Hi all, a newbie here, I yet have very little experience with raspberry pi and electronics in general.
Context: I REALLY want to get openflexure to work in order to take images of soil samples. I have been assembling the high resolution version following the instructions to the “T”. I am so grateful that this project exists, the design is genius and the instructions are near perfect, at least for the recommended build with Sangaboard (but I am wondering if the authors are open for comments for where things where not easy or clear for me).
Problem: Ok, i have r-pi 4B, camera v2, Sangaboard - all connected. The Raspbian OpenFlexure OS image installed, when I ping r-pi from my terminal I get the ping. When I open OpenFlexure Connect I can see the microscope and the ominous message “Camera Disconnected”. From the ssh terminal to the rpi I get the following:
$ vcgencmd get_camera
supported=1 detected=0
Doesn’t look good, right? But I am sure I connected the camera the right way and the belt is not damaged. I will try to change it to a spare one now, but otherwise really not sure what could be wrong. I found an older thread on the forum that was resolved but updating and upgrading didn’t help, plus my image on the SD card is very fresh.
Another thing I find strange is that the illumination PCB is not turning on - should it turn on automatically?
Otherwise I can control the motors manually, so that part seems to work…
Any help and advice is really appreciated 
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