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EQMOD trough AstroEQ : Sideral track KO

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Hmm. I tried use EQMod on Windows. Tracking starts at once after click on Tracking button.
I will look for a solution on AstroEQ forum.
Thanks!
P.S. Sorry for my bad English..
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Yes,i think EQMOD and Indi handshake protocols are different...
(try to avoid "autodiscover" function)
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I build my AstroEQ a year ago and can say after a bugfix ( this thread )
in the indi-eqmod-module it works very well. I build it on an arduino mega 2560 and the first connection fails every time but it automatically connects again and everything works. Currently I try to get my guiding more stable which can be very tricky. I didn't have any problems with tracking: I right-click on a position in kstars, select EQMod->track and it works.

Also I can recommend the custom pulleys for the EQ5 in the AstroEQ project.
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Hello! I use latest indi lib. Compiled from source. This bugfix exist. But I cant start tracking. Its work only if I turn left or right navigation buttons in Ekos.
Example:
1. Start Indi server on Raspberry PI
2. Connect from KStars. Open Ekos
3. Click on Mount Tab
4. Click Tracking On (Tracking not start)
5. Open Mount Control - Click Left or Right (RA axis) for a short time. Tracking is start!

Arduino Mega 2560 with A4988

P.S. I noticed a strange behavior. After Parking On and Off - tracking can operate at "high speed". Randomly
P.S.S. Sorry for may bad English
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You should make a debug log of the indi-eqmod-module ( link ). I can then compare it to my logs. Then we should know whether the bug is in indi or your astroeq.
I use the DRV8825 stepper drivers and had sometimes problems with the adjustment of the motor current but if you mount slews normal this should be okay.
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Thanks. I will make log today.
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This is my log from Ekos.
When I click on start tracking button motor takes a step and stop. After I click Right Button and motor start tracking...
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Ok I can confirm that in this situation tracking doesn't start. I never experienced this because I almost always make a slew before the tracking.
In my logfile I parked and unparked the mount and then tracking works.
I don't know much about the eqmod-protocoll but I think that the mount says
[COMM] read_eqmod: \"=101\", 5 bytes read
when the tracking doesn't start
[COMM] read_eqmod: \"=301\", 5 bytes read
when it works

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Thanks! I'll investigate source code github.com/indilib/indi/tree/master/3rdparty/indi-eqmod and github.com/TCWORLD/AstroEQ. Maybe I'll found a problem...
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thank you guys !
i thought i was alone with that problem...
I have not found anything so far, and i gave up.

BTW : may i recommend much better drivers ?
TMC2100 are soooooo smooth and silent !
A4988 are in trash now :cheer:

Gilles
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