Do you think it is possible to build a driver for the Planewave mount. It has a simple HTTP interface for sending commands as described in the attached. There is also a way to run the PWI4 code in a Linux environment if desired.
I have asked them about this. They indicate that their main business focus has them applying their limited resources to the big University clients. This leaves me using N.I.N.A when I think Kstars has a better scheduler and integration with the planetarium.
That would be great. I have written lots of code for Arduino and have been commanding some of the functions just fine using Http GET's but I do not know how GET functions work in general Linux systems. The PWI4 program returns a string that contains all the parameters needed. It would be nicer if it was JSON but I wrote a Class to parse it. You still need a Windows host to run the program PWI4 that drives the Mount over USB but I think you can run it in a Wine Bottle if your want a pure Linux solution.
Ok I started looking at the document and have a few questions:
1. How is guiding done?
2. How to set different tracking rate? or is only sidereal supported?
Right now the mount only does sidereal tracking. I think you can track at different rates by changing the rate. I'll check with their support. Phd2 does do tracking but I have done 600 second unguided exposures at 2500mm with the mount. It is not clear to me how Phd2 connects to the mount. I understand that the PWI4 software that drives the mound can be run in a bottle if you want a Linux only solution. Planewave has some information on this that I can find.
I've started the driver development, but I haven't heard back from Planewave regarding the clarifications I requested over email. Have you had any luck?
I really appreciate you guys working on this. I was about to buy an L350 when it I realized there wasn't one. Id love to get this mount, but Im not giving up indi. Can't go back to the ascom/windows