I’m currently developing a telescope Alpaca interface for an Alt-Az GoTo mount. The application is working well overall and most features are functioning correctly.
However, I’m running into an issue with a key feature:
manual movement using arrow keys (MoveAxis) in both directions.
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Axis 0 (Azimuth) works correctly:
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CanMoveAxisis set totrue -
SkySafari queries
AxisRates - Arrow key presses result in proper slew commands with non-zero speed values
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Axis 1 (Altitude) does not work:
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CanMoveAxisis also set totrue - However, SkySafari does not query
AxisRatesfor Axis 1 - When pressing arrow keys, the API sends a rate of
0.0, regardless of selected speed
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Only Axis 0 seems to be fully initialized/used by the client. Am I missing something in the Alpaca implementation or configuration that would enable proper handling of AxisRates for Axis 1?
Skysafari 7 Plus version 7.6.5.3 on Samsung Tab S7, Samsung S10, Oneplus 15