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Allow alignment from plate solving #74

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@kbahey kbahey commented Jul 13, 2018

This adds Alignment using Plate Solving to OnStep. For example, it allows the use of Mount Model tool in KStars/Ekos.

The work flow is to start an Align in OnStep with N stars (e.g. from the INDI control panel), then use the Mount Model with that same exact number of stars, and let Ekos turn the mount around the sky and take images, plate solve them, and sync on the coordinates.

When a sync is done (i.e. :CM# command) and OnStep detects that the alignment is in progress (i.e. number of stars aligned is not the same as number of stars selected), OnStep internally calls the AddStar align, mimicking an explicit :A+# command.

No error checking yet.

This is tested indoors, but still untested under the stars, please test if you can.

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kbahey commented Jul 15, 2018

This is now tested indoors, with KStars/Ekos/INDI, and works as planned.

Overview of the workflow can be found here.

@kbahey kbahey changed the title Initial attempt for alignment using plate solving Allow alignment from plate solving Jul 15, 2018
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kbahey commented Sep 4, 2018

Howard,

Another person tested this with KStars. He had unrelated issues, but the OnStep part worked as intended (:CM# advanced the star align to the next star).

So this can go in to Alpha.

@hjd1964 hjd1964 merged commit 5d08491 into hjd1964:Alpha Sep 4, 2018
@kbahey kbahey deleted the plate-solve-align branch September 13, 2018 02:48
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