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On 13/04/2023 at 20:45, whipdry said:

Found this indi driver for sitech controller... I use an NUC with ascom drivers & can't help any further.

https://github.com/JeffRossMT/sitech-indi-driver/blob/master/telescope_sitech.h

Hi Whipdry

I'm a recent new owner of a mesu mk1 and loving my test doddle so far! 

Untill now been using indi drivers on kstars and Ekos but rig up this mount with point xp and NINA. I thought there was no indi drivers available for sitech, do you know of anyone who confirms these indi drivers work? 

Another question, can anyone send links to a good sitech controller 2 guide cable to usb I can use in the future for PhD 2? (or similar) 

TIA! 

(now back to the R. O. R Build!) 

On 26/04/2017 at 19:56, harry page said:

Hi

So rebuilt the old newt and mounted here up , Having a few balance problems and a bit more slippage in dec than I like ( ra seems fine )

all we need is clear skies

Harry

Wow good luck with the little newt! How have you been getting on with the mount? 

Curious to see what your long clamp screws look like and how your ROR works. Im thinking about adapting a standard pent roof shed to roll off (and hopefully roll back again) 

Wayne

6 minutes ago, ebdons said:

Hi wayne, yes it held by the clamps against the mirror surface, that's why you need something thick enough the hold itself firm as I only have 3 clamps on my mirror, do a test sample first and then go from there, but needs a very smooth cut inside, I used a very sharp craft knife held against metal cake tin or similar. when done leave the clamps until the ring is perfect and just lightly nip them up. if the clamps are black then the black ring would merge as one with the clamps ok.

Ah I see.. I'll have to help my dad get that sorted.. He'll fall in love with it all again then! 😄

On 25/04/2020 at 13:47, ebdons said:

Yes try the ring around the mirror clamps, just a very tiny increase in FR is the result but worth it, I used a pizza base (black) that you put in the oven so is heat proof and that works ok, don't use anything that has a glue or oil base to it as they will leak out. ok all the best Ton

Hi Tony.. This interests me as my dad has a newt and his bad stars have put him off imaging all together at the minute... Would the pizza base method need cutting down to a ring to cover the clamps? Then how is it held in front in position? Many thanks

Wayne

Really useful review, thanks... I too need to cut down on cables and sort out spaghetti junction! Worried my hungry 4amp qhy camera, mount and dew heaters and 3amp raspberry pi might be a bit much for the ppb?? 🤔👀

Hi guys

Can anyone identify which control box this is? Is it focusmaster? And does it run off robofocus driver in Indi lib as I cannot get a successful connection (in indi within ekos) 

I bought a robofocus motor with this control box second hand. 

I have faith with seller that hardware works as should. 

I've tried other cables and USB ports too. The software (k stars) I use does do port search when connecting equipment.. 

Any help appreciated 

Wayne

17 hours ago, JamesF said:

I suspect that when you get a figure of -1 for HFR it's indicative of some sort of error condition in the software.  It doesn't make sense to have an HFR figure that's negative.  What the error condition might actually be, I don't know.  Might be worth starting a new thread and posting an example frame so people can see what it looks like?

James

Thank you James ill see if I can sort something out like that 👍

Hey guys.. 

Is a HFR of(minus) - 1.000 possible? 

As this is what my image statistics say on my k stars software 

It also says my SNR is varying 0.682 - 1.5? 

Any interpretations are welcomed? 

Cheers guys

1 minute ago, StarDodger said:

I use the ekos internal guider with an SX Lodestar camera and works well, and bugs that you notice should be reported to Jasem ( the developer) on the INdI forum website, you should join if you haven’t already...

Altair cameras aren’t the best with INdI, as they suffer power issues and hence timeout issues, this is because they have unregulated power electronics in them, (they are Chinese rebrand cameras) and so the support for the hardware is hard to get from the manufacture, as it’s not Altair...

You can only access the serial port assistant from the INdI web manager, the button in ekos is not set up to work, but there for future releases.

 

Thanks for the reply, yes I've dealt with Jasem and tested some updates for him in the past, he has been outstanding at developing and supporting our community I think you'll agree! 😀

I'm on the lookout for a mono lodestar as I thought it was a well reported cam to use in this setup with pi and Ekos etc.. So I'm glad to hear you get stable and reliable use with yours too! 

They are quite pricey new though aren't they! 🤔

Is there a more affordable alternative that you know of.. Even tho I'd prefer sx lodestar as it is supposed to be at parfocal focus off the bat, inside my sx OAG filterwheel... 

15 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

I've reflashed the laptop with Kubuntu now instead of Ubuntu. I can connect to the SM via EKOS on the laptop now. Happy days! No not really! I've hit the same brick wall I had with windows. It seems the focuser and mount are fighting over the same ports even after running port manager. Jasem has posted a page on this so trying to get it fixed.

Just read about your issues, I've had similar issues with the new version of kstars.. Where filter wheels spin while kstars initiates a mer flip and other weird stuff.. 

Is this bugs in kstars that's being addressed right now does anyone know?.. 🤔

Tried port assist in indi tab but its greyed out... Doesn't open for me... 

On 30/06/2019 at 17:02, StarDodger said:

Well FYI, the new rpi4 will not work with Kstars very easily until there is ubuntu support, it can be done but not for the faint hearted and Linux noobs like me...so still using the rpi3b+ for now..

Hi there, I'm a simple stellarmate original rasp pi owner.. (so not even rasp pi 3+ or whatever its called) 

I run kstars on the pi.. With indi to connect and control my equipment. 

Really love it as only use a tablet screen for imaging all night.. 

One thing tho.. How do you get on with guiding? And what guide cam do you use? 

I stupidly use a color altair mx224c and at full resolution and even at half resolution I get exposure timeout messages... 

Is this because the ram and cpu performance struggles or the cameras tech difficulties? 

I'm keen to know guide cameras other "on site" not home obsies pi users use!?! 

So anyone out there hit me! 😅👍

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