I will give this a shot in ~4 hours. I will use the hand controller to set the position, then try to connect with INDI! Thanks!

S-

I recently spotted this thread, and owning a Microtouch/Feathertouch Focus combo myself was thrilled to see the latest builds having this as a Focuser option.

If you are having trouble connecting, make sure you have adequate privileges on Linux to do so. I could not connect to my Celestron CGE Pro mount until I did the following in a terminal session: sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER ($USER is your username when logged in) or google the other equivalent Linux commands for giving you permissions to access the serial ports.

I tried it at home 'quickly' with my controller and a favorite focuser, and I can say there where Zero issues connecting, and the focuser can be driven back and forth using Ekos which is Awesome! I am busy getting ready for the Oregon Star Party in Central Oregon, USA, so can give more help with testing when I return. Great job on this as it is quite usable to me as it is!

Thanks to all involved,

Robert

Good news all, the latest fixes have resolved my connection problems. I am still getting an intermittent loss of connection after the focuser works for a few minutes. This is despite INCI Control Panel indicating the connection is still live. I believe Peter is working on tracking down the issue - but overall the focuser seems like it is now working!

Thanks to everyone for working on this problem!

S-

Scott, please, can you check, if focuser is "connected" (I mean connection property) after it became disabled in AstroDSLR?
Control Panel indicating that connection to indiserver wrapping the driver is still live, but driver itself is possibly restarted after the crash.

Peter

@ Robert: Good to hear that. Thank you. Have fun at the Star Party.

@Scott: Good, sounds like progress.

@Peter: Do you think this is related to the driver ?

I don't know yet If it is really a driver crash/restart, it is probably related to the driver.

github.com/indilib/indi/pull/49 could be related to the problem. It was working fine on my arch dev computer, but crashed the driver on my RPi 3.
Marco

Scott, please can you try it in this build: download.cloudmakers.eu/INDI_Server_2.2.30.dmg ?

Peter

Hi all,

Peter: Thanks for the server update. I have tested it, and the same problem occurs for the MTF. It works from AstroDSLR for a short period of time, then AD disconnects from the MTF. When I reconnect, the focus buttons in AD are grayed out. The MTF continues to be connected and work from INDI CP throughout the whole deal. I recorded a crash log, which I will email to you separately.

Robert: I can't figure out the form of the suggested command under OS X. If anyone else has a suggestion, I am happy to try it!

Thanks,

Scott

Hi, this is the suspicious part in the log:

8/2/16 8:01:24.531 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser is moving to position 5900
8/2/16 8:01:25.273 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser reached requested position.
8/2/16 8:01:30.214 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser is moving to position 6000
8/2/16 8:01:30.938 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread for Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:7624 started
8/2/16 8:01:30.938 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread for Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:49737 started
8/2/16 8:01:30.940 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:7624 finished
8/2/16 8:01:30.940 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:49737 finished
8/2/16 8:01:31.454 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser reached requested position.
8/2/16 8:01:37.130 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Microtouch is offline.
8/2/16 8:01:37.225 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: setNumberVector Microtouch.Presets not found!
8/2/16 8:01:37.226 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: setSwitchVector Microtouch.USEJOYSTICK not found!
8/2/16 8:01:37.232 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Loading device configuration...
8/2/16 8:01:37.252 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Device configuration applied.
8/2/16 8:01:39.071 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Microtouch is online. Getting focus parameters...
8/2/16 8:01:39.197 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Microtouch paramaters updated, focuser ready for use.
8/2/16 8:01:40.942 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread for Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:7624 started
8/2/16 8:01:40.943 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread for Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:49737 started
8/2/16 8:01:40.944 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:7624 finished
8/2/16 8:01:40.945 PM AstroDSLR for Canon[937]: INDI parser thread Chaos-Manor-West.95321262.members.btmm.icloud.com:49737 finished
8/2/16 8:01:49.400 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser is moving to position 5900
8/2/16 8:01:50.429 PM INDI Control Panel[916]: Microtouch: Focuser reached requested position.

It looks like the driver was restarted (crashed?) by indiserver. Marco, any idea? Peter

P.S. This is not an issue, you apparently have access rights for the port...

Sorry. I have no idea yet. Would it be possible to reproduce the error with debuglog turned on?

Marco

Hi all,

I ran the code last night with debugging turned on. Peter has the log files, and suspects that it may be something about my network configuration that is causing the problem. As soon as we know more, we will let you know.

S-