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Driver OnStep (LX200 like) for INDI

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I've downgraded my setup:
Ubuntu Mate 20.04 -> Ubuntu Mate 18.04
And compiled indi drivers 1.8.9
And all is working \o/
I'm waiting for Indi 1.9.9 for upgrade :-)
2 years 8 months ago #73478

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Claus,

I understand your downgrade to a previous version of Indi, but I see no rationale for the downgrade of Ubuntu.
Some library issues or related to Kstars?
2 years 8 months ago #73479

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No, with Ubuntu 20.04 i have issues with wakeolan and i don't want to use snapd.
Kstars seems to work fine with Ubuntu 20.04 (tested with my desktop on Kubuntu 20.04).

I've found an another solution for my problems of park/unpark:
- Install indi drivers 1.9.1 (latest)
- Get the 1.8.9 indi sources
- Get the 1.9.1 indi sources
- copy indi-lx200_OnStep 1.8.9 in source code of indi 1.9.1
- Compile indi 1.9.1
- Copy the compiled indi-lx200generic in /ust/bin/

And it's work \o/ Park and unpark are OK.
2 years 8 months ago #73482

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Claus,

The last version I have online on github.com/azwing/indi is working fine.
I tested many cases in Ekos and using scheduler.
Most probably it will be the base for the next pull request if James agrees.
So it would really be nice if you could make a trial.

regards
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Thank you so much.
I will test.
Anyway, I still have the old version compiled in case of problem :-)
Now, it's easy to switch of versions (production and devel ;-) ).
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It still doesn't work for me :-(
When I press "Park", Kstars instantly considers the telescope to be parked as it moves to the park.
It then attempts to close the dome. But it only closes if the mount is parked.
Kstars then leaves in error because it cannot park the dome (the mount is not already parked).
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Claus,

I noticed that but was not aware it interferes with observatory parking simply because I did not put this in the sequence.
Anyhow I am sure it is not related to the Driver but to the Sequencer.
I will setup a sequence with observatory and see what it does.
But debugging Kstars / Ekos is another thing ... but I will try :-)
2 years 8 months ago #73502

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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) ....
 
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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.
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