[Kstars-devel] KStars and remote control

[Jason Harris]

Hi Jasem,

Wow, fantastic!  This is so very cool.  How long before we see "Control 
my telescope" webpages with CGI scripts linked to DCOP commands in 
KStars?  ;)

Jason

On Saturday 20 September 2003 08:23 pm, Jasem Mutlaq wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had the chance today to use Mr. Chitwood's telescope in Florida.
>
> He kindly created a user account for me. I ssh-ed to his machine, and
> after fixing up instllation issues, we started testing the
> telescope.separationcope needed to be aligned first before it can be
> used. This means that you need a human operator at the other end, but
> the purpose is to permit fully automated control.
>
> But KStars only need to align the telescope once, after alignment is
> complete, the user can use the "Park" command to park the telescope
> for use on future sessions without any human operators at the other
> end.
>
> Controlling a remote device is quite easy and requires few steps
>
> $ ssh -l loginname -L portNum:local_host:portNum remoteHost
>
> in our session, it was
>
> $ ssh -l jmutlaq -L 7200:127.0.0.1:7200 CJ_IP_ADDRESS
>
> after I logged in the machine I ran
>
> $ indiserver -p 7200 lx200autostar
>
> Then, back on my machine, I added a new host with Host 127.0.0.1 and
> port 7200 and connected! In 2 seconds I was up and running. The
> telescope crosshair was centered on Altair, which is what the
> telescope was pointing at after the alignment.
>
> After few tests, I slewed and tracked Mars. I asked CJ to check what
> the telescope thinks it's tracking, and the telescope said Mars (the
> telescope identifies the nearest object to the current RA, DEC, the
> reported seperation was 0 degrees and 0 minutes.. perfect!).
>
> The results are great and promising, and I'd like to thank CJ
> Chitwood for his valuable time and input regarding this matter!
>
> Clear skies,
> Jasem
>
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