Gets my vote (wholeheartedly... since I think I was the one who suggested this in the first place <g>) Also, I agree that the incorrect indexing should throw...
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John Smith
mosmith9
Feb 8, 2003 3:23 pm
Hi, I have written an application in VB.NET for imaging applications and have decided to offer it to the CCD imaging community. If set up properly, Sequencer...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 8, 2003 4:59 pm
John, I just installed Sequencer and everything worked very well with the simulators. The documentation is quite clear and easy to understand. The only very...
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Christopher Cappelli
chri879
Feb 8, 2003 10:38 pm
Is the ASCOM 2.1 full setup available anywhere else? The link on the download page is currently not working http://download.dc3.com/ASCOM21F.exe. Thanks. ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 8, 2003 11:46 pm
The DNS server here got wedged. Sorry. Try again. -- Bob Christopher Cappelli:> Is the ASCOM 2.1 full setup available anywhere else? The link on the download...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 9, 2003 10:35 pm
I have received a couple of reports from users who cannot get the ASCOM Telescope API for TheSky to work with the FocusMax Telescope Hub. I have also verified...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 10, 2003 12:12 am
Larry -- Rather than guess, can you tell me, at the moment of failure on the call to Set oDrv = CreateObject(m_sProgID(cb.ItemData(cb.ListIndex))) what is the...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 10, 2003 12:23 am
Bob, It is "FocusMax.Telescope" as it should be. The FocusMax.Telescope Class_Initialize Sub does get properly called by this CreateObject statement. Larry ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 10, 2003 12:40 am
... Woah! That is spooky!!! So a call to CreateObject("FocusMax.Telescope") is failing. I hate to say it, but there isn't anything I can think of... Try...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 10, 2003 1:06 am
I agree--this IS spooky! I just ran the following script: Set x = CreateObject("FocusMax.Telescope") msgbox "Continue?" Set x = nothing msgbox "done" It worked...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Feb 10, 2003 4:18 am
Hi All, I notice all my JavaScript code is hard coded for ACP1: Scope = new ActiveXObject("ACP.Scope"); I was just getting ready to convert to...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 10, 2003 5:06 am
... Not at all. Just CreateObject(:FocusMax.Telescope") and you'll get whatever telescope FocusMax happens to ge set up for. Since ASCOM Telescopes are all the...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 10, 2003 5:11 am
Bob Denny and I spent some time on the telephone this evening and we now understand the problem. Using Bob's excellent advice, I currently have the ASCOM...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Feb 10, 2003 5:39 am
... I guess what I meant to say was that I don't want to hard code "FocusMax"; as the hub. If I instead run some other hub, say "desktop universe", I don't...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Feb 10, 2003 5:42 am
... Great news. Just like the Voice Object scramble for ACP1. Good work you two. Jon...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 10, 2003 1:49 pm
Jon -- Choosing the Telescope is pretty easy. Check out the ASCOM web site Developer Info page and look at the section on the Chooser: ...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Feb 10, 2003 4:11 pm
... Great job. Perhaps it would be useful to document here, for those people who need to make their own installers for ASCOM EXE's, to post the steps necessary...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Feb 10, 2003 5:17 pm
Hi Bob, ... Looks pretty straight forward. I'll take it for a spin. Thanks. Jon B...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Feb 10, 2003 7:01 pm
I will certainly document it here, once I have convinced myself that I know what I am doing ;^). Larry Doug George wrote ... make ... this via...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Feb 10, 2003 11:14 pm
If are interested in a standard way of automating a dome with ASCOM please read. I have been following the progress of the dome standard and waiting for it to...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Feb 10, 2003 11:35 pm
Jonathan, As it happens, I have already implemented exactly what you are talking about. Diffraction Limited manufacturers the dome control electronics that...
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Joe Shuster
joessr
Feb 10, 2003 11:47 pm
Jonathan, Your analysis and ideas are very good, but I'd like to add another alternative for consideration. You mention a pass-through driver or a master-slave...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Feb 11, 2003 12:15 am
Are you offering up the code as a ASCOM supported driver, or just validating the appoach? ... From: Douglas B. George To: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Feb 11, 2003 12:16 am
I talked over that posibility with Bob, aside from the dome, a telescope array was the only use I could think of for a n-way splitter, and that seems a bit...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Feb 11, 2003 12:35 am
... It is something I am pondering. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products http://www.cyanogen.com ...
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Joe Shuster
joessr
Feb 11, 2003 12:42 am
Jonathan, Correct, the UI would be more complex than just picking one driver. And of course you need to associate that driver with a specific com port. I'll ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 11, 2003 2:43 am
Snippets from this thread: ... This is an AWESOME discussion!!! I can't believe how fast you guys jumped on this one. This afternoon, Jonathan and I tossed...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Feb 11, 2003 3:01 am
Hmm, that was unclear ... I mean the HUB reports Slewing as True if ANY of the driven devices report Slewing as True... ... I mean that the HUB would so this...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Feb 11, 2003 5:05 am
I have been having good success building ASCOM drivers using VisualStudio.NET. Since I know there is some interest from others on the list about using .NET,...
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Joe Shuster
joessr
Feb 11, 2003 5:25 am
Bob, I didn't need your "hub" clarification followup. The message makes sense as posted originally (below). Comments interspersed... Joe Shuster -- jshuster42...
