dual camera on pi 5

[Astro-ScrewUps]

Was wondering if one day could have 2 camera modules running on the rpi 5 with allsky. Just to have 2 different view points of the same sky.

[EricClaeys]

@Astro-ScrewUps, we've considered this but it's not likely we'd ever implement. It would take quite a bit of work to implement, and we expect the audience for such a feature to be very small. If we did implement, it would also work on Pi's with an RPi and ZWO camera.

Having said that, if someone else implemented it we'd almost for sure support it...

[gigs2go]

ideally an array of cameras/configurations so they could be referred to as '0' '1' etc - as per libcamera.
I'd like this for a daytime/nighttime switch (from IR to NOIR) - and I can't work out how to do this with a single camera.

[EricClaeys]

A year ago I started implementing the ability to pick between multiple connected ZWO cameras via a "Camera Number" setting in the WebUI but never finished since it was a low priority. People with multiple ZWO cameras currently have to put the one they want to use on the first USB port. The ideal way to pick is via the model name and serial number (if supported).

I'd have to look at the code to see how it determines which RPi camera to use - it may already look for the camera model. I know it queries libcamera for a list of cameras. It would be interesting to add a second RPi camera to a Pi 5 and see what happens.

[gigs2go]

I had a quick look at install.sh and it is simplistic (not a citicism) to allow selection of the one camera found. It would require significant refactoring to add config/control of multiple cameras. Obviously doable, but non-trivial...

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[EricClaeys]

The newest release of Allsky supports multiple cameras connected at the same time, but only 1 active one.
For multiple active cameras I suggest people buy a second Pi.

[upkys]

Hello, I am interested in this possible evolution. Being able to monitor the sky at 2 different focal lengths is very interesting.

[EricClaeys]

If you know how to program, feel free to implement it but be warned that it will take a lot of effort.
Buying a second Pi would be much easier.