... I don't see why. Tip/tilt AO nearly always becomes light limited before it becomes limited by computation or the communication channel. Chris ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 2, 2010 10:47 pm
... [TPL] Why, exactly? You think there are not enough MIPS? You think that ASCOM interfaces are for some reason inherently slow? The bottleneck is almost...
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Bec a Fuel
becafuel
Jan 2, 2010 11:38 pm
... I'm not trying to teach you anything. ... Side note : on that "many people", many have changed, they are not the same persons over the years. The only ones...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
Jan 2, 2010 11:38 pm
Hi Ray, ... think we should consider a standard way of enumerating the set of ASCOM objects. Also I think we should try to figure out how to distinguish ...
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Ray Gralak (Yahoo Gro...
raygralak
Jan 2, 2010 11:50 pm
Hi Peter, ... OK, sounds great. Thanks for taking the lead on this issue. I think multiple devices of the same type has become a not so uncommon occurrence....
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Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Jan 3, 2010 12:03 am
... I disagree. I've been a part of ASCOM designs since the beginning, but I've never been part of the core of very active developers (what you call the dream...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 3, 2010 12:27 am
Thanks Chris, I will let that stand as my response rather than making my own reply. I have allowed myself to be provoked too far already. I need to stop...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 3, 2010 1:21 am
Helper already has support for enumerating devices of a type. Set the Device Type, call Profile.SubKeys(""). You get a Scripting.Dictionary with the ProgIDs ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 3, 2010 1:24 am
... Move on is right! Those guys designed the interface they wanted, with a great deal of compromise and negotiation. Throwing it back in their face now is...
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Matt Thomas
matt_e_thomas
Jan 3, 2010 1:39 am
Lots of catching up... The AO is not-so-special. I think the Camera.PulseGuide method could be setup to drive the Relays or the AO internal to the driver. It...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 3, 2010 2:30 am
Actually it is even easier than that. ASCOM.Utilities.Profile has two new methods (introduced in Platform 5.5) called RegisteredDeviceTypes and...
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Ray Gralak (Yahoo Gro...
raygralak
Jan 3, 2010 2:36 am
Hi Bob, Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think it enumerates the ACTUAL list of devices on a system, just what devices have been installed. Is that...
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alves.lopes
Jan 3, 2010 3:15 am
Of course not, modern computers are more than capable. Although .NET is not very fast for intensive calculations, a C++ DLL can always be attached when needed....
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 3, 2010 3:22 am
The only way to do that is to try to connect to each device and see if it responds. --Tim ... -- ExchangeDefender Message Security: Click below to verify...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 3, 2010 3:36 am
Firstly, the method I posted is at best "undocumented", the new methods are the right way to go :-) ... How could you detect something that isn't installed?...
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Ray Gralak (Yahoo Gro...
raygralak
Jan 3, 2010 5:18 am
... Of course - but - I might have more drivers installed than devices physically connected to the system. For instance I could have 5 camera drivers installed...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 5:44 am
... That would be a new type of device, not an extension to the camera interface. There is absolutely no reason to tack AO on to Camera, and good reasons not...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 5:47 am
... AO devices have "end stops", which PulseGuide is not designed to accommodate. There is typically also a "home" function. Doug -- Doug George ...
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Ray Gralak (Yahoo Gro...
raygralak
Jan 3, 2010 5:56 am
... But I *DID* say there would be another interface required (in the sentence after "Of course!"). Using "extending" was a poor word choice on my part in the...
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Bec a Fuel
becafuel
Jan 3, 2010 8:40 am
Perhaps, having begun by proposing something already done by a valued member you would have had more success? Example : Link...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 5:12 pm
... Agreed. Doug -- Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products http://www.cyanogen.com/ 100 Craig Henry Dr.,...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 6:32 pm
... That is complete nonsense. MaxIm DL is an entirely different beast. It is not a low-level device driver. The MaxIm.CCDCamera object talks to the state...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 6:33 pm
Chris Rowland suggested that in order to be consistent with other standards, we should add the read-only properties: Camera.Name Camera.DriverInfo This is to...
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rbethman
rbethman1
Jan 3, 2010 6:41 pm
Doug, Makes perfectly GOOD sense! I agree completely. As I've said before, I do not do development any longer. I moved up to systems integrator/compliance...
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Bec a Fuel
becafuel
Jan 3, 2010 6:55 pm
... Ascom drivers aren't low-level drivers either... Unless I missed something in Tim's (very pleasant) answer : "Every argument you put forward simply...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jan 3, 2010 7:45 pm
... Let's not get semantic here. The ASCOM interfaces are high level compared to the hardware, but low level compared to the application. ... If there are...
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"Rörig, Andre...
andreasroerig
Jan 3, 2010 10:45 pm
Hello everybody, very interesting discussion. There is one point that should be kept in mind. This is that a combination of AO-Unit, filterwheel and camera...
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starflake47
Jan 4, 2010 2:37 am
Hi, I'm new to the group. I'm trying to download ASCOM platform 5, but I get an error code of 2350 and it won't install. Is there a way I can get around this...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
Jan 4, 2010 5:01 pm
Hi Richard, ... 2350 and it won't install. Is there a way ... I Googled your error number and came up with: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321444 ...
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hombauer.michael
hombauer.mic...
Jan 4, 2010 7:11 pm
Hello All, thanks for suport. The problem is solved. I made new links to ASCOM in .NET. However, the camera simulator 5.0.9 doesn't work. The ASCOM platform 5a...
