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Baader Steeldrive max focus position

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Hi

Now that I finally got my Baader Steeldrive working with Ekos, I've discovered a small problem.

I have the new Baader Diamond Steeltrack SC/HD focuser, which has 30mm of travel of the focuser tube.
With the Baader Steeldrive this combo has a gearing ratio of 0.2291.
30.00mm of travel at the mentioned gearing ratio, gives a max focus position of 3000/0.2291 = 13094.718463553 Ticks.

But the Baader Steeldrive driver in Ekos doesn't allow me to set a focus position greater than 11980 Ticks.....
It seem to me that the upper limit for the Absolute Focus Position should be calculated from the Focuser Max Trip value and the Focuser Gear Ratio both found in the Settings tap, instead of being set statically to 11980.

If there is a way for me to fix this by my self, then please don't hesitate to teach me how ;)

Best Regards
Anders Lange
8 years 2 weeks ago #7206

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I updated the code, please check if it works.
8 years 2 weeks ago #7215

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Fantastic :-) I'll give it a try as soon as possible....

How do I get the updated code? So far I have been using the PPA, can I just do an update, or do I need to download and build the source manually???
8 years 2 weeks ago #7218

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If you are using the PPA, wait until tomorrow for it to be updated.
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8 years 2 weeks ago #7224

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Perfect, I'll just wait until tomorrow then :cheer:
Last edit: 8 years 2 weeks ago by Anders Lange.
8 years 2 weeks ago #7227

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Hi Jasem

That solved the issue, thanks a lot :lol:

Best regards
Anders Lange
8 years 2 weeks ago #7239

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Hello anybody. I'm new here in the indi-forum =)

I've the same issus with EKOS and my Baader Steel drive. In EKOS my max. position is 11980.. but my focuspoint is somewhere at 19000. Over the Baader preset in the indi options the Steel Drive can run to that position. But over EKOS in focuser menue I can only choose values between 0...11980.

I'm using a Baader focuser tube with 80 mm focus length.. with a gear ratio of 0.2291 I should come to 8000/0.2291 = 34.919 ticks?

I'm using KSTARS 3.0 for Windows users =) and with an remote RaspPi system

How can I fix that issus? BTW, happy new year :D

Thorsten.
5 years 2 months ago #33135

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