Hi again,

Just pulled from git the fresh code.
I've enabled parking for StarSense:

if (fwInfo.controllerVersion >= MINSTSENSVER)
{
LOG_INFO("Starsense controller detected.");
cap |= TELESCOPE_CAN_PARK;
}

Then recompiled indi, and made some tests, they went well:

1. started kstars. started indi, mount was unparked, parked ok in the right position. stopped indi, kstars, no errors

2.1 started kstars. geographic was set at a random location.

2.2.1 started indi, mount was found parked:
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] InitPark Axis1 90.0136 Axis2 90.0132 "
org.kde.kstars.indi: < Celestron NexStar >: < Use Pulse Cmd >

2.2.2 date/time updated correctly:
org.kde.kstars.indi: < Celestron NexStar >: < TELESCOPE_TIMED_GUIDE_NS >
org.kde.kstars.indi: < Celestron NexStar >: < TELESCOPE_TIMED_GUIDE_WE >
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <t> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <00 23> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <h> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <0D 3B 0F 09 1C 12 02 01 23> "
org.kde.kstars: Daylight Saving Time active
org.kde.kstars: Next Daylight Savings Time change (Local Time): "Sun Nov 4 02:00:00 2018 GMT"
org.kde.kstars: Next Daylight Savings Time change (UTC): "Sun Nov 4 09:00:00 2018 GMT"

2.2.3 location updated correctly:
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Toggle Debug Level -- Scope Verbose "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Toggle Logging Level -- Messages "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Setting location (24.168,45.853) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <57 2D 33 0A 00 18 0A 06 00> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Configuration successfully saved for GEOGRAPHIC_COORD. "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Configuration successfully loaded. "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <32AE,3FFA#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[SCOPE] RA-DEC ( 4:45:04,89:58:01) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Configuration successfully saved. "

2.2.4 mount unparked successfully, no errors, mount didn't had any unexpected movement, kstars showed correctly the telescope's center towards NCP

3.1 slew to Polaris:
org.kde.kstars.indi: ISD:Telescope sending coords RA: "02h 56m 06s" ( 2.93508 ) DE: " 89° 20' 19\"" ( 89.3388 )
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Goto RA-DEC( 2:56:06,89:20:20) "

3.2 kstars showed correctly the telescope's center towards Polaris
3.3 smoked a cigarette for 5 minutes

3.4 checked the log:
...
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <2085,3F84#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[SCOPE] RA-DEC ( 3:02:55,89:19:08) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: ISD:Telescope sending coords RA: "02h 56m 06s" ( 2.93508 ) DE: " 89° 20' 19\"" ( 89.3388 )
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <2086,3F84#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[SCOPE] RA-DEC ( 3:02:57,89:19:08) "
...
3.5 parked the mount:
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Parking to Az (90:00:49) Alt (90:00:47)... "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Goto AZM-ALT ( 90:00:49,90:00:47) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <B4002,4002> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <205E,3FD5#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[SCOPE] RA-DEC ( 3:02:04,89:45:50) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <L> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <1#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <A446,3EA1#> "
...
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <L> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <0#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <54 00> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Mount tracking is off. "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] Configuration successfully saved. "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] RES <37FA,3FFA#> "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[SCOPE] RA-DEC ( 5:14:52,89:58:01) "
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron NexStar : "[DEBUG] CMD <E> "
...
3.6 kstars showed correctly the telescope's center towards NCP

3.7 checked mount's indexes, home position acquired correctly

4. disconnected and stopped indi, set logs to regular, restarted indi, repeated the test, all things went as expected

5. rebooted RasPi, repeated the test, all OK


Should I try to test anything else?

Kind regards,
Lucian

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