Hi Christopher, Ok, you’re a co-moderator with Jonathan. Thanks, Ken ... From: Christopher Erickson [mailto:cerickson@...] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003...
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Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
Sep 1, 2003 7:52 am
Okay, moderator duties as assigned. Probably an excellent time to take this thread off of the ASCOM list. -Christopher Erickson ... ...
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Al Testani
ajtestani
Sep 1, 2003 4:30 pm
I have the ASCOM platform (2.3f) installed on 3 computers on a TCP/IP network. Two computers are Win98SE and the third is XP. With a test program I can launch...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 1, 2003 9:47 pm
Gil, I agree. I'm not saying "don't do compensation in the focuser". My point is simply that I see scope for a vertical application that implements a 'killer'...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 1, 2003 9:50 pm
I'm jumping into the middle of a thread here so I hope I'm not pulling in the wrong direction... If it helps, this is what the RoboFocus control panel calls...
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Gil Jones
azgilrock
Sep 1, 2003 10:52 pm
I think "Absolute"; and "Relative"; mode positioning is a different topic than what I was lobbying for. Right now the Focuser standard supports what I call...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Sep 1, 2003 11:25 pm
Here's my two cents: * The TCF-S is not really designed to do on-demand temperature compensation. Whenever you switch into temperature compensation mode, it...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Sep 2, 2003 12:00 am
... I guess I'm the fellow who penned the first version of what eventually evolved into the V1 focuser standard. From my perspective, there are some good and...
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Gil Jones
azgilrock
Sep 2, 2003 1:10 am
... Yes...I used to own an Optec TCF-S and it does not have on-demand compensation that I know of. That's what prompted me to add that feature in my...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Sep 2, 2003 5:42 am
I've currently got it as a custom method in my own in-progress driver. I note Doug posted a message saying that he can see some things that can be improved the...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 2, 2003 8:02 am
A couple of people are having problems with the Skymap Pro driver that I wrote. I have retested the driver on a couple of my systems and it runs ok. Here is...
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Axel Canicio
ACanicio
Sep 2, 2003 3:37 pm
Thanks Chris :-)) But this still does not seem to help me solve my problem. I've come with a solution but I got another problem that I'll mention in my ...
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Axel Canicio
ACanicio
Sep 2, 2003 3:38 pm
Hi All, First of all let me say that I'm quite new to COM, and the questions I may ask in the present mail may be obvious to experienced ASCOM programmers, but...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 2, 2003 4:53 pm
You can get a sort of 'on demand' compensation on the Optec TCF-S by turning off the power. When you turn on the power, it will compute its new position based...
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Gil Jones
azgilrock
Sep 2, 2003 5:43 pm
... I establish the frame of reference with a method called SnapshotTempPos(). Then I command on-demand compensation moves with CompensateImmediate(). The...
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Wodaski Yahoo account
rwodaski
Sep 2, 2003 11:50 pm
What does your SnapshotTempPos() method do? I can't quite grasp it from the name. Ron Wodaski author of The New CCD Astronomy http://www.newastro.com ... From:...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 3, 2003 12:26 am
Hi Al -- ... This relates to not only DCOM black magic, but XP security in general. There are all sorts of things that could cause your symptoms. I've ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 3, 2003 12:38 am
Axel -- Most of the ASCOM components (like most other COM components) are implemented as "apartment threaded". This means that all calls into the component...
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Gil Jones
azgilrock
Sep 3, 2003 12:43 am
It's basically like saying "I'm focused". So the device saves the current temperature and position to use as a reference point for calculating temperature...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 3, 2003 2:25 am
Why not just run everything on the remote system and use Remote Desktop Connection to control it? --Tim ... From: Bob Denny [mailto:rdenny@...] Sent:...
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Al Testani
ajtestani
Sep 3, 2003 2:46 am
Axel, It is hard to understand the code or the error message directly so I really don't understand the specific problem. From what I do surmise, one thing you...
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Al Testani
ajtestani
Sep 3, 2003 3:02 am
I agree and believe that this is totally an XP security issue. I just can't find the Rosetta Stone for it. The new (Orchestrate-less) interface of TheSky and...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 3, 2003 3:11 am
... Is the app on the guiding computer connecting to TheSky's scripting interface, then? (or at least -trying- to do this?) -- Bob...
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Al Testani
ajtestani
Sep 3, 2003 3:12 am
I have a machine dedicated to guiding and another for imaging and control. The latter has TheSky (at this point) connected to the mount. Among other things, I...
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Al Testani
ajtestani
Sep 3, 2003 3:18 am
... and ... on ... where ... Yes. This works well as does the ASCOM Telescope Simulator when I use win98 machines. It is only this damned XP "security"; issue...
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Axel Canicio
ACanicio
Sep 3, 2003 8:17 am
Al and Bob, What you both say makes sense, the solution then seems to be to create a new thread where the ASCOM object is both declared and called. Thanks a...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 3, 2003 10:39 am
Anybody got any ideas on this one? I really need help! It's got stranger, in that one user reports that my DLL does not work on his system (Win98) with SMP...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 3, 2003 10:39 am
Anybody got any ideas on this one? I really need help! It's got stranger, in that one user reports that my DLL does not work on his system (Win98) with SMP...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 3, 2003 1:51 pm
The user reporting problems with the Autostar and the ASCOM driver has provided some diagnostics. Basically the problem is to do with coordinate formats. The...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 3, 2003 2:15 pm
... OK, the first place to look is in the DCOM settings for TheSky (the "server"). Start with a Win98 machine for the guiding computer and XP for the...
