From 4b7842a737ff9b97abab083aa0d64c20c7d53c10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Moe <moe@spacecruft.org>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 22:09:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Just import picamerax if Pi is used

---
 README.md  | 4 +++-
 acquire.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cae6cf7..12366a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Get the latest TLEs:
 ```
 
 
-# Misc
+# Fixed
 When running `acquire.py` on `amd64` architecture it gives this error:
 
 ```
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ That error comes from installing `picamerax` on `amd64`, which was added to
 env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/picamerax/bcm_host.py:_lib = ct.CDLL('libbcm_host.so')
 ```
 
+For now, just import the library that calls for that binary if the
+Pi camera is used. No need to call it (and crash) if CV2 is used on non-Pi.
 
 
 # Upstream
diff --git a/acquire.py b/acquire.py
index ff8e7bb..9fd1293 100755
--- a/acquire.py
+++ b/acquire.py
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import logging
 import configparser
 import argparse
 import zwoasi as asi
-from picamerax.array import PiRGBArray
-from picamerax import PiCamera
 
 
 # Capture images from pi
 def capture_pi(image_queue, z1, t1, z2, t2, nx, ny, nz, tend, device_id, live, cfg):
+    from picamerax.array import PiRGBArray
+    from picamerax import PiCamera
     # Intialization
     first = True
     slow_CPU = False