Aaahh, to my own disbelieve, I got it working now. Even though I did not exactly know, what I was doing, I made the following changes to the skywatcherAPI.cpp:

added:

bool SkywatcherAPI::IsAZEQMount() const
{
return MountCode == 0x22;
}

this inquiry was completely missing, even though in the skywatcherAPI.h there is an entry "bool IsAZEQMount() const;"; I also used "0x22" as mount code, because this is what my AzEq-6 does respond. Probably because of different MC board version ? Could this be changed in the next revision of the driver, please ?


change to the "Disable EQ mount" lines:

// Disable EQ mounts but AZEQ
if ((MountCode < 0x80) && !IsAZEQMount())
return false;

This code I borrowed from Jean-Lucs modification to make the AZEQs work.

I also added one line in the skywatcherAPI.h:

enum MountType
{
AZEQ6 = 0x22,

Not sure, whether this entry is really required or not, but I just made it, anyhow.

So, after compiling the changed version my mount does connect now:

[2021-01-31T18:00:42.287 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[DEBUG] Toggle Debug Level -- Scope Verbose "
[2021-01-31T18:00:50.790 W. Europe Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[INFO] Scan complete. Found 1 port(s). "
[2021-01-31T18:00:56.955 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[DEBUG] Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0 @ 115200 "
[2021-01-31T18:00:57.093 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[DEBUG] Port FD 3 "
[2021-01-31T18:00:57.104 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[DEBUG] Connection successful, attempting handshake... "
[2021-01-31T18:00:57.115 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] SkywatcherAPIMount::Handshake "
[2021-01-31T18:00:57.126 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] InitMount "
[2021-01-31T18:00:57.135 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] CheckIfDCMotor "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.038 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetMicrostepsPerRevolution "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.050 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] Axis 0: 25600.000000 microsteps/degree, 7.111111 microsteps/arcsec "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.061 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetMicrostepsPerRevolution "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.072 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] Axis 1: 25600.000000 microsteps/degree, 7.111111 microsteps/arcsec "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.082 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetStepperClockFrequency "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.088 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetStepperClockFrequency "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.094 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetHighSpeedRatio "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.101 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetHighSpeedRatio "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.107 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetMicrostepsPerWormRevolution "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.113 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] GetMicrostepsPerWormRevolution "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.118 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] Encoders before init Axis1 8388608 Axis2 8388608 "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.123 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] InitializeMC "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.129 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] Encoders after init Axis1 8388608 Axis2 8388608 "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.135 W. Europe Standard Time DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[SCOPE] SkywatcherAPIMount::Handshake - Result: 1 "
[2021-01-31T18:00:59.141 W. Europe Standard Time INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Skywatcher Alt-Az : "[INFO] Skywatcher Alt-Az is online. "

Quite eager to test it in the field now. Unfortunately, no clear skies right now. :-(

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