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Just a reminder that OnStep sub groups exist relating to Developer Talk and the Observatory Control System (OCS.)

I buy from Einstein.eu and after about 1 month and no response i receive all ( SHC and onstep). I had no response for 2 week on my question but after i had reply from Roberto that help me for connection to the stepper and to change the stepper driver from TMC2130 to TMC 5160. Roberto send me even the source code and instruction to compile all even for SHC and resolve some problem of compilation. I use this email instein.eu@... <mailto:instein.eu@...> and the last was 15 may 2020.

The *OnStep Configuration Generator* is now updated to work with 3.16 (stable) and 4.x (latest master). This update was done because some people still struggle with the syntax of the configuration file, despite the format of the configuration file from version 3.x onwards was vastly improved to make it more friendly. The users who struggle with the format have no programming experience, and it is difficult to explain that it is case sensitive, it is one argument per #define line, and so on ... The OCG does the following: * Asks for the version of OnStep that you are using. * Asks for the two gear ratios, motor steps per rotation, microsteps, ...etc. (same values from the spreadsheet) * Calculates the most important parameters to get you going, and validates them as per the spreadsheet formulas. * Sets some useful parameters to enabled. * Leaves a lot of the remaining parameters unconfigured, as they are in the original Config.h file. There is no point in supporting version 2.2 or earlier, because it no longer the stable version, and new users will be using the stable or latest master. The Configuration Generator ( http://o.baheyeldin.com:1111/ ) is now online, and instructions are at the top of the page. This is a video demonstrating the generator ( https://youtu.be/2oASeJlPFI0 ) step by step, although for the older versions. The principles are still the same. Your feedback is welcome.

Version 4.46 of SP is now available. This was mostly a rework of the sub-window display properties to enable correct scaling of dialogs on Windows 10. It makes the UI significantly more pleasant to work in on certain modern systems with high resolution displays. I made numerous little dialog design improvements for consistency, etc. too. Corrected a bug where a 9-star align in OnStep would trigger error messages (bad range check.) Plate solving now automatically selects between "None" and "Telescope" coordinates depending on their availability. Also, a setting of 0 for scaling now omits sending scaling information with the plate solve request. *http://www.stellarjourney.com/index.php?r=site/software_sky*