Hi. I have just joined this group and today, 29th March, posted a message similar to yours (probably needs mediating before it appears), but relating to to...
Cheers...a comprehensive and very helpful reply. Gives me a bit of stuff to work with, thanks. I'll get on to it tomorrow and let you know how I get on. All...
Wrong URL, Dick. The correct URL is http://jira.teamserver.tigranetworks.co.uk/ Regards, Tim Long ... matter itself is ... folks) these ... -- ExchangeDefender...
I've re-read your post properly (sorry) - I have already corrected the link to the 'How to...' page. I'll go log into the group now and correct the quick link....
I've been trying to work out why the serial control of my Astro Society's scope has been unreliable. Connecting takes a long time and is unreliable. The logs...
Hi Chris, My HandyAvi software provides reliable serial communication and control of LX-200 scopes across a wide variety of USB/Serial adapters. I have the ...
I received some good advice from Dick including considering using Meade's ASU to do a "Garbage Collect" (under its Tools menu) as over time it looks like the...
I have downloaded MyScope and used it last night to interrogate the scope. I am not a au fait with all the complexities of driver development etc and MySope...
As Graham posted (and i cross-checked with Andrew last night): Meade's ASU's Tools/Garbage Collect *does* work with the LX200gps. (it only messes up with...
Another consideration... Some devices that call themselves "USB to Serial" are not actually RS232, sometimes they are RS423 (as used on the original BBC...
Howard, would you be prepared to do a code review of my serial code? My code isn't open source but we can do this through my Fisheye/Crucible system. I mainly...
I'm seting up a new starlight focuser that uses MicroTouch hardware and FocusMax software. I've been able to connect FocusMax to the focuser but cannot run...
Guys, I have just installed ASU from the Meade website ran garbage collect and then tried to connect from ACP with Init Boot and Set Time checked in...
Hi Tim, Are you essentially the source of the subsystem that Chris was using? Is that the subsystem we are talking about reviewing? Would be glad to take a...
Looks like you have everything you need. As in 99.99%. Read the Tracking property docs again. ... Changing the value of this property will turn the sidereal...
Hi Ray, I read an ealier post where someone named Fred posted this problem. Now I am having a very similar problem. IT parks either pointing West or East and...
Thanks Sander, I have been reading and re-reading the docs and just could not get the right expression. It turns out that this is the answer: X.Tracking =...
I have 2 Belkin F5U109, the issue appears to be with the driver, the problem occurs when ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = MAXDWORD and ReadIntervalTimeout =...
Hi Peter, yes, this is how properties work. You can read them or set them. You were already setting the Connected property which is why I said you were 99.99%...
Hi Chris, OK, thanks. That clarifies things... ASCOM is apparently using SYSTEM::IO. Timeout values in SYSTEM::IO are set in VC++ by: _serialPort = gcnew...
HaHa thanks for that, certainly sound like the issue I'm having. BTW the Linux kernel has a driver for MTC devices, the header has some documentation of the RE...
Hello to the group. I am a student at Pima Community College here in Tucson. I am working on a self guided study program looking at oscillations from...
Haha! :^) Thanks Tom, I needed that. Ok, tonight I found the problem and I want to report what it was. You must let CCDAP link to the software and fire up The...
I'm adding a SupportedAction for my ASCOM Dome controller: Action "SlewContinuously". This has parameters of "Clockwise", "CW", "CounterClockwise" and "CCW"....
Hi Chris, There's nothing wrong with your nomencalture. It conveys what you want. So go ahead and use it. I wrote my own dome control (unpublished) where I...
