Hey folks, I'm planning on developing an Ekos mount module and would like to see what you guys think is essential. Most of it will be "front end" of things you can already do in the INDI Control Panel, but sometimes the INDI control panel can be overwhelming especially to new users so the idea is to put the most important stuff there.
So here is the preliminary list:
1. Visual arrow keys for motion control: Plain buttons OK, or something more fancy? 4 primary arrows + 4 NE/NW/SW/SE arrows?
2. Telescope & Guide telescope info: Aperture & Focal length
3. Selection of slew speeds..etc if supported
4. Mount limits?
5. Mount+Scope 3D visualization? Ok, that's a "stretch goal", but let's see how important folks think this is.
6. Current RA/DEC & ALT/Az coordinates
I would like also to see dome here. In MaximDL there is a 2D representation of telescope and dome positions. Useful indeed, especially for debugging slaving
It would be nice an android or ios app for remote n/s/w/e , shutter, park, search and slew,solve and slew etc. All the static parameters for the set-up could be in one place
- like aperture, f ratio, pixel size.... I don't change my set-up very often so all of those could be tucked away( in Settings for example) instead of cluttering the control panel.
An easy way to setup the mount limits please, something similar to EQmod.
A visual representation of where the scope is doing, as in a little 3D model (nothing crazy).