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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

support for multi imaging rig

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Hello Kstars/Ekos/INDI users,

At the moment, Ekos isn't natively designed to run a multi imaging rig, such as a dual scope/camera on the same mount.
As we are getting less and less imaging time due to weather pattern changing year on year, a dual system make sense to get the most of our nights.

I would like to know please if in the community, there would be a good enough demand for Ekos to start supporting multi scopes.
Bear in mind that it would require some major dev work, would not happen over night...

Alternatively, if someone is running a dual imaging rig (on same mount) and has a rock solid method using a combination of scripts for example, please share.
Some of the constraint to think about are:
dithering, master/slave camera, exposure time, multiple focusers, etc...

Some quick examples come to mind
#1 main camera exposure: 3 min
second/third/fourth camera: set them to 30 sec each
all cameras start at the same time, the main camera takes 1 exposure while the other three take 6 exposures each (30s times 6).

#2 main camera exposure: 3 min
second/third/fourth camera: can be set to 30 sec times however a logic would stop you from choosing 7 exposures as this would be 210 sec (30 sec above the max exposure of the main camera).
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