Hide Camera Entries

Overview

When you setup a new camera with indi-allsky, the old camera entry will remain active in the Camera dropdown. The following SQL may be used to hide an old camera entry. The data will remain in the database, but inactive.

Note: If you start indi-allsky using a camera from a hidden entry, the camera will be automatically un-hidden.

Setup

Start a sqlite session with the following command

sqlite3 -table -header /var/lib/indi-allsky/indi-allsky.sqlite

Hide cameras

Use this to hide cameras from web interface.

sqlite> SELECT id, name, friendlyName, hidden FROM camera;
+----+------------------+--------------+--------+
| id |       name       | friendlyName | hidden |
+----+------------------+--------------+--------+
| 1  | CCD Simulator    |              | 0      |
| 2  | ZWO CCD ASI290MM |              | 0      |
+----+------------------+--------------+--------+

sqlite> UPDATE camera SET hidden=1 WHERE id=1;

Merge Cameras

Sometimes the camera name will chage if you upgrade the indilib library. This will result in 2 camera entries in the camera dropdown.

indi-allsky includes a script that will merge the old camera data with the new camera leaving a single entry.

./misc/merge_cameras.py