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pmrid (Peter) · #61 12-01-2014, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lazjen

Ok, discovered some more info regarding the G11. I think the Losmandy Gemini entry might be for the older version, not G2. I couldn't get it to work.

For the G11 G2, using LX200 Classic works much better - it's actually driving the scope around now.

Moonlite focuser connected fine and appears to work ok.

For CCDs:

I've had no luck with the SBIG ST-i. Indi seems to have trouble initialising it. And I found that the camera got quite warm after being connected for a while.

The QHY 5 doesn't connect but no error appears.

For the DSLR, the OS recognises the 6D fine, and I get indi connecting ok, but I can't seem to get it to take a photo/preview just yet. I'll have to investigate gphoto2 further to check how well the 6D is supported.

Also, I'm in the process of going to "kstars-bleeding" and building from the latest sources.

I am wondering if there is any editable Config-like file behind each of the scope, CCD, FW, focuser choices.
Peter

pmrid (Peter) · #62 12-01-2014, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by lazjen

dialout's the important one, the others are "maybe". However adding them won't hurt.

The dialout got my Gemini 1 recognised - step 1 I guess. But like your G2, it says it's connected but doesn't actually do anything.

I'll try the tty and video connections today and see if that gets me some more connections.

Peter

lazjen (Chris) · #63 12-01-2014, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by pmrid

The dialout got my Gemini 1 recognised - step 1 I guess. But like your G2, it says it's connected but doesn't actually do anything.

I'll try the tty and video connections today and see if that gets me some more connections.

I wonder if this means that the driver is only partially developed if both G1 and G2 don't work fully.

lazjen (Chris) · #64 12-01-2014, 10:03 AM

Fahim,

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Originally Posted by netwolf

In the video they talk about pointing model, is this a independent pointing model in Ekos or does it work in conjunction with the Gemini pointing model and parameters?

I can't confirm this yet, but I think it's a dual system. Each solve improves the current Ekos model, but also updates the scope's model as well. It looks to be very similar to the way Astrotortilla works and I won't be surprised if digging into it there was some shared library/code there.

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Originally Posted by netwolf

The eqmod looks quiet cool, almost wish my g11 was synscan based. Maybe time to look at the AstroEQ project.
https://github.com/TCWORLD/AstroEQ
Or maybe look at the sitech again but the don't have Indi support.

I'm hoping to go full Linux this year for all my astro needs. This means I'm going to put my effort into things that are INDI based as I feel it's got the best chance going forward.

INDI is using the approach like Window's ASCOM which is obviously successful, so I'm hopeful.

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Originally Posted by netwolf

I really like what I see in Ekos and it's free, compare that to the cost of equivalent on Windows. Best of all it's on Linux. Wonder if this works under BSD.

Actually, under Windows, you can go pretty cheap. There's a few things around that are free/near free to do what Ekos can do.

However, it's Windows which is quite annoying to use.

If you want to build from source, I suspect getting it to work on BSD should not be an issue.

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Originally Posted by netwolf

I'm trying to get my Mint setup going but i think I will need to download the latest version and rebuild. Also I'm out of space on my laptop need to backup and move old stuff of to my archives.

Is Mint a Debian style based OS (I can't remember)? If it is, you should be able to go ok. It's very ubuntu/debian centric the closer you go to bleeding edge. I'm in the process of moving to full source build. If I get it going that way, I'll switch back to my favourite distro: Gentoo.

Chris

Astro_Bot · #65 12-01-2014, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lazjen

Is Mint a Debian style based OS (I can't remember)?

Yes, "Debian-style", but based on Ubuntu upstream with additional packages included and available in repos. Ubuntu is itself based on Debian's Unstable (or sometimes Testing) package set with further customisation - they mess about with it a bit.

pmrid (Peter) · #66 12-01-2014, 09:09 PM

Hi guys.
Some progress. I connected my SXVR-H16 tonight and bless me, it was recognised and I was able to take some lights. BUT I wasn't able to find any cooler control. Neither on/off nor set point control. Zip, nada!
I haven't yet tried connecting the SX guider (these are integrated in the SXVR design). But it's a start. I discovered why my previous attempts failed. The USB powered hub at the scope had died and my devices just weren't being seen. So the next step us to try to connect a focuser and FW.
Has anyone figured out how to run a Gemini 1 yet?

Peter

iandix (Ian) · #67 13-01-2014, 01:09 AM

One thing I have noticed with the INDI libraries has been the daily updates. (maybe too many :-) ) so they really seem to be putting some work into it

Barrykgerdes · #68 13-01-2014, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pmrid

Hi guys.

Has anyone figured out how to run a Gemini 1 yet?

Peter

Hi Peter
What is the trouble running the Gemini 1. I don't have access to the Gemini 1 now because I gave the mount to my son. However I was able to control the Gemini 1 using the Meade protocol.

I wrote a control program in Qbasic (the only language I can program in) that could access all the Gemini functions.

I then modified the program to run in QB64(Gl), actually a c++ program with Qbasic commands and runs Qbasic source, so it will work on modern O/S's

I have a version of QB64(gl) that runs perfectly in Ubuntu Linux and runs all my Qb64(GL) source code. It works on my LX200 so I expect it will work on the Gemini 1

Barry

pmrid (Peter) · #69 13-01-2014, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

Hi Peter
What is the trouble running the Gemini 1.
Barry

Hi Barry,
like most things, the problem is probably located between the keyboard and the seat. But I haven't been able to get it to actually do anything. It connects but won't track or slew.

The answer is probably somewhere in a configuration/option setting I haven;t found yet. I'll try again later.

UPDATE on SX CCD connections and COOLING:
I posted a question about this on the INDI forum an hour or so ago and have my answer already. Great!! There IS another options setting in there that I hadn't seen. The bleedin' obvious is what I tend to overlook most often.

Peter

Barrykgerdes · #70 13-01-2014, 09:12 AM

Hi Peter

Another problem I had with a Toshiba lap top was the USB/RS232 adapter.
I have one that works with win 8.1 great but does not work with Linux and vice versa, the one that I have that works in Linux does not work in Win 8. Beat that for inconvenience!

Barry

pmrid (Peter) · #71 13-01-2014, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

Hi Peter

Another problem I had with a Toshiba lap top was the USB/RS232 adapter.
I have one that works with win 8.1 great but does not work with Linux and vice versa, the one that I have that works in Linux does not work in Win 8. Beat that for inconvenience!

Barry

LX200 Classic works my Gemini 1. Still getting the hang of defining site parameters etc though. The thing wants to default to some site in Siberia it seems. But we're getting there.

Peter

lazjen (Chris) · #72 13-01-2014, 06:58 PM

I think the default option is to update the site information in the Gemini upon connection. It seems to use you kstars location for that. It forced me to set up my location properly.

lazjen (Chris) · #73 29-01-2014, 08:43 AM

An update:

I've completely reinstalled the Linux on my laptop to switch to Gentoo. I've built indi, kstars and the device drivers from source. I've now got the SBIG ST-i working, plus the Canon DSLR. I've got a little bit of work left to hook up the focuser and mount again. I've also got astrometry installed and working, but have yet to check the integration with kstars.

During all of this, I found out that the only QHY camera supported at present is the QHY5 - no variants on this, so the QHY5L-II is definitely out.

pmrid (Peter) · #74 29-01-2014, 12:59 PM

Well done Chris. Over the past week or so I've been doing testing for Peter Polakovic (INDI) on rewriting the drivers for my SXVR_H16 CCD and guider. Seems the old drivers were expecting 16-bit data from the guide camera and only getting 8-bit - so had a hissy fit and went home. Should be a rewritten driver available later today if anyone is interested. Oddly though, even with a rewrite, it seems the driver will only control one camera at a time, so one can either guide or image but not both simultaneously. A work in progress!!

Peter

lazjen (Chris) · #75 29-01-2014, 09:53 PM

I noticed your posts on the forum.

Tonight, I got the mount and focuser going as well, so the next session I get outside I'll set up for a run using this setup and see what shakes out.

The only wrinkle that I haven't solved yet is the tty device for the focuser changes if I unplug/plug it in again. In the normal usage it shouldn't be an issue, but it's something I'll have to keep in mind.

iandix (Ian) · #76 14-02-2014, 01:43 PM

This looks pretty good, The only thing stopping me using Distro Astro was the lack of Ekos support ...

Some plans for Distro Astro 3.0:

1. Ekos, a complete astrophotography solution by Jasem Mutlaq.

2. An extension to Cartes du Ciel by John Barber containing 1 million DSOs.

3. New feature: set your location (on KStars, Cartes du Ciel, and Stellarium) by IP Geolocation - lets you have the correct coordinates even when travelling.

lazjen (Chris) · #77 14-02-2014, 02:15 PM

I saw that last night. I'll have to hunt down the Cartes du Ciel extension sometime.

I haven't had time for this recently, but I got stuck with a problem around my DSLR - kstars/indi wouldn't download any images from the camera. I suspect I'll have to run up a "remote" indi server and debug it further.