StarPi
StarPi is a Raspberry Pi based telescope server with interface to Stellarium. It uses a triple axis accelerometer and compass with GPS to calculate the position in the sky the telescope is pointing to.
More details can be found at https://hackaday.io/project/10181-starpi
Installation
From a console do the following:
sudo raspi-config
Enable ssh,i2c and Serial with the shell disabled.
Enter your WiFi details
disable the serial shell and enable the hardware serial.
set the domain name and boot to cli.
reduce the graphics memory.
reboot.
for raspbian lite versions install git:
sudo apt-get -y install git
Clone the Source:
git clone https://github.com/ChrisDick/StarPi
edit any options in to match your choice of sensors and install.
nano StarPi/Software/Src/Config.h
cd ~/StarPi
chmod u+x install.sh
./install.sh
Then go and make a nice cup of tea. it'll take a little while.
Use
Intended on being run remotely over ssh:
WMM.COF must be in directory StarPi is started from, in this case ~/StarPi/Software
cd ~/StarPi/Software
./Out/StarPi 10001
The only current option is the port number for connection with Stellarium. The Stellarium default of 10001 is used in this example.
To connect with Stellarium, open the telescope move dialog and configure a telescope. Add a new telescope and chose external software on a remote computer. Name the telescope, add the IP address of StarPi and set the port number to match the option given.
To use indi to connect to StarPi, once StarPi is started, start the indiserver.
indiserver -v indi_starpi
Since StarPi uses a gpsd to get GPS data, it is possible to run indi_gpsd along side StarPi
indiserver -v indi_starpi indi_gpsd