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Post your INDI Setup!

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Replied by Ron Kramer on topic Post your INDI Setup!

I've been into this for 3 years now. Went to indi after 2 years. Jasem hot-swapped my driver and tested/ran my setup from the other side of the planet.
I'm fully remote from anywhere. I still swap back and forth. Pics are from my remote IP cam. = (








AP Mach1 / CP4 APCC & PEMpro.
EXP SCI - ED152cf APO - Celestron 11" RASA - Stellarvue 80mm
Baader F2 HS NB filters, Lodestar X2 guide camera / OAG - ZWO 290mm mini
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro / ASI174M (solar) / ASI094MC
NEXDome, CLoudwatcher, AVX mount/ASIair and Stellarmate

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Replied by Joaquin on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Hope some day I could make pictures like yours. Beautiful.
Could you give more detail on the AVX support+wheels+brakes+shoes seen on one of your telescope’s pictures ?
Is it custom made ? Is it possible to learn on the design/construction with more detail somewhere?
I am just building a wheeled support for my AVX in order to move it from my bedroom (its parking lot) to the terrace. So, your setup is very interesting to me.
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Replied by Ron Kramer on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Thank you Jabian. The AVX is standard (low end basic mount) but I've been very happy with it. I tried several dolly options because I'm not into work... setup carrying out - connecting etc.
I can be rolled out and shooting in about 5 minutes and if clouds come in I can be rolled back into the garage in 2 minutes.
I tried several cheap dolly options and failed. Mostly due to not rolling in grass or taking bumps well. So I went to this. It's a Bogen tripod dolly. They are 400. (ouch) but they had two
open box units for 200 each. I bought one and shared the find and the other sold fast. I kinda wished I had bought them both for that.

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AP Mach1 / CP4 APCC & PEMpro.
EXP SCI - ED152cf APO - Celestron 11" RASA - Stellarvue 80mm
Baader F2 HS NB filters, Lodestar X2 guide camera / OAG - ZWO 290mm mini
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro / ASI174M (solar) / ASI094MC
NEXDome, CLoudwatcher, AVX mount/ASIair and Stellarmate

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Replied by Joaquin on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Thank you !
I didn’t think on checking this professional video/cine stuff.
Unfortunately I’m in Spain and to the 450 USD cost I have to add 200 USD for the courier and import taxes... (big ouch).
I will check similar devices from European companies...
Anyway, my support is already nearly finished and I must confess that, all together, digital cut of the wooden base, wheels, feet, cnc cut of the feet supports and a few fancy tools I *needed* for the work, I think I have expend more than 450 USD. :(
I do not have grass or bump problems because I move the telescope through my apartment that is a penthouse with terrace, but I have to negotiate the steep drop of the terrace entrance. For this, I will use a kind of bridge with rails made of aluminium. Not tested yet...
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Replied by Jim on topic Post your INDI Setup!

My how things have changed over a few years.

I have not updated much on this thread, but there have been quite a few changes.

Here is the current imaging setup. I have a 12" concrete pier now (begging for a dome), and I have 3D printed custom holders for all the power bricks, focus controller, dew heater, etc. The scope comes in after a session, but the mount just gets covered, keeping the polar align spot on.



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Hi!
I started trying INDI about a year ago as I was transitioning from unguided to guided exposures. I recently finished putting together the setup shown in these pictures. Currently, it needs to be put together and moved to the balcony every time I want to do weather permits imaging.

I use Astroberry on a Raspberry Pi 4 to control everything remotely. There is a single cable going to the mount from the rest of the world: a 12V power cable, coming from a 12.5A source.

I wanted to have the least number of cables running across moving parts: the raspberry sits on the main telescope and so it moves with it, together with the cameras and the electric filter wheel that are connected to it (well, EFW is in fact connected to the ASI1600MM hub, the ASI120MM not, as I felt it worked better plugged in its own port at the raspberry). The raspberry connects to the mount via Bluetooth.

There is a power box (described in a previous post ) attached to the RA arm of the mount. It sources power to the mount and the camera cooler (12V) and to the Raspberry Pi (5V). Power cables to the raspberry and camera cooler run through the declination arm.




It's been a long learning process, but here is the first HaRGB image I have done with this setup: www.astrobin.com/thmb4v/

I'm grateful to all the people in this forum. You all have been a source of invaluable help.

Best regards!
Ricardo
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Replied by ouioui01 on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Hello seatmate ;)
Nice setup Ricardo!
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Replied by Gilles Gagnon on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Some photos of my remotely controlled observatory, now operational (from our living room). The box is roughly 48 inches (1.2 meters) on a side and 60 inches (1.5 meters) high. As I do not have clear access to the north (very tall white pine trees), the hinged roof, that opens with linear actuators, does not need to open fully but I am considering modifying it so it open more like a roll-off roof.

Everything operates under a distributed KStars/Ekos/INDI system on ODroid computers running Ubuntu Mate.

Once the proverbial rainy days go away, I will be able to refine the orientation on the obsy and perform polar alignment and a few tests. Once I am satisfied with the operation and tests, I will likely move it to another area of our lot.

Thanks to the contributors for the KStars/Ekos/INDI environment and to Gonzothegreat for the initial design ideas!

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I love these small setups. Both yours and Gonzo's. Can you give us a rundown of the equipment? I see you have some weather devices, and maybe a box or two I'm not familiar with. I'll be setting up a "micro" observatory myself in the coming days. I'm working on drawings and yard placement at the moment.
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Replied by Hans on topic Post your INDI Setup!

Looks nice !
Question: I see no ventilation holes, and the edge seems to insulate well. Do you monitor humidity in that box throughout the day ?
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Post your INDI Setup!

@G_Gagnon thanks, I saw your post on Facebook today, had no time to respond. It's a very nice box you've done there B)
Glad to see I've inspired a few out there. If you don't mind I'll give you a few tips that I learned from running my box.

tip #1 and already mentioned by @H__ is about ventilation.
It is VERY important that you add a passive system, take a look at my box, I have a hole at the bottom (well, multiple small holes) covered by a vent plate (and a mesh in between)
then at the top, I have a solar powered fan. If you do not add any ventilation, dew and general humidity will form on anything metallic.
I never had any humidity issues ever in my box with such passive system.

tip #2 limit switches, the ones you are using are very similar to the first ones I had, and they are garbage and tend to fail.
Find on eBay these ones instead.


tip #3 I highly recommend that you extend your "roof" over the main box, add an extra plank or half plank.
Believe me, the rain will make its way in...
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Replied by Gonzothegreat on topic Post your INDI Setup!

And the most important part... what is your plan if something fails inside and you can't open the roof?
On my box, I can remove the side panel even with the roof closed, so in case of a total loss of everything I can still open it.
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