phd2 guiding calibration is flipped with indi-eqmod - by: alacant
Hi everyone The DEC calibration is flipped 180º when PHD2 restores a previous calibration: I I review the calibration in PHD2, I see the DEC and RA lines forming a 'L' shape. When I start a new...
View Articlekstars crashes repeatedly - by: RogueSquadron
Sorry for only posting problems in the last time, but I hope, I can help somehow anyway. Here is what I did: I experimented with the remote features of Ekos/kstars for the first time. Running stars on...
View ArticleSite Management in INDI Control Panel - by: muckmuck
When I connect to my mount I always see this entry in the log (2018-07-10T18:29:09: [INFO] Site location updated to Lat 48:03:48 - Long 237:03:07 ) and I can't seem to figure out how to set the "Site...
View ArticleDon't stop capture when guiding fails - by: gbeaton
There's no reason to stop guiding, nor stop capturing just because of a hiccup. PHD2 continues to try to find a guide star and with re-enter guiding when it does, meanwhile image capturing should also...
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Hardware recommendation needed for focuser - by: RogueSquadron
Helle, I would like to use autofocusing within Ekos and therefore want to upgrade my Crayford focuser on my Newton. The requirements that I have are: a) must fit on my 8" Skywatcher Newton b) must have...
View ArticleSequence Error "Capture Failed. Check INDI..." - by: muckmuck
Receive this error on the CCD and filter status when running a sequence. See attached. It says to check INDI but it indicates "Download complete". The Images are getting capture but the "Progress:" of...
View Articleweird behavior on AZ-EQ5 - by: patdut
A friend of mine is using ekos on SBC arm device. He switches his system from an AZ-EQ6 mount which is in his fixed setup to an AZ-EQ5 which is his nomad setup. When going from AZ-EQ6 to AZ-EQ5 he...
View Articleindi-eqmod always shows side of pier: WEST - by: alacant
Hi everyone Un-park and slew so that the telescope is on the west of the pier: steve@steve-ubuntu:~$ indi_getprop *.TELESCOPE_PIER_SIDE.* EQMod Mount.TELESCOPE_PIER_SIDE.PIER_WEST=On EQMod...
View ArticleBug in Driver Interface Key Value ? - by: mworion
Hi, today I tried to get SQM and a Flip Flat in my software to run. Works now. Two topics I discovered: The SQM Driver reports it's type as General (decimal: 0) but: in selection it its treated as Aux....
View ArticleWhat is the disgned startup procedure? - by: RogueSquadron
So far I aligned my EQ6-R mount manually with the handset before switching to kstars, but I recon this is not the way to work properly. When I setup my telescope it is obviously roughly pointing at...
View ArticleDithering with Two Cameras - by: AstroWill
Hi, Thought I put this question out there for collective suggestions. My plan which I mentioned in a separate thread regarding using multiple DSLR and instance of EKOS+KStars was to: "….run dithering...
View ArticleCrash while removing a job from the sequence queue - by: fsignoret
Hello, I had a list of jobs in the sequence queue, stopped the current job. When starting again the first job, it was starting the second one. So, I decided to remove the second job from the queue. At...
View ArticleKstars FITS viewer default window position - by: fsignoret
Hello, Each time the Kstars FITS viewer window is opened, the position is defaulted outside the screen, making it hard to move it, reduce it or close it. See attached screenshot. Thanks Regards, Florian
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LX200 Classic crashes after slewing - by: decicco
Hi Folks, I am using Indi +UBUNTu 16.4 lts, since march, and a insistent crashes occurs every time I slew the telescope to a target , after kstar star chart pointing. Attached print-screens File...
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Solver and Fits Headers - by: decicco
I couldn't find any instructions on Ekos how insert solver outputs to fits files, after imaging. Is there way to do this? Or it can't be done yet, future versions maybe.. BTW, awesome pipeline with...
View Articleekos window focus - by: alacant
Hi everyone I've a feeling this maybe an OS issue rather than an ekos issue but is it possible tor the ekos window to behave as a window which can move behind kstars and clickable to focus rather than...
View ArticleWhere do I set the initial (parking) coordinates of the mount? - by:...
Where in Ekos do I set the right parking positions? Right now it is pointing at Polaris, but Ekos believes it points to the Zenith. I also tried to simply synch the new coordinates in the Indi control...
View ArticlePECInterface - by: james_lan
Right now, INDI has support for PEC playback in a number of drivers, but recording is limited to only EQmod and soon OnStep. Rather than have a whole batch of this that and the other, Similar to a...
View ArticleTemperature bug in Ekos - by: RogueSquadron
I noticed, that the first frame you take always come with Temp = 0. Then Ekos displays the sensor temperature in the control panel and this temperature is recorded with the next frame taken. So there...
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kstars frustrations - by: tmdag
After few conversations on this forum, I have learned few things about setting things up with kstars and I wanted to give another try. So I have aligned my Celestron Nexstar Evolution 6. Weirdly...
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