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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2020 13:19:31 GMT
No rush mate.. World going to pot just now.. The Covid 19 virus is kicking in,, in Scotland now,, 2nd death was around the corner from one of the workmates,, Shelves in big supper markets are empty of fresh meat, fruit n veg,, tinned food disapearing fast. If Scotland goes on lock down boss wants us to take two weeks of our holiday entitlement. I'm pretty worried how the food supplies will hold up. Actually thinking getting a hunting bow,, even though it's illegal π¬
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 18, 2020 15:17:07 GMT
Actually thinking getting a hunting bow,, even though it's illegal π¬ It's legal here to have a hunting bow, crossbow or gun. I have a few. I can legally go out and shoot all the fruit and vegetables I want
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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2020 15:34:55 GMT
If its a case of eating or not,, I will be doing a bit of hunting,, hopefully won't come to it,, no many fruit trees out my way,
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Post by oldstash on Mar 18, 2020 20:10:02 GMT
Sheep - nod wink
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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2020 20:58:57 GMT
Cia,, l can neither confirm or deny that commentπ
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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2020 21:14:52 GMT
Fat bald guy is up and running,, got a profile working on K stars,, Press this. Try that.. That will do me tonight
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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2020 21:15:39 GMT
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Post by oldstash on Mar 19, 2020 14:35:46 GMT
They are both veggie's - well they eat grass LOL
Glad you have got somewhere for tonight :-)
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Post by davy on Mar 19, 2020 15:24:15 GMT
Yeah got there in the end,, think I just made it hard for myself,, blind panic at the thought of coming out my comfort zone,, you have been a brilliant help in getting me to this stage. Once I'm fully up and running I will do a step by step on how I dot to where I am just now,, on the one post, and would like you to check it out and add in relevant bits I may have missed
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Post by davy on Apr 2, 2020 15:53:59 GMT
Well this project now at an end,, today I swapped out the ac to dc adapter and made my new cable up,, Switching to my big transformer,, so new lead from it is a cigarette adapter with two USB sockets, One cable to the mount now, raspberry pi running from adapter,, hitecastro eq mod cable from the Pi to the mount and zwo asi 178mc in the Pi as well,, never seen the set up so clutter free. All set up and wireless controlled from my laptop,, getting used to using k stars now,, Very pleased the way it's all working and big Big thanks to old stash for helping me through it, Has it been worth it,, definitely Would I recommend it,, yes.
Am I going to build a second set up, absolutely,, once lock down finished and money coming back in,, new raspberry pi getting ordered,, This project will be the az gti portable kit,, will just be using a dslr on it .
Project to look into as well,, Old analogue camera to raspberry,,,, I've read ez cap software is Linux ππ€.. What could I build with a watec 902h,, very sensitive camera π
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Post by davy on Apr 3, 2020 16:27:59 GMT
Still on lock down, so tidying up flat, moving stuff around,, summer configuration,, open plan,, compared to stuff all pulled together,, no central heating in the flat,, rents cheap to not a big issue,, So got TV stick back on main TV and got it all working again,, downloaded the real vnc and now can control my kit from big TV,,,, pretty much set up on main rig for next season,, this year has been worst so far,, tried a run with the kit last night,, terrible could not even focus on a star before it was hidden
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:00:01 GMT
So, clouded out but got some testing done. Break it down a bit.
I have now got,, vnc,, remote desktop on three machines now and will give my opinion on them. First up Linx 19" laptop /tablet, In tablet mode,, forget it unless you have goog eyesight,, steady hand and a touch pen,, cold weather,, forget it,, screen to small,, hard work. Keyboard attached,, better,, but screen size is issue. Verdict,, hard work
Next up Toshiba satellite laptop,, No problems,, minimum screen size I would recommend. Verdict,, good
32" TV with computer stick. Now we're talking,, hundred times better,, ideal for use,, in house or Observatory Verdict, bang on
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:14:59 GMT
Review on the software First up oniy trying what I think will be what I need,, mount control and camera control k stars,, tons of folk using it,, My experience,, bit of a learning curve,, big bit of Software to get used to, so into ekos, Made profile,, heq5 and zwo asi178 mc, connected up, moved mount via manual control panel,, camera,, oh dear,, starts getting a bit difficult, gets live view up during daylight and not impressed by the capture quality,, only can change frame rate on full capture screen,, what I can see,, if there are other sliders,, they should be on this screen,,, Night time,, one star in the sky,, and getting clouded out,, murder trying to get focus and frame rate correct,, useless,, moved to bus garage half mile away,, bright light,, good image of a van inside,, moved out of there into car park and focused on perimeter chain fence,, not impressed,, the 178 uses the starves sensor and is a decent camera but was made to look like Β£10 webcam. Will make up a dslr profile and try the Canon 600d on it,, yet again decent camera and brilliant using backyard eos.. Further testing ahead for ekos
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:20:17 GMT
Next bit of Software on astroberry,, Oacapture,, planetary software. Easy to get camera connected,, decent layout of control panel Image on screen 100 times better than ekos,, still using zwo asi178 mc. Problem,, starting capture,, get a warning Unable to create file for capture, Tried making up a new one,, still get warning message. So can't capture till I find out why,, unfortunately no help info
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:35:53 GMT
Cartes du ciel, Bollocks,, really wanted this to work and I can't get telescope to connect, Settings at start up
Indi server host.... Local host Indi server port.. 7624 Telescope name,, simulator No other option in drop down box Long and late positions showing correct Connect button red.
Set up menu General,, telescope Indi driver,,, blue Use the lnternal indi gui .. Ticked Server Use tcp/ip server.. ticked Client server keep alive,, ticked Server interface.. 127.0.0.1 Server port.. 3292 ,, need it to connect to heq5
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:38:52 GMT
Ccdciel Comes up with error box from boot up Root element missing.
Continue,, access violation
Then opens two grey boxes and freezes
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 12:40:16 GMT
Definitely needing help to get this all working better for video astronomy,,
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 13:37:27 GMT
Part 2,, k stars, ekos
Set up the profile,, canon dslr and heq5 Was a bit temperamental but gave it a tickle and got ekos to connect to Canon 699d, prior to to this I set up focus on camera. Live view,, millions of times better on the Canon,, on bulb mode π So live view,, very very pleased with, and easy to set up,, I set iso at 1600 and getting a cracking image of the furthest away object I can find. Just need to test at dark
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Post by davy on Apr 4, 2020 13:40:52 GMT
Furthest away object,, live view, 1600 iso,, approx 12fps
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 14:17:47 GMT
my ASIair pro is for the AZ-GTI system with the ed72 and the ipad screen for grab and go..So it is going nowhere at the moment. My Astroberry needs a bigger screen than the ipad and is better suited at home.Hopefully put Astroberry to the test now daylight saving is done cheers Paul
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