<div dir="ltr">Hi Martin,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the note.</div><div><br></div><div>I can comment on the ethernet connection to the A-P1100/CP4. I personally have an AP1100/CP3, so I can't test this currently (CP3 doesn't support ethernet), but Mike Hansen at Astro-Physics did lend me a CP4 for a while and we got the mount/ethernet connection working with the V2 driver over a year ago. There's a switch to set in the INDI control panel tab to tell the 1100 to switch from Serial to Network (see below). Have you set it to Network when trying to connect that way? (When you set it to Network, remember also to go to the Options tab and save that configuration preference.)</div><div><br></div><div>Hy</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lre2wrzc1" alt="Screenshot 2024-01-14 at 2.39.21 PM.png" width="562" height="411"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM Martin Rabanser <<a href="mailto:martin.rabanser@yahoo.com">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hello All.<div><br></div><div>This is a relaunched message that I had sent to Jasem Mutlaq, and it is about some problems I encountered with the latest iteration of KStars (and previous ones). I’m a huge fan of KStars and would like it to prosper and grow.</div><div><br></div><div>With my equipment, there are a few difficulties, I do hope they can be overcome over time.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Jasem Mutlaq <<a href="mailto:mutlaqja@ikarustech.com" target="_blank">mutlaqja@ikarustech.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Re: KStars</b><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">8. January 2024 at 16:14:54 CET<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Martin Rabanser <<a href="mailto:martin.rabanser@yahoo.com" target="_blank">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Hello Martin,<div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for your email. I think it is best if you can re-send your email to <a href="mailto:kstars-devel@kde.org" target="_blank">kstars-devel@kde.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>This way it reaches all KStars developers and not just me and then we can have a good discussion about the issues you faced.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Best Regards,<br>Jasem Mutlaq<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 6:01 PM Martin Rabanser <<a href="mailto:martin.rabanser@yahoo.com" target="_blank">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Good afternoon Jasem.<div><br></div><div>I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to look into my crash report of KStars, previous versions and before. Peter Polakovic was so nice to forward it to you.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new release (3.6.8) it would seem to be better, as no crash occurred during equipment connection. But I do still have problems connecting to all of my equipment. What I’d like to connect is:</div><div><br></div><div>- An Astro Physics Mount (AP 1100 GTO / CP4)</div><div>- A Canon DSLR (main imaging camera)</div><div>- A ZWO ASI 290 mm mini (guide camera)</div><div>- A PegasusAstro Pocket Power Box Advanced Version 2</div><div>- An Optec ThirdLynx Focuser</div><div><br></div><div>After some fiddling, I was able to connect almost everything, but the Pegasus PPBAv2 refused to connect. No port was available to it, even though sometimes it does connect and is available, just not for every session. If a configuration works, I do save it (in Options / Save). But the next time I try to use it, it might or might not work. The AP V2 gets one USB port, the PPBAv2 the second. Everything else is connected to the PPBAv2.</div><div><br></div><div>And I still do not understand why the Ethernet connection is not usable for mount control. If it were, it would free another USB port, which could come in handy.</div><div><br></div><div>Under Windows and ASCOM I do not have any problem whatsoever to connect to all of this, but I struggle under MacOS and Linux. So sad, as I would have preferred to use either MacOS or Linux, rather than Windows.</div><div><br></div><div>But such a system has to be reliable, and in my case, it isn’t under Linux / Mac.</div><div><br></div><div>That brings me to KStars. I believe, and please correct me if I’m wrong, that you’re the main maintainer of KStars, so please forgive me if I bring a few (minor) concerns to your attention.</div><div><br></div><div>- The Meridian Line, that can be toggled on in preferences, is not showing the local meridian accurately, and never has in the past. It is displaced about 9’ towards West, if you look southward. Same applies if your viewing direction is North, in this case towards East. I do often look at this line to see if an object has passed the meridian, but in the case of KStars, this can be misleading. I do not know the reason of this, but it could be epoch / equinox related. But KStars does not give the option to chance epoch settings, or does it? And still talking about the Meridian Line, it does not go all the way down to the Horizon Line, which does look a bit unfinished, to my eyes.</div><div><br></div><div>- It would be nice to be able to toggle the view of the Celestial Poles, like NCP and SCP, and Zenith and Nadir (Especially Zenith), like almost every planetarium program that I know of, allows you to do.</div><div><br></div><div>Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m just trying to help improve KStars. I did not speak out before, because I always waited for the next version to correct a few things, but much of it has stayed the same, for years. If you look at the progress that Stellarium (just to name one) has made, well, KStars is a little bit behind that.</div><div><br></div><div>But the potential of KStars and EKOS is outstanding, and I’d really like to see it prosper. If I can help with that in any way, please let me know. I’ve been a Beta Tester for an iOS app, Luminos (and Luminos Pro), for years, so I’m not new to troubleshooting. I’m no programmer though.</div><div><br></div><div>Please find a screenshot of the Meridian Line issue below.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you Jasem, and Kind Regards.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div>Martin Rabanser</div><div>Bolzano, Italy</div><div><br></div><div><img id="m_5931550237683628534m_-661740672040221923603569258-02A3-4C7A-AE08-5AA808D44DE8" width="1280" height="625" src="cid:ii_18d0a1c437e820b342a1"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>
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