It works, changed the target away from Polaris !!!!


2016-10-30T21:02:19 Solution coordinates: RA (12h 34m 01s) DEC ( 69° 41' 31") Telescope Coordinates: RA (12h 34m 06s) DEC ( 69° 41' 38")
2016-10-30T21:02:19 WCS information updated. Images captured from this point forward shall have valid WCS.
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Current focal length is 900 mm while computed focal length from the solver is 901.54 mm. Please update the mount focal length to obtain accurate results.
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Solver RA (188.35) DEC (69.786) Orientation (90.108) Pixel Scale (2.3794)
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Solver completed in 1 second.
2016-10-30T21:02:19
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Field center: (RA,Dec) = (188.349561, 69.786462) deg.
Field center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (12:33:23.895, +69:47:11.263).
Field size: 25.4544 x 20.3393 arcminutes
Field rotation angle: up is 89.9748 degrees E of N
Creating new FITS file "/var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918.new"...
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Field: /var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918
2016-10-30T21:02:19 Field 1: solved with index index-4205-02.fits.
Field 1 solved: writing to file /var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918.solved to indicate this.
2016-10-30T21:02:19 log-odds ratio 30.368 (1.54408e+13), 9 match, 0 conflict, 15 distractors, 40 index.
RA,Dec = (188.35,69.787), pixel scale 2.37555 arcsec/pix.
Hit/miss: Hit/miss: --+--+-++--+---+-+---+-+(best)

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2016-10-30T21:02:19 Field 1 did not solve (index index-4205-03.fits, field objects 1-10).
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Field 1 did not solve (index index-4205-06.fits, field objects 1-10).
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Only searching for solutions within 30 degrees of RA,Dec (188.525,69.6939)
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Reading file "/var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918.axy"...
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Solving...
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Reading sort column "FLUX"
Sorting sort column
mmapping input file
Copying table header.
Writing row 0
Done
2016-10-30T21:02:18 simplexy: found 40 sources.
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Downsampling by 2...
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Extracting sources...
2016-10-30T21:02:18 Reading input file 1 of 1: "/var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918"...
2016-10-30T21:02:17 /usr/local/bin/solve-field --no-verify --no-plots --no-fits2fits --resort --downsample 2 -O -L 19.3223 -H 26.6952 -u aw -3 188.525 -4 69.6939 -5 30 -W /var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/solution.wcs /var/folders/f7/z_83ch1j3wd1k7wn6vdqxkwc0000gn/T/fitsAw1918
2016-10-30T21:02:17 Starting solver...
2016-10-30T21:02:17 Image received.
2016-10-30T21:02:15 Capturing image...

Ok now I think you are ready to try real equipment!! You have KStars and Ekos running, the indiserver, and the plate solver. That is enough I think. gsc and xplanet won't be of much use for that.

Oh, you will need to get the appropriate index files for your equipment. I would recommend uploading some images you have taken with your stuff to nova.astrometry.net manually and see what solves your images. Then download those index files.

For example, I have the 4205, 4206, and 4207 index file series. I also have these files: 4107, 4108, 4109. 4208, and 4209.

mmmmm not sure I'm able to test on equipment yet.... my version 2 of the remote observatory is still under new development...
I brought everything back from Germany... I will let you know once I' m ready for live tests (in my bedroom,,,,lol).

I had done that before, will do it again once I'm ready.

Oh haha, ok, thats fine. That means you have more time to experiment with KStars!

ok good luck to you, I'm off to work on some other things. Please document all the stuff you did that worked and what didn't work. And play around with KStars and find out what doesn't work.

Thanks for the help today, I will write a documentation this week.
Oh there is a step we need/must work on and that's to create a DMG package....

Agreed, because most people are not this patient. But first, we need to make sure it actually works the way it supposed to work on more than just my own laptop, especially with a system that has Sierra. And then second, we need to figure out HOW to make a dmg with everything ready to go.

Yes, I can.

Can you take a screenshot of the settings in kstars for indi please?
I will also have the doc ready in the next few days for everyone running Sierra.