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Meridian Flip - EKOS/Onstep Slews to last star

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I am glad you guys found a solution. I wish I can help you test this out but my skills in programming and Linux are lacking a bit. I'll have to wait till the official release.
2 years 7 months ago #74966

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Jamie,

I contacted Jasem, and he told me how to manage a partial environment where kstars-bleeding is from his PPA repos, and INDI is compiled from source.

So, I am ready to test what you have on 4.x, which you already tested with 3.x.

Attach the lx200_OnStep.cpp file with your modifications, and I will try it, then push the changes so they make it into the next release from the repos.
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sure - attached - this traps for both 3x and 4 x style - change the .txt to .cpp and let me know what you see 

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FYI - More testing on my side and still good - all stars and targets listed correctly - all mount movement is immediate and status updated correctly - MF test results: ALL good - slewing reported on all tabs and tools that look at it - mount movement excellent - markings in the mount panel are accurate (flip completed, flip started etc)....I call this a win - just need your 4.x test and I can re-post this multi-version code
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I don't understand that part: "just need your 4.x test and I can re-post this multi-version code".

I assumed the file you attached is already multiversion. No?
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I tested the file you posted. I had to massage it to remove carriage returns.

It behaves normally on 4.x:
- The target in Ekos is now the star that is being slewed to, even though the slew is still in progress. It is no longer the previous star.
- The popup notification that the mount has reached the target only happens when the slew has actually ended.
- The 'Eq. Coordinates' in INDI goes yellow when the slew is in progress, and then green when the slew ended.

So all good on my side.

We need this to go into INDI's repo quickly, because it affects lots of people, not just those who do meridian flips.

Do you want me to submit it to Jasem?
2 years 7 months ago #74977

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I have attached the cpp for you to compile and run - I am waiting on your results against your 4.x OnStep code - I only have 3.x installed to run against - HTH
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pull request submitted and was already in the works...now updated
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Jamie,
Please update the pull request to include the attached code.
It is the same functionality as yours, but minus the Windows vs. Linux line ending (carriage return removed).
Also, the comments are in the correct place (on the condition line), so easier to read.
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Built with no issues - slewing and tracking info is correct - this version has been pushed to my master and will verify the pull
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2 years 7 months ago #74981

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Thank you for your persistence. It paid off fixing this bug.

Let us all know when it is accepted by Jasem, so we look for the next indi-bin build.
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2 years 7 months ago #74982

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Now, running with latest FirmWare on IOptron GEM45 I have the following observations:

Meridian Flip from OTA on West side: Tested 4 times all successfully conducted.
Meridian Flip from OTA on East side:  Tested 3 times all failing!
       Symptom is: every few seconds: Doing Flip, no movement Doing flip, no movement... Status switches between Tracking and Stopped

May be Meridian flip from East side is not so usual? Here at high Latitudes (Norway) it definitely can happen as objects that are always up are tracked and captured.
 
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