Hello Peter, Now my axisrates seems to pass with succes your test (with the 0.9.3 version) but now I have a problem with the TrackingRates property. with a vbs...
Virtually all ASCOM objects are apartment threaded. This is also true of most other objects used from scripting lanuages and Office/VBA. Therefore, you need to...
Chris -- OK, I get it! In order to do what you need you can use the binary I/O as is and wrap those functions in your own CommandTerminated() or CommandCount()...
Hi all, I've been working on an ASCOM driver for my servo controller, and now I am ready to have a couple of beta testers use it. I used C# and have it ...
Dear Bob, Thanks for the reply. Nevertheless, regarding the JMI focuser this one has its threading model sets to "Both" instead of appartement. So this is a...
Dan -- I suggest you re-post by starting a new thread instead of replying. I almost missed your note because you created it by replying to the crazy thread...
CAVEAT: I don't mean this to sound harsh or condescending... sometimes email conveys the wrong intent, so I want to start with that. Have a look at this (names...
You can download the Digital Dome Works driver (which includes C# source code) from my web site. The web site also has MSDN style developer documentation. Look...
... Mozilla 1.7, but it's done right by Eudora, Thunderbird, and many/most others. Even the old 1998-era Netscape 4 Communicator did it right. I think Outlook...
PS: If you're looking for an alternative to Outlook, I'd check out Thunderbird. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ I'm not using it (yet) but it has...
... There's nothing to prevent someone from making a driver support Both. However, since most drivers are not able to provide free threading, clients that...
Bob, Thanks for the education, I know you weren't trying to scold, I certainly didn't take it this way! I sure didn't know this, and sure, it's easy to do...
Hi Bob, Sorry not to get back to you sooner on this issue. I was away for the weekend. When I change the selection in Telescope API from Gemini to Telescope...
Hi all. I'm currently developing a small dome controller for a university project, and will be using the ACL protocol. Ive already picked up the SDK from the...
... That's a big help. It means that the problem is probably (!!) related to the Gemini driver and not the Telescope API plugin. Uninstalling and reinstalling...
Jonathan -- I hope you're using the existing ACL Dome driver :-) ... The ACL Status command returns a plain old hex value, without any "decorations" that are...
Thanks Bob, I tried your suggesten and it worked. It took me a while to figure out the deployment, but once I did, it worked fine. Dan Gray ... have...
Back in late June, we announced our new free ACP Planner™. In case you haven't yet looked at Planner, we've just produced a couple of Planner videos. These...
In another message Bob Denny has explained that accessing ASCOM (Microsoft COM objects) from threads basically doesn't work. It has little to do with the...
... Well, no one said that software development was easy all the time! Sometimes it's just plain hard. Getting a Singleton to work with sync/async design...
Dear all, ... Both. ... clients ... drivers ... humm, anyway driver that supports safe multi-threading is a standard in 2005... I dont want speak about driver...
The latest release of my ASCOM Telescope Validator is available on my web site: http://www.enzerink.net/peter/astronomy/ This update is a complete rewrite from...
Peter -- I'm amazed and pleased with the work you've done toward making ASCOM drivers -the- way to go for anyone writing astronomy software. Thanks very much....
... If you choose Meade LX200 and Autostar, that should get you most of the functions. There is an ASCOM driver in the works, and once available, the RCX400...
One of the outstanding things on my list has been to upgrade from Mozilla 1.7 to Firefox (browser) and Thunderbird (email). Well, I did it, and it was really...
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