I hope have it in about four weeks, and will let you know as soon as that happens if no one has it before then.

There are delays with the LiteCrawler - a version of the NightCrawler that may work with my C11 - so it will be a bit before I can test with it.

In evaluating the purchase, is it likely that the INDI drivers can allow for:

1. Remembering the focus point for later taking flats?
2. Remember the rotation for a CCD sequence so that flats can be taken later
3. Auto rotate to find a star for guiding when using an Autoguider?

Coding is not foreign to me, I would just need to setup the environment sometime, if it can help.

I am still waiting on the LiteCrawler for my C11.

Has anyone been able to try a NiteCrawler with Ekos?

I am wondering if I should continue waiting or look for another solution. If the focuser and rotator do not work with Ekos, I may need to look elsewhere.

I'm still waiting for mine, so it will definitely work with Ekos, just a matter of time.

Excellent news. I will wait and see what the back focus of the LiteCrawler is then; Ron has been very supportive.
Good things come to those who wait

Nightcrawler INDI driver is up and ready

Integration with Ekos is also there. I haven't implemented the "Rotate after Meridian Flip" yet, but it's getting there.

This is great news, Thank you.

Ron mentioned the LiteCrawler, which should work with my EdgeHD11 and OAG, should be available mid July.

So now it is just the waiting

Yay, I heard from Ron and he is near to ship the focuser to me.

I was looking into Ekos to prepare some setup ideas. Does anyone have some handy points or links they can share?

I found on the CCD panel the offset for each filter. I assume to start the focus with LUM, and then adjust it for each additional filter. I am not sure how to read the steps in Ekos to enter the values.

Also for the rotation, the rotation value saved in the FIT or file name so it can be used to recreate flats? I tried to explore some with simulators to no avail. This is okay as it is more important for the drivers to work than the simulators.

Any ideas that can help me prepare and get things setup wold be great.

Thank you

Currently rotation is not stored in FITS Header. Is there a standard keyword used for rotators?

Not sure if this helps.

I think MaximDL uses: ROTATANG – Rotator angle in degrees, if focal plane rotator is connected.

Ok I added it to FITS header. But it will be a couple of days before it shows up in the PPA.

Hi Jasem,

My LiteCrawler arrived today. It connected and worked with out a problem.

Is it possible to add a minimum distance in? The reason I ask is that the diameter of camera is greater than the 0 position.

The LiteCrawler has a total travel of ~25000 ticks. The minimum distance in before the camera hits the focuser is 7000 ticks.

Additionally I noticed that when setting the angle on the INDI Rotation tab, the value set will match the result on the LiteCrawler, whereas the value reported was 0. The LiteCrawler was heading from 0 onto 60, then changing the value 340 the LiteCrawler reversed direction as desired. Perhaps this is where the value did not updated, going in negative direction beyond 0.

Thank you for the great job on the driver!