Is there a simple and foolproof way of knowing which version of ASCOM I have installed. -- John Oliver Associate Professor Associate...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 4, 2003 5:01 am
Er, no. Other than looking at the Install/Remove programs list. There isn't a "program" -- ASCOM is a collection of bits. -- Bob John Oliver:> Is there a...
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Chuck Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 12:08 pm
As a 'stop gap' measure until Ajai releases his new driver, I added some additional features (L3) to the current Gemini APS driver. I sent it over to Bob,...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Jun 4, 2003 12:52 pm
Last weekend James Lacey and I started investigating why the Gemini APS driver did not work for some users that wanted to use FocusMax and the GFI focuser...
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C. Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 1:05 pm
Hi Larry, That's great news! I have some of the L3 features active in the driver I worked up (set: slew speeds/guide speeds/tracking rate/etc). Do you want ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 4, 2003 1:06 pm
Larry & Chuck -- Thanks VERY MUCH for tackling this job. Perhaps you could merge your two code bases before adding the focuser stuff? -- Bob...
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C. Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 1:40 pm
We will also need the DLL for those not using the Gemini for focus control, right? Chuck -- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Weber" <larryweber@...> ...
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C. Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 2:24 pm
Yeah, I'll send my stuff to Larry if he wants it. Chuck ... From: "Bob Denny" <rdenny@...> To: <ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jun 4, 2003 5:15 pm
Bob, why don't you put a 'Platform version' in the chooser? --Tim ... From: Bob Denny [mailto:rdenny@...] Sent: 04 June 2003 06:01 To:...
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Ajai Sehgal
ajaisehgal
Jun 4, 2003 5:18 pm
I have the Gemini driver for L3 coded up. Its just not fully tested. I would be happy to zip up the source and dump it to someone who wants to test it. Ajai ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 4, 2003 5:22 pm
No, an EXE server will work with/without anyone using the focuser. See the AstroPhysics driver for an example of how this is done. -- Bob C. Faranda:> We will...
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Ajai Sehgal
ajaisehgal
Jun 4, 2003 5:28 pm
I already have this done as an exe driver. Chuck or Larry, do you want to test it? Ajai ... From: Bob Denny To: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
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Chuck Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 5:29 pm
Ajai, I'll test it out. Regards, Chuck Faranda http://ccdastro.net ... From: "Ajai Sehgal" <ajai@...> To: <ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday,...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 4, 2003 5:47 pm
Perfect. It'll go in for the next Platform. -- Bob Tim Long:> Bob, why don't you put a 'Platform version' in the chooser?...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 4, 2003 5:48 pm
You guys are the greatest! -- Bob Ajai Sehgal:> I already have this done as an exe driver. Chuck or Larry, do you want to test it?...
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Ajai Sehgal
ajaisehgal
Jun 4, 2003 6:20 pm
Cool. Code sent off to Chuck. Ajai ... From: Chuck Faranda To: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [ASCOM] Gemini...
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C. Faranda
cfaranda24
Jun 4, 2003 7:05 pm
Thanks, I'll try to break it tonight ;^). Chuck ... From: "Ajai Sehgal" <ajai@...> To: <ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:20...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Jun 5, 2003 1:11 pm
Thanks for the great offers by Chuck and Ajai to send off Genini driver source code to help our new driver project. The spirit of the ASCOM community is...
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Th.Pfleger@...
thomas_pfleger
Jun 5, 2003 2:24 pm
Dear ASCOM people! <intro> I'm an amateur astronomer and software developer from Germany and looking forward to integrate the ASCOM Telescope Driver Standard...
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ratsj
Jun 5, 2003 5:44 pm
Was this issue with TheSky & ASCOM ever resolved? I seem to have the exact same problem, using Win98 (freshly updated) + TheSky 5.00.100 + ASCOM 2.2af + ACL...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 5, 2003 6:23 pm
S. Ratcliff ... Yes. It affected only NT-derivatives (2K/XP) and only on outbound connections from TheSky via TeleAPI to EXE based drivers (the ACL driver is...
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ratsj
Jun 5, 2003 7:27 pm
Wow Bob, thanks for the quick response! ... Here are the Windows Script Host error box contents: Script: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\test2.vbs Line: 3 Char: 1 ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jun 5, 2003 8:08 pm
My FocusAPI plug-in used to be affected by this problem on certain drivers, but the latest 2.2a platform release has completely cured it, as far as I can tell....
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 5, 2003 8:49 pm
... Right on. Contact Mark Kelley at DFM. This is an issue with the ACL implementation in the DFM controller. He knows about it, we went through the checkout...
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ratsj
Jun 5, 2003 9:11 pm
Hi Tim, thanks for the message. During the last couple of days I tried, variously, 3 TeleAPI.dll files I have accumulated during various downloads and...
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ratsj
Jun 5, 2003 9:20 pm
Thanks so much Bob. I'll look at the DFM code and the VB6 driver project and see what I can figure out. SJR ... through ... the ACL driver....
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jun 5, 2003 9:36 pm
The ASCOM installer takes care of everything ASCOM. Sensibly, it does not install anything into third party software. So the only DLLs you need to worry about...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 6, 2003 6:31 am
I strongly suggest you talk to DFM about this issue. They have made other changes to the firmware too. -- Bob ratsj:> Thanks so much Bob. I'll look at the DFM...
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Joe Shuster
joessr
Jun 6, 2003 1:48 pm
Thomas, I like your ideas to facilitate standard interfaces to planetarium (and planning) software. The interfaces would be valuable as you say. Your low level...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jun 6, 2003 1:53 pm
Hello -- ... The idea of being able to script a planetarium is a really good one! I wrote a plugin for StarryNight 3 that exposes some of its many features to...
