Crash during simple sequence with Sony A7S ASCOM camera driver

[Mark Westling]

[X] Is the issue reproducible?
[X] Are all prerequisites that are mentioned inside the manual met?

Which Version are you running? 2.0 HF1 RC003

Description

N.I.N.A. crashes while running a sequence, after saving many images. I’m using a Sony A7S camera with this ASCOM driver: https://github.com/dougforpres/ASCOMSonyCameraDriver

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a sequence with >2 steps of 60 images, 60sec. each
• Start the sequence

Expected behaviour

No crash

Actual behaviour

Crash occurs at different times: sometimes in the first step (target), sometimes in the second step.

In the attached logs, there are errors during an earlier slew, but I’m also getting a crash during a sequence that doesn’t include a slew.

I’m also getting crashes after saving a few images while running the Flat Wizard, which makes me wonder if there’s some kind of unhandled situation occurring during imaging with this particular ASCOM camera driver.

##Relevant logfiles and attachments

Attached:

• event_log.txt (XML from app event log)
• 20220822-214841-2.0.1.3003.72.log (NINA log file)

Crashdump (1.5GB): https://www.dropbox.com/t/rv3KvM5BWoKRWPdd

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[Mark Westling]

Attaching another NINA log, this one with level=TRACE. Unfortunately, there's nothing unusual when it ends.

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[Stefan B]

Can you check the eventlog for any .NET runtime errors for that point in time? These will contain more info and the stacktrace.
https://nighttime-imaging.eu/docs/master/site/troubleshooting/general/#event-viewer

[Mark Westling]

Thanks, Stefan, but there are no .NET Runtime events logged at the time of the crash. Here’s the Event Viewer with all events around that time:

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[Dale Ghent]

A crash in the ASCOM driver will still look like a crash in NINA.exe as that’s how in-process COM object look. And because of that, a crash in the ASCOM driver will bring the ship (NINA) down with it. Other Sony ASCOM driver users have lately experienced crashes, so I would bring this up with that driver’s developer.

[Mark Westling]

Hey Dale, thanks, that’s exactly what I’m thinking. I bought a ZWO camera last week and no more crashes. Thanks for responding!

[Mark Westling]

Marking this as resolved since it appears to be a problem with the Sony ASCOM driver.

[Stefan B]

Removing version: 2.0 HF1 Beta (automated comment)

[Armin Prohaska]

Hi,
does anyone know, if the the problem with the Sony ASCOM driver still exists?
I have the Sony A7s and would like to know it before moving to N.I.N.A.
Thanks, Armin