JH
JH created a new topic ' Ekos mosaic tool not available' in the forum. 2 years ago

Kstars 3.5.9 stable (from repository)
Manjaro 21.3.5 (modified Arch)

I've been trying to work on a mosaic plan with simulators but Ekos won't let me open the mosaic tool at all. I've set up a CCD sequence and saved as a file, then loaded that sequence into the scheduler with an object name, proper coordinates and the simulator profile. But the mosaic tool button is greyed out and I can't click it. I can't find any documentation on the tool beyond this page .

I then found this forum thread that suggested I would need to solve a plate with the simulator first. I tried slewing the telescope simulator to NGC 7023 and solving, but the image shows me nothing. In the INDI control panel for the CCD simulator, the log shows

[ERROR] Got no stars, is gsc installed with appropriate environment variables set ??
which is not particularly helpful. So I install GSC and make sure it's called by ekos.

Now I get stars and a solve. But the mosaic planner still won't open for me.

I'm about ready to throw this thing out the window. Why can't I use the mosaic tool?

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