Hi everyone
ASTAP (different versions give the same error)
The latest indi stable, shipped with kstars 3.6.9, from Jasem's ppa fails to rotate a correctly solved image:

[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Target is within 00° 00' 04\" degrees of solution coordinates."
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - Raw Rotator Angle: 0 Rotator PA: -89.982 Rotator Offset: -89.982 Direction: Normal Direction
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Setting rotator angle to 0.00196446 degrees.
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Camera position angle is -89,982 degrees."
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - Align state changed to "Successful"
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.144 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Align State changed from "In Progress" to "Successful"
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.147 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Target is within acceptable range."
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.147 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Setting rotator angle to 125.722 degrees.
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.147 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Setting camera position angle to 35,7363 degrees ..."
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.147 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - Align state changed to "Rotating"
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.148 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Align State changed from "Successful" to "Rotating"
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.187 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - CCD Simulator : "[INFO] CCD FOV rotation updated to 90.018 degrees. "
[2024-02-08T10:07:25.187 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Rotator Simulator : "[ERROR] Rotator target 125.72 exceeds safe limits of 90.00 degrees... "

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Here is the successful solve and rotation with 3.6.8:

[2024-02-08T13:32:39.664 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Solution coordinates: RA (20h 16m 15s) DEC ( 41° 37' 49\") Telescope Coordinates: RA (20h 16m 15s) DEC ( 41° 37' 53\") Target Coordinates: RA (20h 16m 15s) DEC ( 41° 37' 53\")"
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.665 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Target is within 00° 00' 04\" degrees of solution coordinates."
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.666 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Setting rotator angle to 305.549 degrees.
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.666 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Camera position angle is 35,5969 degrees."
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.666 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Align State changed from "In Progress" to "Successful"
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.670 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Target is within acceptable range."
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.671 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Camera position angle is within acceptable range."
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.671 CET DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Align State changed from "Successful" to "Complete"
[2024-02-08T13:32:39.688 CET INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - CCD Simulator : "[INFO] CCD FOV rotation updated to -144.403 degrees. "

test image: drive.google.com/file/d/1EnftcK8CPqmGTTg.../view?usp=drive_link
logs attached

Any ideas?
Cheers,
Steve

Rotator Simulator : "[ERROR] Rotator target 125.72 exceeds safe limits of 90.00 degrees... "
Since 3.6.9 there is an experimental control field "Limits" in rotator simulator (see INDI Control Panel in tab "Main Control"). It defines a "Max Range in Degrees" and is unfortunately set to 90° by default. Just enter 180° there and save the config to make work the simulator rotator again. I do not understand exactly how this limit should work though.

I did set it to 180, and my Moonlight Litecrawler still will not work.
I had to revert back to KStars 3.6.8.

The previous versions did not have this limiter and it worked great. The Litecrawler would never wrap around over 360, so I'm not sure why someone added this limiter. I suspect if they allowed the user to set it to 360 all would be fine.

This is INDI change, not KStars. I just updated it so that by default it is disabled unless explicitly enabled by the user. Will ask Robert if he can rebuild the DMG.

@jasem
Could you please update the stable ppa for Linux users too?
TIA

Thanks Jasem. Please let us know when the Mac version is available to test again.

Peter

I support the request. Makes no sense the rotator cannot go beyond 180d

Yes!!! I can’t use 3.6.9 (Mac) until this has been fixed, AND, a Mac version is published somewhere.

Same.

With my nitecrawler I get this error regardless of what I set in that limit option in the driver. I can manually tell it in the rotator control to go to it but it won't automatically go to it because of this bug.

Is there a way to update INDI similar to the kstars-update command?

update_indi_core

followed by

update_indi_drivers