John, I don't have a strong opinion either way. The status quo works for both, as long as the user decides to use the IsMoving property, so at least it is...
Hi, Sorry if this has already been addressed. Is the above ASCOM driver going to be/has been updated to relieve the requirement for Orchestrate? In an ...
Hi, After a number of requests, I have added the ability to change focus depending on what filter is selected. This capability requires installation of the...
Hi Folks, I've been messing about with the RoboFocus code from Technical Innovations. As you probably know, the RF code in the ASCOM platform is incomplete...
Chuc -- It's probably a run-time error in your Class_Initialize() method in the Telescope.cls module. I feel your pain! Here's a trick: (1) Fire up the VB IDE...
OK, this is totally cracking me! Mt VB telescope driver keeps giving me a 'can't load object' error when it is selected from Maxim. Can someone give me a...
Hi all! I've been working on a personal project consisting in translating Lx200 commands to other mounts. As a first step, I've built an ASCOM module. That is,...
Hi all -- As some of you know, SPACE.com is responsible for a grant that jump started ASCOM a few years ago. They decided that ASCOM was the way to go for...
Excellent!!!! And the decision to call it FITS.Image is perfect. A couple of comments: The items should have units, even though they are "obvious. For example,...
Chuck -- The serial device is hard-wired to 8 bits data, one stop bit and no parity (8-N-1), which is used by the vast majority of devices. I decided to keep...
... I have "thrown something together" :) - it's an Excel file at http://www.easysky.de/ASCOM/ASCOM_Image.xls It's based on Bob's PinPoint 4 documentation of...
And then if you want to *offer* a *single* Focuser interface, I suggest you create your own non-standard "MultiFocuser" interface. That way, client scripts...
I have problem with MaximDLL/CCD and telescope link. My telescope is Meade LX200 10"with 3.20 software. 1. My software were Windows-95, MaximDLL/CCD 3.05,...
... I am not aware of any reason for the hardware to behave differently for a bias frame, nor am I aware of any camera designs where it does. Can you explain...
I was browsing the proposed camera standard and I've a few comments. I've only recently joined the ASCOM group and I apologize if this is old hat... I noticed...
There is a C++ example on the ASCOM web site that you can download. It isn't pretty ;-) --Tim ... From: ralphvanniekerk [mailto:ralphvanniekerk@...] ...
I want to access the Scope Object from C++ Builder 5. The ACP intro says that " ACP exposes the same set of objects to external programs via OLE-Automation";. ...
VB looks to be the language of choice. There is some C++, but it can be very complicated if you're new to objects, and windows API's. The VB code found in...
I have been building a full set of support objects for C# and VB.NET (or any .NET language). I have already sent out the telescope API wrapper and I have...
Hi all, I'm rather new to ASCOM and somewhat new to programming (just getting off the old BASIC wagon and into the world of object-oriented). I was just...
What does FindHome do? How is it different than Park? Is tracking killed? How do I un-Home? Can I tell the difference between a Homed and a Parked scope ...
I'm fooling around with some hub code and discovered a reentrancy problem in chooser (I think). A script uses chooser to select my hub. [Properties] brings up...
Phil -- The downloads are coming from a huge/fast Yahoo-hosted web server. I can't tell you what might be happening, but it's really unlikely that they have a ...
Jon -- THANKS!!!!! I'll give it a whirl, and as soon as we get some positive feedback from some others indicating that it is working for them too, I'll add it...
Hello everybody I am looking for simple scripts to acquire images by MaxImdl from a list of objects exported by the sky please could you help me and tell me...
