Hi All What will happen in regards to software like ACP if you send Local Topocentric coordinates to the ASCOM driver but the drivers EquatorialSystems is set...
18065
jmccormac01
Aug 1, 2009 2:46 pm
Hey guys, I forgot to register for the group and mailed the onwer by accident sorry. I would be interest in testing a copy of the Astohaven driver please? I'm...
18066
eirik.solvag
Aug 1, 2009 2:46 pm
... Thanks for the tip. I changed the setting but unfortunatly still have the same error message :( Br Eirik...
18067
r1300rs
Aug 1, 2009 4:13 pm
Doug: Funny, I had a similar question for clarification. I use MaximDL version 5 and TheSky6. I'd like to add MaxPoint but not clear on how to keep it...
18068
Douglas B. George
maximccd
Aug 1, 2009 4:43 pm
... You have two options: 1. MaxIm DL -> TheSky Controlled Telescope -> The Sky -> TeleAPI -> MaxPoint -> Astro-Physics ASCOM driver. 2. MaxIm DL ---------->...
18069
Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 1, 2009 4:51 pm
Unless I'm misunderstanding the question, that would be an error. This seems clear cut to me. The driver must report what system it is using. The...
18070
paul_lx200gps
Aug 1, 2009 5:40 pm
Hi Tim I agree with you, my controller works this way if you use a program that inputs local topo then that's what it returns and if you send J2000 again it...
18071
silvan1979
Aug 2, 2009 1:48 am
I designed and built an electronic board that drive a DC servo motor used as electric focus. I wrote the software for windows that control direction and speed...
18072
paul_lx200gps
Aug 2, 2009 10:19 am
Hi Do you know what the correct error is? the Throw New is masking the real error. Try trapping the error before the Throw New it might be something about a...
18073
Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 2, 2009 12:20 pm
You just need to delete the PropertyNotImplemented exception. Those are put there as placeholders by the template and need to be deleted when you implement...
18074
ski_secret
Aug 2, 2009 1:01 pm
18075
r1300rs
Aug 2, 2009 5:59 pm
So as I understand it, TheSky is always upstream of MaxPoint in ether scenario and will not have the benefit of pointing corrections? I thought MaxPoint was a...
18076
olivierfp
Aug 2, 2009 6:17 pm
Hi, I use TS6 with a G11 Gemini and connect using TeleAPI -> POTH -> Gemini The POTH Handset is too limited and I wrote a VB6 App that connects to POTH and...
18077
Douglas B. George
maximccd
Aug 2, 2009 6:28 pm
... No, I did *not* say that. Please re-read the message. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products ...
18078
Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 2, 2009 7:43 pm
It's the scope hardware that needs pointing corrections, not TheSky. So the pointing corrector shouldn't go 'upstream' from the application, it should go...
18079
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Aug 2, 2009 8:23 pm
But to be clear, if the "scope readout" is a virtual readout, derived from the coordinates the scope returns on its communications channel, those need to go...
18080
Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 2, 2009 10:14 pm
Agreed - so I think we're basically agreeing that the pointing corrector needs to be the last link in the chain before the driver. --T....
18081
Douglas B. George
maximccd
Aug 2, 2009 11:52 pm
... Except when you are running a Paramount, because it doesn't have an ASCOM driver. So you have to hook up in front of TheSky. Doug ... Doug George ...
18082
Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Aug 3, 2009 12:09 am
Or in general, if you're using TPoint, since that is integrated into TheSky. Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait...
18083
silvan1979
Aug 3, 2009 2:40 am
Thanks everybody, now I have a Driver that it's ok when used from Starry Night. It move my focusermotor using the integrated starrynight panel and from my...
18084
Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Aug 3, 2009 7:00 am
You need to make your focuser object global. At present it's created in Link but as soon as Link is released it goes out of scope and is destroyed. Chris...
18085
silvan1979
Aug 3, 2009 7:15 am
You can tell me how I do my focuse object global, how I have to modify my code, where I have to put istrucion I put in link section? Please, Thanks. Sergio...
18086
Tim Long
t_p_long
Aug 3, 2009 9:10 am
It's a shame someone doesn't reverse-engineer the Paramount protocol. --T....
18087
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 3, 2009 4:06 pm
One way to look at the Paramount is to place it and TheSky into a "box" and call that "the telescope". Then the TheSky Controlled Telescope driver is the...
18088
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 3, 2009 4:13 pm
Or use the AP driver and skip TheSky: MaxIm -> MaxPoint -> Astrophysics GTO Driver -> AP Mount You might want to drop AP a note and see about getting on the...
18089
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Aug 3, 2009 4:19 pm
... The coordinates and pointing will be off. ACP has a selector that lets you tell it whether the scope needs local topo or J2000. Set that to match whatever ...
18090
Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Aug 3, 2009 5:21 pm
I'm not going to write your driver for you but here's some more information that may help. You need to have something like: Dim myFocuser as SerialFocuser '...
18091
r1300rs
Aug 3, 2009 7:13 pm
Gosh, I'll have to do that. I was thinking, in the myriad of approaches that there was some way to get the information back to the Planetarium program. Like...
18092
r1300rs
Aug 3, 2009 7:17 pm
Bob, that's exactly the approach I was looking for. I just wanted to reason through it before buying another program. Thanks for the great approach! Rick...
18093
silvan1979
Aug 3, 2009 9:52 pm
Thank you for your help Chris, of course I don't want you write my driver for me. I already write the lines of code you suggest, but nothing changed; The...
