Mount stops tracking during long capture sequence - by: Maxchess
Hi, I set up a job to take 240 x 60 secs exposures with my ZWO ASI178MC, with a 3 sec pause between each. Although I was testing guiding at the start of the session, all of this sequence was unguided....
View ArticleEkos profile editor does not save guiding - by: Kaczorek
Hi guys I'm going through thorough testing after release of new version of Astroberry Server and noticed that Ekos profile editor does not save guiding option selected by a user. Whatever you select...
View ArticleEkos Guide: autoselection of stars fails - by: Frank
Good evening folks! The internal guide of Ekos is not able to select a star automatically from the FOV. It alway centers a region in wich no stars are presentn the ROI of my guide camera, even if in...
View ArticleEkos Guide: autoselection of stars fails - by: Frank
Good evening folks! I want to present a problem I addressed using the guiding module of Ekos. Even if I select "autoselect star" in the guiding options, I am not successful in selecting automatically a...
View ArticleScheduled job - alignment sends back to focus after focus done - by: schwim
Pulled and built from the 11/2 git repositories. I've seen this behavior in prior builds. I have 3 jobs in the scheduler. All are using the track, focus, align, and guide steps. I can't say that this...
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Session recap - guiding Problems? - by: the.cakemaker
Hey there! This is a recap of last nights session with KStars. It also was my first night with the Moravian G2 8300 color cam. So for the beginning: Everything (almost) worked like a charm It´s just......
View ArticleHow to use PHD2 - by: the.cakemaker
If i lime to try phd2 guiding, where do i habe to install it, if i want to use it on my remote-imac? Local? Client? Both? And is it able to start it then via webmanager? Cheers, niki Gesendet von...
View ArticleMultiple identical CCD cameras interfacing with Ekos via INDI - by: rodders
I have two ZWO ASI 120MM Mini cameras, one used for auto guiding and the other (for now) for photographs until I get a deep sky camera. Ekos can interface perfectly over INDI to my mount, GPS and...
View ArticleQHYSDK 4.0.1 - by: knro
There is a new QHYSDK out. I personally put many hours in fixing various problems with the SDK so hopefully it will resolve some common issues now. The change should be later in INDI Nightly. Provide...
View Articlesaving images in Kstars FITS viewer - by: Doliometer
sometimes, when there is an image in the Kstars viewer that I want to save, I select "File > Save" and choose a file name (.fits is automatically appended). But when I come back later and open the...
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Focuser backlash question(s) - by: DerPit
Hi, I have a Pegasus DMFC connected to the fine control of my Astro-physics refractor (2" with 10:1 microfocus). One thing I'm fighting with to get autofocus to work is backlash. The INDI driver allows...
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NGC 253/Helix Nebula/M45 - by: wcreech19
First light for my new “old” ES127mm and for my new Stellarmate Pi. NGC 253 is pretty much done as far as post goes. I could use more data. It’s pretty low in the horizon for me. Helix and M45 aren’t...
View ArticleEkos profile editor does not save guiding [SOLVED] - by: Kaczorek
Hi guys I'm going through thorough testing after release of new version of Astroberry Server and noticed that Ekos profile editor does not save guiding option selected by a user. Whatever you select...
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Dedicated panel for Pegasus Ultimate hub features... - by: AstroNerd
Hi all, Now that we have a working driver for the Pegasus Ultimate power hub, maybe we could think about a dedicated panel somewhere in Ekos for control of the dew controllers and the power outputs on...
View Article2 bit pixel depth with ZWO ASI290MM in Ekos? - by: Doliometer
I am doing something dreadfully wrong. Here is my image of a double star in Pisces. Taken by clicking "set" at .5" in the Main Control panel. Gain set to 0. No other changes from default. Why only 2...
View ArticleStellarMate with Ekos Video - by: pentaxian23
I video about StellarMate... Just trying to spread the good word.
View ArticleIndi Github - by: PDB
Hi, Managed to create a new driver for onfucus and created a pull request. Then I probably did something wrong with Github commands, because there is now some "Merge remote-tracking branch...
View ArticlePossible qhy9 cooling control bug - by: fmozza
I've built the latest nightly version of indi on my RPi, and am experiencing problems with cooling control. If someone else has got a QHY9 and could test with the latest bits, that would be great just...
View Articlewrong DriverInterface in Temma mount - by: pch
Hi, We have a report of a user that cannot use is Temma mount with PHD2, it is not listed in the available device list. Looking at temmadriver.cpp I see it define the guider properties but it not add...
View ArticleGuiding recalibration - by: papaf76
Hi all, I'd like someone to confirm to me that, contrary to what PHD2 does, the standard guide program included in Ekos needs to be recalibrated every time you change sky area. Thanks!
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