knro wrote:
knro wrote:
knro wrote:
Ok, I also manage to connect with either the EQMod and the Skywatcher (which is a derivative of the EQMod drivers) drivers. To do so, I needed to put the mount in PC direct mode before I started the indiserver on the mac.
Any way, thanks for all your advices.
I still have one last question (and maybe I should post new post on that subject):
The mount AZ/EQ 6 is configured to work in Azimuthal coordinate, not equatorial. The mount aimed to host microwave instrumentation and their is no way I turn it back to equatorial mode as one of the instrument is on the counter weight axis and any rotation of that axis, in its equatorial configuration, would be critical for the instrument. Looking quickly at the SynScan or EQMod drivers, it seems I do not have the possibility to control the mount in AZ mode: i.e.It seems that I can't enter Alt/Az coordinates to slew the telescope to that coordinate, I can only enter RA/DEC.
Is their possibility to control the mount in AZ with this driver, or is their any other driver more appropriate for that purpose ?
Many thanks.
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Thanks for your reply.
I was on the point to post about my progress...
So, I finally manage to get connection to the mount. The point was that the default configuration for the indy_synscan driver set the BAUD RATE to 19200 and, despite I changed it into INDI Control Panel, when I clicked the 'connect' check box, the BAUD RATE returned to the default configuration (19200) before the dialog started between my computer and the mount. I have to manually change the default configuration file to a BAUD Rate of 9600 to establish the connection.
I do not really understand why the BAUD rate switch back to its default value just before establishing the connection.
I also try EQmod driver, but in that case, I get very unsuccessful to establish the connection.
- If I set my telescope in PC direct mod I get
" message="Error: -> Error connecting to port /dev/cu.usbserial: Port failure Error: Resource busy. Check if device is connected to this port."/>
Yes, that is something I forgot to mention,
From the INDI Control Panel application, I set the port (synscan>Option>Port) to /dev/cu.usbserial
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Dear,
First of all, I am newly in using INDI library and its server.
I am trying to connect a Skywatcher AZ/EQ 6 mount to my Mac (OS Sierra 10.12) to control it thanks to the indiserver. Up to now, I am without success and I am hopping to find on the forum some help or hint that can help me to establish the dialog with the mount. Not that I am trying to use the mount in AZ configuration and that, after starting up the mount, I set it, for the hand controller, in AZ configuration. Then, I start an indiserver as follow :
indiserver -vvv synscan