I am happy to annouce version 1.4 has passed the pull request this morning.
Don't expect a lot of new features, rather I tried to fix some errors and provide a better integration with Ekos.
Many thanks to those that helped to test, debug and propose changes.

Majors things that changed:
Alignment:
everything is now on a dedicated tab, up to 9 stars align, works with Ekos plate solving
Focuser
The First focuser is now recognized by Ekos and autofocus is working
Telescope Status
switch between Tracking, Parked, Slewing ... is now synchron with Ekos

ToDo:
For sure many cosmetic fixes like buttons / status lights
Library Tab is not working and could be removed in my opinion
Input / Outputs for custom functions like heaters ...

Now it is time for testing and bug collecting

Woot! (brandishes bug net)
I agree about the library. Since we're usually tied to planetarium software(kstars, ccdiel) it does seem unneeded.
It will be a while before I can test outside again. I have a long list of chores delayed by all the rain and snow we've had. Also waiting for parts as usual. I'll certainly put it on my schedule though. I may try to have it running as a secondary project in time for the lunar eclipse in a few weeks, which will be sure to uncover any bugs ten minutes before the good bit.

@Blueshawk,

no hurry, Rome didn't built in one day
Lucky you, you have snow, we have just fog. Even no real rain so that it is not good for astronomy, nor fo agronomy

Thanks Alain for this work (and all previous and future work too, there will be lots ...)

Yes, the Library stuff should go away. No need for the clutter.

Alain


Thanks for your answers


Chris

Thank you so much Alain and everyone else for all the work on this release!
I built the latest code from the master repository and did some testing with real equipment.
Basic things are working. I am getting some messages in the log which do not seem to impact anything:
*******
Align Updated
Align Error Updated
*******
Not sure they are errors or just regular messages. Keep in mind that my controller has about 4 months old stable firmware.

I tested focuser with Kstars (works) and CCDCiel (does not work).
I contacted Patrick from CCDCiel and he identified issue with INDI driver: the driver does not advertise its focuser capability. He suggested a patch and I implemented it and now both Kstars and CCDCiel can use the focuser.

Here is the patch:

diff --git a/libindi/drivers/telescope/lx200_OnStep.cpp b/libindi/drivers/telescope/lx200_OnStep.cpp
index 0312a9da..0dc8d52d 100644
--- a/libindi/drivers/telescope/lx200_OnStep.cpp
+++ b/libindi/drivers/telescope/lx200_OnStep.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ bool LX200_OnStep::initProperties()
IUFillText(&OnstepStat[7], "Error", "", "");
IUFillTextVector(&OnstepStatTP, OnstepStat, 8, getDeviceName(), "OnStep Status", "", STATUS_TAB, IP_RO, 0, IPS_OK);

+ setDriverInterface(getDriverInterface() | FOCUSER_INTERFACE);
+
return true;
}


Based on my successful testing, he will be submitting a PR. Please let me know if anyone has concerns with this change.

Alex

FYI, I fixed something I missed in the recent patch. LX200Generic should not have HIGH_FREQ_TRACK that was defined. so it was removed from there. Please check the updated code for any issues.

@ Jasem,

First all Happy new Year and good Health to you.

Thank you for the fix. No issue noted. I runs as expected.

Regards

Thanks avarakin,

Patrick's patch is allready merged and I tested it. Not complains at a first glance.
I simply wonder why it was recognized by KStars and not by CDC.
Which platform / Version are you using?
Would be interesting how you use Focuser with CDC

Thanks

Hi guys,

A new version (1.5) of the Onstep driver has been merged today.
- Cosmetic changes in some messages and labels
- changes in Alignment
- removed Library tab (if somebody would like to work on this, help is wellcome)

Many thanks to all of you that made tests and reported bugs / typos ...

CDC and CCDciel do not use a static list of driver, drivers.xml or other, but instead they connect to a already running indiserver to retrieve the list of devices currently loaded and use this DRIVER_INTERFACE property to know the capability of the driver. Then the selection box for each device type is filled with only the matching devices.
I don't know why it worked in Ekos without that, maybe Ekos directly watch some other properties like FOCUS_ABSOLUTE_POSITION ?

Patrick

Thank you Patrick,

As soon I will have some time I will try to use CDC (Need to compile, Debian packages are always a bit outdated) to be in position to see how it works.

Encore Merci