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@Gina you can run many instances of indiserver using different for port for each instance (see -p switch for indiserver). Each instance can be started with it's own set of drivers. You can even aggregate these instances into one by using remote drivers approach i.e. 'driver name'@ip:port. However... controlling such a setup with a single KStars/Ekos is not possible. Well, you can control a mount and run guiding if all cameras are on the same mount but you need to run separate acquisition thread for each camera, focuser, filter wheel etc. Possibly with CCDciel, but I'm not sure you can run multiple instances. Finally, indi_asi_single_ccd driver works great for multiple ASI cameras so you can use just one, but... it tells a camera from the other ones based on name, not ID. As a result using two ASI 1600 would a be a challenge.

Interesting discussion indeed 😉 Updates to KStars and INDI will be released not ealier than mid October. I'm also planning to release new version of astroberry image (v2.0.4), which should have all the latest software preinstalled. No major changes to the system itself. Let me comment a few points discussed earlier in this thread: client-server architecture is not operating system specific and has nothing to do with linux in particular. While accessing this website you use client-server architecture and it does not matter what operating system you use. In such the case a server component is a web server which serves this website and client component is your preferred web browser. The same way INDI is a server, which serves all devices and possibility of control and KStars/EKOS is a client. BTW KStars/Ekos is not the only client you can use (the same like IE is not the only browser) - you can use many others inluding Cartes du Ciel and Stellarium, see list of supported clients here INDI server has been developed for linux or other unix-like systems and cannot be just rewritten to other systems like some of you would expect. Philosophy of accessing low-level hardware just differs significantly (to be moderate) between unix/linux/macos and windows. I cannot say that it will never happen. I'm not aware of such plans at the moment. ASCOM is not a standard and if some of you believe it is, so is INDI. Applications like Cartes du Ciel, Stellarium and many others support both INDI and ASCOM. KStars supports INDI and does not support ASCOM. Why? The reason is as simple as this - nobody added ASCOM support to KStars. Hey, it's open source software! Anybody can develop and submit any change or add new functionalities to it. Discuss it at your local club, find people interested in it, find programmers willing to accept a challenge and fill the gap if you think there's one. That's how it works in open source world where people create software and share it for free with everyone, including right to modify. Finally, there is not one-fits-all solution. I go with linux and every single photon I capture with my setup comes from "open source astronomy". But this is just me 😉 Clear skies to everyone!

Do your wifi dongle comes with binary drivers? If so, it could be the case that the drivers are compiled for a specific kernel version. That would be dead end if you cannot recompile them for a new kernel. You can try using open source drivers instead and forget vendor provided binaries. You need to identify your hardware (run: lsusb -v). Then try to find your device on a compatibility list like this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported or this https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi

@Gina I'm glad it works for you. I guess the problems were related to SD card itself. I have just released an update to INDI 1.9.1 so feel free to update.

Hi Guys, I was PMed by @Martin Meredith so I can take a look at this issue. I do confirm that running the sequence of commands fixes it: sudo systemctl stop gpsd.service sudo systemctl stop gpsd.socket sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo systemctl restart gpsd.service sudo systemctl restart gpsd.socket I guess the issue pops up when upgrading a system installed from a fresh image. It could be the case that it was introduced somewhere in-between image version and the latest version of astroberry-server-sysmod. If one updated the system using former updates the issue does not appear at all. So use this workaround and keep going.

INDI driver is on its way. Stay tuned 😉

Great post! Thanks for sharing

Oh, you meant oaCapture support for Raspberry Pi cam... I thought you meant indi/kstars/ekos support. oaCapture handles devices on its own and does not use indi drivers. I do not know if it supports libcamera - a new API used for HD cam. See this note on introducing new API https://libcamera.org/entries/2020-05-05.html Try using camera with other software eg. INDI/Kstars/Ekos using RPi Camera (indi_rpicam) driver. If it works, you can capture video using Ekos CCD and Live View button located below Sequence List.

What INDI driver did you try?

I wonder how far you land down from my project mentioned earlier in this thread 😉

Actually there were some changes to the gpsd driver recently. I have just pushed them to astroberry repository, so please update (sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade) and test it. If the issue persists I will take a closer look at the source code.

I have just started a new development project for my weather station, to replace old one which served me for last 4 years or so. The retired version was using: - Arduino Mini Pro (Atmega 328p) + BLE - Weather Meters (wind speed, wind direction, rain fall) - Rain detector (analog humidity sensor) - BME280 (temperature, humidity, pressure) - MLX90614 (cloud detector) - Light detector (optoresistor) Communication based on Bluetooth Low Energy (JSON formatted data sent by weather station every 300s) Data collected by Raspberry Pi inside, running: - Mosquitto server for MQTT publishing environmental data to all other devices at home - InfluxDB (persistent data series) - Grafana (graphs and gauges) I'm gonna keep the sensors and replace the core for the newest Arduino Nano 33 BLE or Arduino Nano 33 IoT. Just waiting for delivery 🙃

BTW. You can use SkySafari to control telescope from your iPad. Just add SkySafari driver to your profile

You must have changed screen resolution. Revert back to something normal

First, download catalogs using KStars menu Data / Download New Data, then take a look at View / HiPS All Sky Overlay / DSS Colored Finally, configure your markers using Settings / FOV Symbols