Focusers supported under KStars 

Overview

KStars supports a large number of astronomical instruments provided by the INDI Library. By default, KStars ships the Meade, RoboFocus, Optec TCF-S, and focuser simulator drivers. Other focuser drivers are shipped separately as 3rd party INDI drivers. Binary packages for these drivers are available for several distributions, including Ubuntu. Please check INDI website for download details. Some focusers support absolute positioning, which makes them very useful for automatic focusing application. Autofocus is still possible with relative or focusers without positional feedback as the optimal focus point is determined by calculating the Half-Flux-Radius (HFR) of stars within an image. Using KStars Ekos tool, you can control the focuser in manual and automatic modes. The image must have a suffuciently good signal to noise ratio in order for KStars to detect stars and calculate their respective HFR.

Focusers

The following is a list of Focusers supported under KStars:

Manufaturer	Model	Image	Driver	Support Status
Technical Innovations	RoboFocus		indi_robo_focus	✅
Optec	TCF-S		indi_tcfs_focus, indi_tcfs3_focus	✅
Finger Lakes Instruments	Precision Digital Focuser		indi_fli_focus	✅
Meade	LX200GPS Microfocuser & 1206 Primary Mirror Focuser		indi_lx200autostar	✅
JMI	NGF Series & MOTOFOCUS		indi_lx200autostar	✅

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