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349		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 1, 2001 4:49 pm
	Hi Bill -- The scope of your question is a bit large :-) for this list. ASCOM's fundamental technology is (at least right now) the built in Windows object ...
350		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 1, 2001 5:00 pm
	This is the Internet Transfer Control. I was under the impression that it is part of Internet Explorer, however a look at the DLL Help Database proves I am...
351		Dustin Moore dustin.moore@...	Oct 2, 2001 2:02 am
	... an ... Bartels drive? The LXP driver works fine but you should disconnect the driver during imaging. Each time the driver polls scope.exe the delicate PWM...
352		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 2, 2001 4:20 pm
	It seems to be a good idea to add a Stop method. However, not all focusers support a Stop command (e.g. Optec TCF-S does not). Therefore I propose the ...
353		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 2, 2001 6:10 pm
	... If you want the Stop method to be part of the stnadard ASCOM Focuser interface, then the convention (as adopted on the on the Telescope interface) is to...
354		Larry Weber larryweber@...	Oct 3, 2001 1:38 am
	... We definitely need a Stop method for focusers! I like the CanStop property concept because it appears to be easier for the neophyte programmer to grasp. I...
355		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 3, 2001 3:10 am
	... Okay... done. Doug ... Doug George, dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products http://www.cyanogen.com 100 Craig Henry...
356		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 3, 2001 5:43 am
	If Stop doesn't work it should raise an error. A client should not think it has stopped the focuser when it has not. -- Bob...
357		Jeff Medkeff medkeff@...	Oct 3, 2001 6:19 am
	... Bob is 110% RIGHT on this issue. Raise an error! If the client doesn't want to see it, On Error Resume Next will help. -- Jeff Medkeff Sierra Vista,...
358		Jean-Claude PELLE jcpelle@...	Oct 3, 2001 7:21 am
	... I agree also, better, if the client uses the "Stop" method, he must check the "CanStop" property before using it. "On Error Resume Next" must be used with...
359		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 3, 2001 1:53 pm
	... Pratically speaking, the client can tell if the focuser stopped by checking if it is still moving. There seems to be quite a variety of opinion on this...
360		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 3, 2001 2:43 pm
	... This means that every call of Stop must include a check to see if it is still moving, because you never know if you stopped it or not unless you look to...
361		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 3, 2001 2:56 pm
	... Well, that's a bit extreme. Generally speaking this would be used in response to the user clicking a button rather than anything automated. If it was ...
362		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 3, 2001 3:10 pm
	... Oops, I guess re-reading that I see I was up on my high horse a bit. Sorry!!!!!!! -- Bob...
363		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 3, 2001 3:19 pm
	... FYI, the reasoning bvehind the CanXXX properties in the Telescope interface is: If a method actually "does" something (e.g., SlewAsync()) there's no way to...
364		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 3, 2001 3:22 pm
	... In fact, we have implemented exactly that in MaxIm DL. During initialization it tries a Stop, and if that fails it disables the button. Doug ... Doug...
365		Larry Weber larryweber@...	Oct 3, 2001 10:41 pm
	... I agree that a Stop method with a raised error for unstoppable focusers does the job without CanStop. Larry...
366		Larry Weber larryweber@...	Oct 4, 2001 9:43 am
	... I just realized that the new Stop method (without the CanStop) only needs to be added to server interfaces for focusers that are stoppable. A server...
367		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 4, 2001 11:07 am
	Leaving a required method out of an interface is _not_ an acceptable way to indicate that the method is not implemented or not available. The error message is...
368		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 5, 2001 5:17 pm
	The Remote Telescope Markup Language, Version 2, is now online at the LBL Hands On Universe site at: http://hou.lbl.gov/rtml2/ The document at ...
369		Larry Weber larryweber@...	Oct 6, 2001 2:18 am
	I just tried to add the newly defined Stop() method for focusers to my server class written in VB. Unfortunately VB will not accept: Sub Stop() in my focuser ...
370		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 6, 2001 2:26 am
	OH!!!!!!! Good Heavens!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a good one. You are absolutely correct. Doug, we need to rename it something besides Stop(). I know, it's stupid, ...
371		Douglas B. George dgeorge@...	Oct 6, 2001 5:40 am
	Geesh! Glad that came up now!!! Is it safe to call it Halt? Doug ... From: Bob Denny [mailto:rdenny@...] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:26 PM To:...
372		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 6, 2001 6:10 am
	Yeah, Halt would be fine. Larry, THANKS!!!!! I should have known... the ActiveServer Pages implementation in ACP2 is written in VB. There is a Request.End...
373		astrouk@...	Oct 6, 2001 8:18 am
	In a message dated 06/10/01 02:27:52 Greenwich Standard Time, rdenny@... ... ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com</A> ... Hi ALTO 8>)) Best regards ...
374		Larry Weber larryweber@...	Oct 6, 2001 1:21 pm
	Halt works for me. Larry...
375		Arto Oksanen Arto.Oksanen@...	Oct 6, 2001 8:21 pm
	Does someone have a solution for the short slew problem occuring with 16-inch Meade LX200s? The scope sometimes fails to go back to tracking after it has...
376		Jeff Medkeff medkeff@...	Oct 8, 2001 2:35 pm
	... Here's how we handle it: If tools.AngSep(scope.RightAscension, scope.Declination, _ ovec.RightAscension, ovec.Declination) _ ... ' this is the second,...
377		Jeff Medkeff medkeff@...	Oct 8, 2001 2:53 pm
	... I should mention for the edification of future archives-searchers that the bug is a bit more complicated than this. What happens on short slews is that the...
378		Bob Denny rdenny@...	Oct 9, 2001 2:57 am
	Arto & Jeff -- This needs to be part of the Meade LX200 and Autostar ASCOM driver, as it is a 16" idiosyncrasy and should not have to be handled in scripts. I...

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