[kstars] [Bug 405437] Local astrometry server crashes after upgrading from KStars 2.9.8 to KStars 3.1.0, and 3.1.1 afterwards

[Stanley Fertig]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405437

--- Comment #220 from Stanley Fertig <stratocaster at icloud.com> ---
Hello Rob,

Long time no speak!  I hope this finds you well.  I’m the guy who went back and
forth with you about kStars v3.? not platesolving correctly using my old
MacBook Air.  Problem which you solved.

I’m not sure how to request a new feature in kStars so I’m writing to you. 
Please feel free to forward as appropriate if it's not you.

I recently bought an AG Optical iDK scope which is wonderful.  (Agoptical.com).
 They are similar to Planewaves.

They come with a temperature control system featuring sensors on the main and
secondary mirrors as well as ambient, and cooling fans as well as dew heaters
on the mirrors.  Unfortunately for me, the software package to control all
this, (“TCS”) is Windows-only and the developer sees no point in open-sourcing
this or doing any additional work on it, thus no porting to Mac.  (Discussion
with him her: 
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/868614-ag-optical-thermal-control-system-app-no-longer-supported/)

I’m not wild about having to run a second computer (Windows) just for the
thermal control of the scope.  I see that kStars already supports Planewave’s
Delta-T software, so maybe it wouldn’t be so much of a stretch to support AGO
TCS as well.  So that’s my feature request:  add AGO TCS as an “AUX” option in
Ekos.

Do you think this is possible or likely?

Many thanks again,
Stan


> On Feb 12, 2020, at 10:31 PM, Rob <bugzilla_noreply at kde.org> wrote:
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405437
> 
> --- Comment #210 from Rob <rlancaste at gmail.com> ---
> Sorry, I should have told you to do that sooner.  But I do want to get to the
> bottom of this silly strange issue with the code not running on a MacBook Air,
> I don't get that.  Maybe come compiler flag needs to be set to not use a
> certain instruction set or something, but I don't understand it if it works on
> your other i5. . .
> 
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