Progress report: with special thanks
to my mate “The Bluester” here we updated the pi with the latest build of Stellarmate 3.5.0
It connected via indi/ekos to microtouch focuser, QSI camera & FW, Sx Guidecamera & temma mount ok without too much drama.
Screensharing with my macbook pro also works ok.
We then loaded an image of M42 & it slewed to target so all good!
Took it outside last night & again, plate solving, slew to target, meridean flip, autofocus, guiding & image capture all good too- fantastic!
Still an issue to resolve when using kstars though, as it’s super slow when searching for a target to sync & slew too- so that may be resolved by direct connection via ethernet.
Hoping to get the macbook to do most of the heavy lifting instead of the pi, so still sorting that out.
Oh and for reasons unknown the Temma thinks it’s parked when the counterweight is 90 degrees east (or 6 hours ahead)- very weird- must google!
