The stack trace says it all, Adam's driver is failing when it tries to load something with clsid EDEBAAF9-E097-4D30-AA5F-6A4B0F17DC6D A search for this clsid...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 23, 2012 3:41 pm
Greg -- I apologize. I'm the person who touched that off. I should have mentioned my concern privately and not in your support thread. -- Bob...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 23, 2012 4:59 pm
That's odd, I apologise for missing the upload, that part of the original message was absent from the email I received. It was truncated at the comma after...
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lfoastro
Apr 23, 2012 5:25 pm
Hi Bob, After 4 minutes Maxim is not returning anything. Under Windows tasks manager: pc-tcs status is shwon as "no response" If I try to connect to pc-tcs...
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yodie.geo
Apr 23, 2012 5:25 pm
Thanks, Ralph and Andrew - this helps out perfectly! Just trying to figure out . . . . when I right-click in StarryNight, and select Slew to "xxxxxxx" . . ....
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rbethman
rbethman1
Apr 23, 2012 5:35 pm
Try turning on trace in the chooser. Find where the log goes, I don't remember. You should see what is being sent, and what is being received. Bob - N0DGN...
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Greg Marshall
phototwist
Apr 23, 2012 5:44 pm
No problem, guys. When it comes to Windows software, being totally confused is normal for me. Thanks, Greg ________________________________ From: Bob Denny...
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Ralph Pass
rppassiii
Apr 23, 2012 6:48 pm
I do not use StarryNight, but if the option is Slew to and it is RA and Dec, then I would assume that it would issue the MS command. So why would you set and...
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leonard_middlebrooks
leonard_midd...
Apr 23, 2012 7:14 pm
In attempting to connect my EQG, I looked in Profile Explorer for possible clues. Should there be data under Telescope Drivers/EQMOD.Telescope similar to that...
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Todd Wessendorf
yodie.geo
Apr 23, 2012 7:14 pm
I'm assuming it works this way: The right-click simply sends two numbers to the ASCOM driver, as well as a request to slew there. In the driver, the two...
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Ralph Pass
rppassiii
Apr 23, 2012 7:32 pm
In SlewToCoordinates or SlewToCoordinatesAsync you would set the target RA and target Dec from the values passed and then call SlewToTarget or ...
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johansea
Apr 23, 2012 9:05 pm
... I only ever use it when doing specific diagnostic testing that requires me to start at a specific "mechanical" position. ie a) scope tracks badly at a...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Apr 23, 2012 9:10 pm
... No. The data will vary depending on the driver. The only vital bit is the default data, this has the name that's shown in the chooser. Chris...
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Adam
adamrosas1972
Apr 23, 2012 9:30 pm
Thanks Chris that fixed it :-)...
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autostaretx
Apr 23, 2012 9:48 pm
In over 11 years of analyzing serial traces involving Meade scopes and various ASCOM (and proprietary) client planetarium apps (StarryNight, TheSky, etc)... i...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 24, 2012 1:15 pm
It looks like you're developing a driver. The other replies already posted to this thread are all contain good information. I wanted to just add these general...
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Todd Wessendorf
yodie.geo
Apr 24, 2012 4:20 pm
Thanks Dick. That was my assumption, but wanted verification....
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Todd Wessendorf
yodie.geo
Apr 24, 2012 4:20 pm
What is this Standards Documentation everyone keeps referencing? Google search sends me to ASCOM page to download developer tools, and in that download, there...
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leonard_middlebrooks
leonard_midd...
Apr 24, 2012 4:21 pm
Chris, Thanks. To verify when looking at EQMOD.Telescope I see under Value: (Default), and under Settings: EQMOD ASCOM EQ5/6. There is no other information. ...
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Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Apr 24, 2012 4:29 pm
When you install ASCOM, you are given the option of also installing all the developer documents. Those are what you need to write a driver. Those are what you...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 24, 2012 4:29 pm
Yes, that seems OK, by settings you mean the column headed Data I suppose? Typically a driver would save additional data in the profile but this will not be...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
Apr 24, 2012 4:44 pm
Todd, please be nice to people, especially those who are trying to help. As Chris P says the information you want is installed on your system as part of the...
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peschman2001
Apr 24, 2012 7:00 pm
I'm trying to ease my way in to working with Novas Transform for converting to and from Epoch J2000 when the source coordinates from the planetarium software...
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Joseph Shuster
joessr
Apr 24, 2012 11:25 pm
Chris, I'm pretty sure I help test the V1.0 (V0.1?) instance of the Celestron driver using this same NexStar 5 back in the olden days. And I also recall ...
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Todd Wessendorf
yodie.geo
Apr 25, 2012 1:05 am
Yea, that was pretty nasty and out of line. No excuse for it, and never appropriate for this setting. Apologies to Tim and the group....
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 25, 2012 1:15 am
Hi -- It truly sounds like there is no comm between the driver and PC-TCS. It is not a problem with the ASCOM Platform, just in case you're thinking in that...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 25, 2012 1:20 am
After installing the ASCOM Platform (not the developer bits), Windows Start menu, All Programs, ASCOM Platform 6, Help and Device Interface Standards. -- Bob...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Apr 25, 2012 2:10 am
Peter, I'm not certain why that fails, but my guess would be that the code is referencing some older helper components, which might barf if you are on a 64-bit...
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peschman2001
Apr 25, 2012 5:15 am
Tim, Thanks very much for your help. I managed to get your C# example working. The error message I saw with the .js example occurred both on a Windows 7...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Apr 25, 2012 7:52 am
I've found the problem, it is an effect of the way that strings are handled and may have come in when we moved to the .NET based serial driver. I am getting...
