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Lost tracking/guiding [Solved]

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Replied by Giles on topic Re:Lost tracking/guiding

The mount should be attempting to track, if it is an Equatorial and well aligned then I wouldn't expect to see a very large deviation.

To many parameters in play for me to say, some more experienced people might have some input.
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding

It happened again today but after the 1st sequence. It is not the guider (works fine) it is the tracking. EKOS tracking was changed from on to off. Any idea why this is happening?
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Re:Lost tracking/guiding


Hi gilesco, My mount is HEQ5, and to use it with EKOS, you need to disable its own tracking and use PC passthrough mode and EKS will have full control on the whole mount. Today i found that the EKOS tracking was turned off after the 1st image and the subsequent frames was as the one I posted earlier.

Any idea why?
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding

I think I know what is happening but I cannot explain it. I found that the log is saying that the Telescope altitude reached 0 limits and it stopped moving. Actually it was 42 degrees... Attached a screenshot and the full debug log.
PS: this happened even when I disable the Alt limits. Is this is an EKOS bug??




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Replied by Hy Murveit on topic Lost tracking/guiding

Just taking a couple "shots in the dark."

1) Make sure the clock is correct on your Raspberry Pi, and that your Lat/Lon is correct in your Indi mount tab (see Site Management) and while you're at it, the KStars startup wizard.

2) If that doesn't fix it, you might try the procedure in this link:
stellarmate.com/support/faq/mounts.html?view=faq&faqid=33
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Also there are limits set in the hand controller of the mount. Check those as well.

I would recommend you buy a EQDir cable. With that you can connect your mount directly to the raspberry pi without the need for the hand controller. Then you need to use the EQMOD driver instead as well. I have been using that with my HEQ5 mount for well over three years now without any issues whatsoever and it is MUCH more stable than the connection via the hand controller.


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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding


Thank you hy. The problem was in the indi options. I chose GPS update all devices, and it didn't maybe because it didn't get a good lock, but as soon as I changed to kstars update all devices, it did update the mount

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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding


Hi Wouter,

Thank you for your advice. I already ordered the EQDir cable, but as I still need the hand controller for polar alignment (have no access to Polaris), so I plan to start only the mount, finish my polar alignment, turn it off, and connect the direct cable and start using it directly through KStars.
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Replied by Giles on topic Lost tracking/guiding

This is interesting, as I think I've seen evidence of a recent glitch.

Need to try again before really reporting anything.

There does seem to be an increase in reporting of issues that might be related to mount perceived Lat/Long and Time settings.
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding

During today's session the GPS was causing this reset. The following log happened:

2020-09-05T00:31:44 Telescope altitude is below minimum altitude limit of 0. Aborting motion...
2020-09-04T23:52:02 GPS driver detected. KStars and mount time and location settings are now synced to the GPS driver.
2020-09-04T23:51:54 Telescope info updated successfully.

Solution: Disable GPS if the signal is unreliable...
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Lost tracking/guiding

Disabling the gps or even remove it doesn’t solve solve the problem. The (-) alt keep popping up in the log...

I ordered one direct cable, but also I read that there are many of the has issues. Can someone recommend the cable that works fine with RPi4/indi/Ekos? My mount is EQ5


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Replied by Hy Murveit on topic Lost tracking/guiding

I assume you're talking about a cable that goes from your USB2 port to your mount.
I use the USB2EQ5 cable ordered from shoestring
www.store.shoestringastronomy.com/products_eq.htm
Works fine with my Atlas Pro.

If you're good at such things, you can also build your own.
See eq-mod.sourceforge.net/eqdirect2.htm
I did that for a "proof-of-concept" backup cable, but have to admit it took me a while to get it working
and needed a good friend to coach me.
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