Khalid replied to the topic 'Driver OnStep (LX200 like) for INDI' in the forum. 3 years ago

Odiug post=69507 wrote: Which OnStep version does the OnStep driver expect, or was developed against? I assume features, behavior and capabilities can vary. Latest release is 3.16. When I experimented with OnStep focuser support, I was told by Howard, that master would be safe currently (end 2020). Therefor my current version is 4.17j.

Anything you driver developers can recommend? Better stick with Release?
 

The recommended version of OnStep itself is the beta , which is now at 4.23.
Although it is labeled beta, it is pretty stable.

The master version is 5.x, but it will be phased out when Howard's new rewrite (OnStepX) is done in a few months perhaps.

You can use 3.x, 4.x or 5.x with KStars/Ekos/INDI that is in Jassem's PPA.
That is because the API itself has not changed significantly. A few commands were added (e.g. Spiral Search), but if an OnStep client does not issue that command, then nothing happens anyway.

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