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Problem with Losmandy driver?

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Hi,

I have a little problem with my Losmandy mount and Indi. When set for "Reverse E & W", calibration fails to work properly. RA goes fine, but when it goes to north, it continues going west as well. The snippet of log file below shows it being done. The asterisks mark the two commands that seem to cause it. The top one starts westerly motion, and the bottom one stops easterly motion. The mount continues to go west. Notice the difference between the direction Indi thinks it is going and that of Ekos.
[2023-04-21T21:07:50.371 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Capture complete.
[2023-04-21T21:07:50.434 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] <MoveTo> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:50.473 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:Mw#> " ****************************
[2023-04-21T21:07:50.473 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] Moving toward West. "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.124 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Mount status changed from  "Tracking"  to  "Moving E"
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.282 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] ReadScopeStatus: TrackState is <2> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.284 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:GR#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.284 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] RES <12:17:20> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.284 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] VAL [12.2889] "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.284 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:GD#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.286 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] RES <+12:45:58> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.286 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] VAL [12.7661] "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.289 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <:Gm#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.290 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <W>, lst 10.650789, ha -1.638100, pierSide 0 "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.290 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<151:s#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.290 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <0.7i> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.293 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<152:p#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.293 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <0.7i> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.293 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<508:{#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.293 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <0p> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.295 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<27:C#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.295 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <6400B> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.295 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<501:r#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <4929F> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<502:q#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <0.5k> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<150:r#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <0.7i> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.301 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <<509:z#> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.303 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <32A> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.424 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Executing operation  "Subframing"
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.424 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Executing operation  "Capturing"
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.424 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Capturing frame...
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.429 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] <HaltMovement> "
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.431 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:Qe#> " ****************************
[2023-04-21T21:07:51.431 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] Movement toward East halted. "
[2023-04-21T21:07:52.126 MST DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Mount status changed from  "Moving "  to  "Tracking"
[2023-04-21T21:07:52.305 MST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] ReadScopeStatus: TrackState is <2> "


I turned off Reverse E&W, and the calibration succeeded, but I need ti for the telescope control to work right. Any ideas?
Last edit: 11 months 5 days ago by David Allmon.
11 months 5 days ago #92316
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Hi!

I have a Losmandy G11 too. What do you use for guiding (can not recognize from your screenshot), and where do you set "Reverse E-W"? In the guiding application or in Indi control panel, or where?

Magnus
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Magnus,

I use the internal guider.

I check "Left/Right" on the Ekos Mount Control. Then the movements are natural - clicking the left button moves the scope east (left on the screen). It looks like that confuses Ekos, because during guide calibration, it issues a "Move West", and says it is moving west, but issues a "Stop East" to stop the motion. Unchecking the "Left/Right" checkbox solves the problem, but leaves the display movement backwards for east and west motion.

It seems logical that if it is going to "Move West", then it should "Stop West", and not "Stop East".

This is 3.6.4 stable Build: 2023-04-12T09:13:16Z and Indi 2.0.0, v1.6 of the indi_lx200gemini driver.

Thanks!
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