I'm at discovering KStars 2.7.9 with the built-in Simulators profile.
I selected Tarazed, slew to it, Preview, Auto focus complete.
Then I tried to Capture & Solve : it worked Online but repeatedly failed Offline.
I downloaded the whole 2Mass Catalog (31 GB of data !) with Astrometry of CloudMakers.
What am I doing wrong ?
Here are the logs for the Online success and the Offline failure :
2017-07-17T19:40:35 Solver failed. Try again.
2017-07-17T19:40:35 Starting solver...
2017-07-17T19:40:35 Solver iteration #1
2017-07-17T19:40:35 Image received.
2017-07-17T19:40:33 Capturing image...
2017-07-17T19:40:11 Target is within acceptable range. Astrometric solver is successful.
2017-07-17T19:40:11 Target is within 0° 00' 04" degrees of solution coordinates.
2017-07-17T19:40:11 Solution coordinates: RA (19h 47m 05s) DEC ( 10° 39' 30") Telescope Coordinates: RA (19h 47m 05s) DEC ( 10° 39' 27")
2017-07-17T19:40:11 Solver completed in 48 seconds.
2017-07-17T19:39:29 Upload complete. Waiting for astrometry.net solver to complete...
2017-07-17T19:39:23 Uploading file...
2017-07-17T19:39:23 Solver iteration #1
2017-07-17T19:39:23 Image received.
2017-07-17T19:39:21 Capturing image...
Hi Jasem,
All this was my fault because I didn't install astrometry.net as described in "KStars for Mac Quick Start Guide"
Plate solving Offline works now beautifully.
Regards,