Hope this could help someone else 'cause took me a while before I found what was wrong with my missing ASCOM templates. I got a similar problem but the root...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 18, 2012 3:07 pm
I would also recommend Iron Python over 'ordinary' python as it has Visual Studio integrations and can work directly with .NET objects, which may make for a...
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Mike
mikerushford
Apr 18, 2012 1:38 pm
... From what Chris told me (from memory, could be off somewhat) the issue is the PYTHON code lines I tried to import as COM objects are .NET objects. I don't...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 17, 2012 8:51 pm
I agree Hartmut, I always thought that image handling and processing should not have been part of the camera spec and that image interfaces should have handled...
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Hartmut
hvb356
Apr 17, 2012 8:44 pm
John, my code base is VB and C# and the fits file handling alone uses several hundred lines of code. What you need is a scriptable object which does fits file...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 17, 2012 8:43 pm
In order to post this message, you must have already been a member. --Tim ... From: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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waynewatson95959
waynewatson9...
Apr 17, 2012 8:33 pm
"no Join button" In any case, I stumbled into how to get here, and have a post in the queue....
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leonard_middlebrooks
leonard_midd...
Apr 17, 2012 8:33 pm
In the EASCOM toolbox under: 1] Configuration files, when either view or restore is clicked, a "run-time error 53: file not found" message is generated, 2]...
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Wayne Watson
waynewatson9...
Apr 17, 2012 7:14 pm
I'm looking at the YG site and see now "Join" button. -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std....
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Astro
jjkllg
Apr 17, 2012 7:13 pm
Tim, Ah but not self contradictory!! As I said Unless.. But I want to write a custom process to do all those things without buying Maxim, Focusmax, Pinpoint,...
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waynewatson95959
waynewatson9...
Apr 17, 2012 7:13 pm
I understand that Merlin Controls Dome Control has equipment to automate the dome with a Lamphier shutter. I've been on their web site to ask by phone if they...
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Astro
jjkllg
Apr 17, 2012 7:12 pm
Hartmut, Have you got an example camera script or vbs file? I seem to be having difficulty storing a fits image.. Regards, John M ... From: Hartmut To:...
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Rosario Pomillo
rpomillo
Apr 17, 2012 7:12 pm
Hartmut, we think and DO the same way! bye:)) Rosario Pomillo www.astromaster.org ... Hartmut, we think and DO the same way! bye:)) Rosario Pomillo ...
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Hartmut
hvb356
Apr 17, 2012 2:01 pm
Mike, I'm doing this. It makes fun and one can learn a lot about the whole bandwidth of astrophotography and image processing. With the new ASCOM templates I...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
Apr 17, 2012 7:34 am
Hi Mike, I've just successfully created the AstroUtils object through COM in VBScript and retrieved the DeltaT value through that and have also checked the COM...
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Mike Pooler
mikepooler98
Apr 17, 2012 2:30 am
Gentalmen ACP is not the only way... But it is the best way. You can right VBS,,JavaScript or C# to do any and all of the things you may want to do and attch...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 16, 2012 7:58 pm
What you've said is self-contradictory. It clearly _is_ possible to do all those things, because that (as you pointed out) is what ACP does. ACP is not the...
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John
jjkllg
Apr 16, 2012 5:56 pm
Hi, It seems that if you wanted to write some code to just : Start up all your hardware Unpark scope Focus your SXVR-H18 on Scope (Lakeside) Start guiding with...
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josh hughes
jhughes.astro
Apr 16, 2012 5:54 pm
Hi Tim, Great! I've had a play and it works perfectly. I think maybe I needed to call SetPark again, or maybe I still had the Park/Unpark modes set to Home. ...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 16, 2012 10:03 am
It might be worth running Conform with the camera, this will exercise all the functions and help with checking what's going on. Use the 32 bit mode. Also try 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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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") ...
