Thanks Bill, and hope it goes well

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Thanks, yes that was all at the moment and I'll report back tonight.

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Hy, Bill, Alfred and any interested Losmandy Gemini owners.
I have observed a mathematical error and it's not from KStars / Ekos so you can breath easy Hy. I put my Gemini mini and two motors on a bench test with no computers in sight.
Now this is the setup that was sent back to me with the latest level 6 update, In fact, I believe my Gemini was used in the developing that update, but I was noticing issues while tracking the moon 2 nights ago.
RA tests were all fine with a RA Divisor of 448770 and Dec Divisor of 0
DEC had appeared OK but when I selected Lunar tracking the Dec Divisor was now 23,225,329. This is much slower and with the lightest finger touch on the end of the gear, the motor started to get small shudders and only advance on about one pulse out of three. At the same time the Handbox RA and DEC numbers kept incrementing. It appeared to be normal even though the motor was not advancing reliably.
Ironically, in late June 26 I was critical of Gemini L6 mods as they replaced the absolute lock (or sync) between electrical input and encoder count output with a mod that allowed for uncounted pulses during stall conditions, and there was a complete lack of torque. The July mod has fixed the torque issue but it has not returned the motor to the previous state where it had multiple turns of tolerance (if stalled for some reason) and then return to absolute lock again.
Small steps may be the guide calibration issue. If Hy can please tell me how to increase these steps, I can determine the effect of those larger steps on my calibration.
Thanks
Len

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Hang in there Bill, your observations are correct I have delayed any photography for months while I waited for the Gemini upgrade to be finalized. I even sent my G2mini across Australia to be checked and reprogrammed.Here is my Guiding summary - 1) KStars version 3.5.7 Stable on my iMac is just perfect using Stellarmate 1.7.22) when using PHD guiding, any version, on my Ubuntu 22.04.3 and Stellarmate 1.7.2... Just perfect3) Ubuntu 22,04.3 with Stellarmate and using KStars Guiding is unpredictable, problamatic and sub standard to the point of being unusable.
Here is guiding on my iMac tonight...1st pic.
Here is guiding on my new NUC with Ubuntu/Kstars tonight... 2nd Pic
I am extremely grateful for the hard work done by developers and researchers but since Oct last year and the new ver 3.6. This also coincides with Gemini modification that were finalised / or not finalised in July 2023. I just see it as unusable for



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I have addressed 1 event and added a log to cover the time period.
At 01:58:35 local time I set my target to NGC 55... I never got past alignment even though I was seeing NGC 55 centered in the alignment window.
Prior to 0158 hrs I sucessfully took hours of focusing calibration frames.
I have attached a compressed log.

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sorry I meant KStars 3.5.7 / 3.5.9

Back to the beginning
You're controlling StellarMate from Ubuntu which is running KStars Beta, is this correct? >YES
If yes, then what issue did you face exactly?..Today I can connect but cannot guide so since late afternoon I have been recording Focus vs Temperature data since mid afternoon... I was using Venus during the daytime to get greater temperature variations for Johns Focusing project data.
Connections often happen at 2am and I don't know why
Is it OK if I send a summary of just 5 to 10 events next time.
Ive been doing this with Kstars Indi since 2017 but the connection issues are bad. Today I replaced the ethernet cabling, but the issues happen when I am i metre from KStars to Stellarmate.

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I'm just trying to connect KStars to a StellarMate at my mount using 20 metres of ethernet. It often takes me hours to connect and it is not an issue with cameras, focusers etc.
That said, gemini 2 has been through some changes this year, but connection has been an issue after KStars 1.5.7 / 1.5.9 and RPI 4B StellarMate

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Jasem, Thanks for asking.
I am running KStars3.6.6 Beta Build 22023 - 07 - 21T23:03:34Z
I'm seeing Web Manager version 1.7.7
1) I am still having the same connection issues from Ubuntu to Stellarmate.
Since I last contacted you I have bought a new Stellarmate license (No 3) and a new dedicated Ubuntu PC NUC Gen 9 with 32GB RAM
I have spent over an hour with Stellarmate and one problem causing another. In the screenshot summaries I have tried to give an overview.
Take entry 23 in the Indi control panel, and I was asked to enter a fits header for "Name Value, Comment" I entered 123 and the red light went green...24.
It looked OK but then told me to restart the driver for the change to take effect...25
This reset other settings and so it went on.
2) I am also having issues with being locked out of looking at hidden settings while trying to compile a message to the forum, I spoke to John and he has kindly replied. e.g. In Focuser the filter window no longer goes to the background, It cannot be made smaller so I can see behind it as it just pops back big again.
3) Please point me to more info about my signature is outdated
4) I'll send it all in a bug report that I am compiling
5) Numerous log entries show EKOS connections then end in resetting EKOS manager
6 Do I need EKOS Live Credentials?
Len

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Len North replied to the topic 'Focusing module' in the forum. 8 months ago

John
I have almost lost control of my computers as I cannot quit Kstars at will on my mac.
while monitoring the StellarMate Web Monitor I was compiling a message to the forum, but my frozen web page interfered with my messaging.
This is a new issue for me
On my Ubuntu machine, I cannot conduct a controlled disconnect / shutdown on Stellarmate as the whole EKOS frame is now frozen.
We seem to have lost the open nature of Open Source when we follow restrictive practices and use PixInSight as an example.

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My latest screenshot won't publish. It says
KStars
[DEBUG] CMD: <<151:s#>
\on Camera > Image Data > INDI DATA STREAM IS OFF.
hope that this helps
Len

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Readings between KStars and Stellarmate are currently not believableIndi Data Stream appears OFF



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Before I submit a bug report, I will list an index of 44 sequential connection errors over a 90 minute time period.
Maybe someone can see a pattern.. Thank you
attachment=15455]S-shot 36 to 54 are also failed start attempts.png[/attachment]



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