Hi all,
I am new to Indi and I am trying to use it to control an EQ-G mount from a raspberry pi using this cable www.telescopes-et-accessoires.fr/interfa...5-neq5-3-c2x30317625
When I try launching these commands
indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
or
indiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
I get the following output:
indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
2022-06-04T20:22:40: startup: indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: pid=31385 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2022-06-04T20:22:40: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.TIME_UTC
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_PARK
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_SHUTTER
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_align_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_simulator_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_scope_limits_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: EnumeratePlugins - found plugin Nearest Math Plugin
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: EnumeratePlugins - found plugin SVD Math Pluginindiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
2022-06-04T20:26:25: startup: indiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: pid=31397 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2022-06-04T20:26:25: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.TIME_UTC
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_PARK
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_SHUTTERIt looks like indiserver is connecting to a simulator in both cases. Is it the case?
What makes me think this is the case is that the output does not change when I run the command when the mount is disconnected or off.
Any idea of how to debug this?
I am able to control the mount when I connect it to my macbook with EqMac and the EQDirect driver.
Is there an equivalent of EQdirect for Indiserver?
thanks
bye
Dave
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Quick update!
Everything works now! In addition to not understanding indi's behavior, I was missing a modprobe rule for the cable so the device file was not being created. I now managed to get it to work with Stellarium (I also had to update it to the latest version as mine was several years old BTW 
)
thanks again!
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Thanks Jarno for your reply!
I am not sure if I understand what you mean by selecting the port via kstars.
Here is what I had understood and was planning to do. Please tell me if I was wrong and how.
I thought I would run indiserver on the rPi which is connected to the scope, tell indiserver (how?) to use a given serial port, and then connect the application to indiserver using TCP-IP (address and port).
Is that correct?
If so, how can I select the serial port on the application?
Also, I have two ports on the mount: one says hand controller, the other says auto guider. The cable I have fits the "hand controller" port.
Thanks
bye
Dave
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Hi all,
I am new to Indi, and I am trying to use it to control an EQ-G mount from a Raspberry Pi using this cable
www.pierro-astro.com/materiel-astronomiq...-orion-sirius_detail
When I try launching these commands
indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
or
indiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
I get the following output:
indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
2022-06-04T20:22:40: startup: indiserver -v indi_eqmod_telescope
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: pid=31385 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2022-06-04T20:22:40: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.TIME_UTC
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_PARK
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_SHUTTER
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_align_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_simulator_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: Using prefix /usr/share/indi//indi_eqmod_scope_limits_sk.xml
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: EnumeratePlugins - found plugin Nearest Math Plugin
2022-06-04T20:22:40: Driver indi_eqmod_telescope: EnumeratePlugins - found plugin SVD Math Pluginindiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
2022-06-04T20:26:25: startup: indiserver -v indi_synscan_telescope
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: pid=31397 rfd=3 wfd=6 efd=7
2022-06-04T20:26:25: listening to port 7624 on fd 4
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.GEOGRAPHIC_COORD
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on GPS Simulator.TIME_UTC
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_PARK
2022-06-04T20:26:25: Driver indi_synscan_telescope: snooping on Dome Simulator.DOME_SHUTTERIt looks like indiserver is connecting to a simulator in both cases. Is it the case?
What makes me think this is the case is that the output does not change when I run the command when the mount is disconnected or off.
Any idea of how to debug this?
I am able to control the mount using EQMac and the EQDirect driver.
Is there an EQdirect equivalent for indi?
Thanks
bye
Dave
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