Help with 18ec:5555 Arkmicro Technologies Inc.

So thanks to TPmodding, I am pretty much up and running using WLED (thanks for the suggestion!)

I initially had some issue getting things set up, until I realised that I was running the old version of Hyperion and HyperCon :p

I am currently using 2.0.0 alpha5. To my surprise, my cheapo capture card from Aliexpress which was meant to be an STK1160 and isn't, started working and auto-detected when I installed v2alpha5. I didn't think it was compatible, so it was a nice surprise! After much testing and calibration (and reboots) I shut down and moved everything to it's final resting place, but when I booted up again it doesn't show a signal from the card o_O

It's still listed under lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 18ec:5555 Arkmicro Technologies Inc.

And v4l2:

USB2.0 PC CAMERA (usb-3f980000.usb-1.4):
   /dev/video0
   /dev/video1

and in Hyperion:

But no longer in Hyperion's source selector:

But it definitely was before.

I have tried manually entering /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, no joy.

How can I get this card working again? It obviously is capable of working, and it worked really well! I fail to understand how a reboot has killed it from being usable? o_O

Funny thing is, if you use the button to stop / start the USB capture service, the device briefly appears in the source list then vanishes. I am wondering if this is a bug.

Hi

Here you go

This morning I tried reinstalling on a fresh Raspbian and going through everything to make sure the settings are ok but I cannot get it to work again. So weird because it was working well. Is there anything else I can try before I order another stick?

The preview window is black. Before it showed the stream.

I started on Hyperion old and it never worked. I moved to NG alpha 5 and it worked, then for no apparent reason it stopped. Still on alpha 5.

[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Signal detection is now disabled
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Signal detection area set to: 0.250000,0.250000 x 0.750000,0.750000
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Signal threshold set to: {12, 12, 12}
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Signal detection area set to: 0.250000,0.250000 x 0.750000,0.750000
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Signal threshold set to: {12, 12, 12}
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:84:uninit()) uninit grabber: /dev/video0
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Stopped
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) available V4L2 devices:
    /dev/video0    USB2.0 PC CAMERA


[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) search for usable video devices
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) test v4l device: /dev/video0
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:692:init_device()) Set resolution to width=640 height=480
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:709:init_device()) Set framerate to 15 fps
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:731:init_device()) Pixel format=YUYV
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) found usable v4l2 device: /dev/video0 (USB2.0 PC CAMERA)
[hyperiond V4L2:/dev/video0] (INFO) Started
[hyperiond HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:238:setInputImage()) Priority 240 is now active
[hyperiond HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:333:setCurrentTime()) Set visible priority to 240
[hyperiond HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:238:setInputImage()) Priority 240 is now inactive
[hyperiond HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:333:setCurrentTime()) Set visible priority to 254

It appears to initialise...

But I only see this in preview:

Are these not the required logs? If not, where can I find them and I will post

Yes, it has been connected with the short USB extension cable that it came with. Do you think this could be the issue? I can try without and report back.

I've tried without the extension and in all ports but there is no improvement. It's the same as before.

Thank you for posting! I have been scratching my head over this because it did work before. I think I will try HyperBian and see if that makes a difference. I didn't notice a green tint, but I will have a look if I can get it running again. Thanks again for the info!

Sure, do you mean the outer shell or the PCB?