Tom, to add to Hristo’s reply, people often get excited about the features of a particular device when discussing ASCOM interfaces. “But if it is designed...
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dwsubc2000
May 21, 2012 10:01 am
Thanks very much Chris, I have been caught by that bug a few times myself. Dave...
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Joseph Shuster
joessr
May 21, 2012 12:56 am
Chris, I'm out of town until next weekend when I can test it with my NexStar 5 and I'll retest with the N80/etc/etc mount, too. Thanks! Joe...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 21, 2012 12:10 am
Hi All, Â I am thinking about what states should be defined for a video camera and I am trying to get my head around the purpose and usage of the current...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 20, 2012 11:49 pm
Hi Tom,  I have a personal interest in the Mallincam and I am following up more info about the camera with some people I know. I asked Rock to give me...
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tom@...
tomhilton1
May 20, 2012 6:32 pm
Hristo I wish you would either borrow a Mallincam, of find someone close to you that has one, and go observe with them before defining specifications that will...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 20, 2012 6:00 pm
From what I can see the intent is that the default Guide Rate should be the sidereal rate in degrees per second but there's a bug that rounds it down to 0....
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dwsubc2000
May 20, 2012 1:52 pm
Hi, I am using the NET telescope simulator to check some code for scope mounts that do not allow setting the pulse guide rates. When I uncheck the Guide Rates...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 20, 2012 10:20 am
Hi Andy,  I think that this will work but I am not convinced how benefitial it may be. Also in the case where the camera doesn't support any variable...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 20, 2012 10:08 am
Hi Andy, Â The purpose of the ASCOM interface is to allow automated video observations. Automated also means unatended to some extend. So what I think people...
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Andy Galasso
ajsng44
May 20, 2012 8:13 am
Hristo, Regarding mixing fixed and variable exposure rates, one idea would be to add a pair of attributes like MinVariableExposure and MaxVariableExposure. ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
May 20, 2012 4:04 am
A plugin for _what_? Regards, Tim Long ... there a ... guide ... help ... -- ExchangeDefender Message Security: Click below to verify authenticity ...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
May 20, 2012 3:59 am
Fault finding is all about eliminating unknowns, until only known things remain or you have found the problem. This unfortunately means that a support engineer...
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Andy Galasso
ajsng44
May 20, 2012 3:20 am
Hristo, It seems like once you start getting into use cases 1 & 2 where a frame grabber is involved, I'm a bit confused about where the ASCOM driver sits in...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 19, 2012 2:59 pm
I've put a new version of the Celestron driver in the files area, this is in ...
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rockjockjared
May 19, 2012 1:44 pm
Sequence Generator Pro (Currently in beta but almost ready for release) does something similar. It doesn't necessarily build a pointing model but every plate...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 19, 2012 12:19 pm
Hi Andy, Â I forgot to reply to your first comment: Â > SupportedExposureRates. On a MallinCam there are fixed exposure rates up to 2.1 seconds in power of...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 19, 2012 11:18 am
Hi Andy, Â Thanks for your comments, they are spot on! Â About the camera state. I am not really sure exactly how this state may be used by a client...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 19, 2012 10:55 am
Hi Tom, Â ... This is interesting and this is not how other intergating cameras I have seen work. The gamma for example only takes effect on the next...
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John
jabberwock48
May 19, 2012 9:14 am
Another one with this problem. Using the move command from MaximDL to simulate calibration or guiding Progress report. I have just installed the latest daily...
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Andy Galasso
ajsng44
May 19, 2012 8:10 am
Hi Hristo, I read through your interface and I have a couple comments from a MallinCam perspective. SupportedExposureRates. On a MallinCam there are fixed...
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tom@...
tomhilton1
May 19, 2012 4:50 am
Hi Hristo Pavlo Here is one answer from the Mallincam group provided by Andy Glasso "That's right, the camera displays a static buffered image during the...
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tom@...
tomhilton1
May 19, 2012 2:13 am
I don't know how to answer your question as I am a very new Mallincam user. So I have copied your questions over to the Mallincam users group. I will try and...
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paulkccd
May 19, 2012 1:59 am
Hi Hristo, I was thinking of real-time as the time while the video is being acquired, as opposed to after. Your proposal allows processing of all the frames...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 18, 2012 11:18 pm
Hi Paul, Â I think it is important to define what real time is. I think that 5 frames per second (or getting every 6-th frame of NTSC analogue video) is real...
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Jeff
jeffkop
May 18, 2012 11:14 pm
Hi Everyone OK .. rest your thinking caps .. just got an email from the Cynogen helpdesk. It reads: "We have been able to replicate this error and we will ...
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Hristo Pavlov
hristo_dpavlov
May 18, 2012 11:12 pm
Hi Tom Hilton, Â The currently proposed draft is heavily influenced by what I know people are using video cameras for. I will be happy to learn more about...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 18, 2012 7:54 pm
The impression I get is that Hristo is thinging that this is handled using the ImageArray property. This get the latest video frame and can be used for...
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tom@...
tomhilton1
May 18, 2012 7:23 pm
I agree with Paul Thanks Tom Hilton ... I agree with Paul Thanks Tom Hilton On 5/18/2012 10:27 AM, paulkccd wrote: Tim, not at all. But I would like the driver...
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paulkccd
May 18, 2012 5:27 pm
Tim, not at all. But I would like the driver to provide access to the frames, so that application can perform these functions in real time. If the driver is...
