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

Are you sure you use the latest driver?
here connection Tab

and Control Panel Focus Tab

and finally Ekos Focus Tab

In Ekos may be it is not selected (see TS selection drop down list)

By the way, the lx200_Onstep driver version 1.20 is now in the libindi master and should be available soon for Ubuntu users

I tested with the file you attached recently.

In my system there is no BME280, just DS18B20 sensor.









Regards,
W

Anyway, it seems there is an issue with EKOS rather than INDI driver...