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KStars MacOS 3.6.3 beta dmg, please test

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Hey MacOS users,

I built a KStars DMG yesterday so that we can test the MacOS DMG before release next week. Please let me know if there are any packaging issues or other MacOS only bugs that we can take care of before release. I already tested it with simulators at my end and everything seemed fine. Please try with other equipment and let me know if there are any problems.

www.indilib.org/jdownloads/kstars/beta/kstars-3.6.3-beta.dmg

Thanks,

Rob
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Thanks Rob. I'll test tonight!
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Rob,

I've got cloudy skies so was limited in testing on an M1 Mac running 13.2. I was able to launch KStars and EKOS with my primary configuration. Shot some dark frames. Moved the scope, Played with scheduler and mosaic planner. Everything seems to work. The only small thing I've noted so far is that it seemed to ignore my camera gain settings so I had to change that in the INDI control panel and resave.

We're supposed to have clear skies tomorrow and I'll do some testing.

Best,
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It's been two hours now, and absolutely zero issues. I have slewed to several targets, rotated, focused, calibrated the guider, guided, changed filters, and took lots of images. Zero issues. I'll run it all night, including a sequence to run from 1AM to 5:30AM.
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Hi Rob,

I had a play around with Sims and all looks good.
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Rob - had a chance to do a long sequence last night and everything worked.
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In the focus module, the button to NOT use any backlash is missing,
I use the Moonlite Litecrawler which has no backlash - and a button was added before to allow me to not have any.
If this was intentional, I was wondering why we can't turn off the backlash setting anymore?

Here's a screen shot of the previous beta that had it, (AF Backlash Comp, as seen in the center of this screenshot)

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Hi Peter,The checkbox is now an input field on the Mechanics tab. Set both Backlash and AF Overscan to zero. These 2 fields now allow independent settings of whatever value you require.
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One small thing I've noticed is that some of my settings in the INDI drivers don't seem to save and persist from session to session. For example, my camera gain and offset settings (ASI6200MM). I set them where I want them and save the configuration in the INDI driver. Then it appears correctly in EKOS. When I exit and then relaunch KStars/EKOS it reverts back to the default values. Prior to this beta my setting persisted from session to session.
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The backlash setting is greyed out, but I see that the AF Overscan is at 100. I will set that to zero, and hope that stops it.
Thanks!
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