I recently spotted this thread, and owning a Microtouch/Feathertouch Focus combo myself was thrilled to see the latest builds having this as a Focuser option.
If you are having trouble connecting, make sure you have adequate privileges on Linux to do so. I could not connect to my Celestron CGE Pro mount until I did the following in a terminal session: sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER ($USER is your username when logged in) or google the other equivalent Linux commands for giving you permissions to access the serial ports.
I tried it at home 'quickly' with my controller and a favorite focuser, and I can say there where Zero issues connecting, and the focuser can be driven back and forth using Ekos which is Awesome! I am busy getting ready for the Oregon Star Party in Central Oregon, USA, so can give more help with testing when I return. Great job on this as it is quite usable to me as it is!
Thanks to all involved,
Robert
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Thank you Sir! That was indeed the problem. I have a QSI683 with an 8-filter wheel. I don't understand why this works on my RaspberryPi 2, but maybe I did something months ago that I don't remember.
I am heading to the Oregon Star Party in Central Oregon, USA for a week of dark sky imaging, and after using Ekos for Plate Solving/Alignment I just don't want to go back to my Windows based work flow. With Ekos, my mount (Celestron CGE Pro) can see and no longer has to guess where it is.
Clear Skies,
Robert
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My first post to the forum. I am very much enjoying integrating INDI into my astrophotography workflow.
As with most things Linux, there have been some bumps along the way. After failing to get my
SBIG ST-i to download images reliably on my RaspberryPi 2, I opted to use an Intel architecture cpu to get
back to imaging instead of trying to get past SBIG's hopeless Linux ARM driver.
So I found what looks to be a great little laptop with minimal power consumption to fill my needs ( Dell Inspiron 3162 ).
Unfortunately, I cannot get the indi_qsi_ccd driver to behave. After starting the driver, either locally using Ekos
or remotely using 'sudo indiserver indi_qsi_ccd', it will segfault.
I have C++, JAVA and Android development experience, so I would be happy to offer my efforts, but I don't have much Linux
specific experience (I can muddle through a build, etc.) It looks like it is failing to find/parse filter wheel info somewhere?
The indi_qsi_ccd driver works perfectly on my RaspberryPi 2, but the SBIG ST-i does not.
The SBIG St-i driver works on my x86_64 cpu devices, but the QSI driver does not.
Best Regards,
Robert Collins