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

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Ekos on Mac OS X ?

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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Great News, a new KStars DMG to test. Jasem, myself, and others have added a lot since I posted the last DMG.

NEW KSTARS DMG 01-26-2017

If you can, it would be nice if you could delete (or rename) your data directory at least briefly to test my startup wizard. Also, if you can see if some of these installers work, that would be great!

Please let me know about any issues.

New Improvements:
A fully working GSC installer!!
The disabling of the OK button in the Wizard before the data directory is made.
Possibly working installers for python, pip, pyfits, and netpbm (I keep having trouble with these, but I think its better now)
An improved Focus Module.
Acknowledgements for Jamie and Stephane for their contributions to the OS X port.
Better zooming with the Mac trackpad pinch gesture in Fits Views. (I slowed it down a lot, it was WAY too fast/responsive)
The beginnings of a floating toolbar in embedded FitsViews on the Focus and Guide Modules
Live Video in the Capture Module (for supported cameras)
Disabled the JupiterMoonTool (sad, but it didn't work)
And other things. . .
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Replied by nMAC on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I have just downloaded and had a quick 10 minute test before heavy rain started to fall :-/

From what I could see, apart from the autofocus issue that I have already reported in the forum, the new Live Video function is not working with my 450D.I don't know if it should work with DSLRs but mine does not. I crashes Kstars as soon as I use it and I have to disconnect the camera and restart INDI server
before I can connect again or it crashes as soon as I connect to INDI Server.

According to the log I get this: "2017-01-27T19:15:23.911 - WARN - QImage::scaled: Image is a null image"

Everything else seems ok, and new features (GSC & Installers) work fine :-)
I didn't have much time to test. Will make another run as possible.

EDIT: Just rebooted to linux and tested live preview, it starts capturing some images and after some seconds it crashes too, so not an exclusive of
DMG version.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Yeah the live video function is brand new. Jasem was working on that. It crashes with my asi after about 10s of video streaming if I use the asi remotely trying to stream video to my mac, but not if I try to run the live video from the asi to kstars running on the pi itself. So I think at least my crash might be a network speed issue.
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

It is a network speed issue. What happen is that remote INDI server is generating more frames than it can transmit over the network leading to congestion.. when this congestion to the client reaches the now-default value of 128MB, the server terminates. One way to deal with this is to use the "Rate Divisor" property in streaming which was designed for this purpose. Set it to 5 or 10 to "slow" down the generation of frames. Currently, there is no way in INDI to know if we're lagging behind frames, but I'll try to figure out a solution.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

That's what I suspected because it worked for a short time and then quit. If it was a software glitch, it would have happened sooner I think.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Hey folks,

It has been a little while since I posted the last DMG, in part because there was a KDE build problem with KAuth that they needed to resolve first, and in part because I have been working on some features like the EQ GridLines. Jasem has also been working hard on some features including a Polar Alignment routine and Streaming video from select CCDs.

Jasem is still working on the Polar Alignment routine and I am currently working on a dialog for astrometry options, but I thought it would be good for you guys to test the latest version now that KAuth is fixed and we can build again.

Please test!

NEW OS X KStars DMG
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Oh, I forgot to mention, the autofocus routine is enhanced and now includes multiple samples as an option. And Jasem fixed the streaming video crash.
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Replied by nMAC on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Great, will test soon, just hope autofocus crash issue is already solved, crossing my fingers :-)
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Replied by nMAC on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Thanks for the new DMG and the new features.

I just had a quick test and found some issues:

1 - Liveview preview does not crash anymore but only gives a black screen. Even pointing directly to the Moon. Adjusted all settings (exposure, ISO, etc) but it keeps the same. Is Liveview supposed to work with DSLR’s? Mine is a 550D.

2 - If I make a preview and close the window, KStars crashes. If I save the image before closing the window, it does not crash.

3 - I would like to test the multiple samples option, but I still have the same problem with autofocus (reported before). Kstars crashes after full image capture and after identifying the stars on the photo.

I don’t know if issues 1 and 2 also happen on Linux, will test them when possible too.

Everything else works ok, Astrometry 0.70 works very well indeed.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Thank you very much!

For #1, Jasem has been working on the live video feature and I don't think he is done yet, so I wouldn't be surprised that there is an issue. But also, I have not tested the live video with a DSLR, but I can confirm that it does work if I connect my ZWO to a Raspberry Pi and connect to the remote Indi server from my Mac. The streaming is not fast, due to the large size of the video stream over the network, but it does work.

For #2 and #3, were these also done with a DSLR? I haven't seen the crashes you are reporting, but I didn't test with my DSLR.
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Replied by nMAC on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Hi, yes, all done with my 550D DSLR.
You are right, It's still in the "forge", I will just wait for Jasem confirmation for a full test on Liveview.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Also please let me know if the same issues exist in Linux, because that could reveal whether it is a KStars code issue or if it is OS X specific.
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