Hi John, This problem is very difficult to diagnose, the error says that something is mising but doesn't say what. It could be some component that the driver...
Guess: He doesn't have the ASCOM Platform installed, just the driver? And it's probably not registered. And there's no Helper. Chris - You and Jon B are our...
Bob, Exactly correct! I did not have the platform installed. Thanks for the jump start! Thanks also to Chris for the response and help. John W ... From: Bob...
Hi, Chris made a post in the QCUIAG room about autoguiding with a webcam using latest ascom release. Could you please provide me with more information on it. ...
Mark, Check out www.barkosoftware.com/GuideDog for a ASCOM/webcam guiding solution. Steve Barkes ... From: work4living2000 [mailto:work4living@...] ...
Steve & Chris, Thanks for the replies. I am still trying to take all of this in, I think that this is truly what I am looking for. My question is, do I need to...
... I don't think that you need to make an interface but you may want to get a hub, see below. ... Yes, thats it. connect GD to NexRemote through the virtual...
Chris, Again Many THANKS!!!!! Now all I need is for Mother Nature to quit kicking Michigan in the crotch and give me a clear night to Test all of this...
We are happy to announce updated releases of FocusMax and PoleAlignMax are available for download at www.focusmax.org . These are full versions not beta...
I've tested mine by locking guidedog onto something during the day with the guidescope loose. The move the guide scope and you will be able to see the scope...
Hey everyone, thanks for all the help.......Ok new troubles......I can connect. It appears that the scope is tracking and trying to guide. I cant seem to get...
Dave, When you are connected, what is your configuration, are you plugged into the PC port on the scopes base.......Which scope do you have. If possible please...
I have been working on an ASCOM driver for ServoCAT, which is in beta testing at present. A new issue has surfaced for the ServoCAT driver. Turns out that...
I have an N8i on a wedge. I use a 4 port USB hub connected to one of the laptop ports has the following on it: 2 port USB 2 serial converter (set as Com5 and...
Mark, Getting 2 cameras to work on a single pc is always tough. The USB ports for each camera must generally be on a different usb controller. Some PC's act...
Steve, I got it figured out.......My Laptop Sucks!!! The usb Ports are not ports, they are more like port. Apparently I have two outlets on the same usb...
Mark, Probably the best solution is to pick up a PCMCIA adapter that add a couple of USB 2.0 ports. They seem to run about $39.00-$49.00. You may want to...
Hi all, I have a ? for the group. I have a N11gps running with The Sky ver.5 and Nexremote software. I have reloaded all my software on a new computer. Old...
I am trying to get telescope control of the sky 6 in Maxim DL 4. I have downloaded the ASCOM platform. I have renamed the original teleapi.dll and copied the...
... It's free, lightweight, and can be sub-installed silently. Plus it's extremely accurate, rigorous in fact. I would strongly recommend using it to precess...
Barkes, Taylor, Mikula [...] This is a fascinating discussion. Interesting problem trying to get 2 identical cameras going on the same bus. By the way, don't...
... Thank heaven! DCOM98 is an operating system patch for Win98. And the ASCOM Platform installer will apply this patch automatically if it detects the target...
Barbara -- ... I'm a bit unclear - You want to control TheSky (the planetarium software) from MaxIm DL? I assume you mean MaxIm DL's telescope control panel?...
... They don't:-) The data transfer is 8 bits per pixel luminance and half resolution colour data, making 12 bits per pixel on average. At higher frame rates a...
... Firstly, the webcams do on-board compression and really only stream about 10fpm at 320x240, the color is usually YUV encoded with lossy compression and...
... I was ill-informed on that part. I stand corrected. ... No kidding. I have a DVD *BURNER* that's tied into the USB2 bus. I can start a CD or DVD burn, then...
... And why the facination with USB and it associated limitations? It's not like a 100Mb/s ethernet NIC card is expensive these days, and I think you'd be...
I never have the problem. Every one of my computers in the observatory and at home (even the kids machine) has dual processors. I know I am spoiled, but XP...