Not strictly. The simulator is an EXE. However, just be aware that when the driver is an EXE, task-switching by clicking around on the screen, trying to do...
Hello Rafael and Bob: I will try this technique on the NexStar114GT driver over the next couple of days, and report back to you. Bob, does it matter to the...
Hi Bob, I'd like to make a proposal concerning asynchronous slewing for the Nextar 5 & 8 driver. It could be also extended to other similar models. My...
John Oliver wrote: ... Having raised this point, I though I would post here material from my "Techniques of Observational Astronomy" class notes: In 1583, the...
I needed to write a quick routine to calculate sunrise and sunset and I decided to use some of the routines in astro32.dll to save time. I've spent the last 3...
The ASCOM Platform 1.1 contains a version of the TheSky Driver that will sense whether your installation of TheSky and RASCOM.dll will support asynchronous...
... Can you elaborate? ... Because they don't represent a feature of the scope that actually exists. A Property Get would simply return what was last set. It...
Hi Bob: I've been testing your nextar driver with my Nextar 5" unit. It seems to work very nicely, except for times. To my suprise, I've found that the driver...
If you are running Windows XP use Windows Update to get the latest "critical update" package for XP. This contains the fixed 5.6 scripting engines. -- Bob...
Though 99% of my internet functions were running, I hard-reset my router, reconfigured from scratch to exactly the settings I already had, and voila! I am back...
Ajai -- Thanks very much for the post! I will contact Microsoft to see why their 5.6 installer does not work on XP. No matter what, this means an adjustment to...
This has to be the all-time bizarre network problem I have seen! DNS queries /originating/ here are never answered, no matter what name server is used. Thus, I...
Sorry for the wide-track messages I have been posting. I adjusted the wrap width days ago for a listing, and forgot to change it back to my usual 72. -- Bob...
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but how does the following sound: VB makes it quite simple to hook into a C/C++ DLL. Why not write an ASCOM scope driver...
Richard -- Yeah, building in VB is much easier than C++. Similar to the difference between building Java objects in Java versus C++ (native methods). Doing a...
Hi Richard: Building C++ COM interface is very straight forward. For a good example, download the Starry-Night Plugin at SPACE.COM. This should get you going...
I've been looking at the ASCOM platform, and I was surprised to find that all the Telescope Object Server samples seem to be written in Visual Basic. I'm...
As a result of a series of discussions among the Hands On Universe team, the Remote Telescope Markup Language 2.0 has been modified very slightly. The required...
Steve -- I'd be happy to look at it from a construction standpoint, but I don't have a U2K so can't actually test anything. Better to find a couple of testers ...
I asked this some time back. I hope someone has been successful. Original Question: Is anyone currently working on an Ascom compliant driver for the ...
Rafael -- Have a look at the code in the Chooser (sources are included, it's in the Helper project) and emulate that. I'm curious what sort of client-server...
Hi All -- Well, wouldn't you know it. Late last week, it became evident that the LXP driver's flex delimiter function wasn't quite good enough, and that the ...
The ASCOM Develoer Info web page (http://ascomstandards.org/developer.html) has a very helpful section on Using the Chooser that states: "The drivers are...
Hi Sreve: Within the ASCOM directory structure is a directory called VBTemplate. This would be the place to start. The Telescope.cls module is where all of...
Steve -- Good points. I have revised the ASCOM site to include a new Developer Info page that answers your questions. It was long overdue! Thanks for prodding ...
We have a problem. Active scripting 5.6 CANNOT be installed on WinXP. Trying to do so results in a dialog labelled "Software Installation" which reads: "The...
