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indi-nexstarevo issues and questions

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Hey Johym! Witam witam! :)

As for the cable:
I have bought from Amazon two cables:
- "Celestron Nexstar RS 232 PC Interface" cable
- "RS 232 to usb"
I have connected those to my USB and Celestron Hand control AUX output. (Nothing fried just yet, Hand control, controls mount as expected)
Is that correct procedure?

As for Wifi debugging, I will let you know asap :)
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>"Regarding the connection: what is the sequence of blinking of your mount wifi-light. It should be fast (not connected, waiting for client) - slow (Client assigned IP, no connection yet) - constant (Client connected)."
It seems to be contected, it's constant. And driver confirms it.

>you can also run indiserver with extra -v to get even more debugging
In configuration of Kstars/Indi I did not found any option to enter additional flags. I've tried to modify settings to run indi server as '/usr/bin/indiserver -v' but that didn't worked. What would be proper procedure to do so ?

Unfortunately I didn't got much of an info from debug option in driver:
2017-11-23T05:27:57: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is offline. 
2017-11-23T05:26:42: [INFO] Telescope aborted. 
2017-11-23T05:26:23: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is online. 
2017-11-23T05:26:15: [INFO] Connecting to 1.2.3.4@2000 ... 
2017-11-23T05:21:42: [INFO] Debug is enabled. 
2017-11-23T05:21:37: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is offline. 
2017-11-23T05:20:07: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is online. 
2017-11-23T05:20:04: [INFO] Connecting to 1.2.3.4@2000 ... 
2017-11-23T05:20:02: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is offline. 
2017-11-23T05:18:23: [INFO] Device configuration applied. 
2017-11-23T05:18:23: [INFO] Debug is disabled. 
2017-11-23T05:18:23: [INFO] Loading device configuration... 
2017-11-23T05:18:23: [INFO] NexStar Evolution is online. 
2017-11-23T05:18:18: [INFO] Connecting to 1.2.3.4@2000 ... 
2017-11-23T05:18:03: [ERROR] Error! Server address is missing or invalid. 
2017-11-23T05:17:59: [INFO] Debug is enabled. 

I did not enter anything under alignment system. I am afraid I would need to ask for some help here or docs. I am not even sure where and how would I get such info ?
From Hand control I managed to get info from MENU/Utilities/Get Axis Postion (as Azm/Alt)

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I haven't tested your driver from source, altho I am comfortable with python, I will have to spend some more time to get my head around what is where and what should i run. Lots of docs to go thorough! :)
Maybe I should do 2 steps back and highlight here that I am total beginner in this field.
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I will gladly help you make it work. Do not worry - we may get a decent docs out of this. The beginner is actually perfect for such exercise.

1) The cable: Please do not connect *ANYTHING* (except Hand Controller) to the AUX ports in the mount unless it is clearly marked as intended for the AUX ports. These are *NOT* RS232 ports at all. The RS232 port you can use is the one at the base of the HC. Unfortunately, my driver does not implement the serial connection yet - sorry.

2) The connection - thanks for the logs I am bothered by the online-offline flipping messages. Are you sure your network settings are not messed up by the auto-connect features of your OS. The 1.2.3.4 IP selected by celestron is really stupid - this is a real routable IP not assigned at the moment but not intended for such use and network stacks expect it to be a regular internet IP. That is why I am using my mount in the infrastructure mode with a portable access point - much less connectivity problems. If you cannot switch to infrastructure mode we will keep fighting with AP mode - do not worry. It is supposed to work in both modes.

3) The settings looks fine. I'll try to reproduce the problem on my end. Which version of the indi distro you are you using? The os is Fedora 27 I understand but indi is from this page or from the fedora distro?
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I assume you are using the 1.6 distro for fedora 27 as described in the download section of the site
I have installed:
  • kstars-bleeding
  • indi-nexstarevo-bleeding
The fedora is an upgraded clean install and running in virtualbox. In this config all was working with the simulator.
On the other hand it is not working with the actual mount - so the problem is not yours!
Thanks for the heads up. Something broke recently. I'll try to fix it ASAP.
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> These are *NOT* RS232 ports at all
Oh! I have blindly bought such cable as it was sold by Celestron itself (hence my assumption it is the right thing!).
When testing (with "Celestron NExstar" driver) I was connecting this cable to hand controllers input only (not the mount) from what i saw on internet (www.cloudynights.com/uploads/monthly_11_...42000-1479812820.jpg)


As for Software versions, I had some problems in different topic but i hope i am up to date:
indilib.org/forum/ccds-dslrs/2840-asi-29...ing-on-fedora27.html
>  rpm -qa | grep kstars
kstars-17.08.1-3.fc27.x86_64
 
>  rpm -qa | grep indi
indi-maxdomeii-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-dsi-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-sx-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-apogee-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
libindi-bleeding-1.6.0-3.1.x86_64
indi-mi-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-sbig-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-16.fc27.x86_64
guice-multibindings-4.1-8.fc27.noarch
indi-fli-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-qsi-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-aagcloudwatcher-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-atik-1.26-1.7.x86_64
indi-nexstarevo-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-gpsd-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-ffmv-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-spectracyber-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-11.fc27.x86_64
indi-gphoto-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-asi-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-tess-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-eqmod-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-fishcamp-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
indi-qhy-bleeding-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64
lupinix-indi-bleeding-1.0-176.3.noarch

Looks like I am not using kstars-bleeding. Not sure If I am supposed to and not sure what is the difference :) (does "bleeding" stands for development version? :) )

Thank you for your help!
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One more data point - the same problem shows itself on debian/ubuntu with Jasem oficial packages.
I am working on it.
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1) Connection: fortunately the socket is different - so you are safe. Unfortunately the driver does not support serial connection so it is only useful with celestron-nexstar-gps driver (standard celestron driver). And it should work very well.
2) Driver: the 1.6 version has definitely some problem. Could you try the 1.5 version distributed with fedora 27? It should work. You can just install kstars and libindi from the standard fedora repo.
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1. I have exactly same problem when connecting with Cable and trying celestron-nexstar-gps driver. It does connect to the mount (at least it says it's connected) but It doesn't respond to any actions.
Maybe I am doing something wrong here?

2. I've disabled repo,removed and re-installed kstars and indi drivers. Looks like your driver does not come with default fedora repos.
Should I use any specific repo to get your driver 1.5 ?
>  rpm -qa | grep kstars
kstars-17.08.1-3.fc27.x86_64
>  rpm -qa | grep indi-
libindi-devel-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
indi-eqmod-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
libindi-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
indi-gphoto-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
libindi-static-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
kde-i18n-Hindi-3.5.10-24.fc27.noarch
indi-aagcloudwatcher-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
indi-apogee-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
indi-sx-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64
lupinix-indi-bleeding-1.0-176.3.noarch

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Found a stupid double-connect error. Now it works. The fix should be released soon on the standard channels - as soon as Jasem merges the fix.
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Thanks Jochym!

What bugs me and I am little bit lost here - As you have mentioned, adding usb/cable support is tricky, but as I understand, this is already supported via "indi_celestron_gps". Unless it is not designed to work with evolutions ?
I'm creating separate topic for that driver, as I understand that both problems might be unrelated?
(indilib.org/forum/mounts/2845-indi-celes...ion-no-response.html)
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celestron_gps is quite a different driver but should work the way you are trying to use (i.e. over serial cable connected to the hand controller). The main difference between nexstar and nexstar-evolution is the addition of build-in skyfi device (wifi-to-serial bridge connected to the aux interface). The rest is very similar - control-wise.
I think the problems are not really connected. The serial connection problems are usually with access rights and serial speed settings.
The evolution driver is merged now and should show up in the repos over next build cycle (approx 24h)
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