[Kstars-devel] Boxdoerfer MTS-3 (Indi-?) Support

[Jason Harris]

Hi Raphael,

We'd be really happy to get a driver for this mount.  See the 
documentation on writing drivers here:
http://indi.sourceforge.net/manual/ch07.html

As Jan mentions, since you own the mount, you are really the best 
qualified person to lead this effort!  Give it a try, if you have 
trouble I'm sure we can help you, just post any questions you have to 
this list.

good luck,
Jason

PS- your English skills are very good!

Raphael Errani wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Now I'm using Kstars for some time and, imho it is a great
> sky-chart-program but yet it doesn't support my telescope driver.
> I'm using a MTS-3 by Boxdoerfer, a German company that produces really
> great telescope-controllers.
> Yet, there aren't any official linux-drivers for this controller even if
> the protocol the MTS-3 uses is really easy to understand.
> I've written a little python-program that allows to communicate with the
> MTS-3. (-> http://www.ewetel.net/~errani.schwiedel/mixed/mts.py )
> It would be great if we could design a driver for using kstars to move
> the mount with the MTS-3.
> The communication with the MTS-3 is easy:
> There are a couple of commands you can use with sending a single byte to
> the MTS-3.
> Other commands request a 32bit-integer or a 32-bit float to be loaded
> into the controller's memory before calling the one-byte-command.
> The controller tells you, how many half steps the motor has rotated so
> you can easily check the mount's position.
> It would be great if we could stay in contact and if I could help
> developing a MTS-3-driver for Kstars.
> Please excuse my bad english...
> 
> Regards,
> Raphael
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