iKarus Stellar Mate Plus, User Manual

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firewall. However, there is no authentication/authorization portal provided by StellarMate,
so only open portals at your own risk or by providing an additional layer of security. The
minimum required ports that have to be opened to allow using INDI remotely over the
internet are ports
7624 and 8624 .
Port Selector
Your equipment profile may contain one or more serial port and/or network-enabled
devices. Before establishing connection to such devices for the first time, StellarMate Port
Selector tool helps you to assign the appropiate ports and addresses for each. Serial
devices may include mounts, focuser, and filter wheels using USB-to-Serial adapters. You
need to know the baud rate for the device as by default it is set to 9600.
Port Selector is not applicable to pure USB Devices such as Cameras.
For networked devices over Ethernet or WiFi, you need to supply the device hostname or
IP address and the device port. This information is usually supplied by your device
manufacturer. It is important to ensure that all networked devices are within the same
network as StellarMate. For example, if StellarMate is operating in hotspot mode (IP
10.250.250.1) then your network-enabled device must be connected to the same hotspot
network and have an IP address in this range (e.g. 10.250.250.5). On the otherhand, when
StellarMate is operating in infrastrcture mode (i.e. it is connected to an external WiFi
network like Home WiFi), then the other network-enabled devices must be connected to
the same network in order for all devices to talk to each other.
The Port Selector dialog can be accessed as any time by click on the Port Selector button.
When creating an equipment profile for the first time, it is automatically opened so you can
configure the ports before establishing connection to your devices either individually or via
clicking Connect All buton.
You can specify the ports for serial and network devices using the Port Selector.
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