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KStars 3.5.0 Beta for Windows

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Now everything works except for astrometry.net at http://127.0.0.1:8080 (ansvr) which is OK as long as the other solvers works.
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 2.
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here's my latest config

-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 2.
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So the “local astrometry” option in the new version will run the ANSVR astrometry solve-field program and control its configuration directly, instead of relying on the external api web interface you were forced to use before. This appears to work much faster, gives you the same configuration options and downloading index capabilities that Mac and Linux users have had for years, and avoids the need to start, stop, configure, and run the web interface ANSVR provides.

I am not sure that you would want to access ANSVR using the traditional method now that you have the new method for using it. It should still work using “online” since it works just like the online solver, but I think the new way of using ANSVR should be better.
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Were these the default values on windows for the external programs??

I need to look at that to make sure the defaults on Windows for the local solver are the ANSVR paths!
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Replied by Kevin on topic KStars 3.5.0 Beta for Windows

I really like the star size that you’ve added with SEP auto focus routine. This has been a problem for me in the past. It was selecting noise and not real stars. This has been working with the simulator but hasn’t been tested underneath real conditions.

Solving has been working for me. I had to tinker with some of the settings as Max had done above. I was used to the remote option taking time. I have my indexes on the raspberry but use the Kstar Windows client. Should I be changing the ANSVR address to the IP address of the rpi? There are a ton of options under solving. Maybe too many! My only complaint is, solving is almost too fast! I’m used to waiting and building suspense! This is no fun at all!

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So for the "ANSVR Address" I assume you mean the API URL? You can change this to the IP address of whatever computer you are running ANSVR on if you are using that. However, the new version can access the ANSVR solve-field executable directly just like it does on Linux and Mac computers. (You just have to select to use "local astrometry" instead of online. There is no longer any need to start up and use ANSVR as you did before. So you can ignore the "online" options entirely and just use the local astrometry option. It will be faster and easier to do.

Yes there are a lot of options, but it actually is no more options than were technically there before. Most of the options were previously in various different places on the computer, in config files, in KStars etc, so it was very hard to diagnose and fix any issues you had with plate solving. Basically I collected all the options in one spot. And yes I know it is an overwhelming amount of options. That is why I have wrapped all the options up into "profiles." The goal is that we can develop a great set of profiles that work for most people and you can just use the profile that works best for you and completely ignore all the various options because the profile "just works".

One reason the solving is much faster is because it isn't sending it over the network for a PI to solve and or sending it over a web API to ANSVR. Another reason it is faster is the usage of SEP instead of astrometry.net's system to extract the stars. Another reason is because I tried to tweak and optimize the options a bit. And finally, for blind solves it is MUCH faster because I have built into StellarSolver the ability to solve using astrometry.net in parallel on today's multi core machines and greatly speed up solving.
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Yes, those were defaults and they were wrong.. They would be correct for ansvr server
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 2.
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No, I don't want to access ANSVR using the traditional method. I just wanted to check all available solvers and make sure they work and which one is better.
Actually, I made astrometry.net at http://127.0.0.1:8080 work by selecting the Remote radio-button.
I believe "Remote" used to funnel the request to the astrometry.net on the INDI server (RPI4 in my case) in previous versions. Now the request goes to ansvr.
Or I am confused again?
Thanks for your hard work!
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 2.
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Replied by Tom on topic KStars 3.5.0 Beta for Windows

Hi all,

I found out that I can't remote into the box using hostname but only IP. Is this only happen in this beta version? I remember the previous version can. Please confirm..

Thanks
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Replied by Kevin on topic KStars 3.5.0 Beta for Windows

I've been trying to blind solve with pics I have taken, but have not been successful. I've tried to use some of the different options with no luck. I had thought that because my scope and camera give me a different FOV that by manually changing the setting for the simulator, it might work. But it did not help. I've also found that the FOV does not re-calculate and I did not note the pervious values before I entered them in manually. Now I've had issues trying to do regular solves with the simulators. So two questions... 1. what are the best settings to try and blind solve (I had saw somewhere that blind solve was not dependent on FOV?) and 2. How can the FOV be recalculated?
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Replied by Kevin on topic KStars 3.5.0 Beta for Windows

I found the update image scale option in the settings for align. It wouldn’t move the Settings over to the main align page. But I just manually move them over.
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So if you are loading images using "load and slew" then KStars should not be passing the image scale from the telescope but should be getting them from the image. If the image is a JPEG, it should be doing a blind solve with no scale. Is this not the case for you? Can you share an image that this is not working for?
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