Hi everyone,
I'm trying to set up my Seestar S50 for full control under Linux, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has already done this.
The stack I'm working with (or aiming for) is:
KStars / EKOS → INDI → seestar_alp (ASCOM Alpaca bridge) → Seestar S50
Specifically:
- seestar_alp running locally and exposing the S50 via the Alpaca protocol
- An INDI–Alpaca bridge (indi-3rdparty alpaca driver) so EKOS can talk to it
- The S50 connected in Station Mode (joining my home Wi-Fi rather than acting as its own hotspot)
- An EKOS profile pointing to localhost:7624
I've already made several attempts and I'm able to get both seestar-proxy and seestar_alp running successfully, but I haven't been able to complete the connection on the KStars/EKOS side. That last step — getting EKOS to actually see and connect to the devices — is where I keep getting stuck.
My questions:
1. Have you successfully connected and controlled a Seestar S50 from KStars/EKOS on Linux using this stack?
2. Which version of seestar_alp are you running, and did you install it from the GitHub repo directly?
3. Any gotchas with the INDI Alpaca driver or the S50's Station Mode configuration?
4. Any tips on getting plate solving, autofocus, or the scheduler to play nicely with the S50's built-in intelligence?
I'm on Ubuntu MATE 24.04 with KStars installed via Flatpak. Happy to share notes once I get it working.
Thanks!
