... I'll echo John W - "Sensor" could be like "Switch" only for analog stuff. -- Bob...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:04 am
Cyril -- ... If you just write it in simple HTML or even plain text, I will take xcare of merging it with the format of the ASCOM web site... Take your time,...
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mark301066
Dec 2, 2008 10:19 am
Pierre Thanks for your continuing support. I'm using Dick's 43Eg patch, not sure whether that makes a difference, but I'm not getting all the warning you...
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mark301066
Dec 2, 2008 10:20 am
Hi Andrew Well at least I'm not going totally mad. I've downloaded the later version and sure enough the tab was there! I've also filtered the portmon logs...
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Chuck Faranda
cfaranda24
Dec 2, 2008 11:23 am
I agree with including a quality value for sky conditions. In it's simple form it can serve as an 'IsClear', or provide the more detailed responses some of us...
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johansea
Dec 2, 2008 12:26 pm
Gday Mark ... You need more time in the "noon day sun" :-) ... Yep. Sorry bout that. I have too many versions running in my head and on my PC at present, i...
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Boyer, William
wslboyer
Dec 2, 2008 1:29 pm
from one of the posts mentioning an IR camera, it sounds like there should be some mechanism for defining what portion of the sky isClear applies to. William...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Dec 2, 2008 1:42 pm
Bob Sorry, yes, I should have made an installer. Just not had time to look at the Inno tool yet. Please feel free to do whatever you want with it. Mark ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Dec 2, 2008 1:55 pm
IsClear is NOT specific to a cloud monitor. I was very clear on that point. It should be interpreted in a very broad definition, it means "It Is Clear To...
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Matt Thomas
matt_e_thomas
Dec 2, 2008 3:24 pm
John, ... Not good means stop what you are doing and wait for it to return to good. Not safe means to shut down and close up shop. I thought I said this...
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Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Dec 2, 2008 3:27 pm
My approach would be to extend the IsClear property to look like IsClear(RA,dec). I do something similar to that right now. But I wouldn't propose doing this...
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Matt Thomas
matt_e_thomas
Dec 2, 2008 3:32 pm
Tim, ... Sorry, I either missed or forgot your distinction here. "IsClearToObserve" is perfectly okay by me. But "IsClear" is too open for misunderstanding (as...
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Pierre de Ponthiere
de_ponth
Dec 2, 2008 3:33 pm
Hi Mark, POTH is not directly addressing the scope driver, it does it through the selected scope driver. From your result description, I can deduce that the...
16253
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Dec 2, 2008 3:42 pm
My take: required boolean IsSafe: Really, really needed. Justification: this is the ultimate reduction of the standard. Above all, people need to protect their...
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Joe
grassypond
Dec 2, 2008 6:22 pm
Hi Pierre, While you are in there....... Is there any way to move the scope up or down, left or right, and not north or south. Most of the time when I try to...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Dec 2, 2008 8:58 pm
... I think that is rather too ambitious. Besides, clouds tend to move rapidly. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of...
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johansea
Dec 2, 2008 9:08 pm
Gday Pierre ... I dont think it set the Lat/Long, and it doesnt appear to even try to set the Date/Time either. Mark has placed a set of logs in his folder,...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
Dec 2, 2008 9:14 pm
Hi Matt and all, I hope you don't mind but I've added the "ASCOM generic stuff" to Matt's V2 proposal and augmented his descriptions with some behaviour ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:41 pm
... I wholeheartedly agree. How about let's dispense with the "it would be nice if" stuff now and let Matt run with his proposal? Of course fatal flaws should...
16259
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:45 pm
... Thanks very much for that!!! One nit: In our other specs the setup dialog method is spelled *SetupDialog()* - the US spelling. For better or worse I think...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:46 pm
... Will do, thanks! -- Bob...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:48 pm
... Wow, I'm in here very frequently. Several posts just today :-) -- Bob...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 10:50 pm
Has anyone attempted to inform Meade about all of the wrestling going on with their scopes? -- Bob...
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John Winfield
winfij
Dec 2, 2008 11:01 pm
... Right, so the pause mentioned elsewhere. Why don't we name the property appropriate to it's intended use, something like: Boolean CanPauseObserving //...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 2, 2008 11:54 pm
Mark -- I looked over the simulator and found a couple of things: 1. The late binding interface was at version 74.0, I assume from building it a lot with...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 3, 2008 12:30 am
Mark -- I've placed the FlnterWheel simulator online at the ASCOM site under Platform Updates (since it will be in the Platform with the other simulators)....
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 3, 2008 12:32 am
The ASCOM FilterWheel Simulator 5.0.1 is now available on the ASCOM site for download (Platform Updates section ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Dec 3, 2008 12:35 am
The NotGood and PauseObserving are on a slippery slope. For my part I'd rather have something a bit more like Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor. I may have different...
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johansea
Dec 3, 2008 1:10 am
Gday Bob Yr a funny man :-) Meade dont respond, and probably dont have anyone left who understand their own code in enough detail to fix it. Setting time...
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Norm
wskystalker
Dec 3, 2008 3:24 am
I ran across an interesting problem when trying to load programs on a laptop to function as my observatory backup computer. I have been running FocusMax for...
