Same here... best tool there is on astronomy! Jose Canela ________________________________ From: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com]...
15607
Joe
grassypond
Sep 25, 2008 7:13 pm
Thanks Jose I use my system for "Live" viewing through my MallinCam. ACP does not have a way to display the image from the MC. Also, ACP is designed for...
15608
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 29, 2008 10:22 am
Hi gang, Was taking a look at the C# Camera Template and noticed that the Description text contained in the Driver.cs file appears to be in Latin! Could be ...
15609
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Sep 29, 2008 1:55 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com ... ...
15610
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 29, 2008 3:39 pm
Thanks for the reference Chris. Had a good chuckle (thanks Bob, guess it was you who put it in). Darn thing is I had to read Cicero at school; not the...
15611
William Hamblen
wrhamblen
Sep 29, 2008 4:51 pm
... It's fake latin. Do a web search on "lorem ipsum" to find many hits. Bud...
15612
Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Sep 29, 2008 10:30 pm
Hi, Does anyone know how to check the DCOM installation is done correctly for an exe based telescope driver? This is needed for TheSky to run but without this...
15613
Chuck Faranda
cfaranda24
Sep 29, 2008 10:47 pm
Chris Start/Run/dcomcfg/component service/computers/my computer/dcom config scroll to your driver then right click for properties. Authentication level...
15614
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 29, 2008 10:59 pm
Yes it was I who put it in as a placeholder for the real description. Lorem Ipsum is the "canonical placeholder text", widely used, as others have pointed out....
15615
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 29, 2008 11:02 pm
... This may also help: http://ascom-standards.org/Developer/TheSky.htm -- Bob...
15616
Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Sep 30, 2008 7:31 am
Thanks Chuck and Bob, I've followed this, and the Authentication Level is None. I was wondering if there was a way to set up a simple application that fails in...
15617
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 30, 2008 9:53 am
Hi gang, Is there anyway I can add my own methods and properties to the ICamera interface? Don't fink der iz, bu fort I'd ask coz I'z dunno anefink :-) I have...
15618
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 30, 2008 10:26 am
To partly answer my own question (isn't posting emails a great way to get ideas! :-)) I could always add 'Implements ICamera' inside my own class and copy over...
15619
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 30, 2008 11:28 am
... Don't extend a standard interface, add your one-off properties and methods to a separate interface (e.g. IRobinsCameraExtensions) that your driver also...
15620
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 30, 2008 11:34 am
... I'm not familiar with implementing DCOM in an app. See if there's some info on MSDN on this. The idea would be to make your test app look like it requires...
15621
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 30, 2008 12:07 pm
Thanks Bob. No surprise and makes perfect sense. Already have the separate interface working (I think<g>). Regards Robin ... From: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com...
15622
ben.ealing
Sep 30, 2008 12:27 pm
The set-up: I'm writing an ASCOM driver for an alt az mount that has 'on-board' controls (up-down, left-right). The driver is to enable the user to control...
15623
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Sep 30, 2008 2:07 pm
Hi Ben- I'm not clear on why you would need to disconnect ASCOM from the mount at all. Every mount I've encountered handles the hand paddle and the computer ...
15624
Boyer, William
wslboyer
Sep 30, 2008 2:22 pm
Perhaps his concern is that the position becomes unsynchronized? The software does not know where the hardware is pointing any longer after it has been...
15625
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Sep 30, 2008 2:30 pm
If so, that sounds like something that needs to be fixed in the controller (which I assume Ben has some control over). But I've not seen any scope that ...
15626
Joe Shuster
joessr
Sep 30, 2008 2:51 pm
Chris, FYI: I have a couple of first generation NexStar mounts. That firmware forced the user to switch to "RS232 mode" to allow computer connection. That ...
15627
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Sep 30, 2008 3:16 pm
Hi Joe- Yeah, I'm not surprised there's something like that out there. But it certainly isn't common, and if Ben does have control over the mount design, it...
15628
rbethman
rbethman1
Sep 30, 2008 5:38 pm
Chris, The Nexstars are an EITHER/OR thing with the RS-232 port on the bottom of the hand control. You EITHER use RS-232 OR abort that method and use the hand...
15629
Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 30, 2008 5:46 pm
I agree with Bob, create your own unique interface with just your additional properties and methods. Then at runtime, you can load any old standard ASCOM...
15630
Robin Lauryssen-Mitch...
robin73732
Sep 30, 2008 6:24 pm
Thanks Tim. I'm beginning to like the look (and feel) of C#. Since I stopped programming seriously just as OOP was becoming the 'in-thing' it seems there is...
15631
Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Sep 30, 2008 6:47 pm
Is there some way that extensions can be shared so that we can all use the same extension for the same purpose and those that become popular can be added to...
15632
ben.ealing
Sep 30, 2008 10:06 pm
Chris, William, Joe, and Bob, Thanks very much for your responses. The difficulty arises here because the telescope is controlled via a bluetooth connection....
15633
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Oct 1, 2008 1:34 am
Hi Ben- It is unusual for a mount to send any information back to an application except in reply to a request. That's how the ASCOM functions are defined. Most...
15634
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 1, 2008 3:08 am
I'm warming up to the idea of having that one-shot color matrix stuff (that is being discussed offline now) in an auxiliary interface....
15635
rcx400
Oct 1, 2008 5:59 am
Is there anything special I need to know or do when connecting MaximDL to my RCX400 via either the RCX400 or LX200GPS/R drivers? I can connect via The Sky and...
