i am writing at this topic so i won't open a new one.
I finally managed to go outside with my scope in order to test the astropi i have setup and i have some questions so please be nice when answering them since i may have missed some things.
1. The polar alignment was fairly easy once you learn the procedure. With my Atik383l+ and my rc 8'' the plate solving took under a minute with 4x4 bin. One problem i encountered is that before i started the polar alignment tool i tried to plate solve a part of the sky and sync the mount. The issue i had was that even though the plate solver was successful ekos failed to sync the mount. What could be the cause of this?
2. When doing the polar alignment how many iterations are acceptable? i did 3 iterations and according to phd i had a 1.7 arcsec error.
3. When i boot up my pi i noticed that the date/time of mate were wrong, i corrected the time/date but i would like to know if there is a workaround this minor issue. I read that the pi needs an internet connection in order to have correct time/date, since i don't have an internet connection on the field will a usb-gps dongle help solve this problem? (i found this
www.supershopping.gr/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=2574 gps dongle is it ok?)
some observations i did while running ekos and maybe suggestions for future updates for the software.
4. At the camera tab it would be nice if there was a drop down menu when clicking at the exposure time, what i mean by that. I used sequence generator pro and when i entered exposure times along with typing the exposure time i could select exposure times from 5s,10s, 30s 1min 3min 5min 10min 20min 30min. it would be nice if this was included at ekos since it's a lot easier to have predefined exposure times than typing in the dark especially in the winter.
5. No matter how much i looked i could not find multiple park/unpark positions. It would be nice if this was included just like eqmod has this option
6. When i did the polar alignment i tried to do a drift alignment with my ccd in order to check how good was my PA. What i noticed is that even though i had tracking ON at the mount tab when i slew by 1x speed the tracking was disabled and i could not do my drift alignment procedure. Maybe i missed something or it is supposed for this to happen at ekos and eqmod when i do this procedure so i would like some information on this issue.
7. I am looking for a capture software for my asi120mc that is equal with firecapture or if ekos has this feature. When i did some tests with ekos i could not find any way on how to adjust the histogram of the colors while being at live view so i would like some help on that
8. I have a temperhum usb sensor in order to record temperature /humidity i read somewhere that under linux this sensor is not accurate i would to know what are my options