Staff Assigned: Adam Robichaud Installing x64 ASCOM Drivers

Hello.

I seem to be unable to install the new x64 ASCOM drivers. I first installed the latest DLAPI drier, but get the error in the attached image when trying to install the ASCOM driver.

This is a fresh Windows 11 installation FWIW

 

Managed to resolve my issue. SetupDLAPI.exe had installed the x86 MS Visual C++ Redistributables, but the x64 ASCOM drivers require the x64 version of the MS VC++ redistributables.. installed those, and then the ascom driver installed successfully.

 

Update --- now that it's installed, seems like the filter wheel driver is flaky at best....
When trying to use NINA to switch filters, it fails to report success most of the time -- the wheel _does_ move the to the correct filter, but the driver fails and causes an error... here's the log from NINA when trying to switch filters:

Code:

2023-08-24T21:29:00.8084|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:00.8084|INFO|FilterWheelVM.cs|ChangeFilter|104|Moving to Filter R at Position 1
2023-08-24T21:29:00.8122|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|SetProperty|387|SET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 1
2023-08-24T21:29:01.3207|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:01.3228|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:01.3257|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:01.3257|ERROR|FilterWheelVM.cs|ChangeFilter|157|Failed to move filter wheel to filter R at position 1. Current reported position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:01.3267|ERROR|NotifyTaskCompletion.cs|WatchTaskAsync|35
System.Exception: Failed to move filter wheel to filter R at position 2
   at NINA.WPF.Base.ViewModel.Equipment.FilterWheel.FilterWheelVM.<ChangeFilter>d__4.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core.WPF\ViewModel\Equipment\FilterWheel\FilterWheelVM.cs:line 0
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at NINA.WPF.Base.ViewModel.Equipment.FilterWheel.FilterWheelVM.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<<-ctor>b__5>d.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core.WPF\ViewModel\Equipment\FilterWheel\FilterWheelVM.cs:line 65
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at NINA.Core.Utility.NotifyTaskCompletion`1.<WatchTaskAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core\Utility\NotifyTaskCompletion.cs:line 33
2023-08-24T21:29:07.1256|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:07.1256|INFO|FilterWheelVM.cs|ChangeFilter|104|Moving to Filter G at Position 2
2023-08-24T21:29:07.1277|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|SetProperty|387|SET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 2
2023-08-24T21:29:07.6306|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:07.6367|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:07.6397|TRACE|AscomDevice.cs|GetProperty|333|GET IFilterWheelFacadeProxy.Position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:07.6397|ERROR|FilterWheelVM.cs|ChangeFilter|157|Failed to move filter wheel to filter G at position 2. Current reported position: 7
2023-08-24T21:29:07.6407|ERROR|NotifyTaskCompletion.cs|WatchTaskAsync|35
System.Exception: Failed to move filter wheel to filter G at position 3
   at NINA.WPF.Base.ViewModel.Equipment.FilterWheel.FilterWheelVM.<ChangeFilter>d__4.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core.WPF\ViewModel\Equipment\FilterWheel\FilterWheelVM.cs:line 0
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at NINA.WPF.Base.ViewModel.Equipment.FilterWheel.FilterWheelVM.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<<-ctor>b__5>d.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core.WPF\ViewModel\Equipment\FilterWheel\FilterWheelVM.cs:line 65
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at NINA.Core.Utility.NotifyTaskCompletion`1.<WatchTaskAsync>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\Projects\nina\NINA.Core\Utility\NotifyTaskCompletion.cs:line 33

 

Anecdotally, it seems like larger index offsets succeed more often... like if I move from position 1 to position 7, it will succeed most of the time, but moving from position 1 to position 2 fails 90% of the time... maybe some sort of race condition? Judging from the NINA logs, it looks as if though NINA requests the FW to move to a position and then queries the FW position 3 times before giving up?

FWIW, I've never run into this issue with my ZWO FilterWheel on my other rig

 

It's an STC-7

 

Hey Colin, yep -- latest version of NINA
latest version of the DLAPI and DL Ascom x64 drivers.
Running v9 firmware on the STC-7

steps to repro:

1. Launch Nina
2. Connect to filter wheel
3. From the filter wheel section change filter from Position 1 to Position 2
4. Then from position 2 to position 1
5. Repeat 3 and 4 a few times, usually I get a failure first or 2nd try

 

Yeah -- they have a few versions up in the air lol. 2.2.0.9001, which I think is deemed the latest stable version.

 

Thanks Colin!

 

Hey Colin, any update on this issue?