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can be connected to any USB slot in StellarMate.
17.2 Configuring GPS in StellarMate
After plugging the USB dongle for the first time, you need to do the following:
1. Use StellarMate Serial Port Assistant tool assign a permanent designation to
the USB dongle.
2. Configure KStars to mark GPS as the primary source for Location & Time
updates.
3. Create an Equipment profile with the GPSD driver selected in one of
the Aux. dropdowns.
The following is a video tutorial that covers all the steps above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXE5NFC6Vs8
18. The KStars Handbook
Jason Harris <kstars@30doradus.org>
Lead Developer & Maintainer: Jasem Mutlaq
Core Developer: Akarsh Simha
Core Developer: James Bowlin
Core Developer: Heiko Evermann
Core Developer: Thomas Kabelmann
Core Developer: Pablo de Vicente
Core Developer: Carsten Niehaus
Core Developer: Mark Holloman
Revision 3.1.0 (2019-02-01)
Copyright © 2001-2019 Jason Harris and the KStars Team
KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software. It provides an
accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any
date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky
objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids,
supernovae, and satellites. For students and teachers, it supports adjustable
simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales,
the KStars Astrocalculator to predict conjunctions, and many common
astronomical calculations. For the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation
planner, a sky calendar tool, and an FOV editor to calculate field of view of
equipment and display them. Find out interesting objects in the "What's up
Tonight" tool, plot altitude vs. time graphs for any object, print high-quality sky
charts, and gain access to lots of information and resources to help you explore
the universe! HiPS all-sky progressive overlay provide stunning views from
numerous surveys spanning the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Included
with KStars is Ekos astrophotography suite, a complete astrophotography
solution that can control all INDI devices including numerous telescopes, CCDs,
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