... Could not one have Method: SetCapability capabilityNum, setActive as boolean ? -- John Oliver...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Apr 6, 2001 2:36 pm
... On the surface that sounds good, but I'm not sure if that's what we want to do. First of all, you need to modify the client software in a proprietary way...
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cspratt@...
Apr 6, 2001 2:52 pm
Is anyone currently working on an Ascom compliant driver for the Astro-Physics Goto mounts?...
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Ajai Sehgal
ajai@...
Apr 6, 2001 2:58 pm
Yup. Will test once I get some clear weather!!! Ajai ... From: cspratt@... To: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 07:52 ...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 7, 2001 4:37 pm
This one really got me: On Error Resume Next If Not Plate.Solve Then On Error Goto 0 ' Back to fatal errors Console.PrintLine Err.Description ......
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 7, 2001 5:38 pm
The Office 2K script debugger can be used outside Office as a general purpose script debugger. I have been struggling with that infernal Microsoft Script...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Apr 7, 2001 6:50 pm
Is there available a brief text list of the properties and methods for the telescope driver interface? I need a quick refernce and HTML is not very concise. ...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 7, 2001 9:33 pm
John -- No, the CHM file is the only document. This format is the Windows 2000 standard way to document things (look in C:\Winnt\Help or C:\Windows\Help). I ...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Apr 8, 2001 8:57 pm
... Thanks anyway ... I was looking for a "quick ref" so I typed one into Excel using the help file. While doing so several things came up that I had not run...
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tedi@...
Apr 9, 2001 6:29 am
I'm in 100% agreement with comment. We need to ensure that application writers never get burned when new versions come out. In my company's user-visible code,...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 9, 2001 1:15 pm
Yes. But that was just an example where the hypothetical capability happens to be controlled by a "flag". One can imagine other features would require their ...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 9, 2001 1:31 pm
tedi@... wrote:> ... var objChild = objRoot.Item("childfoo") with a dynamic object, after buliding the collection at runtime, you would be able to say: ...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Apr 9, 2001 1:32 pm
... It was pointed out that extending such enumerated variables would require some sort of administrative system to control assignment of values and thus would...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 9, 2001 1:58 pm
Well I messed that one up! I pressed the "send" hotkey before I was finished composing the message. Sorry for the huge post with all that quoting. Here's the...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 9, 2001 2:40 pm
As a result of a discussion on the Focuser interface, it has been suggested that clients should be able to easily determine the version of a driver so they can...
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Matthew L. Bisque
matthew@...
Apr 14, 2001 5:59 pm
To focus hardware developers, Software Bisque has automated the process of focusing a CCD camera. This new technology is called @Focus. More information can...
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Joe Mahaffey
joe@...
Apr 20, 2001 3:46 pm
This is a commercial product announcement of a new software release. CCDi Convert 2.0 is now available from our web site at... http://www.stellar-image.com ...
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Larry Weber
larryweber@...
Apr 28, 2001 11:55 am
Steve Brady and I are working on a Visual Basic auto focus application that we would like to make ASCOM compliant. Everything looks straightforward except for...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Apr 28, 2001 12:41 pm
... I'm no expert but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night ... I belive that you can use the Err.raise method, example (taken from the ... Public Const...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 28, 2001 3:30 pm
John O is right on. If you download the ASCOM Telescope SDK and look at the samples, then read the VB documentation it will become obvious. Well, if you're...
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Steven S Tuma
stuma@...
Apr 28, 2001 5:33 pm
Hello, I've just put out Beta 1 of Pocket Deepsky to Deepsky 2000 users for use on windows CE Devices. Pocket Deepsky currently uses my own code to control ...
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Pat Browne
brownep@...
Apr 29, 2001 8:48 pm
Some good news to report: Last week, we specifically used the ACP Scripting console to run our vbs script to control Technical Innovation's Dome. The good news...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Apr 30, 2001 1:03 am
Pat -- WIthin the ACP scripting console, Util.Yield() tdoes the equivalent of a DoEvents. But a better strategy for spinning on a flag is something like: Do...
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Pat Browne
brownep@...
Apr 30, 2001 2:16 am
Excellent. One less thing to worry about. Thanks Bob ... From: Bob Denny [mailto:rdenny@...] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 9:04 PM To:...
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bareketj@...
May 5, 2001 1:28 pm
Hello group! Is any one ever tried to use (or saw) the uk orion's DX200 /250 /or 300 telescope with or without the sky sensor2000? How do they work togehter? ...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
May 7, 2001 2:30 pm
The facilities at DC-3.com and ASCOM-Standards.org will undergo an upgrade in network service some time between now and the end of the week. Due to a change in...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
May 8, 2001 6:31 pm
The 5th and hopefully final telescope driver SDK is now online. I expect to have some switchover outages during the day today and possibly into tomorrow, so...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
May 10, 2001 3:06 am
DC-3 Dreams, SP is pleased to announce the availability of its internet/web-based robotic observatory control program, ACP Version 2. This new software package...
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Arne Danielsen
arnedani@...
May 10, 2001 11:23 am
This is great news Bob! I'm really looking forward to downloading the new version and take it for a spin! Best regards, Arne -- Arne Danielsen, Langhussenter...
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Steven S Tuma
stuma@...
May 24, 2001 5:00 am
I have a question. Can anyone tell me which scopes/mounts use the LX200 protocol for Getting Position and Slewing? I'm mainly concerned about those two...
