On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Richard Kinsey ... I had the same problem on the night I was installing my gear on the observatory (and the first time I had...
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lynol1000
Aug 4, 2008 11:45 am
Seems the pulseguide has been addressed months before http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/14688 How does the Ascom community and 'official'...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Aug 4, 2008 4:58 pm
Hi Tim, If I was using .Net then your suggestion might help. But I'm not, I'm using VB6 still and, more importantly, the current ASCOM serial driver. What I'm...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 4, 2008 5:27 pm
You see that's exactly what I was writing about <http://community.tigranetworks.co.uk/blogs/tim_long/archive/2005/11/17/ 111.aspx> (originally in July 2004)...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 7, 2008 8:57 pm
... And to clarify, ASCOM 5 doesn't change anything for PAM or any of the ASCOM drivers. All of the drivers that are installed when ASCOM 5 is installed are ...
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Steve Barkes
nm_astrnmr
Aug 7, 2008 9:54 pm
I get an error when I try to get the ASCOM Camera Chooser to select a camera. BTW, the example code on the Client Toolkit page of the ASCOM site for VB.NET is...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 8, 2008 12:11 am
Steve -- I -thought- I had fixed this in the Client Toolkit update I posted back on July 10. Did you happen to see that? If you haven't go grab the update at...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 8, 2008 12:14 am
Ugh, OK. Well, you can steal the MSSTDFMT.DLL from your laptop (likely the windows\system32 folder) then put it in windows\system32 on your new one. Open a CMD...
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Paul Romero
lvngrmcam
Aug 8, 2008 12:43 am
Hi, Thanks for the pointer. Paul...
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Paul Romero
lvngrmcam
Aug 8, 2008 2:49 am
Hi, I searched my laptop, and it did not have this file, so following your advice I stole the one from the desktop, and registered it. The driver works great...
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Steve Barkes
nm_astrnmr
Aug 8, 2008 3:29 am
Bob, You are correct!! I noticed the updated templates (sp1) and loaded them, but missed the updated client toolkit. All is working now. And thanks for...
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Joe Ulowetz
joe_ulowetz
Aug 8, 2008 6:47 pm
I'm trying to use the telescope method CommandBlind to pass mount- specific commands to my Gemini. My configuration is: Script -> POTH -> Gemini and MaxIm...
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prestondocks
Aug 9, 2008 3:41 pm
I just installed Ascom for the first time after discovering The World Wide Telescope. When I clicked connect from within WWT, I was asked to choose a device to...
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stevenorlando
Aug 9, 2008 4:42 pm
Hello All! Again last night I was out imaging an exoplanet transfer. I have a Celestron CGE-800, I am autoguiding with a separate guidescope and an Orion...
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Bill
bdittus
Aug 9, 2008 5:33 pm
I have a windows XP laptop with Starry Night 5 & 6 installed. Previously this same laptop, had only starry Night 5 installed and I have a RS-232 cable which...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Aug 9, 2008 8:12 pm
At least you get weather to try observing:-) What guiding software are you using? It's suspicious there were two versions of the driver. Can you please try...
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Bill
bdittus
Aug 9, 2008 8:58 pm
Chris As I am going out with my scope tonight I will try and collect data for you. Please forgive my ignorance here, but could you advise what is required by...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 9, 2008 9:09 pm
Bill -- I just put up a (long overdue) FAQ about how to use serial tracing at the ASCOM website, FAQ section: http://ascom-standards.org/FAQs/Index.htm -- Bob...
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Ray St.Denis
raystdenis
Aug 9, 2008 9:18 pm
Hey Bob, (same location as TraceOn.txt) should read (same location as TraceOn.reg) Ray St.Denis...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Aug 9, 2008 9:57 pm
Bob, Is writing to the root drive C: allowed with Vista? Chris...
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autostaretx
Aug 10, 2008 12:08 am
... Yes. have fun -dick (with one each vista testbed (of nails) at home and work) ... TraceOn.reg) ... ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 10, 2008 5:54 pm
A hub was probably not the best choice since it requires another telescope driver to be configured to work with it. Try the telescope simulator as your opening...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Aug 11, 2008 10:38 am
Tried... Tel.CommandBlind ":Q#",True ? Mark 2008/8/8 Joe Ulowetz <joe.ulowetz@...>...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 11, 2008 1:42 pm
I'm not really sure what POTH can be expected to do with mount-specific commands when it could be connected to any of a number of devices on the back end. The...
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Joe Ulowetz
joe_ulowetz
Aug 11, 2008 2:07 pm
Thanks for the replies. I did try all variations of the syntax, and I thought I was close to getting it working, but you're probably right that this approach...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 12, 2008 3:56 am
... It would sure be great if the author of GCC would add an ASCOM driver interface to it!!! You might want to pass that suggestion along - the more they hear...
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Joe Shuster
joessr
Aug 12, 2008 4:36 am
Tim, I don't fully understand your concern. I thought it was very logical architecture to use POTH to connect other applications to a telescope driver and then...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 12, 2008 10:54 am
Certainly. CommandXXX methods are inherently device-specific. For example, not all devices use the same communications protocol, character set, timings,...
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Joe Ulowetz
joe_ulowetz
Aug 12, 2008 2:35 pm
... Tim, I guess I don't understand why the ASCOM definition of CommandBlind wouldn't extend to POTH. There's probably a lot that I have to learn in this...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 12, 2008 5:01 pm
Excellent reply, Tim. Thanks very much!! -- Bob...
