Of course it was something simple (but it's kind of a bug).

Often, when INDI starts it [EDIT] assigns mis-assigns Guide and CCD cameras. Sometimes setting both as Primary, sometimes CCD as Guide and guide as Primary.
I used to have all kinds of issues when this would happen.
So, I took a habit to check and correct for this on RPI but not so on the Windows client (since I rarely use it).

When this happens, the guide scope gets selected in the Focus Module by default and even though the Focus Module is not active this messes up the Refresh in the Polar Alignment.

If, in INDI control panel, I correctly assign guide to guide and CCD to primary then it doesn't matter what is selected in the Focus Module - Polar Alignment goes through.

I am glad I got it sorted out. Will test tomorrow for real (not with simulators).

Thanks!

The focus module has no scope selection... so I'm not exactly following here?

Jasem - please see attached

Wrong assignment in INDI control panel

Wrong assignment in INDI control panel



Refresh doesn't work


Once I change CCD in Focus Mode from Guide to CCD (or set correct options in INDI control panel to begin with),
Polar Alignment works.
The thing is these options in INDI CP do not stick and sometimes change voluntarily.

Thanks!

Unfortunately, no... it didn't work with a real setup (not with simulators).
Two ZWO cameras.
Same symptom. "Refresh" in Polar Alignment wouldn't refresh.
Again - that's only for Windows client.
On RPI all works fine.
Really puzzled since nobody else is complaining.
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Thanks!

I tested this with my windows laptop and the guide simulator was indeed on the primary telescope (as default?). But I can change it to guide telescope and click save under Configuration and next time it uses the guide telescope.

The CCD simulator uses the primary telescope in my case.

I want further wanted to test the Polar Alignment with the simulators, but I cannot do that. I read somewhere that I have to install the GSC catalog (on StellarMate?). But how do I do that? If you can help my with this I can test this also.

Do you use Microsoft Edge? I had connection issues and found out that INDI seems not to like Microsoft Edge. After changing the standard web browser, the connecting issues are solved. So if you use Microsoft Edge as standard web browser this could perhaps be the reason for your problems.

Look here: www.indilib.org/forum/ekos/4569-download...mulator-on-os-x.html

Sorry. It doesn't have anything to do with a web browser.
The client runs on Windows 7 64 bit. Server is on RPI which is wire-connected to my home network.

Run this command from the terminal on the Stellarmate and it will load full updated INdI and the GSC files

sudo apt-get install indi-full gsc

Or for just GSC

sudo apt-get install gsc

I did that on StellarMate. It says that "gsc is already the newest version (1.3~ubuntu18.04.1)" - altough I did not installed it manually before (is it meanwhile automatically installed? Or perhaps because I switched to the Beta Channel?).

Anyway, the "problem" why it did not work the first time, was that at FOV I have to manually type in the calculated FOV of the CCD simulator with the primary scope. After I did that, I could click on start and everything works fine. No refreshing problems.

NH - as I reported it works in simulation mode (after cameras are properly assigned) but doesn't with real cameras (at least I couldn't make it work)...
Also it works on RPI/Ubuntu client. The problem only exists for Windows client.

Ok, I just saw that you write that it fails with the simulators too. I will test that also as soon as possible. But it maybe take a while, because I am in the next weeks very often not at home and where I live is the wheater normally bad. I think there is no way to test this with the real setup indoors, correct?