I haven't been using the observatory since August due to a major repair, so when I opened it up again now and updated to KStars 3.6.9 I had the same issue several others have been reporting where the ZWO filter wheel was missing. After some searching I found a solution that involved adding a custom driver, selecting the ZWO EFW driver entry but changing the Label option to "ASI EFW". Selecting this custom driver in the profile solved the connection issue, but my problem now is that even though the filter wheel is connected in the INDI control panel, it doesn't show up under "Filter" in Ekos' camera tab nor in the focuser tab. Also I get error messages from the INDI control panel saying "Error updating name of filters", but the filter names and order show up correctly in the control panel. I'm still pretty new to Ubuntu and I'm feeling a bit lost. Could it be there's a configuration file somewhere that is causing this?
Hi Jasem!
It doesn't, that was what freaked me out. Selecting ZWO EFW by editing a profile ends up in a failure to connect. Deleting the profile and creating a new one with ZWO EFW does the same.
I have solved the "issue" with filter wheel not showing up under the camera and focuser tab, though. Once I'd established contact with the wheel using the custom driver, I thought it would automatically work also under those tabs, but I needed to select it there manually. My bad. Still getting error updating names of filters though.
I had some more serious problems with my ASI EFW resulting in buying a new one. And in the process there I upgraded to latest stable. Since then, this happens. Running Kstars 3.6.9 now.