{single}{actor}{/single}{multiple}{actors}{/multiple} replied to the...

Hello there!

I am experiencing the same issues and I was wondering if this has been resolved or if it occurs again for some strange reasons.

I have built myself the usb cable for a SkyWatcher HEQ-5 by using a FTDI TTL-232R-5V and a RJ-45 cable

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC

dmesg:

[ 1782.089199] usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[ 1782.245183] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001
[ 1782.245194] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1782.245198] usb 1-1.4: Product: TTL232R
[ 1782.245203] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: FTDI
[ 1782.245207] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: FTA5JEFP
[ 1782.251731] ftdi_sio 1-1.4:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 1782.251830] usb 1-1.4: Detected FT232RL
[ 1782.252809] usb 1-1.4: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB1

Ekos / INDI reports:

2019-02-13T20:02:50: [ERROR] Error: Communication failed -> tty read failed, check connection: Timeout error

I have installed INDI (Ekos, Kstars…) by using the AstroPi3 script on a Raspberry Pi 3 on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS and I think I am on the latest version (sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade already done a couple of times).

Any help is greatly appreciated, I am trying to get this to work for the last three days.