Thanks. I am signed up on so many overlapping groups that it is hard to keep track of which one I am corresponding on. I will post on the CGE group. Gwen Gwen ...
All, Well, I got the Meade LX200R driver to stop throwing exceptions by un-installing everything and starting over, now the driver launches but says it cannot...
And what kind of computer are you using..I just hooked up worldwide telescope to my vista laptop  and had to go to radioshack and get an adapter cord for the...
Please note that this won't run that great on an old computer. Tried on a Windows 2000 with Pentium 3 ~ 466 MHz (I think) Ram 766 MB. This computer has other...
ASCOM is just an interface spec, along with a few optional helper routines driver developers can use if they like. There is nothing about physical interface...
Thanks for the info. I'm using a Gateway MC7801 laptop, 64-bit. It's the one with the orange-red backlit keys. It works fine using Telet talking directly to...
So you have 4 usb ports..that's what I use is a usb because my vista has a port for a video..which I use but I don't have a serial port. That's why I let ascom...
I am the technical committee chairman for a club of amateur astronomers (AAI) located in Cranford NJ. We operate Sperry Observatory on the campus of Union...
Arnold, I don't know if this would help you, but an alternative approach would be to use simple servo motors and install the Gemini control hardware. Gemini...
The easiest way to write an ASCOM driver is to start from one of the templates available for Visual Studio (or Visual C# Express or Visual Basic Express). ...
I'm trying to use my Meade LX90 with PHD. I've downloaded the relevant driver (Meade Classic) but on clicking properties I get a 'failed to load driver:...
Arnold, Another option would be a custom servo drive system from Astrometric Instruments (astrometric.com). We installed one on an old 16" f6 newtonian Cave...
Yep, I am having the same (or very similar) problem. That said, we DID manage to get PHD up and running on a second PC, and get it to talk to the Autostar I on...
Joe: Would this work without optical encoders? The way the mount is configured gives us no good place to fit encoders. The SmartMotors seem to know where...
Go back a couple days in the message postings. The subject heading yer looking for should be obvious... :-) again, kudos to Bob (i'm just the messanger) ! - G ...
For instance, if I could use something like Telnet or Hyperterminal to drive the telescope from, say, a linux or mac, or another windows pc. Using RA and Dec...
ASCOM provides a standardized set of methods and properties which are accessible via the Windows COM interface. You could write a driver that interfaced to any...
Man, you should join the ASCOM-X group ;-) In theory, DCOM (Distributed COM) enables COM components - of which ASCOM drivers are a flavour - to communicate...
Hi Arnold, The problem with a non astro driver is that you need to do all the coordinate conversion and error correction yourself. This is pretty easy if you...
... Has there been any progress on ASCOM-X since I left it because of the lack of progress? ... I'd put it stronger than that, it's a recipe for disaster. ...
... I might suggest (as a working, but non-ASCOM, example) Meade's Autostar Suite. Although it is mostly set up to talk to COM ports, it also offers the option...
Arnold, The standard servo motors used with Gemini include built-in optical encoders. As long as the clutch doesn't slip, the mount knows exactly where it is...
I am going to make a command line interface to start with. How do I tell the generic hub (hub.exe) to move the telescope to a certain location. I looked at the...
I have CCDSoft configured to use FOCUSAPI (FocusAPI to ASCOM Mapper) to control a moonlite CR2 focuser via a Moonlite controller. The Moonlite Controller uses...
I would recommend looking at something like Windows PowerShell if you want to control ASCOM drivers from the command line. Powershell will let you load a...
BTW, Windows PowerShell 2.0 also lets you run remote commands and sessions... so actually it's not far from your original Telnet request. Best regards, Tim...
Tell me what you want to do with an ASCOM driver and I'll whip up a script that will run from the command line. "ASCOM" is a driver architecture. Drivers...
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