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Driver OnStep (LX200 like) for INDI

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I am using version 3.6.6
7 months 1 day ago #95981

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I am using 3.6.7 beta (I am building practically daily).
The Focuser Temperature has been moved from Camera tab to Focuser Tab.
7 months 1 day ago #95984

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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
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6 months 4 weeks ago #96041

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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.
6 months 4 weeks ago #96050

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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
6 months 4 weeks ago #96055

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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
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6 months 4 weeks ago #96058
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I tested with the file you attached recently.

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









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W
6 months 4 weeks ago #96067
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Anyway, it seems there is an issue with EKOS rather than INDI driver...
6 months 4 weeks ago #96068

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I see, I made lot of changes since. This file was more for testing the error messagee not for the Ekos T° display.
use the latest libindi git (it has been merged yesterday) github.com/indilib/indi
6 months 4 weeks ago #96069

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Yes! It works in the end.
Silly me (hardware guy). :silly:

Thanks a lot Alain! :)

I will try to check how it works with two sensors present.

Best,
W
6 months 4 weeks ago #96083

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Which versions did you finally test with?
6 months 4 weeks ago #96093

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Briefly:

EKOS version 3.6.6 stable ignores DS18B20 values at all, although properly read in INDI driver
EKOS version 3.6.7 beta works fine - can use DS18B20 and distinguish its vales properly when BME280 is present, too

W
6 months 4 weeks ago #96097

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