I just got the eponymous mount, and was delighted when the iOptron HAE29 driver connected to it without a hitch. I was able to use the INDI Control Panel affordances to slew it, ensure that it knew the correct time and location, etc. Likewise in KStars, a point labeled for the mount shows up in the planetarium view, and if I right-click various locations, "iOptron HAE29" is in the context menu, and clicking "Goto" from that slews the mount at them. All great!

However, in Ekos proper, notso-hotso. For example if I go to the Mount panel, everything is blank and greyed out. I can bring up the Mount Control dialog, but all the mount position values are zeroes, the slew pushbuttons don't work, and if I search for a target and then click the "GOTO" button, nothing happens.

This doesn't have anything to do with the Tiime & Location Updates configurations in KStars, right? (As in "Mount updates KStars" or "KStars updates all devices".) What else can I try?

Various points:

  • Same install on same Pi worked great with CEM70 and a similar one did with CEM25P
  • No errors appear in the logs that I can see
  • Behavior is the same whether connecting over USB (SERIAL) or WiFi (NETWORK)
  • Mount firmware is as shipped, 202210something
  • Alignment tab is also present, but equally greyed out/unpopulated

TIA! It's a beautiful little mount, can't wait to actually use it!

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