Alignment slew to target fails - by: pauledd
Hi I just tried my fresh setup to do an alignment with slew to target and a fresh updated kstars/indi from git. I usualy do it by selecting a mag ~3 star and select "eqmod->track" and then I go to...
View ArticleDB backend for INDI - by: Kaczorek
I have just had interesting discusion with an astro guy who developped a database backend for his astro system. He stores FITS files from his sessions in a firebird SQL database. This enables him to...
View ArticleWill INDI support the CGX? - by: jamiesmithnc
Thinking about getting my first GEM mount, but really wanting to use an INDI workflow. Will INDI support the CGX? It seems like it supports the AVX, but it isn't clear (to me) if they use the same...
View ArticleProblems/questions testing EKOS with Sony a7s - by: amuro1977
Hi, i'm testing INDI-EKOS with Sony a7s and i have some question/problem: • i select "RAW+JPG" but the files downloaded on pc was only JPG (Saving using "client" mode) . Do I must select "Client +...
View ArticleColon in file names when timestamp is requested on Windows - by: sebiseb
Hi folks, I just want notice Kstars/Ekos users who, like me, use both Windows and Linux, to disable the timestamp in files name. Indeed, on Windows, Kstars/Ekos fails to write the uploaded FITS files...
View ArticleNew SQM-LE INDI Driver - by: knro
I'd like to announce we have a driver for SQM-LE and it's working great. Even better, now if you have the device and run it with any CCD, you'll get MPASS (Magnitudes per squared arcsecond) value right...
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Atik CCD cannot take BIAS frames - by: dokeeffe
I'm in the process of rebuilding the observatory's PC and reinstalling and testing everything. I just discovered that I cannot take BIAS frames with my Atik 383L+ using EKOS. Taking Light frames works...
View ArticleChaining required for local server? - by: AtM
I want to run EKOS/KStars and a guide camera on one RPi, and the mount control and main CCD on a second RPi. Both are interconnected through a small local LAN, I access KStars through a remote desktop...
View Articlelibindi_3rdparty_1.2.0 not compiling with gcc-6.2.1 - by: cherno
Hallo, on ARCH-Linux there is a problem with indiserver 1.3 and indi_gphoto_ccd. indiserver fails to start with gphoto driver. indiserver 1.2 works like a charm. I tried to compile the sources as a...
View ArticleLogs in wrong location? - by: ollie
I am running INDI v1.3.1 and latest kstars-bleeding, all of which I grab via ppa. I noticed that my log files get written to ~/.local/share/kstars/logs instead of ~/.indi/logs, as mentioned here:...
View ArticleDriver for GoTo and Guide through Arduino & ST4 - by: Piuma75
Hi Guys ! on the layout of the driver indi_ardust4 ( github.com/tliff/indi_ardust4 ) I would like to develop a Guide/GoTo driver. A good starting point is in the "Tutorial 7" which explain how to...
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Tip for Ekos on low-powered devices - by: knro
A lot of improvements took place recently to improve CPU and memory usage of INDI/KStars. INDI LIbrary v1.3+ already supports fast BLOB mode so this is pretty much as fast as it can gets, but for those...
View ArticleAZ/EQ 6 connected to Mac with USB serial cable not responding - by: William
Dear, First of all, I am newly in using INDI library and its server. I am trying to connect a Skywatcher AZ/EQ 6 mount to my Mac (OS Sierra 10.12) to control it thanks to the indiserver. Up to now, I...
View Articlefocuser and lx90 crash - by: jonel
I recently made a arduino focuser using the sketch and information I found in this forum by Patdut. It works fine by itself. Prior to adding the focuser I had used EKOS to successfully run my Meade...
View ArticleFocused INDI. Drivers - by: Moogman
Hi all. I've just got a bit fed up running my Astro kit under windows / Ascom due to so many timeouts and crashes. I've just set up an Ubuntu desktop with Kstars and everything is working perfectly...
View ArticleAlignment - solver failed - by: ollie
I was getting "Solver failed" messages last night. Using "--no-verify --no-plots --no-fits2fits --resort --downsample 2 -O" which I think has worked for me in the past. (I am using the Offline solver)...
View ArticleA small "Thank you" - by: ollie
It's almost Thanksgiving here in the US and I just wanted to say, "Thank you!" to all of the developers and anyone else working so hard on INDI. I just bought a shirt and some stickers on the CafePress...
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Telescope and Dome locks (oposite). Done? diff :) - by: Magnus_e
Hi. A while since I have posted here, but now I have a nice diff to the inditelescope and indidome, that I hope will be adopted I'm posting here in case there is some clarification needed before adding...
View ArticleHelp with driver debugging - by: mtodman
Hi. I’m after some help with driver debugging my dome driver. I’m new to the world of developing in linux / QTCreator however I have written ASCOM (c# .net) drivers for my dome & focuser and I’d...
View ArticleFedora 25 - by: tseckler
Would upgrading to Fedora 25 break my existing libindi-bleeding and kstars-bleeding setup?
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