Hi Bob,

may I ask you to download new INDI server with AAG Cloud Watcher driver included from INDI_Server_1.3.dmg and to test if it does work?

Thank you, Peter

Sure thing Peter. I'm at work right now but I'll download it and try it out when I get home later.

Thanks again!

Bob

Hi Peter,
I haven't had a chance to try "INDI Server.app" with the AAG Cloud Watcher yet (since I'm still at the office), but I got curious and took a look at what's included in the app bundle. It looks great! One suggestion though: I noticed it includes a build of indi_setprop but doesn't include builds of indi_getprop or indi_eval. Do you think you could include those as well? I think it would make it significantly more stand-alone... otherwise somebody (like me) that just wants to access the devices from high-level scripts would probably have to build indilib just to get indi_getprop.

I feel like a broken record, but thanks again for putting this thing together! It certainly makes the use of INDI very convenient for Mac OS X users.

All the best,

Bob

Hi Peter,

I just tried the AAG Cloud Watcher server in the app and I think the bit you're responsible for works just fine --- the Mac OS X INDI server is seen by a Linux machine on my internal network and the AAG Cloud Watcher server configures itself properly in both XEphem and KStars clients. I can do stuff like set the serial port and save the configuration. Unfortunately the client itself doesn't seem to to be working (i.e. when I try to connect to the client to get weather info I just get the yellow status button permanently), so I guess the driver itself needs updating... I will try to take a look at that myself when I get some time.

Thanks yet again!

Bob

Hi Bob, thank you, it seems, something is wrong... Zerjillo, any idea? Peter

Hi, both Homebrew repo and binary distribution for MacOS X embedded in INDI Server are now updated to INDI 0.9.8. Any feedback is welcome

You can download it from here or from here .

Hi!

Sorry for not checking this before...

I've just downloaded the indi driver for the aagcloudwatcher that is in the 0.9.8 version and it is correctly working. However, I've downloaded the raspberry pi version (which is the computer I have attached to the AAG cloud watcher). Therefore, I exactly don't know what may be happening with the MacOS version. Do you see any error message at the server part? Have you suceesffully connected to the cloudwatcher using any serial port tool? If you are stuck just when try to CONNECT, maybe there is some problem opening the port... But this is just speculation as I have not been able to test it on a Mac. If the problem persist I could try to find someone with a mac to do some testings...

Best regards.

Zerjillo

Hi peter.

Although the Sky Quality Meter driver is programmed with the INDI for Java library, it is still possible to run it with the usual indiserver app if you have Java installed in your system. If you are interested on how to do it I can give you some hints about it.

Best regards

Zerjillo

Hi Zerjillo, I don't have SQM hardware but I'll look at the possibility to invoke java application from sandboxed OSX program. Peter

Hi again

I don't know anything about sandboxing apps for MacOS. My only Mac was an iBook in which I installed GNU/Linux 10 minutes after I first used it. Its CDROM drive died and now there is no way to install anything on it...

However, invoking a java application should not be much different to call any other app (although you maybe have to install the JRE in the sandbox). Here I think they discuss something similar:

stackoverflow.com/questions/16960662/emb...dboxed-cocoa-mac-app

If you manage to launch any java "Hello World" program from you sandbox I'll direct you how to include any INDI for Java driver.

Best regards

Yes, including separate JRE into application is probably the way how to do it, I'll check it.

P.S. New macs don't have CD drives and OSX is not distributed on CD anymore

Of course not!! But that computer is sooo old that it could not be installed using any other device than the CD (at least that I know of). As you see... my Mac experience is quite old and short