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Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Ok documentation is here: indilib.org/devices/telescopes/az-gti.html

I hope this makes it more clear, I tried to visually illustrate all scenarios.
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Super!
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ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Jasem - here are some screenshots.

Connect to SynScan hotspot


Start SynScan app and Connect


It will be assigned 192.162.4.1 (the IP will be shown before you select between AZ and EQ modes)


Go to Settings


Go to WiFi. The mount will be in AP mode and STA mode will be disabled by default.
Tap/click on Modify Station. Enable, put in SSID and password. You don't have to disable the AP mode.
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

continue...

Kill SynScan app. Disconnect from SynScan hotspot. OFF/ON the mount - it should connect to Stellarmate hotspot now..
Connect your phone/tablet to Stellarmate hotspot.
Start SynScan app and Connect. It will be connected through Stellarmate.


Note the IP!


WiFi Settings page. STA mode active.
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by Mireia on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Hi,

Yesterday I was trying my new setup, with a redcat51, the az gti, the canon 6d and a rpi 3b+. While the mount worked (connected directly to the rpi through the wifi serial interface of the mount) and I even managed to do a plate solving, I noticed that the connection was extremelly unstable, with continuous cycles of disconnection-connection. Unfortunately I did not capture the logs. Looking around I see some people in ascom noticed the same thing with specific versions of the eqmod driver, so I wonder if it could be related and maybe the mount needs some link-loss resistent code to pair computer and mount. Has anyone experienced it?

Otherwise the whole pack looks awesome. I just need to figure how to fully remove the laptop from the pack (fully running ekos to do plate solving and polar alignment in my android phone would be awesome :) :) )
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Replied by Mireia on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

I also wonder if switching to a eqdirect cable would solve it. I guess to make such cable I just need to connect in a ft232 (with 3.3v logic) the TX of the chip to the RX of the mount (as it appears in the manual), the RX of the chip to the TX of the mount and the grounds together. The other (NC, reserved, Vcc) are left unconnected, right?
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Yes!
Just yesterday I upgraded to Stellarmate 1.4.2 (from 1.3.x with all latest KStars updates).
AZ-GTi connects/reconnects (or trying to) every 15-20sec.
Went back to 1.3 - all works.
Somebody at Cloudynights complained about this too.
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

this is using which driver exactly?
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

EQMod.
I'll double-check tomorrow on the behavior.
I didn't spend much time on troubleshooting and just put the 1.3 SD card back in.
It was the same when I tried 1.4.0.
(polar alignment refresh still doesn't work for me on windows client, by the way - have to do it on RPI client and then switch to Windows for other steps)
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Ok, I'll test tonight but nothing was changed in EQMod so it's odd.
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Yes, this is odd.
Might have something to do with wifi.
I use AZ-GTi in Station Mode so that it connects to RPI hotspot automatically.
Sometimes AZ disables the Station Mode for no apparent reason.
I'll check tomorrow.
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic Skywatcher AZ GTi with Ekos

Jasem,
I double-checked - the mount cannot connect to SM 1.4.2 hot-spot.
I tried to connect to the hot-spot with my phone and instead of an immediate connection,
I was presented with connectivitycheck.gstatic.com login window.
I suspect that is the reason for the mount not being able to connect to SM.

Here's the relevant part of the log:
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.220 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.ekos] - EQMod Mount  is disconnected.
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.230 Pacific Daylight Time INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "EQMod Mount is disconnected."
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.230 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[DEBUG] Handshake failed. "
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.240 Pacific Daylight Time INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount :  "[INFO] Connecting to 10.250.250.16@11880 ... "
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.240 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[DEBUG] Connection successful, attempting handshake... "
[2019-06-30T12:26:54.250 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[COMM] dispatch_command: \":e1\", 4 bytes written "
[2019-06-30T12:26:59.335 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[COMM] read error, will retry again... "
[2019-06-30T12:26:59.545 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[COMM] dispatch_command: \":e1\", 4 bytes written "
[2019-06-30T12:27:04.639 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[COMM] read error, will retry again... "
[2019-06-30T12:27:04.644 Pacific Daylight Time DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount : "[COMM] dispatch_command: \":e1\", 4 bytes written "
[2019-06-30T12:27:09.580 Pacific Daylight Time INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - EQMod Mount :  "[ERROR] Error: Communication failed -> tty read failed, check connection: Read Error: Resource temporarily unavailable
-- Max S
ZWO AM5. RST-135. AZ-GTI. HEQ5. iOptron SkyTracker.
TPO RC6. FRA400. Rokinon 135 and other lenses.
ZWO ASI2600MC. D5500 modified with UVIR clip-in filter.
ZWO ASI120MM Mini x 2. ZWO 30F4 guider. Orion 50mm guider.
ZWO EAF x 3.
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