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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001726SkyChart1-Softwarepublic18-10-09 16:37
ReporterJacques Montier Assigned ToPatrick Chevalley  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformLinuxOSLinux MintOS Version18 64bits
Summary0001726: Connecting EQ6 mount with Skychart via Indi drivers
DescriptionHello all,

Last night, i encounter some issues while trying connection between pc+Skychart and EQ6 mount.

- First, i load the indi-eqmod driver (indiserver indi_eqmod_telescope).
Skychart sees the driver and the serial port ttyUSB0 (9600 bauds) is selected, but fails to connect.

- Second, i load the indi-celestron-gps driver (indiserver indi_celestron_gps).
Skychart successfully connects to the mount.
So i can easily drive the EQ6 mount, but impossible to sync the mount.
A right clic on the target to sync makes Skychart crash (Access Violation...)
I think i saw some messages about non compatible firmware for syncing, but i am not sure.

Cheers,

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Patrick Chevalley

17-06-04 15:53

administrator   ~0003842

Bonjour Jacques,

indi-celestron-gps do not work with the EQ6 Synscan hardware.
If you want to do the full initialization with the Synscan handpad you must use indi_synscan_telescope.
In this case do the 3 stars initialization with the handpad and then connect to the computer.

If you want to use indi_eqmod_telescope you must connect the telescope using an EQdirect connector, without the handpad, for example https://www.pierro-astro.com/materiel-astronomique/accessoires-informatiques/interface-usb-eq6-direct-pour-montures-eq6-orion-atlas_detail
Or set the handpad to "PC Direct" as soon as you can after power on, and no more touch any button.

Then you can use goto and sync from skychart and a joystick to do the star alignment in eqmod.

In this case you can find my EqmodGui for Indi useful: https://sourceforge.net/projects/eqmodgui/

Jacques Montier

17-06-04 17:24

reporter   ~0003847

Thank you Patrick for the feed back and the links.
I'll try that as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
17-06-01 11:23 Jacques Montier New Issue
17-06-04 15:53 Patrick Chevalley Assigned To => Patrick Chevalley
17-06-04 15:53 Patrick Chevalley Status new => feedback
17-06-04 15:53 Patrick Chevalley Note Added: 0003842
17-06-04 17:24 Jacques Montier Note Added: 0003847
17-06-04 17:24 Jacques Montier Status feedback => assigned
18-10-09 16:37 Patrick Chevalley Status assigned => resolved
18-10-09 16:37 Patrick Chevalley Resolution open => no change required