POLAR UPLINK SOFTWARE FOR MAC FOR MAC

If the functionality and visuals that are available in the iPolar App for Mac and Windows was available in EKOS I would be a happy camper (although I'd still have to be at the scope to fiddle with the polar alignment adjustment). I say 'just about everything' because the one thing it does not currently do is polar alignment with the built in iPolar camera on the GEM45. I like EKOS because it has just about everything I need: INDI drivers built in, ability to connect to remote INDI server, Plate solving to align/center the target on the camera sensor, Guiding both internally and via PHD2 (EKOS can connect to PHD2 via localhost or remote host INDI connection), electronic focus control for fine tuning focus prior to capture, camera control to capture images, telescope mount control, as well as a scheduler to generate and run a sequence of captures on various targets.

I'm able to control my rig either directly connected to the Mac via USB (using EKOS), or control it via KStars/EKOS installed on an R-Pi4 running the Astroberry distro via remote desktop to the Astroberry, or use a hybrid approach where KStars/EKOS on the Mac connects to the INDI server on the Astroberry to control the scope.

I posted over in another topic hereВ a summary of my setup. EKOS includes the INDI drivers/libraries necessary for *nix type systems to interface with equipment. Yes, I control the mount and cameras with KStars/EKOS.

Polar uplink software for mac