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SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

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Replied by Patrick on topic poor guiding / mount error

Well i just ran the setup wizard in ekos to connect my mount and chose the star adventurer gti option and wifi connection. Perhaps i need a dedicated driver for it like eqmod you think?
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Replied by Alfred on topic poor guiding / mount error

I don't know your mount but the error message you mentioned IMO can explain your guiding woes. Is wifi the only option to connect your mount? Hopefully somebody who owns the same hardware can chime in here.
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Replied by Thomas Stibor on topic poor guiding / mount error

The Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTi have a payload of max. 5kg. How heavy is payload loaded on the mount?
I have the previous Skywatcher GTIi version of the mount, which suppose to loaded 5kg. But with 5kg payload you can technically not use the mount at all.
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Replied by Patrick on topic poor guiding / mount error

I have a very light payload atm only around 2.2kg incl the dovetail bar so that shouldnt be the problem. I do think it is the poor connection between the mount and my laptop.
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Replied by Thomas Stibor on topic poor guiding / mount error

Hello Patrick,

there is an excellent video by C. Buil (though in french only): La Star Adventurer GTi sous toutes les coutures
where he uses the mount in combination with a custom build 3D printed spectroheliograph (called Solex, Starex resp). In the last 3rd of the video he additionally measures periodic error etc...

I use the previous version of the GTi mount with my Canon 700D and Star Analyzer 100, and also with the Solex spectroheliograph and 420mm Refractor (all unguided).
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Replied by Stefan on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

Hi Patrick,
last year I had similar communication problems with my sa gti under EKOS/Indi.
In my case the cause was the firmware. They fixed the USB communication in FW 3.4.3.
Im my case the errors were gone after flashing the newest FW.
Hope that helps.
Stefan
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Replied by Patrick on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

You mean the firmware of the mount and not the indi driver right? Also have you tried the wireless connection as well or only via usb?
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Replied by Stefan on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

Yes, my gti had an old firmware and with rpi/kstars it wasn't functional with that fw. Lots of communication errors and delays.
Never tried Wifi mount connection, I prefer a wired connection.
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Replied by Patrick on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

I just checked my mount has the most recent driver so its definitely the wifi connection is causing all my problems. I will switch to usb and hopefully that will work. I also wanted to ask if you used any other program to connect to ekos like eqmod or something like that?
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Replied by Stefan on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

In INDI I used the EQMod mount driver for the sa gti.
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Replied by Patrick on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

im using a macbook sadly and that program is for windows only… you think it will work without it regardless?
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Replied by Stefan on topic SA GTI poor guiding / mount connection

No, an implementation of the eqmod driver is in indilib.
You can choose the eqmod driver in the profile config .
While making that screenshot I notice, that now there is a "Staradventurer GTI" selection under skywatcher mounts.
That wasn't the case, when I used the sa gti with KStars. I had to use EQMod. Now it probably will be better to choose the "Staradventurer GTI" selection.
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