Hi Alain,

Happy to hear that.
If I could be of any help, let me know, please.

Best,
W

If you are in position to compile and test would be welcome. (dependencies installed and so on)

if your indi code is in ~/Projects
then just do the following

cd ~/Projects/indi/drivers/telescope/
unzip ~/Downloads/lx200_OnStep.zip .
cd ~/Projects/indi
./developer-build.bash
cd build
sudo make install

and you are ready to test the code

@all

I pushed the latest changes to github.com/azwing/indi/tree/OnStep_Work
Please test and report if

Needs some cleanup when confirmed to work for others.

================= OS version
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="bugs.debian.org/"
================= indiserver
INDI Library: 2.0.3
Code v1.9.4-633-ge9662a4ab. Protocol 1.7.
================= kstars version
kstars 3.6.7 Beta
================= OnStep firmwares versions
OnStepX version: = 10.17.j
OnStep version: = 4.24.s
SmartWebServer version: = 2.06.j
SmartHandController version: = 4.00.f

Hi Alain,

I made a quick test yesterday.
Weather w/ BME280 works fine, when the sensor is absent you get 'nan'.

Focuser temperature is seen in INDI



Its value isn't properly reflected in EKOS focus module, though...



Regards,
W

Thank you very much for testing.

Yes having something working in control panel doesn't mean it work in Ekos.
Most probably something I did not understand as many others

No error warnings anymore?

Hi,

I fixed the Ekos Focuser Temperature but there is something still to be clarified:
With OnStep it is the firmware that handles the T° compensation.
So Ekos should not take any action for temperature compensation.

I am not sure how this work for now.
But to have Ekos retrieve the focuser temperature the property name must be "FOCUS_TEMPERATURE" otherwise it searches for the Weather Temperature
Any idea is (very) welcome

Code is on : github.com/azwing/indi/tree/OnStep_Work

I juste relized that your ekos is not looking like mine !!!!

Which version of Kstars are you running

I am using version 3.6.6

I am using 3.6.7 beta (I am building practically daily).
The Focuser Temperature has been moved from Camera tab to Focuser Tab.

Hi Alain,

It took me a while, as I had to start from scratch…
But in the end I can say: neither v. 3.6.6 nor 3.6.7 beta can present focuser temperature properly. When there is no weather sensor present you can see just ‘nan’.

W

Good to hear I am not alone testing the last development versions

You are right if there is "NO" sensor present you just see "nan".
This is not an Indi nor a kstars feature but an OnStep 4.xx feature and this was precisely why I had errors messages whan using OnStepX due to this "nan" instead of an double.

When it comes to Kstars version the important thing is that Ekos might be different from version to version since it is part of Kstars this is why I insist on showing all versions when reporting because otherwise it is a nightmare.
Kstars and Indi are constantly updated (except distribution versions).
OnstepX juste released to 4.18.C (First official Release) and certainly will be subject to revisions due to tweaking and new hardware support.

I just "hope" that the lx200 interface stays stable for a while because I am constantly behind the scene with this.

I meant a system where there is no weather sensor, but the telescope temperature one is still present (DS18B20).
ASCOM has no problem with that and in INDI driver you can see the output BUT is is still lost somewhere in EKOS...

I might try to test with both sensors present, but I'm afraid it won't help much.

Best,
Wieslaw