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@TakKanekoGit TakKanekoGit commented Aug 26, 2025

A release that can be field-tested for PR #338 (which may not have been tested yet)

See: #338

Features:

  • IMU dead-reckoning tracking for EQ mounts.
  • PiFinder no longer needs to be placed upright (it can be mounted as any angle as long as the camera points the same way as the scope).
  • For altaz mounts, the charts are displayed in horizontal coordinates (Zenith-up) with alt/az motion will be left/right and up/down. For EQ mounts, the charts are displayed in equatorial coordinates (NCP up) with az/dec motion will be left/right and up/down.

Please use this test branch for testing. If you're comfortable using the command line to connect to your PiFinder, you'll have no problem. For more information about beta testing the PiFinder see the documentation.

Tak Kaneko added 30 commits August 8, 2025 22:52
@TakKanekoGit TakKanekoGit marked this pull request as draft October 5, 2025 21:03
d33psky and others added 4 commits October 7, 2025 17:15
* GPS baud rate configuration

* check and fix gpsd baud on startup

* add notes

* limit texts to 15 chars per line of which we have 2

* join GPS settings in 1 menu

* New Settings Menu Structure:

  Settings
  ├── User Pref...
  ├── Chart...
  ├── Camera Exp
  ├── WiFi Mode
  ├── Mount Type
  └── Advanced
      ├── PiFinder Type
      ├── Camera Type
      └── GPS Settings
          ├── GPS Type
          └── GPS Baud Rate

when entering the Advanced submenu a 3 second popop shows that reads:
Options for
DIY PiFinders
* Adding WDS import, and a new way of handling object images

* Fix missing catalogs, get_objects query and unit tests

* updated db

* optimise WDS catalog import speed, merge into new catalog_imports

* Update db, add readme

* Reset tetra3 submodule to match upstream/main

* first pass on missing radecs for WDS

* Reenable WDS, beter parsing of coords+fallback coords

* Speed up name loading

* Add debugging timing

* eliminate double call

* db optimisations

* Background loading of objects

* Enable mag loading again

* init mag with object

* Defer catalogs

* thread safe background loader

* improve startup time by deferring filtering

* Preload modules to speed up startup

* Back out the module preloading, need to do perf profiling first

* Profiling

* Notify users of background loading

* Catalog refreshes after loading

* fix infinite loop bug

* Tests should pass on CI

* Remove timing code
@TakKanekoGit TakKanekoGit changed the title [WPI] Test release for PR #338: Eq-mount support under IMU dead-reckoning tracking [WIP] Test release for PR #338: Eq-mount support under IMU dead-reckoning tracking Oct 19, 2025
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