... I was thinking that the driver specific web page would be installed locally and not require connecting to the Internet - and yet more support work by Bob. ...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jan 1, 2004 5:17 pm
Hi Chris, Happy New Year! ... That will work too. The thing I liked about the remote version was that it could be updated anytime without loading a new ASCOM...
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Steve Barkes
sbarkes999
Jan 1, 2004 10:36 pm
Chris, Looking at the Celestron source, it appears that PulseGuide() is disabled for all but the Nexstar scopes. Select Case m_ScopeType Case E_NEXSTAR_GPS ...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
Jan 2, 2004 8:55 am
Hi Steve, These names identify the scope protocol. At the time this was written the NexStarGPS was the only scope using this protocol. After that the i series,...
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Steve Barkes
sbarkes999
Jan 2, 2004 5:53 pm
Chris, So if I understand correctly, the current driver may already support PulseGuide() for the Advanced, CGE, and I mounts. In addition, you would like some...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 3, 2004 2:02 pm
Can somebody tell me how I can get a copy of POTH? Thanks Peter...
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Don Jarvis
djarvisn42z
Jan 3, 2004 3:09 pm
Peter: Its included as a standard part of the Ascom 3.0f release. Download the release and POTH will be available as a Ascom chooser selection. Don Jarvis...
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peter617801
Jan 3, 2004 5:42 pm
Don Thanks, I now have both MaxIm and The Sky running the scope at the same time via POTH. One question, I noted that there was post referring to an ASCOM ...
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peter617801
Jan 3, 2004 5:42 pm
Don Thanks, I now have both MaxIm and The Sky running the scope at the same time via POTH. One question, I noted that there was post referring to an ASCOM ...
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BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Co...
jon_brewster
Jan 3, 2004 6:25 pm
... The actual released 3.0 platform had all the beta fixes (for all the drivers) in place. To be sure, lets check your POTH version. Go to POTH setup...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 3, 2004 7:00 pm
Hi Jon I do have version 1.2.0. Thanks for your help. Peter ... From: BREWSTER,JON A (HP-Corvallis,ex1) [mailto:jon.brewster@...] Sent: 03 January 2004...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 4, 2004 1:26 am
Gone -- 3.0 is released. -- Bob...
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Charlie Habekost
chab_95136
Jan 4, 2004 2:11 am
Bob or ?? Does anyone have a list of the ACL commands that PC/TCS understands? I vaguely remember this topic coming up before, but have been unable to find a ...
4583
peter617801
Jan 4, 2004 1:07 pm
Thanks Bob Another question (just out of interest) I am currently using a SkySensor 2000 which is working fine with MaxIm and The Sky through POTH when the...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 4, 2004 11:03 pm
Charlie -- Contact the developer of PC-TCS (Dave Harvey) for the commands it understands. http://www.comsoft-telescope.com/ -- Bob...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 4, 2004 11:26 pm
... Actually, POTH knows nothing whatsoever about telescopes It simply calls the ASCOM driver for the specific telescope you select in the ASCOM Telescope...
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Charlie Habekost
chab_95136
Jan 5, 2004 12:54 am
I'll post them (with Dave's permission) when I get them. Thanks. Charlie ... From: Bob Denny [mailto:rdenny@...] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 3:04 PM To:...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 5, 2004 1:19 am
Hi Bob I am sure that this problem is NOT just an ASCOM problem. Did you pick up on my comment that I have NEVER been able to connect to the SkySensor 2000...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 5, 2004 1:20 pm
... Sorry, I thought you were using the "connector" that lets TheSky talk to ASCOM drivers (and for that reason you asked the question on the ASCOM forum). If...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 5, 2004 2:07 pm
I CAN get MaxIm and The Sky to talk to the SS2K, both through dedicated drivers and through ASCOM, BUT, only if the SS2k is configured to communicate in LX200...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Jan 5, 2004 3:28 pm
Oh, I didn't know that the SS2k had two modes. Sorry again. Well, at least you can run it in the LX200 mode... And you can thank Jon Brewster for POTH. It's...
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Boyer, William
wslboyer
Jan 5, 2004 5:05 pm
Try to test your communications alone by connecting using a terminal program (like HyperTerminal or Terminal, shipped with Windows). You should be able to...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 6, 2004 12:11 am
That isn't necessarily conclusive. A serial cable that has missing handshake lines will work perfectly well if the devices at both ends are configured to...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 6, 2004 12:56 am
Hi Tim I agree if the system uses hardware handshaking, but the SS2K manual says that it uses Xon/Xoff. This is simply a code sent along the normal RX/TX wires...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 6, 2004 1:31 am
Plenty of systems use Xon/Xoff but will not transmit if DSR and DTR are not asserted. Tecnically, this isn't hardware flow-control, since that is often done...
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Peter Chance
peter617801
Jan 6, 2004 2:22 am
Your right about the gazillion ways for things to go wrong! I can remember having a little book about RS232, it was very thick! Yes, there is a wiring diagram...
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Brian C. Barnes
briancbarnes
Jan 6, 2004 12:33 pm
Can anyone tell me what the current state of the ASCOM Camera specification is? I'm developing an imaging app that uses ASCOM to control everything. I've...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Jan 6, 2004 1:02 pm
See the following posts for details of another camera simulator and a FITS image driver that you might find extremely useful. ...
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Jack Hudler
crunchy_eyeb...
Jan 6, 2004 3:08 pm
Pray to the goddess of computer evolution to quickly smite this old retro virus call 'RS-232" may it never again appear on the backplane of my computer again....
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Chris Peterson
cloudbait
Jan 6, 2004 3:32 pm
Except for astronomical equipment, where I can find absolutely no use for USB at all. I pray to the same goddess to never let another astronomical device be...
