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List:       kstars-devel
Subject:    Re: Manual rotator for KStars/EKOS
From:       Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja () ikarustech ! com>
Date:       2022-09-15 8:36:57
Message-ID: CAE0bU5kkPNh32bVsgw9-Mt+LRF6PtnFty07Y5nm5oc3FzdKwpQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hello Patrick,

We have had this functionality in KStars for a couple of years. in upcoming
3.6.1, I simplified the UI quite a bit and now it even accounts for
meridian flip.

--
Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:01 PM Patrick Molenaar <pr_molenaar@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Last week I found a video on how to use the Manual Rotator in N.I.N.A. (
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwpOO7CsD7U&ab_channel=PatriotAstro).
> This seems like very nice functionality to also have available in KStars.
> I think it should be possible to implement this functionality in KStars,
> as KStars/EKOS does already support rotators and already has Plate Solving
> functionality.
> In the video they also describes something about a special item in the
> scheduler, I know that is done differently in EKOS.
> As I don't have a automatic rotator and have never used the rotator
> functionality in EKOS, I don't know how that currently works.
>
> Is there already such functionality availabe?
> If not, is this funcationality already on the feature list?
>
> I hope it will be possible.
>
> I do have quite some C++ experience and would like to participate in
> development of this feature. I have created the Bahtinov Focus Assistent
> for KStars/EKOS in the past.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Patrick
>

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<div dir="ltr">Hello Patrick,<div><br></div><div>We have had this functionality in \
KStars for a couple of years. in upcoming 3.6.1, I simplified the UI quite a bit and \
now it even accounts for meridian  flip.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div \
dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div \
dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Best Regards,<br>Jasem \
Mutlaq<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:01 PM \
Patrick Molenaar &lt;<a \
href="mailto:pr_molenaar@hotmail.com">pr_molenaar@hotmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div \
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<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Hi,</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Last week I found a video on how to use the Manual Rotator in N.I.N.A. (<a \
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwpOO7CsD7U&amp;ab_channel=PatriotAstro" \
target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwpOO7CsD7U&amp;ab_channel=PatriotAstro</a>).</div>
 <div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
This seems like very nice functionality to also have available in KStars.</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I think it should be possible to implement this functionality in KStars, as \
KStars/EKOS does already support rotators and already has Plate Solving \
functionality.</div> <div \
style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> In the \
video they also describes something about a special item in the scheduler, I know \
that is done differently in EKOS.</div> <div \
style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> As I \
don&#39;t have a automatic rotator and have never used the rotator functionality in \
EKOS, I don&#39;t know how that currently works.</div> <div \
style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Is there already such functionality availabe?</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
If not, is this funcationality already on the feature list?</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I hope it will be possible.</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I do have quite some C++ experience and would like to participate in development of \
this feature. I have created the Bahtinov Focus Assistent for KStars/EKOS in the \
past.</div> <div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
 <br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Kind regards,</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Patrick</div>
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