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...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Mar 29, 2012 9:24 pm
Wrong URL, Dick. The correct URL is http://jira.teamserver.tigranetworks.co.uk/ Regards, Tim Long ... matter itself is ... folks) these ... -- ExchangeDefender...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Mar 29, 2012 9:30 pm
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....
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Mar 29, 2012 9:36 pm
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...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 30, 2012 5:14 am
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 ...
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theerker
Mar 30, 2012 12:18 pm
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...
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DavidL
dealawsonkil...
Mar 30, 2012 12:19 pm
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...
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autostaretx
Mar 30, 2012 2:38 pm
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...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Mar 30, 2012 3:46 pm
Another consideration... Some devices that call themselves "USB to Serial" are not actually RS232, sometimes they are RS423 (as used on the original BBC...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Mar 30, 2012 3:55 pm
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...
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DavidL
dealawsonkil...
Mar 30, 2012 4:25 pm
Thanks Dick,Graham and Andrew, I'll give it a try and let you know how I get on....
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wmtconner@...
wmtconner...
Mar 30, 2012 4:25 pm
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...
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THouse
photon_watcher
Mar 30, 2012 4:53 pm
Your version of FM is quite old. Latest version is 3.6.0.77 What driver are you looking for? Tom...
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DavidL
dealawsonkil...
Mar 30, 2012 4:56 pm
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...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 30, 2012 6:25 pm
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...
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peschman2001
Mar 30, 2012 9:35 pm
Does anyone have a script example that can turn tracking on or off in the Simulator? Here is what I have working now: var X = new...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 30, 2012 9:44 pm
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...
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bakersfieldbiker
bakersfieldb...
Mar 30, 2012 10:31 pm
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...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Mar 30, 2012 11:09 pm
I'm using the ASCOM.Utilities.serial class. The sources are in Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ascom/, the relevant ones are in the...
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peschman2001
Mar 30, 2012 11:31 pm
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 =...
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tom@...
tomhilton1
Mar 30, 2012 11:33 pm
Hi FLoyd To fix this problem go back to your MI-250, ha ha Tom Hilton...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Mar 31, 2012 12:00 am
I have 2 Belkin F5U109, the issue appears to be with the driver, the problem occurs when ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = MAXDWORD and ReadIntervalTimeout =...
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Sander Pool
sander_pool
Mar 31, 2012 12:01 am
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%...
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Howard Anderson
handy1326
Mar 31, 2012 12:17 am
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...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Mar 31, 2012 1:44 am
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...
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Stephan S
steveshemenski
Mar 31, 2012 6:31 am
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...
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bakersfieldbiker
bakersfieldb...
Mar 31, 2012 6:31 am
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...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Mar 31, 2012 7:28 am
I'm adding a SupportedAction for my ASCOM Dome controller: Action "SlewContinuously". This has parameters of "Clockwise", "CW", "CounterClockwise" and "CCW"....
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dmwmpd
Mar 31, 2012 11:43 am
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...
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autostaretx
Mar 31, 2012 3:08 pm
You really DO have to tell us what the error messages SAID. (there are many twisty messages, nearly all alike... so the text of the message is critical in...
