Bob, I'm not sure it is still good, 2004? I'd just install ASCOM 6 The new Ti driver works only with ASCOM6, I use it with my PD10 as the old driver was very...
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sebastien burfin
winch20010
Mar 6, 2012 1:11 pm
hello, just tried yesterday, and saw the same problem. as my robofocus is on port 10, I can't use it with USB :( an update should be great :) system : Win7...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 1:55 pm
Right but I'm afraid that those that would benefit from reading it probably did not :) I was expecting some wild suggestions like 'switch to Mac' or 'reinstall...
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bob92840
Mar 6, 2012 2:12 pm
On the RE-Install of TSX I went with "full install" version then applied the update 10.1.11 (just as I did in the 1st instance and I did not have any other...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 4:21 pm
Hi, Connected to focuser ok but I am unable to read temperature and position from the focuser. Maxim DL is doing it and supposedly using the same driver. When...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 4:24 pm
Try setting Connected = True first. All you've done is create the focuser object but it's just sitting there, not talking to the physical device yet. Sander...
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rockjockjared
Mar 6, 2012 4:50 pm
To me this sounds like something in the LX200gps driver that isn't correctly handling multiple concurrent requests correctly or somehow POTH is broken. My...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 5:00 pm
Hi Sander, Blows out on "focuser.Connected = TRUE" with the following message: Object doesn't support this property or method: 'focuser.Connected'. Dim temp,...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 5:08 pm
Hi Howard, I don't know why that would be. The documentation states that a focuser must have the Connected property and that this is how you should use it. ...
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Wayne
wayneh9026
Mar 6, 2012 5:24 pm
One the Focuser Drivers page, the James Lacey EasyFocus and LazyFocus links have been dead for a long time. Would also like to have Chris's MoonLite focuser...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 5:49 pm
Hi Sander, This Maxim DL snippit works: 'Connect to focuser Set app = CreateObject("Maxim.Application";) app.FocuserConnected = TRUE But there is no "app"...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 5:58 pm
Just tried simulator and it works fine... Darn... Now I have to suspect the ASCOM.OptecTCF_S.Focuser.dll? But what could go wrong if Maxim DL, presumably...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Mar 6, 2012 6:08 pm
Try Focuser.Link = True The original Focuser driver specification uses Link instead of Connected. The Platform 6 specification has both Connected and Link but...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 6:10 pm
Hi Howard, ok, so you're writing VBS. Something to mention probably. I don't think there is a way to debug those using Visual Studio but you could google the...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Mar 6, 2012 6:11 pm
You will probably find that the InterfaceVersion property returns 2 with the simulator and 1 or throws a not implemented exception with the Optec focuser. ...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 6:17 pm
Ah, that explains it. Thanks Chris! I didn't have my own focuser test client code here on my work lappy so I couldn't check how I connect to it. I was flying...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 6:20 pm
Hi Chris, Wow! THANKS! THAT WORKS! Understand about documentation. I spend a LOT of time on documenting my software using RoboHelp. ASCOM is currently a...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 6, 2012 6:23 pm
Hi Sander, Thanks. I did LOTS of Google queries related to these subjects. Installed lots of packages that did not really address debugging but sounded like...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 6, 2012 6:31 pm
Hi Howard, glad you got it working! To me the availability of a debugger is key to the adoption of any programming language. I write a lot of python for work,...
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rdenny@...
dc3dreamer
Mar 7, 2012 12:05 am
Thank VERY VERY much for asking. You saved yourself seem pain and suffering. That old driver package is from 2006. Contact Technical Innovations for the latest...
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rdenny@...
dc3dreamer
Mar 7, 2012 12:15 am
Ian -- Everything you've posted points to a hardware problem. Probably temperature related (brr...). I was not kidding when I said that software cannot cause a...
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rdenny@...
dc3dreamer
Mar 7, 2012 12:18 am
Not needed. It was not part of the new driver installation. It is old stuff. -- Bob...
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rdenny@...
dc3dreamer
Mar 7, 2012 12:20 am
Wayne, tell me what should go there and I will do it. -- Bob...
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Wayne
wayneh9026
Mar 7, 2012 12:51 am
Hi Bob, discovered your ACP videos on YouTube - very cool, just wish I had an observatory to use the software with. Well maybe someday. The links to the...
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ian matterson
ian.indursley
Mar 7, 2012 12:56 am
Hi Bob, Thanks for the suggestions, I have not had chance to get out today and investigate, but i will take on board what you say about the temp, I also will...
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themos_astro
Mar 7, 2012 12:13 pm
I think I may have tripped over that one too. "Steamed" isn't the half of it. I'm grateful that standards for astro gear exist and that people have spent...
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nm_astrnmr
Mar 7, 2012 4:33 pm
I'm developing a rotator driver for a friend's custom machined rotator on a 24" RC telescope. I used the VB template and have 98% of the functionality in...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 7, 2012 4:47 pm
Hi Steve, it sounds like more than one object is being created. I don't think it's possible to call the constructor more than once on the same object. It would...
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nm_astrnmr
Mar 7, 2012 5:01 pm
Thanks Sander! I don't need concurrent access. All the rotating is done by CCDCommander. During this project I've been in contact with Matt Thomas who wrote...
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Joseph Shuster
joessr
Mar 7, 2012 8:52 pm
Three short announcements: First, we want to make everyone with a Gemini mount aware of a menu of support groups on Yahoo: a) The ASCOM-Talk group (this one)...
