YES!!!! Eerste keer dat alles helemaal loopt. Die INDI ontwikkelaar is echt geweldig, heeft voor mij de laatste kinkjes uit de software gehaald et presto. Schema van vanmiddag startte automatisch op, mount unparked, hop naar de Iris nevel, platesolven tot alles perfect in het midden staat, guiden en foto’s maken maar. Zo cool om te zien dit.

Heerlijk plaatje om te zien hoor. En hopen dat je midden in de nacht niet wordt opgebeld door je smartphone met” Houston, we have a problem in the garden”

Fantastische, de rede waarom ik op kickstarter zo een nieuwe linux bordje heb ingetekend … hopelijk komt ie ooit aan … hoewel ik al alles met SGP heb lopen, laatste release doet eindelijk ook goed AF met central obstruction telescope …

Kreeg ik toch een interessant mailtje van de heren en dames van Pleiades Astrophoto (PI):

Hi Marc,

We are excited to announce the release of a new PixInsight module: INDIClient, an open-source, multiplatform INDI client available on FreeBSD, Linux, OS X, and Windows. The new module is now being distributed as an official update for the latest PixInsight 1.8.4 versions.

The INDIClient project has been created by Klaus Kretzschmar, a German software developer and a member of the PixInsight GitHub team. This is undoubtedly one of the most important milestones in the history of PixInsight development. INDIClient opens a door to hardware control support on the PixInsight platform, and you can bet we are going to open this door completely and go in.

Although this initial version includes just a device controller and a CCD/DSLR frame acquisition tool, it is just the beginning. Think of this first release as a functional proof of concept, just to demonstrate what we are working on and how we are doing it. The roadmap for INDIClient development in the short-medium term includes the following tools, by priority order:

– Camera control

– Mount/telescope control

– Focuser control and autofocus

– Autoguiding

Of course, all of these tools will be, as are the device controller and frame acquisition tools right now, fully scriptable in JavaScript from the PixInsight Core application.

INDIClient is an open-source project available on PixInsight’s GitHub repositories:

https://github.com/PixInsight/PCL/tree/master/src/modules/processes/contrib/kkretzschmar/INDIClient

If you are a software developer and would like to contribute, please contact us. If you can’t or don’t want to contribute with code, but have suggestions or ideas to improve our development, please also let us know. This exciting project can benefit from the collaboration and help of all PixInsight users.

For the latest detailed information on the INDIClient module, see the official announcement thread on PixInsight Forum:

http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=9852.0

We want to say a huge thanks to Klaus Kretzschmar for his initiative in creating this important project. Thanks also to all PixInsight users and supporters who help us keep the PixInsight project alive and relevant to the astronomy community.

The PixInsight Team at Pleiades Astrophoto