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Ekos on windows and INDI on RPI ?

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I am a bit confused with all the clients (INDI For Java, wINDI, jINDI, INDI Web Manager, etc.) and project out there...

Right now I am running INDI/Kstars/Ekos on the same machine running Kubuntu. I have some non-astro related constraints that would be solved if I could run windows on the laptop and INDI on a RPI at the scope.

I installed Kstars on a different windows machine and I see that I can launch the configuration screen of Ekos, but before I go further and add the RPI, can anyone confirm that this will work ?

I am aware that I could use virtualbox but would like to avoid that.
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Yes it works very well !
But astrometry can't run on windows, and your pi might be a little slow to solve fields.
Keep only mandatory index files
Gilles
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Ho :) glad to hear this !

I found the solution in another post regarding plate solving. Just install ANSVR Local Astrometry.net solver and change the solver to the local adress port 8080 as describe in this document stellarmate.com/support/ekos/align.html#h2-1-1-windows

Will I need to install INDI web manager also ?
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money"
SW Black Diamond 80ED | SW150MAK | Newton SW 200/1000 | Orion 50mm Guider with Helical Focuser |Sirius EQ-G Rowan Belt Mode
Canon 1000D moded | ZWO ASI185MC | Baader Mark III Zoom
INDI | Stellarmate on RPI3B+ | Stellarium | Pixinsight
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Webmanager is very usefull, give it a try...
But it is not mandatory
I'm still using old fashionned command line
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One last question :)

Did you have any issues regarding the download of FITS or previews (for example when doing PA or plate solving ?) how do you connect to the RPI ? USB/Ethernet or WIFI ? I was thinking of connecting to the RPI using WIFI and the RPI as an hotspot...
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money"
SW Black Diamond 80ED | SW150MAK | Newton SW 200/1000 | Orion 50mm Guider with Helical Focuser |Sirius EQ-G Rowan Belt Mode
Canon 1000D moded | ZWO ASI185MC | Baader Mark III Zoom
INDI | Stellarmate on RPI3B+ | Stellarium | Pixinsight
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I don't remember having problem with downloading fits...
Connection is Ethernet
To be honest, my setup is now full linux
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ok thank you :)

I would have liked to stay full Linux but as of next week I will have to install non astro software that only run on Windows so I have to go back to windows...

Dual boot would be another option or to buy another hdd that I could switch when needed ... Not decided yet but at least now I have the new option of running kstars on windows ;)

Thanks for the answers!
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money"
SW Black Diamond 80ED | SW150MAK | Newton SW 200/1000 | Orion 50mm Guider with Helical Focuser |Sirius EQ-G Rowan Belt Mode
Canon 1000D moded | ZWO ASI185MC | Baader Mark III Zoom
INDI | Stellarmate on RPI3B+ | Stellarium | Pixinsight
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