sh" and "ftp-settings.sh"? shame !

If I asked you it is because I did not find the answer in the so (complicated when using automatic translation of the language... I am French and do not master English)

Having trouble with this version, some OVERLAYs don't appear either even though I think I have everything activated (Editor, overlay editor ... Overlay method in settings

Your English is very good :-)

What changes have you made to the Allsky scripts? There have been a lot of changes to Allsky and it maybe that we have already added features you have made changes for.

If you are having issues with the overlays then please set the debug level to 4 and look in /var/log/allsky.log and see if there are any errors / warnings logged

Alex

[SBRCoach]

As I discover, finally I found how to make all the SCRIPTS appear in the internal EDITOR (more practical anyway)

@Alex-developer
Attached, a capture of what I implemented in my web page by modifying the scripts more than 2 years ago already in jacquin's software (V.0.6)

• Concerning the Overlay, nothing to do always doesn't work (like sun, moon hours etc...)

• If I try to upgrade to this version (I discover) it is because I have just acquired an ASI 678 MC for my AllSKY (currently I have an ASI 224) but unfortunately the ASI 678 does not fit into my old one version of jacquin's software (0.6) and I don't know why because it is well recognized by the system (it appears well with the LSUSB command though) , but no image on the screen

==> *** My personal modifications in my old version (0.6) from more than 2 years ago**

==> Actual version with SCRIPTS ok in WebUI Editor

==> Concerning the OVERLAYS for this new version, I can clearly see the errors but don't see what I missed for the moment

[EricClaeys]

@SBRCoach, The ZWO library determines what cameras are supported, and the library included with Allsky v0.6 supported whatever cameras were available back then. That's why v0.6 doesn't support your new camera.
@Alex-developer will be able to help you fix the overlay problems. Everything you added to your 0.6 images can be added to the new version, and probably in a way that will make future changes easier.

If you're going to use the new version I strongly suggest not making any changes to it, other than the settings of course. The next version of Allsky gets rid of config.sh and ftp-settings.sh and moves those settings to the WebUI. If you've changed the code the installation script may not be able to copy your settings. At a minimum you'll need to re-apply your changes to the scripts, which have all changed.

[SBRCoach]

@EricClaeys

thank you for your reply

• Isn't there the possibility of recovering the new ZWO library and integrating it into my version 0.6 which I like... and above all, how to do it if it's possible (I think that's it? is - everything is possible in computing)

• A suggestion for improvement that I implemented in my version 0.6 - When I have a crash, a problem I receive an AUTOMATIC MAIL (using SWAKS) which informs me of the problems, the same when my weather station tells me that it's raining... VERY USEFUL and very easy to set up with

• Regarding @Alex-developer , I hope he can help me with my problem with displaying OVERLAYS.

[EricClaeys]

@SBRCoach, you can try copying the ~/allsky/src/lib directory from the new release to the old release, then recompiling the old code.
The following assumes v0.6 is in allsky-OLD and the new release is in allsky.

sudo systemctl stop allsky
cd ~/allsky-OLD
mv lib lib-v0.6
cd ~/allsky
cp -R lib ~-
make capture
sudo systemctl start allsky

ZWO has changed some functions in their library so it's possible the "make capture" won't work, but it's worth a try.

[Alex-developer]

@SBRCoach Looking at the logs the reason the fields are not appearing is that the overlay module doesnt think the fields exist so ....

Referring to the above image

• First select the Variable manager (1)
• Ensure the 'Allsky Variables' tab is selected (2)
• Search for 2554 in the search box (3)

If there are no results then select the 'All variables' tab (4) and search for 2554 again, then add the field using the '+' icon.

If there are results found in the search then please let me know and we can try further diagnosis

Cheers

Alex

[SBRCoach]

Hello

Thank you for your feedback...

@EricClaeys

Great My ASI 678 is now recognized and displayed on my version 0.6 LIVE VIEW

• On the other hand, in your procedure you forgot something

• 1/ When you do “Make capture” nothing happens ==> “make: “capture” is up to date.”
• 2/ So that the update is carried out correctly and that the "make" actually does something... I made a small modification in "capture.cpp" and then relaunched "Make capture" and there it was updated well!

@Alex-developer
I haven't tested your manipulation yet.
I will let you know as soon as I have done this test

Have a nice day.

[EricClaeys]

@SBRCoach, sorry about forgetting a step, but glad you figured it out. You could have run rm capture before the make capture.

[SBRCoach]

@Alex-developer

Good morning

Time to change the USB key which contains the latest version of the AllSky...

• As requested in the previous message...

1/ 2554 appears in the "AllSky Variables" tab

2/ It does not appear in the "All Variables" tab... I don't know if this is normal!

I don't know if it's useful but I use the BOOKWORM version on my Raspberry 4

[SBRCoach]

@Alex-developer

No solution for my problem?

[Alex-developer]

@Alex-developer

Good morning

Time to change the USB key which contains the latest version of the AllSky...

• As requested in the previous message...

1/ 2554 appears in the "AllSky Variables" tab

2/ It does not appear in the "All Variables" tab... I don't know if this is normal!

I don't know if it's useful but I use the BOOKWORM version on my Raspberry 4

Thanks for that.

Can you set the debug level to 4 and then post the section of /var/log/allsky.log where the overlay module runs, it may have some messages to indicate whats happening

Thanks

Alex

[SBRCoach]

The same last time ?

[Alex-developer]

Thats strange as it cannot find the fields. Can you post the contents of

~/allsky/config/overlay/config/userfields.json

[SBRCoach]

Thanks @Alex-developer

"userfields.json" is empty

[Alex-developer]

Thanks, couple of things

1. Can you post the full log of the overlay module running, I need to see what its logging at the start
2. You do have these options ticked?

[SBRCoach]

@Alex-developer

Thanks, it's on track.

I had not activated the "Norad ID'S"

==> And how can I add the return values ​​of Python's Scripts ?

For example I have my own station on "weatherunderground"... I saw that there was a python script "allsky_weatherunderground.py"

[Alex-developer]

Glad that helped :-)

After you install the weatherunderground module just add your api key and station id to it. The data will then be available in the 'All variables' tab which you can add

[SBRCoach]

I do that, but nothing happened - No data in the 'All variables' tab for weatherunderground

[Alex-developer]

Is there a file in ~/allsky/config/overlays/config/extra?

[SBRCoach]

There is NO subdirectory ==> ~/allsky/config/overlays/config/extra

==> But ...
~/allsky/config/overlays/config/

==> and (but empty)

~/allsky/config/overlays/extra

[Alex-developer]

I just spotted the problem. You are trying to run the module via the 'Run script' module. Thats not how the modules work.

Go into the module Manager and select the periodic flow. Add the weather underground module and in it settings add your api key and site id.

it would be worth reading the modules documentation as it explains this in a lot more detail

Cheers

Alex

[SBRCoach]

OK thanks

For the DOC I looked a little but as it is in ENGLISH and it is complicated for me poor French... even with the automatic translators which are sometimes not great!

The language barrier doesn't help

sorry to disturb you

[Alex-developer]

Not a problem at all - More than happy to help :-)

[SBRCoach]

it works.

Thank you for your help and for your patience

Have a good evening/day?!

[EricClaeys]

@SBRCoach, that's good news!
What did you do to get it working?
Eric

[SBRCoach]

I just followed the wise advice of @Alex-developer

For non-English speakers, the documentation is sometimes complicated to understand

Thanks again for your feedback

I continue to delve deeper into this version (I still have both in duplicate for the moment) Both have their advantages and disadvantages for me.

[SBRCoach]

Good morning

Okay, I'm going to bother you again..

Still comparing my 2 versions of TJ's software

In version 0.6 I cannot see when I display text for example for temperatures, the character "°" is replaced by "?"

I know it's a code page problem but not how to modify it!

[EricClaeys]

I'm pretty sure that bug with the "Extra Text" field was fixed in v0.7 or the release after that. It sounds very familiar.

[SBRCoach]

Yes, too bad for me...

Well, it's not a big deal either...
I'll see if I find a solution in the meantime.

Have a nice day

[EricClaeys]

Almost everything on your screenshots can be added in the newer version but with no changes to Allsky code. The new "overlay module" allows you to easily add text and images with different fonts, sizes, colors, etc.
All your new icons on the left can be added via the Website json file.

[SBRCoach]

Thanks to you, @EricClaeys & @Alex-developer the OVERLAYS are starting to take shape with this version

• I still have to adapt my OWN informations when I RECORD with display in real time of the number of images, HD size, current and next recording chronology in real time etc...

• Suggestion :
  What is missing in creating Overlays is being able to select one to duplicate it elsewhere (CTRL C + CTRL V) and select a group with the mouse to move several easily

==> Concerning AZIMUT, there is no possibility of having "138 deg 17'05.4" in the format "138°17'05.4"?

[Alex-developer]

Thanks for the suggestion, this is on the list for the next major release.

Alex