Well I guess so. I'm planning to connect the EQ6 and the Focuser using BT, but did not try yet. I'll keep you updated as soon as I'm able to test that.

So, after a lot of try&error, the Bluetooth version seems to be working. Will need to do some finetuning and make it available on github. It is also working alongside the Eqmod driver, also connected to the mount via Bluetooth. Hope everything works also outside in the field, in case clouds will ever clear up!

Please find here the link to github, which provides the repository for the Bluetooth version of this driver:

github.com/HelgeMK/TicFocuserBT

Great job Helgemk, I'll give it a try.

This looks like a cool project. I had been thinking about using a Tic T834 and pancake stepper motor to keep a low profile, although it would be more expensive. Right now I use an Arduino (nano) setup with can stepper.

Please let me know how it works, will do my best to assist.

Best, Helge

Hi Helge, It's been a long time - I eventually found an opportunity to use a pololul tic and your code to run a focuser on a new setup. The Tic software is now installed on my Tinker Board, and I'm waiting for a Pololu tic t825. I'll keep you updated with my progress.
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Franck

Cool! I am also about to give it a second chance after a few month of manual focusing.

Hi,

So I made some progress. The tic and HC-05 are connected. HC-05 is well connected to the Tinker Board, but I can no manage to have RFCOMM TTY working. It seems not to be avaialble with my kernel. I created a new post on Armbian forum to get help, so stay tuned.

Also I forgot to mention that it works perfectly using usb.

Hello Helge,

see you have been busy. Had a look at your code, and it looks ok. Shortly after your first tic-driver I also started on an USB version. I have it running but nver published it because I coukd not find a good way to "remember" the position when device is powered down. (TIC resets to 0 when power is off , buf remembers when you reconnect without power has been off) It worked ok, and I use it on 1 system, but never really finished it. (Also have an unfinished ASCOM version, not ready for publication. That was more difficult because there was no SDK for windows)

Regards,

Paul

Hi there !

So using usb is fine, but I'm not able to have the BT working on my Asus Tinker board running armbian. It seems that RFCOMM is not available. I tryed to build a new kernel with the proper options, but it seems building a new kernel is not so straightforward
So I think It will stick to the usb version.