Hello, This is my first posted message on the ASCOM talk site, so I probably should introduce myself. My name is Michael Stewart. I work for Dr. Greg Guzik at...
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John Oliver
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Jun 5, 2001 5:12 pm
... At first glance, this appears to work for me. Our dome shutter control has just been succesfully tested so I will be writing a dome object over the next...
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Bob Denny
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Jun 6, 2001 2:08 pm
Mike -- This looks VERY well thought out. Congratulations. I have a few comments: (1) The DomeAzimuth property could be named just Azimuth. In code it would be...
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Bob Denny
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Jun 6, 2001 2:09 pm
I think we could settle on N referenced azimuth for use in the interface. I would not like to see it support multiple conventions. All other ASCOM components...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Jun 6, 2001 2:22 pm
... I agree, my comment was to indicate that the zero point intended should be stated explicitly in the docs (as it should be for the other ASCOM components...
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Mike Stewart
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Jun 6, 2001 7:26 pm
Hello, Thankyou Bob, and John for responding to the dome Proposal. I have made the changes ya'll have suggested, and here is another try at an ASCOM compliant...
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stewart@...
Jun 7, 2001 7:41 pm
Hello everybody, I was wondering if an ASCOM Focuser Interface has been agreed upon. If it has, could somebody please post the ASCOM Focuser class template? If...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 7, 2001 8:15 pm
A suggestion for the telescope interface: Guide ( Direction, Time ) Direction: 1 = North 2 = South 3 = East 4 = West Time: integer in milliseconds -- ...
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Douglas B. George
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Jun 7, 2001 9:53 pm
... It has not been finalized as yet. ... I put forward a proposal for a focuser interface that I have been developing. There are have been a few comments on...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 8, 2001 12:05 am
Got it. I'll try to sneak this into the final interface spec and supplied drivers. It will be implemented only in the Meade.Telescope driver. -- Bob...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Jun 8, 2001 9:36 am
... And of course the RHO18 spec :) ... will you add support for this in ACP2? John...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:04 pm
John -- I'm adding this for Doug, assuming that he has an immediate need for being to move the scope at "guide" rates. I'm not sure what ACP would use it for....
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:33 pm
Hello -- I'm going to make the Chooser a general purpose device, not just for Telescope drivers. I'll make it default to behave as it does now, so none of the...
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John Oliver
oliver@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:36 pm
... That's OK ... I recompile it about 3 times a day now anyway :) Keep up the good work. -- John...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 11, 2001 3:30 pm
Michael Stewart of LSU recently asked me for a suggestion for a standardized telescope interface. I thought I would echo my response in this forum for ...
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Jim Vail
jimvail@...
Jun 11, 2001 8:21 pm
Doug, My Meade 416 XTE sometimes gets "out of sync" when I run a script. For some reason, the shutter indication is "open" when the camera is connected. If I...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 11, 2001 8:52 pm
... It wouldn't help; you can't force the shutter on a 416XTE. The camera's interface doesn't provide that level of control. That particular camera model is,...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 11, 2001 9:22 pm
It's a banner day! Thanks to all of your inputs, testing, implementation, and support, the ASCOM Telescope Driver Interface Specification (1.4) is completed...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 12, 2001 3:48 pm
Bob asked me to repost this proposal because the original subject line was on another thread. I've also taken the time to expand the commentary that was in my...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 12, 2001 4:03 pm
... FYI, I'm cross-posting my reply to the ASCOM-Talk list. ... I have fundamental issues with this. It would require all camera interfaces to include JPEG &...
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stewart@...
Jun 12, 2001 9:02 pm
What data types do StepSize, MaxStep, and MaxIncrement return?...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 12, 2001 9:25 pm
... StepSize returns a float MaxStep returns a long MaxIncrement returns a long Doug George ============================================================= ...
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etinoue@...
Jun 13, 2001 5:27 pm
... camera ... have a Camera server ... are the only ones ... interfaces to ... inefficient ... developer would ... limitations ... this would ... helper...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 13, 2001 6:07 pm
... The bytes per pixel for the SAFEARRAY is determined by the data type. ... Didn't think of that at the time! Doug -- Doug George ...
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Dustin Moore
dustin.moore@...
Jun 14, 2001 1:32 am
The helper class util no longer includes a Util.SysJulianDate or a Util.SysUTCDate. Is there a cute way to calculate the current time or UTC date from the...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 14, 2001 1:59 am
Wow those were eliminated last year! I thinned the helper to include only those things that would be of common interest to driver writers, not general...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 18, 2001 5:59 pm
Doug -- The camera interface proposal looks good! Of course I have a few comments :-) I abslutely agree with "keep it simple" I'm almost neutral about adding...
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Douglas B. George
dgeorge@...
Jun 18, 2001 8:34 pm
... Well, of course they could have extra interfaces. But I was thinking that there could be extra properties and methods that would be for proprietary...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 19, 2001 4:29 am
... Why not? I'd like to use it to determine when it is safe to move the telescope, so that slewing and downloading could be overlapped for maximum data...
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Bob Denny
rdenny@...
Jun 19, 2001 4:32 am
... Well, if someone calls Camera.Expose(foo, True, bar) and gets an image, it should be a Dark exposure. That is, the call to Expose() should either produce...
