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Wow, what a difference... superb..

Hi, Yes that would be great, I have never bothered with flats, so have none for my images, and wanted some true data for testing this new software, can’t find anyon the Internet, unless you or anyone knows of any available on the net...?

Hi, I am just getting to grips with APP, so can’t really help at this point, but am looking for some CCD data to test with as my own data does not have flats I have only used darks till now...so if you are willling to let me Have a go with your data, maybe I can help... Have you not got your Atik 383 anymore..?

To my point you are referring, what I was trying to say, is if the new felt is thicker then the rings won’t be closing as far and the overhang may not be an issue, and just to try it first, unless you need that space to full tighten, then remove..mine have about a 3mm gap when fully tightened down so mine do have the felt all the way to the end, as it’s not an issue... Putting new felt on about a mm thicker does make a big difference to how much the rings will then close up.. Hope that explains better..

Hmmm, I would t cut off until you Have tried it, as you may not need to if it is thicker, and I am not sure the rings are supposed to touch anyway, (at the catch, not against the tube...lol) as you have nowhere to go, as it were... this is what I use, the large square at the back, is superb for cutting up for tube rings, about 1mm thick, non compressible (or very little) and good self adhesive https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hyfive-Floor-Protector-Felt-Pads-Furniture-Floor-Protectors-Self-Adhesive-125pc/352312370778?epid=12018098150&hash=item520774265a:g:ew0AAOSwTmtatDHB

Well if they are the same thickness as old ones then they must go over the top, or you won’t gain anything, if thicker, then replace....that would be my assumption but agreed, there should be some guidance..

That’s great... But would have thought if they knew it would have been sorted before despatch...., but you got it sorted now..

Although these scopes are amazing, I think the rings need a little tinkering with, I have read about this before, the felt is too soft and too thin, re do that and you will be fine, put a slightly thicker one on, one that won’t compress as much..

Nice report, and am very jealous, been looking at the spirit 100 for about 12 months now.... ☹️ Did you go with the test report too, or did you not get from FLO..?

Well as for frame rates, my cameras are for long exposures, so frame rates don’t come into it...I don’t use it for planetary imaging on,y deep sky... noVNC runs from the web browser..! So would RealVNC be faster..?? I store images on my client machine..

Yes, sorry to but in... Well i use two Starlight Xpress Cameras, My OSC is an SXVR M25c which runs really well, and my mono is an SX H18 which has the popular mono KAF 8300 sensor and agin it runs really well, plus a lodestar autoguider.. They are the only Cameras I Have used on my rpi3b.. Also just been trying out using teamviewer host on the rpi but find noVNC much better, what is the difference between RealVNC and noVNC...??

Using skysafari, is really useful if you need to go out to the mount, and slew to an object as you can see in real time... The rpi is more than fast enough when used this way as it’s onlt a server, there is no power Hungary software running on it, that’s all done form ones laptop or PC indoors.. I found that the noVNC is superb, I have never had a problem with connection or with any dropouts, it just works..never tried RealVNC though..

Totally agree with all of the above, and exactly how I run my set up..

Great, glad you had a decent first light with the software...you will love it, far better than any windows software I have used, and getting better all the time, due to constant support.. I have the Pegasus ultimate power box and there is a driver now available for that in INdI...(indigo driver) although it has taken a while, but seems to work well..have a word with Jasem (AKA Knro on the INdI forum ) and he may well write a driver for the Hitecastro unit, although may be a while as I guess he is very busy.

Good, I love it and would never go back to windows, an all in one software with solid drivers..

Great...glad you got,it sorted...why did you have to load drivers individually as they all come with INdI..?? The EQ dir can,e will work fine... As for location, if you put that in during the set up wizard it should remember.... certainly don’t need to set up a config file, never heard of that being needed..

Hmmmm, not sure about that, but Jasem is working on it now, so won’t be long before fixed, I would try again in the morning and I bet all will be good... the problem is it won’t be in the full INdI until the next update, so you will have to use the INdI nightly build, as they are updated almost every day..

Well I only installed 18.04.01 about three months ago and it worked perfectly then, but I guess the update was out before that so can’t comment on that..

Maybe you will if you have not installed INdI full... But can’t see what you couldn’t as I did with 18.04.1 no problem...there is an issue with the new INdI update from this morning, with the Altair cams, check out the lates post on the INdI forum...there is info there, I won’t uldate to that till sorted...I have the version of INdI 1.7.4 and all is good with that and no fixes needed...

I dont think that is correct, all good here with 18.04.1..I never had to alter anything at all after install, just installed full Kstars and INdI, and all was good, also no need to load drivers seperatly as they will be included with INdI...

I use 18.04.1 with latest INdI and all works perfectly..!! There are no fixes needed here....!

Yes, you can run is all as a “local” set up, with Kstar, INdI on the laptop at the mount, and then either log onto that PC from another with teamviewer or suchlike, or just use the laptop at the mount on its own, just make sure you install Kstars full and INdI full, and set it to “local” in the Ekos set up screen which will come up on first start up... Also if you are running as a dual boot, then after it re starts you will see the “grub” menu and Ubuntu will be at the top, so if you want windows you have to tab it down, I changed mine to put windows at the top using a bit of software for Linux called “grub customiser” it allows you to change the boot order...the reason being I use the laptop more with windows for everyday stuff....

You do t need the embedded single board PC, you can run the whole lot from a Linux laptop.. or even a windows laptop with an rpi as the server as I said earlier...

Do t need a virtual PC as could run Kstars and ekos from windows and not bother with Linux at all... But a dual boot works great and easy to do, as long as you install window first, and then Ubuntu, you will then get a grub menu at boot and you can choose which OS to boot to, Grub menu is Linux version of Windows boot menu... but you probably knew all that as I know you use Linux... @Dr_Ju_ju

Hi, I run Linux Ubuntu alongside my win 10 on a dual boot laptop, it works great, i then have an rpi strapped to my mount with the brilliant Stellarmate OS installed, Stellarmate is an OS already set up with all the software you will need including Kstars and Ekos and full INdI, (produced by the guy who created Ekos) it costs $49, but worth it as all the work is already done for you, especially if you are new to Linux. I then connect to that rpi from my Linux part of my laptop using the built in Stellarmate wireless hotspot, or you can use a direct network cable, then run Kstars and ekos from the laptop and the rpi is just the sever where all the devices are connected, it runs fantastically, and I would never go back to windows for astro use... You can run the Kstars direct from the rpi but maybe be a tad slow, hence running the rpi as a server instead... It really is easy to set up, I had never even seen Linux before and still found it quite easy, if you don’t want to pay out for Stellarmate then you just have to set up all the software yourself and install in an SD card. Also Stellarmate is available as a full OS including the rpi and all I staled, for $149 but I think that is a bit much, when you can buy just the OS and an rpi for around £80... Yoj can also get Kstars and ekos for windows and not bother with Linux at all, and use the rpi as the INdI server, that works well too...choices choices.... https://www.stellarmate.com/products/stellarmate-os.html Hope that helps..