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Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

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Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate) was created by Marcel

Hi. I have a Bresser Exos 2 mount and I'm trying to use it with Stellarmate. I connected the mount to Stellarmate using a cable bought from astro gadget. It seems that the mount is recognized properly because there are logs about setting the location, time etc in the indi control panel. However after a few seconds an error shows up that the watchdog timed out. When I wanted to test if the mount is working properly I went to the mount control menu in Ekos and tried to move the mount, but an error showed in the logs saying that moving the mount is only available when the mount is tracking even though the mount mode was set to track in the indi control panel. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?
1 year 8 months ago #84940

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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

Hello Marcel and welcome to INDI forums!

Can you please provide the logs?
1 year 8 months ago #84952

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Replied by Marcel on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

Here are the logs from the indi control panel.
2022-08-03T06:47:16: [ERROR] this command only works while tracking. 
2022-08-03T06:47:06: [ERROR] Please make sure your serial device is correct, and communication is possible. 
2022-08-03T06:47:06: [ERROR] Watchdog Timeout without communication! 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Observer location updated: Latitude 54:19:59.0 (54.33) Longitude 18:40:00.0 (18.67) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Location updated: Longitude (18.6667) Latitude (54.3331) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Date/Time updated (Local Time): 8:46:55 2022-8-3 (2) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Date/Time updated (UTC Time): 6:46:2022 8-3-2 (-1756834384) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Device configuration saved. 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Saving device configuration... 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Device configuration applied. 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Observer location updated: Latitude 51:28:06.0 (51.47) Longitude 0:00:00.0 (0.00) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Location updated: Longitude (0) Latitude (51.4683) 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Dome Policy set to: Dome ignored. Mount can park or unpark regardless of dome parking state. 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Auto search is enabled. When connecting, the driver shall attempt to communicate with all available system ports until a connection is established. 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] Loading device configuration... 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] BresserExosIIDriver::Connect: Initializing ExosII GoTo on FD 3... 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] BRESSER Messier EXOS-2 EQ GoTo is online. 
2022-08-03T06:46:56: [INFO] BresserExosIIDriver::Handshake: Starting Receiver Thread on FD 3...

The
[ERROR] this command only works while tracking.
message appears when I'm pressing the Motion N/S or Motion W/E buttons in the Motion Control tab.
1 year 8 months ago #84957

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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

Have you tried to slew and track an object first then use these buttons?
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Replied by Marcel on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

No I haven't. I'll try and let you know if it helps.
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Replied by Marcel on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

I tried slewing to an object in KStars by pressing the "Slew telescope to the focused object" button but nothing happens. The only thing is this message in the logs
[INFO] BresserExosIIDriver::Goto: Going to Right Ascension: 4.081651 Declination :51.374901...
1 year 8 months ago #84962

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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

Ok, then this is most likely a communication issue. Which port are you connecting to? and what baud rate is used?
1 year 8 months ago #84963

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Replied by Marcel on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

I set the baud rate to 57600 but I also tried with other values. I'm connecting to whatever port the driver finds because the auto search option is turned on. I tried using the port manager in the Stellarmate web manager and set the mount port to /dev/mount and that didn't work either but maybe I did something wrong.
1 year 8 months ago #84964

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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

Ok, please create an issue in the INDI 3rd party repo and we'll follow it up from there.
1 year 8 months ago #84969

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Replied by Marcel on topic Bresser Exos 2 not tracking (Stellarmate)

After updating all the packages on the Stellarmate and changing the baud rate to 9600 I managed to get this message in the logs
[INFO] INFO: Communication seems to be established!
. Now the problem is that when I try to slew to a target the hand controller resets and I need to input the date, time and location again but after that nothing happens. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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