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Author Topic: Using AstroEQ with Skychart and Kstars on Ubunto 15.4 through Indi driver  (Read 4418 times)

Russell_Cormier

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Using AstroEQ with Skychart and Kstars on Ubunto 15.4 through Indi driver
« on: May 07, 2015, 15:57:14 »
Hi,

I'm having some difficulty with connecting both Skychart and KStars with AstroEQ through the Indi driver. I know the AstroEQ is working fine as I am successfully using it on Windows 7. I've also successfully configured the AstroEQ using the Unix version of AstroEQUploader after linking the ttyACM0 dev to a free ttySxx /dev.

When I try to connect to the AstroEQ using Skychart Telescope control Panel, I get a connection for ~2 seconds then the connection is lost. Using KStars I am getting no connection at all.  I've tried both connecting to the original port (ttyACM0) and a linked port (ttySxx) with the same results.
 
I am using telescope type "Skywatcher API" .

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Russ
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Re: Using AstroEQ with Skychart and Kstars on Ubunto 15.4 through Indi driver
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2015, 15:21:15 »
Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about Linux/Kstars other than it works on the RasPi with a bit of fettling. If I recall correctly I think there is sometimes something about permissions on the tty ports on Ubuntu - is your user added to the 'dialout' group? If it isn't you may have to run Kstars as root.
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Re: Using AstroEQ with Skychart and Kstars on Ubunto 15.4 through Indi driver
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2015, 16:52:55 »
Hi Tom,

Thanks foryour quick response.

I have now been able to connect to the mount, and configure using the recently released eqmodGui Indi client. I'm usimng the eqmodGUI through Skyhchart.

Russ

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