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Ekos on Mac OS X ?

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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Actually, one thing that I would like to do is get more xml files into the OS X app. I know the SBIG xml file needs to get in there. I use my SBIG with KStars all the time, hosted using a remote indiserver from my Raspberry Pi. Right now I have to copy and paste the XML file in there. It should be copied in automatically. So yes, if there are any other XML files that need to get in there, please let me know. I will work on getting more XML files into the App.
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Replied by T-Studio on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I'm sorry I lacked the words.
It is a request as follows.

indilib.org/forum/wish-list/2038-ekos-re...-3-party-driver.html

Server uses RaspberryPi, OSX Kstars as remote client.
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Replied by T-Studio on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

In UBUNTU, it was necessary to install FCUSB separately from the cloud maker.
(It was not included in sudo apt-get indi-full.)

On OSX, INDI server uses Kstars application with cloud maker, but you can not install FCUSB individually like UBUNTU.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Yes, it's because the cloud makers driver is built into their indi server app. I believe that is a driver we cannot bundle into kstars because it is their own proprietary driver, but as I said before, we can include an xml file in kstars and you could connect to the indiserver on the pi or to the cloudmakers indiserver if you want to run the fcusb on your mac. You can copy the xml file in there yourself, or I should be able to get it in there by next week sometime.
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Replied by T-Studio on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I use Pi as a server and remotely on Mac.
I hope FCUSB can be used if you can select FCUSB on Ekos on Mac so please add it to the list.

How do I add an XML file?

Postscript
Since it had kde-l10n-ja in MacPort, it was installed, but unfortunately it was not localized.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Ok, for right now, the easiest way would be for you to copy and paste this into your favorite text editor and save it as indi_shoestring.xml

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
<driversList>
<devGroup group="Focusers">
<device label="Shoestring Astronomy FCUSB">
<driver name="FCUSB Focuser">indi_fcusb_focuser</driver>
<version>1.1</version>
</device>
</devGroup>
</driversList>

Then once you do that, copy and paste the file into KStars.app/Contents/MacOS/indi
If you don't know how to get into the app, just right click on it and select "show package contents"
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Actually, we are discussing right now about possibly getting more xml files in there by default
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Replied by T-Studio on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I was able to display it on the OS X Kstars, Ekos list.
Thank you very much.

Currently, I am challenging OSX Kstars localization.
I installed kde - 10 ln on MacPort, but it was not reflected in Kstars.
Since there was a Kstars language file in the installation file, let's investigate a little more.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Several things have happened in the past week.

I corrected a problem with the Gphoto driver build on OS X. By accident, it wasn't included when otool redirected the paths to files in frameworks.
ZWO ASI driver now builds natively in KStars for OS X.
We corrected the problem where several remote drivers that are available for remote use were not listed (like the post by T-Studio).
We directed the user to relaunch kstars if they change their driver directory correcting an observation Sean Houghton made a few weeks ago.

And I just updated the documentation on the OS X KStars page so the instructions are up to date:

github.com/jamiesmith/kstars-on-osx
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Replied by Matt Fulghum on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?


So I've downloaded the prebuilt image, and tried building with homebrew, but the ZWO driver still isn't showing up. Any suggestions?
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Replied by Alessio Beltrame on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I'm testing Ekos on Mac OS X (Kstars 2.7.6). Unfortunately, I cannot connect any of my Canon DSLR's ("Unable to establish: +Canon DSLR Please ensure the device is connected and powered on"). I went through the Q&A, read all the docs I could find but I can't find a solution. Just for your information:
  • The DSLR is NOT mounted by the OS
  • Canon EOS Utilities are NOT installed
  • The DSRL is correctly detected by gphoto2 --auto-detect
  • Camera properties are correctly reported by gphoto2 -a
  • If I run the Ekos VM in VirtualBox the DSLR is detected and it works properly
  • I have the same issue with MacOS Sierra and Yosemite, with a Canon EOS 7D and a 7D Mark II
The above considerations seems to rule out any hardware issue (USB port, USB cable, etc.).
When checking the log I found a suspicious line:
DEBG - INDI Server:  "2017-05-01T19:39:42: Driver indi_canon_ccd: Number of cameras detected: -4."
The full log is attached.
While the problem is solved I can run Ekos VM, but having it run natively would be great. Is there something else I can check to sort this out?
Thanks in advance - Alessio
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Hi Allessio, I'll look into it and ask Jasem if he knows anything about it. It was working the last time I tried it, but the code may have been changed.

I'll do the same for you poobie, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.

Thanks,

Rob
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