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Stellarmate/EKOS with Celestron CGX-L Mount

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Just built a Raspberry Pi 4 and created the Stellarmate OS on a micro SD Card. Boots up and everything looks peachy. I've specified my equipment. The problem I'm having is with the mount. I have a Celestron CGX-L mount. In the drop down list of mounts, the closest match is the CGX.
When I start Kstars/EKOS and click the "play" button, I get this error on the mount:
2020-05-24T05:40:52: [ERROR] Failed to connect to port (/dev/ttyUSB0). Error: Port failure Error: No such file or directory. Check if device is connected to this port.

I have the mount connected via USB (from the mount itself, NOT from the hand controller).

Any ideas? TIA

Alex
3 years 10 months ago #54454

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Which port on the mount? AFAIK, it needs to be via the handset. There is another driver that supports direct connections but it's not available yet.
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3 years 10 months ago #54479

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Hi Alex, I confirm what Jasem says.....I have a CGX-L and connection is via the handset. Run your handset USB cable to your Hub or PI4 USB port, then try again. Cheers, Doug
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3 years 10 months ago #54481

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Yup.. that seems to be the only way (for now anyway) to make it work - it connected flawlessly.... now I get to learn how to use all this software!

Thank you both very much for the replies - hope all is well and y'all are safe

Alex
3 years 10 months ago #54505

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Jasem is the direct connection driver available yet to connect Stellarmate to a CGX-L mount? If not, do you have an idea of when it may be available? Thanks.
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IIRC, it's already incorporated in the Celestron AUX driver.
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