Missing startrails and keograms #5014

WirthmU · 2025-11-23T11:17:19Z

WirthmU
Nov 23, 2025

If I run the script manually I get:

ashqc2@allsky2:~/allsky/scripts $  bash endOfNight.sh
endOfNight.sh: ===== Posting twilight data
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Keogram for 20251122
endOfNight.sh: ===== Keogram completed successfully
keogram: font-color must have 3 number or start with a '#'.  You had '𧉕.'

Usage: keogram -d <imagedir> -e <ext> -o <outputfile> [<other_args>]
    Source directory, image extension, and output file are required.

Arguments:
-d | --directory <str> : directory from which to load images (required)
-e | --extension <str> : image extension to process (required)
-o | --output-file <str> : name of output file (required)
-r | --rotate <float> : number of degrees to rotate image, counterclockwise (0)
-s | --image-size <int>x<int> : only process images of a given size, eg. 1280x960
-h | --help : display this help message
-v | --verbose : Increase logging verbosity
-n | --no-label : Disable hour and date labels
-D | --no-date : Disable date label
-C | --font-color <str> : label font color, in HTML format (#0000ff)
-L | --font-line <int> : font line thickness (3), (min=1)
-N | --font-name <str> : font name (simplex)
-S | --font-size <float> : font size (2.0)
-T | --font-type <int> : font line type (1)
-Q | --max-threads <int> : limit maximum number of processing threads. (use all cpus)
-q | --nice-level <int> : nice(2) level of processing threads (10)
-x | --image-expand : expand image to get the proportions of source
-c | --channel-info : show channel infos - mean value of R/G/B
-f | --fixed-channel-number <int> : define number of channels 0=auto, 1=mono, 3=rgb (0=auto)
-p | --parse-filename : parse time using filename instead of stat(filename)

WARNING: '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251122/keogram/keogram-20251122.jpg' not found; skipping.
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Startrails for 20251122
endOfNight.sh: ===== Startrails completed successfully
startrails: ERROR: Unable to read sample file '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251122/image-20251122174301.jpg'; quitting
generateForDay.sh: Command Failed: '/home/ashqc2/allsky/bin/startrails'   -d '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251122' 			-e jpg -b 0.4 -o '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251122/startrails/startrails-20251122.jpg' 			--image-size 640x480
WARNING: '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251122/startrails/startrails-20251122.jpg' not found; skipping.
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Timelapse for 20251122

And then the script stops.
Concerning keogram font-color, it is set to #ffffff (white).

Any help to this?

Alex-developer · 2025-11-25T23:13:30Z

Alex-developer
Nov 25, 2025
Maintainer

Can you please post your support info

1 reply

WirthmU Nov 29, 2025
Author

I desperately try to do that as described. The file is prepared and has the size of 1.52 GB But downloading takes forever and never ends. Is there any other way to get hold of the log-Files, by hand?

EricClaeys · 2025-11-25T23:42:13Z

EricClaeys
Nov 25, 2025
Maintainer

@WirthmU,
To get the support info Alex asked for, follow the instructions on the WebUI's "Getting Support" page, then upload the file it creates.

0 replies

EricClaeys · 2025-12-01T21:17:14Z

EricClaeys
Dec 1, 2025
Maintainer

@WirthmU,
large support logs are usually caused by directories in ~/allsky/tmp with the word "sequence" in their name, or by huge /var/log/allsky.log or /var/log/allsky.log.1. If the second file is huge, run sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/allsky.log.1.
If you have one or more "sequence" directories, remove them and their contents.

Eric

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WirthmU Dec 3, 2025
Author

The downloaded zip.file is indeed too big for here. I did as you suggested:
sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/allsky.log.1

The content of the tmp directory is:

ashqc2@allsky2:~/allsky/tmp $ ls -l
total 1572
drwxrwxr-x 2 ashqc2 www-data      40 27. Nov 14:54 aborts
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2      1060  3. Dez 10:22 allskydb.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2      1155 27. Nov 14:54 capture_args.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2      9956  3. Dez 10:22 capture_RPi_debug.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2       148  3. Dez 10:18 data.json
drwxr-xr-x 2 ashqc2 ashqc2        80 27. Nov 18:05 flowtimings
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2   1540732  3. Dez 10:22 image.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2         2 27. Nov 14:54 IMG_UPLOAD_FREQUENCY.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 ashqc2 ashqc2       140 28. Nov 07:01 lftp_cmds
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2       467  3. Dez 10:22 metadata.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2        33 27. Nov 14:54 notification_log.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2     24153  3. Dez 10:22 overlaydebug.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 ashqc2 ashqc2        60  3. Dez 10:22 __pycache__
drwxr-xr-x 2 ashqc2 ashqc2      8760  3. Dez 10:18 sequence-timelapse.20251201
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashqc2 ashqc2        21  3. Dez 10:18 timelapseTMP.txt

The error if I do endOfNight.sh is always the same:

endOfNight.sh: ===== Posting twilight data
2025-12-03T07:02:08.603790+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Keogram for 20251202
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598579+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: endOfNight.sh: ===== Keogram completed successfully
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598685+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: #033[31mkeogram: font-color must have 3 number or start with a '#'.  You had '𧉕.'#033[0m
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598728+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: Usage: keogram -d <imagedir> -e <ext> -o <outputfile> [<other_args>]
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598768+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: #033[31m    Source directory, image extension, and output file are required.
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598830+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: #033[0m
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598870+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: Arguments:
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598908+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -d | --directory <str> : directory from which to load images (required)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598945+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -e | --extension <str> : image extension to process (required)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.598981+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -o | --output-file <str> : name of output file (required)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599019+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -r | --rotate <float> : number of degrees to rotate image, counterclockwise (0)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599057+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -s | --image-size <int>x<int> : only process images of a given size, eg. 1280x960
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599093+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -h | --help : display this help message
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599144+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -v | --verbose : Increase logging verbosity
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599183+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -n | --no-label : Disable hour and date labels
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599220+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -D | --no-date : Disable date label
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599258+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -C | --font-color <str> : label font color, in HTML format (#0000ff)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599298+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -L | --font-line <int> : font line thickness (3), (min=1)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599335+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -N | --font-name <str> : font name (simplex)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599370+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -S | --font-size <float> : font size (2.0)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599406+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -T | --font-type <int> : font line type (1)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599443+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -Q | --max-threads <int> : limit maximum number of processing threads. (use all cpus)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599480+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -q | --nice-level <int> : nice(2) level of processing threads (10)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599517+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -x | --image-expand : expand image to get the proportions of source
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599554+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -c | --channel-info : show channel infos - mean value of R/G/B
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599606+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -f | --fixed-channel-number <int> : define number of channels 0=auto, 1=mono, 3=rgb (0=auto)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599644+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: -p | --parse-filename : parse time using filename instead of stat(filename)
2025-12-03T07:02:09.599679+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140432]: #033[0m
2025-12-03T07:02:09.788350+01:00 allsky2 allsky[2140863]: WARNING: '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251202/keogram/keogram-20251202.jpg' not found; skipping.

EricClaeys Dec 3, 2025
Maintainer

Run

cd ~/allsky/tmp
rm -fr  sequence-timelapse.20251201

Then try creating the support log.
If that still doesn't work, attach ~/allsky/config/settings.json (you may need to append .txt to its name), and attach /var/log/allsky.log.

WirthmU Dec 3, 2025
Author

I did an upgrade install.
This is how it looks now:

ashqc2@allsky2:~ $ cat /home/ashqc2/allsky/config/settings.json
{
    "takedaytimeimages": true,
    "savedaytimeimages": false,
    "dayautoexposure": true,
    "daymaxautoexposure": 60000,
    "dayexposure": 0.1,
    "daymean": 0.5,
    "daymeanthreshold": 0.1,
    "daydelay": 30000,
    "dayautogain": true,
    "daymaxautogain": 16,
    "daygain": 1,
    "imagestretchamountdaytime": 0,
    "imagestretchmidpointdaytime": 10,
    "daybin": 1,
    "dayawb": false,
    "daywbr": 2.5,
    "daywbb": 2,
    "dayskipframes": 5,
    "daytuningfile": "",
    "takenighttimeimages": true,
    "savenighttimeimages": true,
    "nightautoexposure": true,
    "nightmaxautoexposure": 70000,
    "nightexposure": 50000,
    "nightmean": 0.2,
    "nightmeanthreshold": 0.1,
    "nightdelay": 30000,
    "nightautogain": true,
    "nightmaxautogain": 16,
    "nightgain": 8,
    "imagestretchamountnighttime": 0,
    "imagestretchmidpointnighttime": 10,
    "nightbin": 1,
    "nightawb": false,
    "nightwbr": 2.5,
    "nightwbb": 2,
    "nightskipframes": 1,
    "nighttuningfile": "",
    "daystokeep": 14,
    "config": "[none]",
    "extraargs": "",
    "saturation": -100,
    "contrast": 1,
    "sharpness": 1,
    "type": 99,
    "quality": 95,
    "filename": "image.jpg",
    "rotation": 0,
    "flip": 0,
    "determinefocus": false,
    "consistentdelays": true,
    "timeformat": "%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S",
    "temptype": "C",
    "latitude": "46.9569N",
    "longitude": "7.4902E",
    "angle": -9,
    "takedarkframes": false,
    "usedarkframes": false,
    "locale": "en_GB.UTF-8",
    "debuglevel": 0,
    "overlaymethod": 1,
    "showtime": true,
    "showtemp": true,
    "showexposure": true,
    "showgain": false,
    "showmean": false,
    "showfocus": false,
    "text": "Camera 2",
    "extratext": "",
    "extratextage": 0,
    "textlineheight": 100,
    "textx": 15,
    "texty": 100,
    "fontname": 0,
    "fontcolor": "255 255 255",
    "smallfontcolor": "255 255 255",
    "fonttype": 0,
    "fontsize": 8,
    "fontline": 1,
    "outlinefont": false,
    "imageremovebadlow": 0.1,
    "imageremovebadhigh": 0,
    "imagecreatethumbnails": true,
    "thumbnailsizex": 100,
    "thumbnailsizey": 75,
    "imageresizewidth": 0,
    "imageresizeheight": 0,
    "imagecroptop": 0,
    "imagecropright": 0,
    "imagecropbottom": 0,
    "imagecropleft": 0,
    "timelapsegenerate": true,
    "timelapseupload": true,
    "timelapseuploadthumbnail": true,
    "timelapsewidth": 0,
    "timelapseheight": 0,
    "timelapsebitrate": 5000,
    "timelapsefps": 25,
    "timelapsekeepsequence": false,
    "timelapseextraparameters": "-level 3.1",
    "minitimelapsenumimages": 0,
    "minitimelapseforcecreation": false,
    "minitimelapsefrequency": 5,
    "minitimelapseupload": false,
    "minitimelapseuploadthumbnail": true,
    "minitimelapsewidth": 0,
    "minitimelapseheight": 0,
    "minitimelapsebitrate": 2000,
    "minitimelapsefps": 5,
    "timelapsevcodec": "libx264",
    "timelapsepixfmt": "yuv420p",
    "timelapsefflog": "warning",
    "keogramgenerate": true,
    "keogramupload": true,
    "keogramexpand": true,
    "keogramfontname": "simplex",
    "keogramfontcolor": "#033",
    "keogramfontsize": 2,
    "keogramlinethickness": 3,
    "keogramextraparameters": "--image-expand --font-size 1.0 --font-line 1 --font-color 𧉕 255 255&#x27",
    "startrailsgenerate": true,
    "startrailsbrightnessthreshold": 0.4,
    "startrailsupload": true,
    "startrailsextraparameters": "--image-size 640x480",
    "imageresizeuploadswidth": 640,
    "imageresizeuploadsheight": 480,
    "imageuploadfrequency": 1,
    "displaysettings": false,
    "uselocalwebsite": false,
    "daystokeeplocalwebsite": 0,
    "useremotewebsite": true,
    "remotewebsiteurl": "http://46.127.14.186/Bern/allsky_2/allsky",
    "remotewebsiteimageurl": "http://46.127.14.186/Bern/allsky_2/allsky/image.jpg",
    "remotewebsiteimagedir": "/web/Bern/allsky_2/allsky/",
    "remotewebsiteprotocol": "sftp",
    "remotewebsiteimageuploadoriginalname": false,
    "useremoteserver": false,
    "remoteserverimagedir": "",
    "remoteserverprotocol": "ftps",
    "remoteserverimageuploadoriginalname": false,
    "remoteservervideodestinationname": "allsky.mp4",
    "remoteserverkeogramdestinationname": "keogram.jpg",
    "remoteserverstartrailsdestinationname": "startrails.jpg",
    "showonmap": true,
    "location": "Bern, BE, Switzerland",
    "owner": "UW",
    "camera": "RPi HQ",
    "lens": "Arducam 3.2mm",
    "computer": "RPi 4 Model B Rev 1.5, 4 GB",
    "equipmentinfo": "RPI Model 4B Revision 1.2 (8 GB)",
    "imagessortorder": "descending",
    "showupdatedmessage": true,
    "uselogin": true,
    "webuidatafiles": "",
    "daytimeoverlay": "overlay1-RPi_HQ-4056x3040-both.json",
    "nighttimeoverlay": "overlay1-RPi_HQ-4056x3040-both.json",
    "cameratype": "RPi",
    "cameramodel": "HQ",
    "cameranumber": 0,
    "lastchanged": "2025-12-03 10:46:18"
}

ashqc2@allsky2:~ $ cat /var/log/allsky.log
2025-12-03T10:52:44.328163+01:00 allsky2 allsky[747]:      ***** Starting Allsky *****
2025-12-03T10:53:17.976768+01:00 allsky2 allsky[747]: 'rpicam-still' timed out.
2025-12-03T10:53:20.436760+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: *****************************************************
2025-12-03T10:53:20.436877+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: *** Allsky Camera Software Version v2024.12.06_06 ***
2025-12-03T10:53:20.436918+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: *****************************************************
2025-12-03T10:53:20.436956+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: Capture images of the sky with a Raspberry Pi and  an RPi camera
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437003+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: Author: Thomas Jacquin - <[email protected]>
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437062+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: Contributors:
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437110+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Knut Olav Klo
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437149+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Daniel Johnsen
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437290+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Robert Wagner
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437376+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Michael J. Kidd - <[email protected]>
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437459+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Rob Musquetier
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437535+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Eric Claeys
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437605+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  -Andreas Lindinger
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437782+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: *** WARNING: 'Daytime Exposure' (0.100) is less than the minimum of 0.114; setting to the minimum.
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437898+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: *** WARNING: 'Saturation' (-100.000) is less than the minimum of 0.000; setting to the minimum.
2025-12-03T10:53:20.437983+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:  Camera Information:
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438054+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Type: RPi
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438123+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Model: HQ
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438192+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Serial Number: [not supported]
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438259+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Native Resolution: 4056x3040
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438324+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Pixel Size: 1.55 microns
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438391+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Supported Bins: 1 2
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438457+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Color camera, bayer pattern: RG
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438527+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Sensor temperature: not available until an image is taken.
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438595+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Bit depth: 12
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438662+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:   - Auto focus supported: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438731+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]: Settings:
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438800+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Command: rpicam-still
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438868+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Image Type: RGB24 (1)
2025-12-03T10:53:20.438944+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Resolution (before any binning): 4056x3040
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439015+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Configuration file: /home/ashqc2/allsky/tmp/capture_args.txt
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439082+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Quality: 95
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439149+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Daytime capture: Yes
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439219+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Daytime save: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439291+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Nighttime capture: Yes
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439360+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Nighttime save: Yes
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439428+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Exposure (day):                      114 us, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Exposure: 60.0 sec
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439508+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Exposure (night):                  50.0 sec, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Exposure: 70.0 sec
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439580+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Gain (day):       1, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Gain: 16
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439651+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Gain (night):     8, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Gain: 16
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439731+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Target Mean Value (day):       0.500
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439800+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Target Mean Value (night):     0.200
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439870+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Target Mean Threshold (day):   0.100
2025-12-03T10:53:20.439939+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Target Mean Threshold (night): 0.100
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440008+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:       p0: 5.000
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440076+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:       p1: 20.000
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440144+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:       p2: 45.000
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440211+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Binning (day):   1
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440279+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Binning (night): 1
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440347+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    White Balance (day)   Red: 2.50, Blue: 2, Auto:  No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440413+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    White Balance (night) Red: 2.50, Blue: 2, Auto:  No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440479+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Delay (day):   30.0 sec
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440544+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Delay (night): 30.0 sec
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440610+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Consistent delays: Yes
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440675+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Skip Frames (day):   5
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440751+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Skip Frames (night): 1
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440819+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Saturation: 0.0
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440886+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Contrast: 1.0
2025-12-03T10:53:20.440951+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Sharpness: 1.0
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441017+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Rotation: 0
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441086+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Flip Image: none (0)
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441156+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Filename: image.jpg saved to /home/ashqc2/allsky/tmp
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441252+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Latitude: 46.9569N, Longitude: 7.4902E
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441333+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Sun Elevation: -9.00
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441417+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Extra arguments: [none]
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441488+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Locale: en_GB.UTF-8
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441553+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Preview: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441619+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Focus mode: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441687+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Taking Dark Frames: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441755+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Debug Level: 0
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441821+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    On TTY: No
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441902+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Tuning File (day): [none]
2025-12-03T10:53:20.441974+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Tuning File (night): [none]
2025-12-03T10:53:20.442041+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Overlay method: module
2025-12-03T10:53:20.442111+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Temperature type: C
2025-12-03T10:53:20.442208+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1306]:    Allsky version: v2024.12.06_06
2025-12-03T15:18:06.042011+01:00 allsky2 allsky[720]:      ***** Starting Allsky *****
2025-12-03T15:18:18.056338+01:00 allsky2 allsky[720]: 'rpicam-still' timed out.
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592383+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: *****************************************************
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592506+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: *** Allsky Camera Software Version v2024.12.06_06 ***
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592548+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: *****************************************************
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592586+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: Capture images of the sky with a Raspberry Pi and  an RPi camera
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592624+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: Author: Thomas Jacquin - <[email protected]>
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592663+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: Contributors:
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592705+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Knut Olav Klo
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592818+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Daniel Johnsen
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592897+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Robert Wagner
2025-12-03T15:18:20.592997+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Michael J. Kidd - <[email protected]>
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593074+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Rob Musquetier
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593150+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Eric Claeys
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593221+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  -Andreas Lindinger
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593400+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: *** WARNING: 'Daytime Exposure' (0.100) is less than the minimum of 0.114; setting to the minimum.
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593505+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: *** WARNING: 'Saturation' (-100.000) is less than the minimum of 0.000; setting to the minimum.
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593596+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:  Camera Information:
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593672+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Type: RPi
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593742+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Model: HQ
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593811+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Serial Number: [not supported]
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593878+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Native Resolution: 4056x3040
2025-12-03T15:18:20.593959+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Pixel Size: 1.55 microns
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594029+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Supported Bins: 1 2
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594096+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Color camera, bayer pattern: RG
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594164+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Sensor temperature: not available until an image is taken.
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594235+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Bit depth: 12
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594307+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:   - Auto focus supported: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594375+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]: Settings:
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594442+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Command: rpicam-still
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594549+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Image Type: RGB24 (1)
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594620+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Resolution (before any binning): 4056x3040
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594686+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Configuration file: /home/ashqc2/allsky/tmp/capture_args.txt
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594750+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Quality: 95
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594813+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Daytime capture: Yes
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594892+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Daytime save: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.594959+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Nighttime capture: Yes
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595022+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Nighttime save: Yes
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595086+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Exposure (day):                      114 us, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Exposure: 60.0 sec
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595155+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Exposure (night):                  50.0 sec, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Exposure: 70.0 sec
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595219+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Gain (day):       1, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Gain: 16
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595284+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Gain (night):     8, Auto: Yes, Max Auto-Gain: 16
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595410+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Target Mean Value (day):       0.500
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595487+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Target Mean Value (night):     0.200
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595561+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Target Mean Threshold (day):   0.100
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595631+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Target Mean Threshold (night): 0.100
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595697+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:       p0: 5.000
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595761+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:       p1: 20.000
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595824+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:       p2: 45.000
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595888+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Binning (day):   1
2025-12-03T15:18:20.595952+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Binning (night): 1
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596028+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    White Balance (day)   Red: 2.50, Blue: 2, Auto:  No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596095+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    White Balance (night) Red: 2.50, Blue: 2, Auto:  No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596159+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Delay (day):   30.0 sec
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596222+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Delay (night): 30.0 sec
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596285+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Consistent delays: Yes
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596360+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Skip Frames (day):   5
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596425+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Skip Frames (night): 1
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596489+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Saturation: 0.0
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596553+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Contrast: 1.0
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596616+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Sharpness: 1.0
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596680+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Rotation: 0
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596743+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Flip Image: none (0)
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596807+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Filename: image.jpg saved to /home/ashqc2/allsky/tmp
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596871+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Latitude: 46.9569N, Longitude: 7.4902E
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596934+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Sun Elevation: -9.00
2025-12-03T15:18:20.596997+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Extra arguments: [none]
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597070+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Locale: en_GB.UTF-8
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597169+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Preview: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597243+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Focus mode: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597316+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Taking Dark Frames: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597435+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Debug Level: 0
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597521+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    On TTY: No
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597597+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Tuning File (day): [none]
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597666+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Tuning File (night): [none]
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597738+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Overlay method: module
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597806+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Temperature type: C
2025-12-03T15:18:20.597906+01:00 allsky2 allsky[1254]:    Allsky version: v2024.12.06_06

EricClaeys · 2025-12-04T01:56:39Z

EricClaeys
Dec 4, 2025
Maintainer

@Alex-developer, can you handle this please? There appear to be some bad characters in the settings file.
Thanks - Eric

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Alex-developer · 2025-12-06T18:12:10Z

Alex-developer
Dec 6, 2025
Maintainer

@WirthmU

Check the Keogram extra Params setting you seem to have some odd characters in there. Remove everything in this setting and retype it do not copy and paste it from anywhere

--image-expand --font-size 1.0 --font-line 1 --font-color 𧉕 255 255&#x27"

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Alex-developer Dec 6, 2025
Maintainer

Removing all extra parameters for both Keogram and Startrails fixed the problem. As soon as I set an extra parameter as simple as --image-size 640x480 generation fails again. The extra parameter was entered by typing, and not by copy/paste.

What error do you get with just the image size ?

Can you add the settings file like before as well

Thanks

WirthmU Dec 7, 2025
Author

The error I get is:

ashqc2@allsky2:~/allsky $ bash endOfNight.sh 20251204
endOfNight.sh: ===== Posting twilight data
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Keogram for 20251204
endOfNight.sh: ===== Keogram completed successfully
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Startrails for 20251204
endOfNight.sh: ===== Startrails completed successfully
startrails: ERROR: Unable to read sample file '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg'; quitting
generateForDay.sh: Command Failed: '/home/ashqc2/allsky/bin/startrails'   -d '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204' 			-e jpg -b 0.4 -o '/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/startrails/startrails-20251204.jpg' 			--image-size 640x480
endOfNight.sh: ===== Generating Timelapse for 20251204

These are the settings:

ashqc2@allsky2:~/allsky $ cat /home/ashqc2/allsky/config/settings.json
{
    "takedaytimeimages": true,
    "savedaytimeimages": false,
    "dayautoexposure": true,
    "daymaxautoexposure": 50000.0,
    "dayexposure": 0.1,
    "daymean": 0.5,
    "daymeanthreshold": 0.1,
    "daydelay": 30000,
    "dayautogain": true,
    "daymaxautogain": 16,
    "daygain": 1,
    "imagestretchamountdaytime": 0,
    "imagestretchmidpointdaytime": 10,
    "daybin": 1,
    "dayawb": false,
    "daywbr": 2.5,
    "daywbb": 2,
    "dayskipframes": 5,
    "daytuningfile": "",
    "takenighttimeimages": true,
    "savenighttimeimages": true,
    "nightautoexposure": true,
    "nightmaxautoexposure": 100000.0,
    "nightexposure": 50000,
    "nightmean": 0.2,
    "nightmeanthreshold": 0.1,
    "nightdelay": 30000,
    "nightautogain": true,
    "nightmaxautogain": 16,
    "nightgain": 8,
    "imagestretchamountnighttime": 0,
    "imagestretchmidpointnighttime": 10,
    "nightbin": 1,
    "nightawb": false,
    "nightwbr": 2.5,
    "nightwbb": 2,
    "nightskipframes": 1,
    "nighttuningfile": "",
    "daystokeep": 14,
    "config": "[none]",
    "extraargs": "",
    "saturation": -100,
    "contrast": 1,
    "sharpness": 1,
    "type": 99,
    "quality": 95,
    "filename": "image.jpg",
    "rotation": 0,
    "flip": 0,
    "determinefocus": false,
    "consistentdelays": true,
    "timeformat": "%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S",
    "temptype": "C",
    "latitude": "46.9569N",
    "longitude": "7.4902E",
    "angle": -9,
    "takedarkframes": false,
    "usedarkframes": false,
    "locale": "en_GB.UTF-8",
    "debuglevel": 0,
    "overlaymethod": 1,
    "showtime": true,
    "showtemp": true,
    "showexposure": true,
    "showgain": false,
    "showmean": false,
    "showfocus": false,
    "text": "Camera 2",
    "extratext": "",
    "extratextage": 0,
    "textlineheight": 100,
    "textx": 15,
    "texty": 100,
    "fontname": 0,
    "fontcolor": "255 255 255",
    "smallfontcolor": "255 255 255",
    "fonttype": 0,
    "fontsize": 8,
    "fontline": 1,
    "outlinefont": false,
    "imageremovebadlow": 0.1,
    "imageremovebadhigh": 0,
    "imagecreatethumbnails": true,
    "thumbnailsizex": 100,
    "thumbnailsizey": 75,
    "imageresizewidth": 0,
    "imageresizeheight": 0,
    "imagecroptop": 0,
    "imagecropright": 0,
    "imagecropbottom": 0,
    "imagecropleft": 0,
    "timelapsegenerate": true,
    "timelapseupload": true,
    "timelapseuploadthumbnail": true,
    "timelapsewidth": 0,
    "timelapseheight": 0,
    "timelapsebitrate": 5000,
    "timelapsefps": 25,
    "timelapsekeepsequence": false,
    "timelapseextraparameters": "-level 3.1",
    "minitimelapsenumimages": 0,
    "minitimelapseforcecreation": false,
    "minitimelapsefrequency": 5,
    "minitimelapseupload": false,
    "minitimelapseuploadthumbnail": true,
    "minitimelapsewidth": 0,
    "minitimelapseheight": 0,
    "minitimelapsebitrate": 2000,
    "minitimelapsefps": 5,
    "timelapsevcodec": "libx264",
    "timelapsepixfmt": "yuv420p",
    "timelapsefflog": "warning",
    "keogramgenerate": true,
    "keogramupload": true,
    "keogramexpand": true,
    "keogramfontname": "simplex",
    "keogramfontcolor": "#033",
    "keogramfontsize": 2,
    "keogramlinethickness": 3,
    "keogramextraparameters": "",
    "startrailsgenerate": true,
    "startrailsbrightnessthreshold": 0.4,
    "startrailsupload": true,
    "startrailsextraparameters": "--image-size 640x480",
    "imageresizeuploadswidth": 640,
    "imageresizeuploadsheight": 480,
    "imageuploadfrequency": 1,
    "displaysettings": false,
    "uselocalwebsite": false,
    "daystokeeplocalwebsite": 0,
    "useremotewebsite": true,
    "remotewebsiteurl": "http://46.127.14.186/Bern/allsky_2/allsky",
    "remotewebsiteimageurl": "http://46.127.14.186/Bern/allsky_2/allsky/image.jpg",
    "remotewebsiteimagedir": "/web/Bern/allsky_2/allsky/",
    "remotewebsiteprotocol": "sftp",
    "remotewebsiteimageuploadoriginalname": false,
    "useremoteserver": false,
    "remoteserverimagedir": "",
    "remoteserverprotocol": "ftps",
    "remoteserverimageuploadoriginalname": false,
    "remoteservervideodestinationname": "allsky.mp4",
    "remoteserverkeogramdestinationname": "keogram.jpg",
    "remoteserverstartrailsdestinationname": "startrails.jpg",
    "showonmap": true,
    "location": "Bern, BE, Switzerland",
    "owner": "UW",
    "camera": "RPi HQ",
    "lens": "Arducam 3.2mm",
    "computer": "RPi 4 Model B Rev 1.5, 4 GB",
    "equipmentinfo": "RPI Model 4B Revision 1.2 (8 GB)",
    "imagessortorder": "descending",
    "showupdatedmessage": true,
    "uselogin": true,
    "webuidatafiles": "",
    "daytimeoverlay": "overlay1-RPi_HQ-4056x3040-both.json",
    "nighttimeoverlay": "overlay1-RPi_HQ-4056x3040-both.json",
    "cameratype": "RPi",
    "cameramodel": "HQ",
    "cameranumber": 0,
    "lastchanged": "2025-12-07 08:38:44"

And btw, what would be recommendations for:
Check the values of Remove Bad Images Threshold Low, Remove Bad Images Threshold High, and Max Auto-Exposure in the WebUI.

Alex-developer Dec 7, 2025
Maintainer

/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg

This look like a different issue. It's complaintg that it cannot find a file. Does this file exists?

home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg

Regarding The other message, check the settings for those values - Where di you see the message?

WirthmU Dec 11, 2025
Author

Yes the file is here:
home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg

/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg
/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/thumbnails/image-20251204173657.jpg

And strange enough endOfNight.sh only complains about it when there are any serttings in the extra parameters otherwise it runs through fine.

Alex-developer Dec 11, 2025
Maintainer

Yes the file is here: home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg
/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/image-20251204173657.jpg
/home/ashqc2/allsky/images/20251204/thumbnails/image-20251204173657.jpg
And strange enough endOfNight.sh only complains about it when there are any serttings in the extra parameters otherwise it runs through fine.

Very odd. I am away for the next few days but will try and test this locally when I am back

Alex

EricClaeys · 2025-12-26T03:39:27Z

EricClaeys
Dec 26, 2025
Maintainer

Try using -image-size ... with just one minus sign.

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Missing startrails and keograms #5014

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