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Orion nautilus 7x1.25 filter wheel no indi drivers

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Hi,
I were hooking up all my gears for the first time in linux to find out that there is no support in indi for my filter wheel. Its the orion nautilus 7x1.25 filter wheel. If there a driver for indi that exist for it? I don't find anything on the web. My dream to use linux for my observatory is taking a abrubt end. Well , I could change my filter, but thats not a way of thinking.
Any suggestion ?
Thank you very much.
www.telescope.com/Orion-Nautilus-Motoriz...-7-x-125/p/99273.uts
6 years 1 week ago #24296

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II will do whatever ypu want to help. What me to sniff the transmission with a logic sniffer? Plug an oscilloscope and chec signal? What can I do?
6 years 1 week ago #24369

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Hello,
Did you try the INDI driver for Atik filter wheels ? It could be interstereting to test it with your Nautilus one.
If I remember, the Nautilus filter wheel was made by a portuguese company named Brightstar (and then named Nautilus by Orion Telescopes & Binoculars). And they really look like Atik's filter wheels too. So they could be managed by the same drivers.

Vincent
6 years 1 day ago #24534

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hi , thank you.
Yes I try every driver availlable on the list, none work.
6 years 1 day ago #24535

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indilib.org/forum/focusers-filter-wheels...river-available.html

Do you have seen this thread ? I think that Kaczorek had the same problem as you have.
I'm pretty sure that Orion Nautilus and Brightstar Quantum filter wheels are the same product.

Vincent
6 years 1 day ago #24539

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I will check this and give feedback
Thank you
6 years 1 day ago #24541

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So, if you can sniff the protocol and document it well, a driver can be developed.
6 years 1 day ago #24558

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Hi,
I am willing to learn to do that. What method will work , analysing the usb traffic phisycally by plugging a logic analyzer on the usb data wire spliced, of by a software mean like with wireshark? Sorry , I am willing to do it I just don't know where to start my research.
Thank you
Martin
6 years 21 hours ago #24563

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Is it recognized as an HID device or what? Maybe logic analyzer is too low level now? How about you start with Wireshark and see if you can isolate packets for the different commands. Maybe you can even ask Orion for the protocol itself.
6 years 21 hours ago #24564

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By reading this page :https://www.linuxvoice.com/drive-it-yourself-usb-car-6/

I think wireshark will do the job.
Give me some time to assimilate all theses new stuff and I try to sniff the protocol.
See you soon
6 years 21 hours ago #24565

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Just contacted Orion by email to ask, let see. If not Ill do with wireshark.
Thank you
6 years 20 hours ago #24566

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Ok, for the Quantum filter wheel driver, It don't work. Both are usb to serial tough.
Because it is usb-serial, I use a serial protocol sniffer, I hope I gathered enought information for you to get something out of it.
I launched the windows program .exe, then every time I clicked something I export the gathered data for that action into a log file, then redo the log with another action.
The logs I made are downlodable here : my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZVr287Z...yWmXyeE6pRO6UYHpzary
Let me know if that work or not or if you want something else.
Thank you
Martin
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