<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hy,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I forgot to include a few screenshots of the latest run.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One is to show that my Ethernet connection does work, one that shows the error messages that it throws at me, and one showing were it thinks the mount is pointing after the connection was established. Instead of pointing to the NCP (out of a Park 3 position), it shows the mount pointing towards somewhere around East. But that must be in relation to the wrong Site coordinates and maybe incorrect Time settings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind Regards.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8DE753FF-C92F-4BA5-B8F0-C453E4180077" width="790" height="614" src="cid:B19350F6-F867-4337-BBAB-384DAA6104F6" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="AC0A75ED-1D35-4410-930D-CD3436698E47" width="790" height="661" src="cid:E9F184BB-D39C-41F1-9513-C31090E2E877" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="3BE625EE-4B2A-4F52-9415-AA017123DEC6" width="628" height="507" src="cid:7B7A1E99-8F1C-4256-8CF2-EEB47E25864D" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14. Jan 2024, at 23:44, Hy Murveit <<a href="mailto:murveit@gmail.com" class="">murveit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Martin,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the note.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_lre2wrzc1"><Screenshot 2024-01-14 at 2.39.21 PM.png></span><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><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" class="">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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;" class="">Hello All.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With my equipment, there are a few difficulties, I do hope they can be overcome over time.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=""><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Jasem Mutlaq <<a href="mailto:mutlaqja@ikarustech.com" target="_blank" class="">mutlaqja@ikarustech.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Re: KStars</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">8. January 2024 at 16:14:54 CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Martin Rabanser <<a href="mailto:martin.rabanser@yahoo.com" target="_blank" class="">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello Martin,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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" class="">kstars-devel@kde.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">--</div><div class="">Best Regards,<br class="">Jasem Mutlaq<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><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" class="">martin.rabanser@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="">Good afternoon Jasem.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- An Astro Physics Mount (AP 1100 GTO / CP4)</div><div class="">- A Canon DSLR (main imaging camera)</div><div class="">- A ZWO ASI 290 mm mini (guide camera)</div><div class="">- A PegasusAstro Pocket Power Box Advanced Version 2</div><div class="">- An Optec ThirdLynx Focuser</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But such a system has to be reliable, and in my case, it isn’t under Linux / Mac.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- 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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- 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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find a screenshot of the Meridian Line issue below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you Jasem, and Kind Regards.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martin Rabanser</div><div class="">Bolzano, Italy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_18d0a1c437e820b342a1"><Screen Shot 2024-01-08 at 13.21.06.png></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div>
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