The ASCOM help files are generated directly from code comments, using Sandcastle and Sandcastle Help File Builder. If you wanted to be consistent, you could...
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autostaretx
Apr 13, 2012 7:58 pm
... No... the Meade program does not use ASCOM as its interface between what you see on the screen and how commands reach the telescope. But: many other...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Apr 14, 2012 3:33 am
I have noticed that when I run conform with the Celestron Unified driver that Alt Az slews are a bit off, I suspect that the conversion from Alt-Az to Ra/Dec...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 14, 2012 6:28 am
Chris; Thanks for the comments, I have tried them and find no joy (so far) using python to park or unpark when commanding POTH as a hub. I ran this code: ...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 7:00 am
With some scopes the Alt and Azm slews are implemented by converting to Ra and Dec and doing a ra/dec slew. The conversion will depend on the position and...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 7:35 am
Mike, I think this could be a function of the scope that is connected through POTH. ... set myScope = CreateObject("POTH.Telescope") myScope.connected = true ...
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michele
michbet71
Apr 14, 2012 2:10 pm
Hi All, I'm testing the ascom driver for my CCD but I noticed that the download times are much longer than the software. Do not know where the problem may...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 14, 2012 2:34 pm
Chris; The following Python code succeeded in POTH setting the Parked state. Thanks Mike #!/Python26/python.exe -u import win32com.client #needed to load...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 14, 2012 2:44 pm
Chris; Just tried again to park using the python code of previous reply and it does not make POTH park. If while my python code is waiting for POTH to park I...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Apr 14, 2012 4:33 pm
Sorry about that, I did not realize that a log was generated. I made sure date/time and location are correct and re-ran conform same results log uploaded in my...
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lfoastro
Apr 14, 2012 4:36 pm
Hello group, I'm an old user of Pc-tcs (from Comsoft) in connexion with the Sky6 (using ACL interface), and I'm desesperately trying to access my PC-TCS dome...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 5:20 pm
Mike, I suspect that the problem is that your code is not connecting, try adding: myScope.connected = true I'm surprised that you don't see an error. Try...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 6:16 pm
Thanks for the log Adam, I wish I could say where the problem is. I've been trying this with NexRemote and don't see any problem, altaz slews are within a few...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Apr 14, 2012 7:01 pm
the scope in inside waiting for the weather to clear up, so I align it by pointing up and do a one star align, it's been a week since I worked on my driver and...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 8:33 pm
Yes, that's what I'd expect. Good to hear it'a resolved. Chris...
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Doug
dpanderson1960
Apr 14, 2012 8:49 pm
I've downloaded and installed the latest ASCOM platform and the Developer Components, but I cannot find the C# driver templates. Can someone point me to the...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 14, 2012 9:50 pm
Start Visual Studio New Project In Installed Templates Visual C# or Visual Basic there is an ASCOM6 entry, click on this and there are a selection of...
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Joseph Shuster
joessr
Apr 15, 2012 3:58 am
Chris, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I won't get back to the telescope until Tuesday. I'll get the logs to you asap. Joe...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 15, 2012 5:33 am
Chris; I added the code you originally suggested but still no joy with python ability to communicate with POTH to set a park state. In some of the code Joe U...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 15, 2012 6:33 am
I would like to use some of the ASCOM.Astrometry from python and need help calling the necessary library from python; This part of the code by Joe U works; ...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 15, 2012 7:40 am
You haven't set the class name correctly, it should be "namespace.class", such as: set transform = CreateObject("ASCOM.Astrometry.Transform.Transform") ...
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Doug
dpanderson1960
Apr 15, 2012 4:50 pm
Thanks, Chris. I think my issue was that I had tried to install the Developers Components before I installed Visual Studio. After installing VS, THEN...
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Doug
dpanderson1960
Apr 15, 2012 4:51 pm
Its been a while since I have worked with ASCOM driver development. It looks like everyone has put a substantial amount of work and improvement into ASCOM....
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 15, 2012 5:16 pm
I am going through the ASCOM Developer Help trying to define each class type in python. Below is my code the # lines do not work, if you can make suggestions...
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jhughes.astro
Apr 15, 2012 7:22 pm
Hi, I'm trying to make a Dome driver for my roll off roof observatory. Everything is working nicely and I can control the roof via my computer, however I want...
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Tony
tonybouc
Apr 15, 2012 7:23 pm
Hi everyone , I just purchased a Nightscape ccd camera from Celestron . It comes with AstroFX software as well as an ascom driver for 3rd party software .It...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 15, 2012 9:45 pm
In Vb the example syntax for a class is as follows Private Utl As ASCOM.Utilities.Util In Python this the syntax is: Utl =...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 15, 2012 10:22 pm
Your best bet is to use Google for generic Python questions, a search for "python structure" gave this: ...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 15, 2012 10:56 pm
From what I can see the exceptions only have constructors that take parameters so will need to be called differently. DeltaT is static, that may make a...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 15, 2012 11:58 pm
Normally you would just call the Park method. The actual park position is something that is either hard-coded or setup by the user once, manually. Sometimes it...
