Rob, what game controller are you testing with? The SDL lib may not recognize it as a gamepad, but may still recognize it as a joystick. I can look at adding support for non-gamepad joysticks as well.
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You can also use mosaic.darkdragons.space/ to generate a star field to solve. Just set it up with your camera and telescope info, center the view where you want it, then download the fits file at the bottom. It generates a synthetic star field that works pretty well for me to solve and slew.
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Hey Jasem, unfortunately, I sold my CGX when I upgraded to a CEM120, so I won't be able to test for you. Feel free to take any code from my indi_celestron_cgx driver as well. The reason it hasn't been updated is the same. I sold the mount.
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I'm a big fan of Astro Live Stacker als-app.org/ for live stacking. For full image processing, I use PixInsight.
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You will need to have some server running locally. Either my ekos-web project, or I believe Stellarmate make come with an offline server. Without one of those, offline mode will not work.
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Yes, I still run it with the latest stable version of KStars. The best way to run it is to use Docker.
docker pull rickbassham/ekos-web:latest
docker run -p 3000:3000 -it rickbassham/ekos-web:latest
I have a CEM120 and never use the hand controller for anything after setting the meridian flip correctly.
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In the focus module, click the icon next to the filter, and check the "Auto Focus" checkbox next to each filter.
I had the same problem and ended up switching to use the TCP connection method and connecting the mount via ethernet. This has been rock solid for me.
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