Would the author of the NexStar11GPS driver (who wanted to remain anonymous) please contact me by email? -- Bob...
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John Menke
johnlmenke
Mar 6, 2002 12:46 am
Hi Bob, Haven't talked to you in a while! I presume you are going to IAPPP, so I am sure we will see you there. Since we last talked, we have sold our ...
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Jeff Medkeff
jeffmedkeff
Mar 6, 2002 9:44 am
I have (finally!) released versions of the GetPhot and Acquire scripts for ACP2. In addition, a new beta version of the Widgets freeware has been released to...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 7, 2002 4:30 am
John -- Yeah, congrats on selling the company! I trust it's in good hands. The products are terrific! ... The short answer is: unless one is already running,...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 12, 2002 6:52 am
All DC-3 and ASCOM web sites and email will be down for at least a few hours . Here is the message from our network provider (which I just got today). Dear...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 13, 2002 11:13 pm
Starting yesterday, and continuing for the next couple of days, the ASCOM-Standards.org web site is being migrated to a new server system. Please report any...
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mmerriman1
Mar 14, 2002 3:21 am
Hi there, I use a celestron 114gt and starry night pro/deepsky 2002, however i have not been able with the 1.3 platform to properly communicate with the...
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dc3dreamer
Mar 14, 2002 4:40 am
Right after I sent that note about the server switchover, we lost our broadband connection through NAS/Covad. It's been down for 3 and a half hours, and they...
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Dennis K. McLeod
dmcleod@...
Mar 14, 2002 2:38 pm
Hi Martin: Would it be possible for you to e-mail me a screen print of the message you are getting ? if you cannot send a screen print then send the exact text...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 14, 2002 8:08 pm
We're back online here. I am furiously working to get the server switchover completed. The old server machine is making bad noises more and more often now... ...
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astrooptik
topsurfi
Mar 18, 2002 6:57 pm
Hi there, has someone an example of a focuser driver in VB that I can use as a template to use the autofocus routine in MaximDL ? Is it somewhere on the Ascom...
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Steven S Tuma
sttuma@...
Mar 19, 2002 3:39 am
Hi, Can someone tell me if one of the existing drivers in ASCOM will drive the LX200 GPS scopes? I don't have that scope and was getting inquiries from people...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Mar 19, 2002 2:10 pm
... Unfortunately you are mistaken... Meade changed the protocol enough to break the interface. Work is underway, however, to add this new telescope's protocol...
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tedinoue
Mar 19, 2002 7:35 pm
I hope you don't mind me dropping a line here. Given the nature of many of these discussions, I thought people might be interested. This is a non-commercial...
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Jeff Medkeff
jeffmedkeff
Mar 19, 2002 7:43 pm
At 07:18 PM 3/19/2002 -0000, you wrote: Hi Ted, One of the ASCOM gurus, John McClusky, has some plans for a device you might like to look at, here: ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 20, 2002 4:07 pm
.. let's hope it stays on for more than a day or two! The queued email from my MX backup servers is a'rollin in. My apologies to those of you who received...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 21, 2002 2:06 pm
OK, I'm a glutton for punishment. I am going to switch over to the new server system this morning. I have done everything in my power to make it seamless, but...
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Larry Weber
larryweberpl...
Mar 24, 2002 5:17 pm
Steve Brady and I are pleased to announce the release of V 2.2.0 of FocusMax. This version has many exciting new features beyond our original release of ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 27, 2002 2:36 pm
Reference the Share Your Sky announcement on 26-Feb-2002: (1) The special version of Deerfield DNS2GO for the My-Sky.com internet name is now available free of...
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astrooptik
topsurfi
Mar 29, 2002 8:15 am
Hi, I am looking for a dll or ActiveX that will give me some good data for satellite tracking. I don't want to use the LX200 protocoll since it is to slow for...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Mar 30, 2002 4:49 am
Yahoo has turned on all spam options for you. Hey, it's a free service, whaddaya want? :-))) To shut off all the junk, open http://groups.yahoo.com/ ,sign in...
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astrooptik
topsurfi
Mar 31, 2002 6:35 pm
Hi, I have the following problem: My TCS is running on a computer. Here, the telescope as well as the focuser is controlled (and dome etc.). I use another...
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hjscm94002
Apr 2, 2002 2:55 am
i have starry night pro and installed everything except when tring to install telescope control the drivers wern't signed so i could not install it. went to...
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Martin Merriman
mmerriman1
Apr 2, 2002 7:53 am
Yes, there are a few other options. Eiger Labs has a PCMCIA Serial Adapter Card that adds another serial port to your laptop through the pcmcia slot, you can...
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astrooptik
topsurfi
Apr 2, 2002 8:11 am
... thank you ! I just thought about another possibility. I could write a driver (ActiveX dll) that works with the "Telescope API) from TheSky and has the...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 2, 2002 1:16 pm
I have been very pleased with the Quatech PCMCIA serial cards. THey are truly plug and play. You can plug in the card and COM5/6 magically appear. Stop and...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 2, 2002 1:23 pm
Phillipp -- I need some clarification -- Is your focuser is a separate RS-232 device? If so, then you will always need a separate RS-232 port to talk to it....
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astrooptik
topsurfi
Apr 2, 2002 2:10 pm
... it is not a seperat RS232 device. Both the focuser and the movement of the telescope, (Ra, Dec and Rotator) are controlled with my software on another ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Apr 2, 2002 3:42 pm
... Yes, indeed! This is the correct way to handle two devices that use the same physical connection. Put both .cls files into a single VB project, move the ...
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Matthew L. Bisque
mbisque
Apr 2, 2002 4:14 pm
Dear Phillipp, ... The TeleAPI is a much lower level driver than COM. Perhaps a COM implementation of the TeleAPI would be helpful? ... The TeleAPI does...
