All,
I have been using the INDI stack for about a month or two when the weather permits. I have nearly everything working in my setup except guiding. I am not 100% certain where the issue lies, but am hoping someone has some input. I see the same type of behavior with both my SmartEQ Pro mount and my ZEQ25GT mount.
Issues I am seeing:
1 - inability to consistently connect to the SSAG guide camera with INDI in Ekos.
2 - When trying to use the built in guiding software, It seems like it can not slew the mount in guiding at all. I have had limited success using PHD2 under linux.
3 - Using PHD2, When I set the minimum exposure to 1 second or higher in PHD2 it seemed to help the connection through the INDI driver but the connectivity is still not consistent.
4 - It seems like nothing is able to use the ST-4 cable to control the mount. I tried two separate SSAG's and two different iOptron mounts and neither seem to work with the ST-4 cable.
5 - Under PHD2, I set the camera to use the native QHY5 driver and the mount and AUX to INDI Mount I am actually able to connect to the guide camera and I and control the mount, but never seem to get a good calibration. the best I have been able to get was a graph where DEC and RA graph lines were almost exact mirrors of each other.
I am wondering if anyone out there is guiding with iOptron mounts and would be willing to go over their setup with me so I can compare with my settings and hopefully get this working.
I have been using the INDI stack for about a month or two when the weather permits. I have nearly everything working in my setup except guiding. I am not 100% certain where the issue lies, but am hoping someone has some input. I see the same type of behavior with both my SmartEQ Pro mount and my ZEQ25GT mount.
Issues I am seeing:
1 - inability to consistently connect to the SSAG guide camera with INDI in Ekos.
2 - When trying to use the built in guiding software, It seems like it can not slew the mount in guiding at all. I have had limited success using PHD2 under linux.
3 - Using PHD2, When I set the minimum exposure to 1 second or higher in PHD2 it seemed to help the connection through the INDI driver but the connectivity is still not consistent.
4 - It seems like nothing is able to use the ST-4 cable to control the mount. I tried two separate SSAG's and two different iOptron mounts and neither seem to work with the ST-4 cable.
5 - Under PHD2, I set the camera to use the native QHY5 driver and the mount and AUX to INDI Mount I am actually able to connect to the guide camera and I and control the mount, but never seem to get a good calibration. the best I have been able to get was a graph where DEC and RA graph lines were almost exact mirrors of each other.
I am wondering if anyone out there is guiding with iOptron mounts and would be willing to go over their setup with me so I can compare with my settings and hopefully get this working.