Hi,

I recently had to reinstall my INDI libraries on my Raspberry Pi 4. Prior to this, everything was working fine. Now I have problems with my CGEM Mount. I am still using the indi_celestron_gps driver to connect to the mount. The Server sees the mount and is able do Polar Alignment and to slew to objects, but there are two problems. Other devices (ZWO Cameras) are working fine.

When I try to Calibrate the Mount for Tracking, it fails. When doing the RA “Nudge” is goes in one direction and then continues in that direction when trying to return to the Point of Origin for the Calibration. As such, the Calibration eventually Fails.

Another thing I have noticed is that the mount is drifting a lot. Like the software is over compensating. With a 1 second, high gain, exposure, I am getting star tails. This is after a successful Polar Alignment. So either the Alignment is off, or the software is pushing the Mount when it should not.

My rig is off line until I can get this fixed. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Claude

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