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    Cables and rotation directions!

    in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice

    Posted

    A picture may help a lot here.

    I think it is normal to leave a loop of cables big enough to not pull on the rig when at either side of the flip. It is also probably better to lightly tie the cables together so they are neat rather than all over the place. I have found tie wrapping them together is not great a it sort of makes one very stiff cable that can affect the tracking. I tend to use small velcro straps not too tight that keeps the cables together but allows individual cables to move slightly.

    Steve

    EKOS - Is there a way to name images as they are saved

    in Discussions - Software

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    I can see there are a few options of  what to name images  by adding a prefix, dush as target name. and then blindly adding filter, duration and time stamp but is there a way to change this, add other details or just change the format of the time stamp for example.

    I am not sure what the Script entry allows you to do or how to use it, I am just searching for an answer now in Google but thought the best experts will be on SGL anyway so thought I would ask as well 🙂 

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    Steve

    Astroberry / KStars on Rpi - More advice needed

    in Discussions - Software

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    7 minutes ago, stash_old said:

    CCDCIEL - runs on anything(Windows/Linux or Mac) connects to both Indi or Ascom (or both with certain limitaions - Ascom being the limitation). Plus written by the same author as CDC which intergrates with CDCCIEL. A bit clinky but has more features than APT but read the documentation FIRST to see if it's for you. Doesn't need Ekos/Kstars ,intergrates fine with Astroberry and Indiserver stand alone type set up's.

     

    Remember you are using a RPI (£50) - if you want bells and whistles(2 simultaneous Screens)  you will have to pay for it and run a more powerful (and normally lots more £'s)  system and use Ubuntu version of Indi or Windows/Ascom. You dont "get owt for nowt".

    Plus this may help some https://help.realvnc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016572531-How-do-I-use-VNC-Viewer-in-full-screen-mode-on-all-of-my-screens-

     

    CCDCIEL is not something I have played with much as yet, as was the RPi but I will sometime.

    I do have a smallish fanless pretty powerful CPU that I was using which attaches to the tripod with a cover that works fine. The Rpi was rreally a summer project as weather and loss of darkness makes it the time to try these things out. I also have both Ubutnu and windows on the more powerful CPU and they work fine.

    Well if I revert to Windows (which still is set up with APT, Stellarium and ASCOM) then that is flawless.

    If I use Ubutnu (KSTARS, EKPOS) only issue I really have is I cannot shut the CPU down remotely I have to revert to holding the power on button in for 5 seconds (small issue).

    But I just thought I would try the RPi, if it works then I can have two one on each setup I have as it is a cheap method, If it doesn't then I have lost £50 but will probably use it for an all sky cam or something anyway.

    The only other thing that kept me trying was that I did like the look of Astroberry. I know essentially it does nothing more than the setup of KStars and EKOS does on the Ubutnu but I just liked the layout on the screen and the fact I could shut down remotely if I used the browser (not RDP).

    I was comfortable with APT on Windows but just wanted to try what so many others are using otherwise I never know what really suits me and I do like many aspects of KStars over APT.

    Sorry if I am rambling and do not explain myself too well, a lot of computer jargon is beyond me I am afraid.

    Steve

    Astroberry / KStars on Rpi - More advice needed

    in Discussions - Software

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, TerryMcK said:

    Am I misinterpreting what is required? 

    Do you want the rdp session to the PI showing up on both the screens that are connected to the PC? If so that is easy to do. 

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    Or is one screen physically connected to the PI and the other to the PC> If the latter then RDP will not work for that. 

    No I think we are both on the same page (or screen 🙂 ). I use RDP for several things so can use both monitors that is one thing I did work out on my own (but that is the easy bit ha ha).

    I originally plugged the screen into the RPi (and a keyboard) only  because I wanted to setup the LAN connection to have a static address and when I tried via RDP many of the checkboxes and such were greyed out and disabled (probably because of these issues) and I had just left them plugged in (all on my bench where the desktop computer is) so it was just then I noticed what was on the RPi screen was not what I was seeing on the RDP screens. Then I noticed that what I saw on the browser or VNC connection was the same as the RPi. Before this I just assumed the Browser and RDP were the same (hence I may at times have started off using the browser to start things off and then switched to RDP so I could use both monitors which I guess would have caused issues as I probably had no idea where KStars went so opened it up again (or something along those lines).

    Anyway thanks for all your help, I am a little if not a lot more wiser now.

    I am just about to pack scope and all the kit up to go down South for a week the to east coast for the second week and hoping (I hope not in vain) for some clear weather. The holiday in UK is due to a cancelled Spanish holiday so not specifically for Imaging but we are in cottages in quite remote areas so I would be daft not to take the gear, although weather does not look good and gear might never see the light of day (or night).

    But I will then at least have a play with your suggestion and hopefully all solved 🙂 .

     

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    Astroberry / KStars on Rpi - More advice needed

    in Discussions - Software

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, TerryMcK said:

    I've just installed xrdp (sudo apt install xrdp) and it works great. Use the xorg session and login as your astroberry user

    That's what I have done and Remote Desktop does work, and I can use multiple monitors but I still get this where if I plug a montor into the RPi then there is just a blank Astroberry screen on it and nothing I do on Remote Desktop is seen on the monitor plugged into the RPi. Also I can do things with a mouse and keyboard plugged into RPi that wors but again it does not appead on the Remote Desktop monitors. So definitely 2 instances of Astroberry running on the RPi, one that is controlled and viewed by Remote Desktop and one controlled with keyboard and mouse plugged into RPi.

    Now, this might be fine and give no issues so long as I use either Remote Desktop or use a VNC viewer but not both. But I do not understand enough to know exactly what implications running Remote Desktop has.

    Steve

    Astroberry / KStars on Rpi - More advice needed

    in Discussions - Software

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, TerryMcK said:

    As I thought RDP port 3389 isn’t open in the native installation of Astroberry. It looks like xrdp server has to be installed first. I’ll have a bash at that tomorrow.

    I think a lot of my issues are I am reasonably computer savy to a point but ports and things like IP addresses are way beyond what I can understand nowerdays.

    Steve

    Astroberry / KStars on Rpi - More advice needed

    in Discussions - Software

    Posted

    @Paul M I know exactly where you are coming from. I was really delighted with APT both with the DSLR and dedicated cam. Never (and I mean never) failed me unless it was me that did something wrong.

    So why move. Well it was just the summer months with little to do and so many use KStars I wanted to try. In general the architecture of it all I really like, more so than  ASCOM, and the actual setting op of the INDI drivers seemed far easier than with ASCOM. Hard to say why but I just really liked the feel of it and how everything is displayed.

    What I wasn't so impressed with was the KStars planetarium software compared to Stellarium, or at least the look of it and smoothness of how it operates. And what I really liked was how you could automate everything in EKOS from the goto, the framing to be same as previous nights absolutely spot on just using a reference image from previous night (so long as camera rotation is not vastly different) to focussing and then guiding. The sequencing side I also really like.

    The clunkiness of the planetarium software I can live with it is useful enough.

    So I more than likely will stick with KStars/Ekos it is just whether I think the RPi can handle it, not overheat or crash or go back to my expensive mini (not that mini but fits on tripod okay) computer that is far more powerful than it needs to be and fast and runs like a dream, but if I go back I cannot use Astroberry server (maybe not a big issue) but do I use Linux or Windows.

    Anyway same as you really I just want it all working without fear of crashes and cannot afford wasted clear nights oratting about with software, whether my fault or not.

    If somebody could now make a stand alone application that encompasses all the good aspects of say APT, Kstars, Stellarium, EKOS etc that is robust I would pay for that no problem and would be happy 🙂 

    Steve

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