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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

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Ekos on Mac OS X ?

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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

So the EQMod issue was indeed an environment variable called INDIPREFIX. Jasem and I worked to fix that over the last 2 days. Also Jasem has been working on this great new feature with a mount toolbox that you should check out! In addition, we came up with a solution to the build version problem you reported earlier. In the "About KStars" window, we added a timestamp which will indicate the date and time on which the program was built for your reference.

I just finished building the dmg. Jasem will be posting it tomorrow, but I thought it might be good for you guys to test it out before then if you have time.
Please check it out!

drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ivMJINsdQ8SzF...ZWM/view?usp=sharing
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Replied by Alessio Beltrame on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Rob,
I just had a few minutes this morning, before leaving for work. I tested the EQMod driver only and it worked perfectly. I parked and unparked the mount, slewed to different targets (also involving meridian flips), changed tracking speed and aligned with the CCD simulator and offline Astrometry.net. All tests run smoothly and competed successfully. Excellent work!
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Replied by Alessio Beltrame on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Rob,
it's still cloudy here, don't even remember the last time I had a clear sky. Anyway, I performed an additional dry run and I confirm that 2.7.8 works as expected. I tested the following:

EQ Mod driver: pass
Canon DSLR driver: pass
AStrometry: pass (both offline and online)
SkySafari: pass
Simulators (focuser, filter wheel, CCD): pass
Scheduler: pass (first time I tested this)
SSAG -a.k.a. QHY5 (through QHY CCD driver): (partial) fail

The workaround for the SSAG is to use CloudMakers's Indi Server as a secondary server (with indi_ssag_ccd driver), then launching Ekos builtin server as the primary one from the CLI on a different TCP port and relaying the CM server through it. Not suitable for the typical Mac user, but it works nicely. After that, the SSAG connects to Ekos and works smoothly in the guiding module. Well, of course that only proves the SSAG/QHY5 isn't handled by the indi_qhy_ccd driver as expected. The Kstars Mac build per se is great!

Next week I should be able to get my hands on a new USBfocusv3 and I'll report on that ASAP. In the meantime I'm very confident that this built is ready to be used in the field.

By the way, what'd you mean with "Jasem has been working on this great new feature with a mount toolbox that you should check out!"?


EDIT: I can now confirm that the USB_focus v3 also works with 2.7.8 on Mac.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

The new feature is in ekos in the mount tab at the top right. Click it and the mount toolbox opens
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?


cool new feature, I've seen it in that latest Ekos dmg.
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Replied by Alessio Beltrame on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Oops, I totally missed it.
That's a very cool new feature and I really like the ability to control the mount through an independent window.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Hey guys,

I made several changes to Whats Interesting in the last couple of weeks including an option to track the object and a help page explaining it all. Also I corrected an issue where setting the time in KStars ( at least on OS X ) to go any faster than 1 hour intervals made it very slow to respond to user input. Next, I set astrometry to use the config file specified by the user in the settings instead of whatever astrometry uses for its config file by default. I also worked with Jasem to correct some of the missing objects that were printing errors to the console on KStars startup, but you probably won't see most of the missing objects changes unless you replace your data directory since most of them were issues in the KStars data files. There have also been a number of little bug fixes here and there.

But one of the biggest things I did was something I finished yesterday and for now it is a Mac only feature due to a permissions issue on Linux. I added a downloader for the astrometry index files. So if you are In Ekos and you go to the the Align module, and you click on the "edit solver options" button, then go to the Index files page, you will find a list of the index files with checkboxes next to them. A few months ago, I wrote the code for this to make it display which index files you have installed on your system and which ones are recommended for your current configuration. This week I made those checkboxes clickable so that you can uncheck a box to delete the index file from your computer and you can check the box to download an index file you want to install. I added a warning so that just in case you uncheck a box you didn't want to delete, it will at least warn you before you delete the index file(s). Also, I included a function that will check for a live connection to the server before trying to download the file and it displays a warning for the users letting them know why it cannot download the index file(s).

Please test this dmg, especially the astrometry index downloader feature!

drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ivMJINsdQ8NXJ...NWs/view?usp=sharing

Thanks,

Rob
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

thanks.
downloading it now, I can now test as my observatory is now operational in my room (testing phase).
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Thanks Stephane. If you are using a remote indiserver running on another computer, don't forget to update that too. There were some changes to INDI in the last couple of months. I forgot to update INDI on my raspberry pi and last night we had the first good clear night in ages. So I spent a significant chunk of good imaging time updating the software on the pi. If I had thought about it sooner, I could have easily done that in the daytime beforehand. . .
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

I set my systems to auto update. So far it's working great bar the odd crashes from time to time.
I had a crash while trying to set up the horizon limits earlier, nothing serious, a one off crash.
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Replied by Alessio Beltrame on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Thanks Rob,
I tested all new features and they're working well. I checked more in depth the new astrometry features by adding a new scope configuration (with a different FOV). the new optical features were recognized and new index files were recommended accordingly. Deleting files by unchecking them and lack of connectivity warning worked as well. Excellent work as usual.
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Ekos on Mac OS X ?

Unless I'm doing it wrong, the checkboxes are not working here, nor any download is happening.
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