Error Connection indi server moonlight driver

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Error Connection indi server moonlight driver

Forum: General Discussion

Creator: leonardo

Created: 2023-10-09

Updated: 2023-10-11

leonardo - 2023-10-09

Hi guys,

I'm trying to use Myfocuser Pro 2 implemented with arduino nano and ULN2003 driver with Indi Server and moonlight driver but I'm getting the error below:
Error retrieving data from MoonLite, please ensure MoonLite controller is powered and the port is correct.

The operating system is Ubuntu 20.04 running on a Banana PI. The device runs perfectly on a laptop, but not on the Bpi.Would anyone have any idea what I can do? Thank you.

I apologize for the english, I'm using Google Translate.

PS: Same error happens with indi's Myfocuserpro2 driver.

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brownrb - 2023-10-10

myFP2 is NOT moonlite compatible.
With INDI, select the myFocuserPro2 driver (under Focuser, DIY)
This is covered in the PDF, page 168 onwards

Please give the actual firmware name of the file used to program the controller.
You can of course, with INDI-Kstars look at the log files to see what is going on.

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leonardo - 2023-10-11

Thank you for your help. It works with the moonlight driver and the Myfocuserpro driver on my notebook running on localhost. The problem appears in both drivers when I try to run it on the Bpi mini pc accessing remotely with ekos.

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brownrb - 2023-10-11

It works with the moonlight driver and the Myfocuserpro driver

It cannot possibly work with both moonlight and nyfocuserpro driver. As stated before myfp2 firmware is NOT compatible with moonlight. What you are running cannot possibly be myfp2,

Perhaps there is something you are not informing me of.

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leonardo - 2023-10-11

the firmware downloaded was from the link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/ARDUINO%20FIRMWARE/Firmware_myFP2_328.zip/download the version installed on the Arduino nano was the one that uses the 28byj48 engine with ULN driver, and the engine responds to ekos commands using the moonlight drive or Myfocuser, but when running the indi server on the banana pi it does not connect. Anyway, I'm going to redo everything to see what I missed.

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leonardo - 2023-10-11

the firmware downloaded was from the link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/ARDUINO%20FIRMWARE/Firmware_myFP2_328.zip/download the version installed on the Arduino nano was the one that uses the 28byj48 engine with ULN driver, and the engine responds to ekos commands using the moonlight drive or Myfocuser, but when running the indi server on the banana pi it does not connect. Anyway, I'm going to redo everything to see what I missed.

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brownrb - 2023-10-11

Hi Leonardo

myFP uses the Moonlite protocol. Its location is
https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinofocuscontrollerpro/
and its protocol is
https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinofocuscontrollerpro/files/Documentation/Comms%20Protocol%20v133.txt/download

myFP2 uses a completely different protocol. The commands and responses are completely different. The protocol is
https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/Documentation/myFP2%20Comms%20Protocol%20327.pdf/download

If you compare them side by side it will become very obvious that they are not the same.
You state that is was downloaded from the myfocuserpro2 site, version 328

It may be possible that i uploaded the wrong files.
Please post your file that you used to program your controller. I am only interested in three files,
myFP2F_ULN2003_328.ino
focuserconfig.h
serialcomms.h

Regards
Robert

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