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

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Driver OnStep (LX200 like) for INDI

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Yes, I think the problem is with Kstars.
It works fine with CCDciel.
I wonder if Kstars does not confuse "Parking" and "Parked"
In an old version of Indi there was the possibility to choose: "Dome park mount" but that no longer exists.
In manual mode, my shelter parks the mount if it is not parked. I will try to implement it for automatic mode (with Indi).
So I will no longer park the mount with Kstars, it is the shelter that will take care of it.
Otherwise, CCDciel works very well :-)
And thank you again for all this work.
2 years 8 months ago #73504

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In the previous version of the Indi driver (1.8.9), it seems to me that the mount went into "sleewing" mode during the park and not "Parking".
Maybe the difference is there.
2 years 8 months ago #73507

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I just saw on version 1.8.9:
When I press the "Park" button, the "Unpark" button is activated for a fraction of a second, then becomes gray again until the end of the parking lot.
On version 1.9.1, the "Unpark" button becomes active from the start of the park.
2 years 8 months ago #73508

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Serge,

there are many others discrepancies for what concerns Telescope Status between Indi- Driver, Kstars, Indi_kstars and Ekos.
Ekos Mont Control Buttons and Indi Control Panel Buttons for example do not show the same state ...
I hope we will find out what is goin on ...

I just made a brief test with telescope simulator and it seems to work (PARKING when parking is in progress) ....
 
Last edit: 2 years 8 months ago by Alain Zwingelstein. Reason: another test
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Serge,

I believe I found the issue.
Finally it is in the driver where TrackState should be changed right after starting the Park .
According to me this is a strange behavior, because changing the Scope Status before having the feedback from the firmware is a bad thing.
So I am still not happy with that.
2 years 8 months ago #73549

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Claus,

it seems working according to the last tests I did (see logs)
Done with CCD simulator, CCD Guide Simulator, Dome Simulator and OnStep.
The Dome parking waits on OnStep in park position and Ekos shuts down only when Dome is really parked.
I will push the changes to my git and continue more complex testing

2021-07-16T11:54:47 Shutdown complete.
2021-07-16T11:54:47 Ekos stopped.
2021-07-16T11:54:46 INDI devices disconnected.
2021-07-16T11:54:43 Dome parked.
2021-07-16T11:54:26 Parking dome...
2021-07-16T11:54:25 Mount parked.
2021-07-16T11:53:39 Parking mount in progress...
2021-07-16T11:53:38 No jobs left in the scheduler queue.
2021-07-16T11:53:37 Job 'Thuban' is complete.
2021-07-16T11:53:16 Job 'Thuban' capture is in progress...
2021-07-16T11:53:16 Job 'Thuban' slew is complete.
2021-07-16T11:52:24 Job 'Thuban' is slewing to target.
2021-07-16T11:52:21 Mount unparked.
2021-07-16T11:52:19 Dome unparked.
2021-07-16T11:52:13 Unparking dome...
2021-07-16T11:52:12 INDI devices connected.
2021-07-16T11:52:12 Ekos started.
2021-07-16T11:52:07 Scheduler started.
2 years 8 months ago #73557

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Hello,

Tested in real conditions with Kstars and CCDciel ...
Indi drivers:
- Your indi_lx200_OnStep
- Modified RolloffIno
- Snapcap for the flat panel
- ZWO drivers for the two CCD and the filter wheel
- WeatherRadio for weather conditions
- Watchdog

It works \ o / Thanks :-)

Kstars automatic sequence:
- Unpark dome
- Open cap
- Unpark mount
- Goto star
- 3 pictures Red
- 3 pictures Green
- 3 pictures Blue
- 3 flats (Luminance filter):
Parameters for flats in Kstars:(Dust cover with external flat light, Park mount, Park dome)
* Park dome
* Park mount
* Switch on the flat panel
* 3 shots.
* Switch off the flat panel
- 1 dummy flat to change the filter (Dark filter) (You cannot choose a filter for darks in Kstars).
- 3 bias
- 3 darks
- Warm CCD, close cap, (mount and shelter already parked by the flat sequence).
End of sequence without error.
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Serge - which builds did you test - I want to rebuild mine and do the same: indi main? 3rd party? - or are these private branches
Thanks
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Hello,

It's Azwing github: github.com/azwing/indi
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Serge I am happy it works with your setup.
Unfortunately I don't have all this equipment and extensive testing is not easy on simulation so I thank you a lot for your efforts.

Now I think it would be good to include the changes into Indi's Master.
I will check how to do that.
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Given your changes, I'd like you to look at the own-goto branch as it now has the changes so there should be NO status set from base classes. So it should be only update by our update, and should be consistently reported, and avoid the TrackState IDLE after a park.

I apologize for being quiet, and stepping on your toes about it, but I think it's actually a better solution. Unfortunately a lot of that delay was me upgrading and various changes. (Mostly related to me compiling things outside the package manager, and forgetting, plus resolving what turned out to be insofar as I can tell, a bit error on my SSD. (I don't think I've knowingly encountered that ever on a HDD, but might have if it's in data that's not processed by computer.)

The one change that I don't have in that branch is the Focuser hiding, but that seems to be pretty simple to add back in.

Unfortunately, KStars/Ekos does not pull directly from TrackState, so that didn't resolve the mount model issue. However, digging into it, it relies on EqNP's status as part of the Update using the TrackState. I've added updating that to the section after TrackState, so that should always be good as well. So finally solved? (Maybe.)

So far in my testing, That has eliminated all IDLE states when it's not actually idle except the very initial connect, and so far all instances of the Mount Model taking an instant photo. (Using an OnStep board, and CCD simulator, so that's limited testing and of course things are supposed to be not conducive to testing in the real world for a bit. ) So I think all of that is fixed, but not 100%. I do know in one case with TrackStateSP, there's something lower down that wants to modify it if slewing, so I had that only update if SCOPE_TRACKING to be on.

Anyway, Sorry for going quiet, now trying to catch up on some more things. (So I may be quiet again for a few days.)
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