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INDI Library v2.0.7 is Released (01 Apr 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Celestron driver update

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Please confirm that Astrodan sent you XmTelRemote. If not - I will forward it to you
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Replied by Paweł on topic Celestron driver update

Not yet, unfortunately. Probably he have not seen my message yet.
I will be grateful for the source - contact me at jochym at gmail
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Replied by Dan Holler on topic Celestron driver update

I just sent Pawel the link to my drop box. That should work. Just let me know if doesn't.

Best wishes,
Dan
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Replied by Paweł on topic Celestron driver update

Got it. Thanks!
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I've run into several problems with Celestron driver:
1) GOTO gone crazy. On 20th of May I have been observing Saturn. I pointed to it from the hand control and moved to PC. KStars showed the correct position - near the Saturn. I decided to Sync and... telescope gone wild. It moved tens of degrees away. I chose to Track Saturn - it stayed on the new position. I chose stars around the Saturn - it was moving relative to the new (wrong) position. Here is the log
2) Time update. I set on the hand controller Daylight Saving and Zone 2 (I live in Chisinau, Moldova). When I choose the PC as the source of time and connect the telescope I get on the HC Standard Time and Zone 3
3) Not sure it's the problem of the driver but South button from the Motion Control seems not to work as expected. After I press it second time in order to stop the motion, it actually continue to move. The only way to stop it is pressing North button. Can you please check so I will know if I have problems with the mount?
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Replied by Carlos on topic Celestron driver update

I've similar problems like fliker09,

Moving from hand control to PC, KStars shows the correct position. When I try to track something from Kstars, the mount slews somewhere else.
Example. I moved the mount to the home position . Changed from HC to PC. Kstars sees the right position.
Then trying to track Arcturus, so expecting the mount to go to the left, but it went right and low.

I'm using the Celestron AVX with newest firmware. Zone 1 , daylight saving.
I tried both celestron nextstar and the celestron gps indi drivers. Same result for both.

The mount control works fine with Stellarium.
8 years 10 months ago #4366

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Carlos, please try again and post the complete debug log . I will check your log and Flicker's log to try to diagnose any issues.

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Jasem
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Replied by Carlos on topic Celestron driver update

Thank you, I'll enable the logging and post it.
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Replied by Carlos on topic Celestron driver update

I'm starting from polar aligned position. Trying to track Dubhe from Kstars. The log file can be found here
8 years 10 months ago #4369

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Ok thanks for the log, it seems that KStars is sending both RA/DEC and ALT/AZ requests at the same time which could be the cause of the problem. By tomorrow, the kstars-bleeding should be updated and you can try again. If you do, please attach the log again.
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Thanks! I was waiting for that... Will check as soon as I will get back from Romania ;)
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Replied by Carlos on topic Celestron driver update

Hello ,

I tried the newest version in house since we have lot of clouds here.
As far as I can judge from the pointing direction , the mount is correctly tracking Dubhe after a command given from Kstars.

pastebin.com/T3f3igzK

thank you very much
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