Hello,
I had a single train.
Adding a dedicated Guide train and selecting it in the Guide module fixed the issue.
Thank you!
Clear skies

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Hello,

I come with bad news: the bug has come back.

Kstars 3.6.5 stable (build 2023-07-04T12:51:19Z)
Lodestar connected on indiwebmanager and Rpi
Guiding through PHD2.

When I uncheck the INDI DATA STREAM box, like stated here:
www.indilib.org/forum/general/2067-guidi...ays-guide-image.html
the image does not pop up in the FITS viewer.
But the checkbox is back at each restart.

Regarding the "Receive external guidefames" mentioned here:
www.indilib.org/forum/general/3934-guide...when-using-phd2.html
I do not find it anymore.

Thanks for your help.
Clear skies
Florian

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Resolved after I upgraded to this morning's release:

Unpacking kstars-bleeding (6:3.6.0+202208280917~ubuntu22.04.1) over (6:3.6.0+202208270719~ubuntu22.04.1) ...

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Hello,
Yes, I noticed. But your procedure did not fix the issue on my side.

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Hello,
I made the decision to perform a full install of my system with Ubuntu 22.

Now, it is even worse, kstars cannot even start:

u36sd:~$ kstars
Call to writableLocation without an application-based location.
Icon theme "elementary" not found.
org.kde.kstars: Welcome to KStars 3.6.0 Stable
org.kde.kstars: Build: 2022-08-27T07:19:13Z
org.kde.kstars: OS: "ubuntu"
org.kde.kstars: API: "x86_64-little_endian-lp64"
org.kde.kstars: Arch: "x86_64"
org.kde.kstars: Kernel Type: "linux"
org.kde.kstars: Kernel Version: "5.15.0-43-generic"
org.kde.kstars: Qt Version: 5.15.3
org.kde.kstars: Processing "unnamedstars.dat" , HTMesh Level 3
org.kde.kstars: Sky Mesh Size: 512
org.kde.kstars: Loaded DSO catalog file: "unnamedstars.dat"
org.kde.kstars: "Star HD20,794 not found."
org.kde.kstars: "Star HD98,230 not found."
org.kde.kstars: Loaded DSO catalogs.
org.kde.kstars: Loading asteroids
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): Could not open file.
Aborted (core dumped)

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Hello,
I tried with version 3.6.0: same result.

Here is the output of ekos debugger:

Thread 20 "ExtractorSolver" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffabfff700 (LWP 1856)]
0x00007ffff1479a8c in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#0  0x00007ffff1479a8c in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#1  0x00007ffff38c72eb in InternalExtractorSolver::runSEPExtractor() () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstellarsolver.so.2
#2  0x00007ffff38c9107 in InternalExtractorSolver::run() () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstellarsolver.so.2
#3  0x00007ffff148217d in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#4  0x00007ffff3ba76db in start_thread (arg=0x7fffabfff700) at pthread_create.c:463
#5  0x00007ffff01a361f in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95


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Hello,

I upgraded to the latest stable versions of indi/kstars.
Now, the app is crashing every time the Image viewer displays the incoming image.

I reproduce using the simulators.

My env:
Ubuntu 18.04.6
kstars 3.5.9 stable Build: 2022-06-13T06:24:40Z

Attached logs.
journalctl show:
Aug 21 16:38:03 florian-U36SD kernel: ExtractorSolver[22103]: segfault at 7f23ac3e16c8 ip 00007f23abd45a8c sp 00007f23694c9ad0 error 7 in libQt5Core.so.5.9.5[7f23abca200c8 ip 00007f23abd45a8c sp 00007f23694c9ad0 error 7 in libQt5Core.so.5.9.5[7f23abca2000+53b000]

Thank you for any help
Regards,
Florian Signoret

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Hello Jean-Luc,

I have the same devices (WATEC + stk1160) and I can successfully open the stream in ekos using directly V4L2 CCD.

However, I cannot take single captures (my goal is to perform astrometry), even when selecting stack: Additive option.

It says: "Absolute exposure duration control is undefined and tacking is not supported".
Logs attached.

Did you manage to make it work on your side?
Thank you and clear skies

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Hello,
I tried again tonight, and it seems in my case, it was just due to bad polar alignment.
Clear skies,
Florian

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Hello,
Tonight I am getting the same weird behavior as you described.
The east calibration is using the wrong direction, using both st4 or direct pulses, using phd guiding or ekos internal guider.
Sending manual orders works fine.
I changed the gemini2 battery today because it was depleted.
Still have no clue on your side?

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Florian Signoret replied to the topic 'Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos' in the forum. 4 years ago

Hello,

I connected Ekos to the AZ GTi mount successfully, but the goto actions seem irrelevant.
For example, when moving only in altitude, it also moves in azimuth (is it using equatorial mode?).
When connecting with the Android app, it does say Alt mode.

Thank you and clear skies!

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Florian Signoret replied to the topic 'Ekos Alerts/Texts' in the forum. 4 years ago

Hello,

On my side, I am using the notifications to launch a small java program playing a mp3 file.
This warns me when the sequence stopped, and I can snooze it by closing the app (which you cannot do if you run the sound directly).

However, I did not find the appropriate event to use.
For example, when I stop the sequence manually, the alarm is triggered.

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dmsummers wrote: @Alex, If you use a Pegasus PowerBox, or V2, or any other sensor that reports temperature via "WEATHER_TEMPERATURE", (i.e. if you see temperature reported in the dome tab), then you will likely be able to use the autofocus delta-T feature that florian mentions.


Hello, this is unfortunately not true. Only the focuser temperature will work. Not the observatory one. The weather temperature was added after my feature implementation, and was not made available to it.

I would also advise, like others, to start telescope cooling more in advance, so that it gets more stable sooner.

Clear skies.

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