[Kstars-devel] GSoC project idea for KStars

[Jasem Mutlaq]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM, bnc <bnc at netspeed.com.au> wrote:
> Jasem,
> As you are aware there are many cameras now(including the fishcamp)
> that have autoguiding built in.
> Most of these are controlled by PHD.
> So I do not think reinventing the wheel is good. By that I mean how
> much of PHD's function do you want to put in Ekos.
> However, getting the drivers for all the cameras to work using the
> PHD-indi interface is the real challenge I think.
> Brian

The pupose of Ekos is to provide a single tool to provice all the
necessary fuctions required for astrophotography from one application:
KStars. The work required for autoguiding in Ekos will most likely be
based on OpenPHD at any rate. OpenPHD already supports INDI and I
successfully tested it with real hardware and also in simulation mode.

Regards,
Jasem