you are really great, thanks!

I enabled the debug option in kStars. This is what it returns using the GEM45 driver @115200 baud:

INFO 119.164343 sec : Session log file /home/ralf/.indi/logs/2020-06-11/indi_ieq_telescope/indi_ieq_telescope_19:15:17.log
DEBUG 158.159514 sec : Toggle Logging Level -- Driver Debug
DEBUG 164.631008 sec : Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0
DEBUG 164.633291 sec : Port FD 8
DEBUG 164.633347 sec : Connection successful, attempting handshake...
DEBUG 164.633406 sec : Initializing IOptron using :V# CMD...
ERROR 169.638942 sec : Timeout error
ERROR 174.694684 sec : Timeout error
DEBUG 174.745432 sec : Handshake failed.
WARNING 174.745537 sec : Communication with /dev/ttyUSB0 @ 115200 failed. Starting Auto Search...
DEBUG 174.745602 sec : Trying connection to /dev/ttyUSB0 @ 115200 ...
DEBUG 174.745646 sec : Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0
DEBUG 174.750161 sec : Port FD 9
DEBUG 174.750269 sec : Connection successful, attempting handshake...
DEBUG 174.750319 sec : Initializing IOptron using :V# CMD...
ERROR 179.755469 sec : Timeout error
ERROR 184.810815 sec : Timeout error
DEBUG 184.861015 sec : Handshake failed.

this is the result of dmesg:

[ 648.848074] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 7 using uhci_hcd
[ 649.069245] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6015
[ 649.069255] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 649.069262] usb 2-1: Product: FT230X Basic UART
[ 649.069269] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: FTDI
[ 649.069275] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: D306SGN1
[ 649.076333] ftdi_sio 2-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 649.076425] usb 2-1: Detected FT-X
[ 649.078357] usb 2-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0

Ralf

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