When you use Ekos on your PC/Mac, set the profile to Remote and set the Address to stellarmate.local.

Make sure INDI Web Manager checkbox is checked.

It is recommended to use the Ekos Profile Wizard to set up your first profile. The wizard automatically starts up the first time you fire Ekos in KStars. To start it again, please click on the wizard icon in Ekos summary screen.

Click Next to proceed to the next screen.


In here you need to select if your equipment is attached to StellarMate or elsewhere:

  1. If you are running Ekos within StellarMate OS, then select Equipment is attached to this device.
  2. If you are running Ekos on a PC/Mac, then select Equipment is attached to a remote device.


If you clicked on Equipment is attached to a remote device, this page will show up, click on StellarMate.


If you clicked on Equipment is attached to a remote device before, this page will show up. In this page you have a choice to specify the StellarMate Address & Port. These settings are for advanced usage of StellarMate, so just click the Next.

Next, select your equipment profile name and any additional services you want to run then proceed to create the profile.


To connect to your equipment and start using Ekos, simply click the Start button as illustrated above.