This is (probably) outside the scope of the telescope standard, but I thought I'd throw it in here for what it's worth... Q: When is a telescope not a...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 1, 2003 6:28 pm
Hi Tim, ... Very good. It also suggests to me that we're in a little bit of trouble for multi-device runs. Two cameras on one mount with two focusers, and one...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 2, 2003 12:19 am
... As a data point only, and not intended to drive the spec in any particular direction: ACP tries to read the optics info from the driver and load that info...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 2, 2003 12:44 am
... I'm on my way out the for for my birthday & anniversary :-) so this'll be short... I think the current architecture can handle multiple instances. Either...
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lostbowyer
Jul 2, 2003 2:49 pm
Sorry for this off topic, I'll try to keep it short. The recent Discussions of a new standard resulted in Bob Denny shutting down the discussion. This has...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 2, 2003 5:02 pm
... OK, I've incorporated this into the online spec draft at http://ASCOM-Standards.org/Telescope2.html and I'll comment in a separate message later. -- Bob...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 2, 2003 5:14 pm
Comments on a few of Louie's points: In V2, I'd rather not see existing properties and methods changed in a way that's not backward compatible with V1. But...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 2, 2003 5:28 pm
Further comments (in addition to those I posted for Louie Mamakos and those regarding optics I alrady made)) ... Personally, I think that the rates themselves...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jul 2, 2003 7:14 pm
... I will respond on the MaxIm DL list. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products ...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Jul 3, 2003 5:51 am
The two most popular are the Radio Shack WX-200 (AKA Oregon Scientific WM918) and the Radio Shack AccuWeather/(AKA Oregon Scientific WMR968). I would suggest...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Jul 3, 2003 12:06 pm
And Davis: http://www.davisnet.com/weather/index.asp Ron Wodaski author of The New CCD Astronomy http://www.newastro.com ... From: Jonathan Fay...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Jul 3, 2003 12:06 pm
Here's more info on Davis. Their software page: http://davisnet.com/support/weather/software.asp Their existing weather API: ...
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lostbowyer
Jul 3, 2003 1:33 pm
MessageThe Oregon Scientific are popular weather stations, but so are the Davis Instrument, La Crosse, Rainwise, Dallas 1 wire, and the ELV line of weather...
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John Oliver
oliver_astro...
Jul 3, 2003 4:11 pm
I am finishing up coding software to handle the synchronization of a dome with a scope and I am making it general purpose even though I have an initial need...
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Mel Bartels
mel_bartels
Jul 3, 2003 4:52 pm
... With a GEM when one says the scope is "East" (see SideOfPier in the Telescope 2.0 spec) does that mean "tube east of pier" and hence looking west, and vice...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 3, 2003 4:52 pm
Good question! I've been going on the assumption that East means the hour angle (RA - ST) is negative, thus that the scope is POINTING east of the pier. But I...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 3, 2003 5:09 pm
... I assumed it meant OTA physical location. In rereading this property, I can't tell if its read-only or read-write. Flip forcing could be interesting :-) ...
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John Oliver
oliver_astro...
Jul 3, 2003 5:18 pm
... I have assumed that these specs would be handled by the layer above the dome driver or by the scope spec(s). Example, our Campus Teaching Observatory is a...
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John Oliver
oliver_astro...
Jul 3, 2003 5:23 pm
... At our 76 cm my labels have always said "tube E (looking W)" or vice versa. I just wanted to clarify things for my DomeSync application GUI. I suggest...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jul 3, 2003 6:12 pm
... As Mr. Bill said.. "Oh nooooo" Well, my software's gonna have it backward. Ugh. My bad. I''m not going to change it as it releases probably today or ...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 3, 2003 6:37 pm
Hi John, ... Fair enough. I think GemRadius, NorthSouth, EastWest are indeed scope specific and would go in the V2 scope spec (or not since that seems to be...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Jul 3, 2003 8:12 pm
If you can define an equation that handles first your worst case (dome with slit), then you pretty much know the parameters you need to add properties for. You...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jul 3, 2003 10:04 pm
Jon, For some reason after Dome.FindHome completes, Dome.AtHome turns on, and then turns off again. Probably it's turning off the next time my application...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 3, 2003 10:59 pm
Hi Doug, ... It should stay on till some type of move (handset, slew, or park), or a sync, or a home location change due to setup dialog. I just checked the...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 3, 2003 11:02 pm
... Please provide a pointer. I'd love to see it. Perhaps I can provide an Automdome driver for my real dome. I don't think I'll bother with the simulator...
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rwodaski
Jul 4, 2003 12:04 am
Matt Bisque is in the process of updating the Automadome spec. If you need something right away, contact Matt directly and he'll send you a copy of the current...
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Jim Waller
jbwaller2
Jul 4, 2003 1:04 am
MessageHello, Can you provide a link to these? I have link for the Davis Instruments site, but not the others. Thanks, Jim Waller ... From: lostbowyer To:...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Jul 4, 2003 1:15 am
http://www2.oregonscientific.com/ They OEM products for Radio Shack and others as well. ... From: Jim Waller [mailto:jbwaller@...] Sent: Thursday,...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Jul 4, 2003 1:31 am
... Oh I see what happened... my implementation does a Sync after Home, because it wants to set what the home position Azimuth is. However, the ASCOM...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jul 4, 2003 4:23 am
... This is what I was getting at when I suggested there needed to be a way to get the actual Az for the home position, so that it could be synced. Or better...
