The more I think about this, the more I don't think so, but I'll ask anyway. I want to be able to run two Stellarmates together so Kstars/Ekos sees them as one (distributed computing) to split the load and improve performance. I spent the last weekend figuring out how to do this over my home WiFi network and after LOTS of trial and error I finally got it to work well . Now I want to do the same thing using the Hotspot mode for when I am at a remote location - and possibly at home - especially if there's a performance boost vs. using WiFi. OR, is the only way by using a WiFi router in the field - i.e. basically the same setup as my home network?
That was one of the tutorials that helped me get two Stellarmates chained together over my WiFi. One controls just my imaging camera, the second controls my iOptron iEQ45 Pro mount and my guide camera. These two RPIs are controled by Kstars'Ekos on a remote PC that sees the two RPIs as one. I want to do the same thing, but via Hotspot mode for when I am in a remote location, away from my WiFi.
Petarm,
I do not have a mobil phone I can do that with - my phone is provided by my work and I'm locked out of doing anything other than calls and photos.
That was one of the tutorials that helped me get two Stellarmates chained together over my WiFi. One controls just my imaging camera, the second controls my iOptron iEQ45 Pro mount and my guide camera. These two RPIs are controled by Kstars'Ekos on a remote PC that sees the two RPIs as one. I want to do the same thing, but via Hotspot mode for when I am in a remote location, away from my WiFi.
Petarm,
I do not have a mobil phone I can do that with - my phone is provided by my work and I'm locked out of doing anything other than calls and photos. I do however, own an Android tablet (no phone on it though) that I'll look into configuring it as a WiFi router - thanks for the idea.
I ended up buying and configuring a router with static IP addresses for the PIs, so this way I have a dedicate network just for astronomy, it's never on the Internet and it doesn't get slowed down by other network traffic. Seems to work well in my bench tests. Waiting for clear skies for a real-world test.
To run two Stellarmates at remote site, Werper's approach of setting up a router and running them both on single wifi network sounds good (but its yet another piece of equipment to manage).
Did it work?
Is this still the best solution?