Yes that is what I thought you meant. We have an issue due to a bug in QT whereby the behavior on Linux cannot properly be recreated on OS X. The windows and dialogs in KStars are *supposed* to appear in front of the KStars main window. This is accomplished in Linux by making that window the parent window and the others the child windows. On OS X, for some reason, they didn't implement this capability. When I first got KStars working on OS X, it was extremely annoying when windows or dialogs would disappear behind the main KStars window if you clicked on the sky. My first though was to use the "always on bottom property" for the KStars main window. But they didn't implement that either! I managed to get close to replicating the proper behavior by making the most windows "tool" windows and "always on top" on OS X. For some dialogs however, I did not manage this because I didn't have access to the objects and couldn't change their behavior, so they still end up behind things. I would like to fix this so it works better, but unless QT gets changed, I think this is really the best I can do.
I think that looks like pretty useful info. Just looking at the output I suspect it could be a typo or something in the driver. If more info is needed, then if you go to preferences and then the advanced tab, you can select to have it log directly to a file and what info it logs. I would guess in this case you should just check INDI.
I have seen the control panel button do that when it doesnt get all the drivers it expects to receive. Try removing the one at is causing the error from the profile.
Rob,
I completed my first run of tests on the latest DMG. The very good news is that Canon DSLR now work and there seems to be no incompatibility with any other driver I tested. The bad news is that I got a number of crashes of EQ MOD driver and the new SkySafari middleware is not working at all. However, it seems to me that these issues are not related to the DMG per se. In fact, I got the same exact issues with the latest Ubuntu Virtual Machine, so this is either a problem with my machine or a problem of the latest builds of indi_eqmac_telescope and indi_skyserver. By the way, I'm reporting that to Jasem separately in other topics. In addition, I was able to use the EQ MOD driver embedded into CloudMakers Indi Server, so it is likely there is something wrong in the latest build.
Coming back to the DMG, I also tested the connection with the Orion StarShoot AutoGuider and it works perfectly. Plate solving with Astrometry.net is also working, both in local and online modes. I'd say we are almost ready for prime time under the stars. Excellent work.
Great, glad it's working for you. The other indi issues you mentioned will need to be worked out separately. Also, I sent Jasem a new dmg and he posted it here. edu.kde.org/kstars/ The changes I made since the version you tested include night vision support in the what's interesting tool, an added button in the toolbar for what's interesting and also I fixed a possible crash that tool could get under certain circumstances.
Tried to use the Mac Ekos tonight. Typically I use the RPI3 Ekos version. Loved the speed of the plate solving on the Mac.
The Mac Ekos was connecting to the RPI3 running INDI Webserver. It is the same INDI webserver I used to tonight with the RPI3 Ekos, since the Mac did not work.
Could not get the Scheduler to work. It seemed to just hang. I started and stopped the scheduler a few times.
Please let me know if you have any ideas...
Log below:
2017-05-12T22:35:12.642 - DEBG - Capture: "Sequence queue saved to /Users/stephen/LRGB_120s_-13C.esq"
2017-05-12T22:35:51.270 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Scheduler list saved to /Users/stephen/NGC4038.esl"
2017-05-12T22:35:56.860 - DEBG - Scheduler: Start
2017-05-12T22:35:56.873 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Astronomical twilight rise is at 03:39:00, set is at 22:54:00, and current time is 22:35:54"
2017-05-12T22:35:57.932 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:35:57.933 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 observation job is estimated to take 02h 48m 00s to complete."
2017-05-12T22:35:57.936 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 altitude at Fri May 12 22:35:55 2017 GMT-0300 is 24.4 degrees. NGC 4038 altitude score is 4."
2017-05-12T22:35:57.938 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 Moon score 2 (separation 70.7232)."
2017-05-12T22:35:57.939 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 observation job is due to run as soon as possible."
2017-05-12T22:35:57.941 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Found candidate job NGC 4038 (Priority #10)."
2017-05-12T22:35:58.975 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Startup State...
2017-05-12T22:35:58.983 - DEBG - Scheduler: Startup Idle. Starting startup process...
2017-05-12T22:36:38.620 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop
2017-05-12T22:36:38.620 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop current action...
2017-05-12T22:36:40.553 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Editing job #1..."
2017-05-12T22:36:40.559 - WARN - Could not parse stylesheet of object 0x618000e52630
2017-05-12T22:36:40.632 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Job NGC 4038 status is reset."
2017-05-12T22:36:55.854 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Edit mode cancelled."
2017-05-12T22:36:57.835 - DEBG - Scheduler: Start
2017-05-12T22:36:58.888 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:36:58.888 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 altitude at Fri May 12 22:37:00 2017 is 24.3 degrees. NGC 4038 altitude score is 4."
2017-05-12T22:36:58.896 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 Moon score 2 (separation 70.73)."
2017-05-12T22:36:59.936 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:37:00.978 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:37:01.978 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:37:01.979 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 altitude at Fri May 12 22:36:59 2017 GMT-0300 is 24.3 degrees. NGC 4038 altitude score is 4."
2017-05-12T22:37:01.986 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 Moon score 2 (separation 70.73)."
2017-05-12T22:37:01.988 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Found candidate job NGC 4038 (Priority #10)."
2017-05-12T22:37:02.978 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Startup State...
2017-05-12T22:37:02.979 - DEBG - Scheduler: Startup Idle. Starting startup process...
2017-05-12T22:38:04.977 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Ekos timed out."
2017-05-12T22:38:04.979 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop
2017-05-12T22:38:04.984 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop current action...
2017-05-12T22:38:17.880 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Editing job #1..."
2017-05-12T22:38:17.882 - WARN - Could not parse stylesheet of object 0x618000e52630
2017-05-12T22:38:17.950 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Job NGC 4038 status is reset."
2017-05-12T22:38:27.517 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Edit mode cancelled."
2017-05-12T22:38:28.536 - DEBG - Scheduler: Start
2017-05-12T22:38:29.487 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Park Wait State...
2017-05-12T22:38:29.488 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 altitude at Fri May 12 22:38:27 2017 GMT-0300 is 24.3 degrees. NGC 4038 altitude score is 4."
2017-05-12T22:38:29.496 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 Moon score 2 (separation 70.7393)."
2017-05-12T22:38:29.498 - DEBG - Scheduler: "NGC 4038 observation job is due to run as soon as possible."
2017-05-12T22:38:29.500 - DEBG - Scheduler: "Found candidate job NGC 4038 (Priority #10)."
2017-05-12T22:38:30.477 - DEBG - Scheduler: Checking Startup State...
2017-05-12T22:38:30.477 - DEBG - Scheduler: Startup Idle. Starting startup process...
2017-05-12T22:38:45.203 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop
2017-05-12T22:38:45.203 - DEBG - Scheduler: Stop current action...
Were they any startup/shutdown scripts? What was your startup/constrains/completion settings? If you have an Ekos scheduler list file (.esl), then attach it.