Skysafari 6 Pro Crashes When Connecting To Basic Encoder Setup - Using SkyWire, Sending The Encoding From An Arduino Through A Max232 Chip (Needs Help)

Familykerr

April 13, 2019 02:42

Answered

Built this:

http://vincechanblog.ca/blog/?p=47

Tried it on iPhone SE and iPhone 5, Skysafari 6 and 3.8.5. Using a Skywire, sending the encoding from an arduino through a max 232 chip.

Verified that I am getting a "Q" and responding according to BBox protocol. (+, five digits, tab, +, five digits ) using Serial monitor.

Tried with and without a carriage return. Sometimes Skysafari actually shows coordinates and where the telescope is pointing before crashing.

Solution:

Since Skysafari sends twelve "Q"s on connection, the arduino must keep count and ignore the first eleven.

Editorial:

Seems pretty ridiculous to set up a situation that will crash your app given that the app will crash with even two responses back-to-back.

Familykerr April 15, 2019 03:43

Spoke too soon. Had it working, managed to do an alignment, then Skysafari started crashing again.

I never expected Skysafari to be the weak link in this. Since the encoders work fine I suppose I will have to dump Skysafari, implement a push-to LX200 interface and move on to Stellarium.

Skysafari 6 Pro Crashes When Connecting To Basic Encoder Setup - Using SkyWire, Sending The Encoding From An Arduino Through A Max232 Chip (Needs Help)

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