HFR DSLR & FWHM - by: pauledd
Hi While playing with my focuser and my Canon 700D I wonder what the "HFR" value actually means? Is it related somehow with the "FWHM" that I can analyse on stars in my postprocessing software? What...
View ArticleCannot exceed 30s exposure with CANON EOS 300D using Ekos - by: Pentium
Hello all, Everything is in the title. I can't exceed 30 seconds exposure with my DSLR using Ekos. I saw in the FAQ that setting the BULB mode solved the problem, but I was already in BULB... Do you...
View ArticleA slackbot for EKOS - by: dokeeffe
Maybe this may be of interest to some people... I find it useful to keep an eye on whats happening. Its a very basic script to post messages to a slack channel from events in the EKOS log files as they...
View ArticleSolver fails to find binaries on Mac - by: gbeaton
I was working with Kstars (2.8.3) on a mac (10.11.6) and Stellarmate... I can't do solving because it errors saying "failed to find astrometry.net binaries" I'm assuming its talking about the index...
View Articlev4l2 CCD & guiding issue - by: pauledd
I dug out my USB-Webcam to prepare a new guiding test. I have quite an issue: If I start streaming the V4L2 CCD device I can adjust all image settings in the "V4l2 Control" tab and watch it live in the...
View ArticleIssue with fov symbol - by: Christian
hi, i have a issue with the fov symbol. When i zoom on the skymap, the fov symbol rotate in same time. I've a fov symbol with a rotation value to 90° but if i set the rotation value to 0, is doesn't...
View Articlediy all-sky camera? - by: Gonzothegreat
I had one, raspberry pi based, it was OK~ish... Has any of you built a diy all-sky camera? I'm looking for ideas for my next one.
View Articlemulti ports? - by: Gonzothegreat
Not sure if the following is possible: run 2 or more indi servers within 1 physical server under different ports. ie: mount/dome/rain-sensor 7624 ccd/guider 7625 weather/meteostation 7626 And have Ekos...
View ArticleINDI Server Message spam - by: bj0
I haven't messed with imaging in a while (it's monsoon season), but there was a clear night tonight so I updated all my packages and setup my stuff. I'm not sure what changed and when, but now when I...
View ArticleFIFO defunct on stop - by: Gonzothegreat
I might be doing something wrong there, but I'd like to share this. I start the indiserver in /tmp/indiFIFO I then load a driver into it ps afx shows it's there I then unload the driver But the process...
View ArticleWINDI Remonte observatory port indication - by: astro31
Hi, my name is Richard , i have an observatory in the backyard. EQ8 mount with 12" and 80ED I have one computer in the house link with RJ45 , an one i7 in the observatory . the computer in the...
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compact induino meteostation - by: Gonzothegreat
I have today finished part one of my induino meteostation v2. I will do part 2 (arduino) tomorrow and test the new code from Magnus.
View ArticleWriteParkData() destroying ParkData.xml (custom driver) - by: dokeeffe
This is not a problem in INDI, rather a problem in my roof driver that I cant seem to find. Basically when I park/unpark my roof driver I end up with a ParkData.xml like this This is a problem because...
View ArticleTakahashi NJP Southern Hemisphere - by: diegocolonnello
Hi Forum, i am a new INDI fan, but having some issues, my NJP mount works fine with ASCOM, but somehow, when using INDI it does not understand i am on the southern hemisphere, so it continues tracking...
View ArticleFlat Calibration failing to find a valid exposure time - by: phomer60
I have a 2-3 day old version of Ekos running on a Raspberry Pi 3 under Ubuntu Mate and controlling a QSI 583 camera. After imaging last night I set up a run for flats using the camera control module,...
View ArticleGps fix and scripts - by: Pepcm
Hi everyone, i own a lx200 gps and i remote control it with indi, kstars and ekos, in a raspberry. Now i want to make a script in the raspberry (ubuntu mate) to autorun indi and load lx200 connection...
View ArticleKStars Crash with EKOS capture and PHD2. - by: Ihoujin
I wanted to tryout the PHD2 external guider system with the CCD simulator and found a problem that crashes KStars (2.8.3). Simply put when PHD2 is started as an external guider, KStars will crash if I...
View Article2 x Meade DSI-Unable to find DSI. Has the firmware been loaded? - by: silver
I have Meade DSI III color and Meade DSI II mono. I can connect with Ekos only one camera at a time. Second camera error is: "Unable to find DSI. Has the firmware been loaded?" Single camera works ok....
View Article[SOLVED] FIFO defunct on stop - by: Gonzothegreat
I might be doing something wrong there, but I'd like to share this. I start the indiserver in /tmp/indiFIFO I then load a driver into it ps afx shows it's there I then unload the driver But the process...
View ArticleKStars Video Documentation? - by: knro
So I've been thinking lately of doing video documentation for KStars & Ekos to be published on YouTube. The videos are planned to be short (less than 5 mins) and to cover a specific topic. It is...
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