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Failure connecting to LX90 to autoguide

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Hi,

I have my LX90 connected through the autostar RJ10-connection to my raspberry USB, together with my canon eos and my Inova. Until a few days ago all 3 devices connected perfectly, but now the LX90 doesn't connect
If I try to communicate with them from my windows 10 computer (i have installed the latest version of KSTARS), it connects perfectly with the canon and the Inova, but not my Meade LX90 and I get: "lx90 is disconnected"

The logfile is:

[2020-05-17T16:43:41.573 West-Europa (zomertijd) INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - Ekos received a new device: "LX90"
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.579 West-Europa (zomertijd) INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "Externe apparaten gevonden. Apparaten aankoppelen aub."
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.638 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < CONNECTION >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.645 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DRIVER_INFO >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.655 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < POLLING_PERIOD >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.663 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEBUG >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.670 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < SIMULATION >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.676 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < CONFIG_PROCESS >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.683 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < CONNECTION_MODE >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.689 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEVICE_PORT >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.696 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEVICE_BAUD_RATE >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.703 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEVICE_AUTO_SEARCH >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.709 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEVICE_PORT_SCAN >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.715 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < SYSTEM_PORTS >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.721 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < ACTIVE_DEVICES >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.728 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DOME_POLICY >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.734 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < TELESCOPE_INFO >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.743 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < SCOPE_CONFIG_NAME >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.750 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < DEBUG_LEVEL >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.756 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < LOGGING_LEVEL >
[2020-05-17T16:43:41.763 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < LX90 >: < LOG_OUTPUT >

[2020-05-17T16:43:42.570 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Active Snoop, driver: Dome Simulator, property: DOME_PARK "
[2020-05-17T16:43:42.576 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Canon DSLR EOS 1000D >: < CCD_TEMPERATURE >
[2020-05-17T16:43:42.583 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Canon DSLR EOS 1000D >: < CCD_FORCE_BLOB >
[2020-05-17T16:43:42.588 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - < Canon DSLR EOS 1000D >: < CCD_ROTATION >
[2020-05-17T16:43:42.608 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Toggle Debug Level -- Scope Verbose "
[2020-05-17T16:43:57.520 West-Europa (zomertijd) INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "iNova PLX" Version: "1.0" Interface: 6 is connected.
[2020-05-17T16:43:57.545 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - 2 devices connected out of 3
[2020-05-17T16:44:00.767 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0 "
[2020-05-17T16:44:00.812 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Port FD 23 "
[2020-05-17T16:44:00.837 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Connection successful, attempting handshake... "
[2020-05-17T16:44:00.854 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Testing telescope connection using ACK... "
[2020-05-17T16:44:10.883 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Failure. Telescope is not responding to ACK! "
[2020-05-17T16:44:10.924 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX90 : "[DEBUG] Handshake failed. "
[2020-05-17T16:44:10.942 West-Europa (zomertijd) DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos] - "LX90" is disconnected.

Can someone help me?

Thanks ,
Sebastiaan
3 years 10 months ago #54035

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Additional info:
In 2017, the user timsdeepsky fixed (i think) the same problem. This was his answer:

This I resolved by purging Kstars bleeding, and then reinstalling Kstars bleeding....It just started working perfectly after that....

He didn't use a windows computer, I do, and frankly, I don't know what this solution means. Can someone help me with this answer?

Thanks Sebastiaan
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