More information. I have eliminated ACP as the source of the problem. I did this by inserting POTH between ACP and the LX-200 driver and reproducing the ...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 1, 2005 7:52 pm
... Excellent sleuthing Mr. Holmes! Since there is no end of slew DETECTION code in ACP, I could have guessed as much. ACP (necessarily) relies on the driver's...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 1, 2005 9:37 pm
I will do the serial trace soon. The interesting thing is that this always happens when ACP is doing a 'CA Slew' (never the 'ordinary' slew). It must be...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 1, 2005 10:42 pm
Sorry Ajai :( but I've just installed the ASCOM 4.1 platform on a 'virgin' Windows XP Pro system (no previous version of ASCOM installed, just installed XP...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 1, 2005 10:54 pm
DOH!!!! I had left the mount type set to GM8 in the simple setup dialog. I changed it to G11 and the Run-time error went away. I must read every field of the...
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
Sep 1, 2005 11:14 pm
Actually even though I now have mine working I think there is still a problem with the driver. IF you have the mount connected the first time you run the...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 1, 2005 11:45 pm
... Traffic pattern to the scope/driver. I'm ready to interpret the data when it's available. -- Bob...
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j9murphy
Sep 2, 2005 1:32 pm
Does anyone have a script which parks and unparks an lx200 classic that I could take a look at? Thanks, John...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 2, 2005 3:09 pm
If you want a script to park/unpark an ASCOM telescope, that is trivial and I can provide that. Or are you interested in the workings of the LX-200? Here is a...
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Ajai Sehgal
ajaisehgal
Sep 2, 2005 3:48 pm
Thanks Mark. I will investigate this. It is normal behavior for the driver to come up with the simple dialog the first time if the mount is NOT connected....
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 2, 2005 4:37 pm
PostScript, FYI here. The problem is in the mount firmware. It is issued the proper commands for a short slew (3 arcmin) and it never starts moving. It...
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j9murphy
Sep 2, 2005 8:02 pm
the lx200 classic doesn't really have a "park" function natively, so i didn't know if it was implemented in one of the various drivers or i had to do something...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 2, 2005 8:21 pm
It is implemented in the Meade driver(s), as long as you USE the driver to both park and unpark. If you fiddle around with the handbox or some non-ASCOM-using...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 2, 2005 9:23 pm
... Yes, I meant to mention that but forgot-sorry. Another thing to realize is that the driver will tell you what it is capable of and what it isn't. For...
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Salvo
masspro2001
Sep 2, 2005 10:39 pm
Hello, this is a program, not script. see at http://www.omegalab-atc.com Regards, Salvo. ... From: j9murphy To: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
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Don Lewis
bubba_0n_wye...
Sep 3, 2005 2:02 am
Hi all, I learn a great deal from lurking here, thank you. While not pushing, I am asking what is in the works for including AMD 64 with Windows XP64 in the...
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Peter Enzerink
peter_enzerink
Sep 3, 2005 2:34 am
And the program seems to use a proprietary interface rather than ASCOM so it's a bit weird posting this here. Cheers...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
Sep 3, 2005 12:03 pm
Don, I doubt there is any compelling need to do anything special for 64-bit. Did you have anything special in mind? I can't really see that ASCOM would benefit...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 3, 2005 2:47 pm
Oops, yes, I should have tested CanUnpark, CanPark, and IsParked. I'm outa here till Tudesday... the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has sent a large...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Sep 3, 2005 5:32 pm
Tim, I have a AMD 64 with Windows XP 64bit edition and do 64 bit development. For image processing and plate solving there are huge benefits. For planetariums...
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Don Lewis
bubba_0n_wye...
Sep 4, 2005 12:44 am
Thank you Jonathan you do understand where I am coming from. Tim, You are pretty much correct about the working 32bit WOW'ing in 64bit. I have already...
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Peter Enzerink
peter_enzerink
Sep 4, 2005 1:27 am
... Drivers would be fairly simple to recompile using a 64 bit version of Visual Studio (VB6 drivers would require some work) but I don't see any performance...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Sep 4, 2005 3:58 am
Of course most devices supported by ASCOM are serial port based, so drivers are not an issue. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited ...
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Steve Lamotte
stevescope
Sep 4, 2005 4:41 am
Good point Doug. The device-specific ASCOM drivers aren't really device drivers in the strictest sense of the term. They are actually simple COM servers that ...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Sep 4, 2005 5:18 am
... There are some USB devices out there. Device vendors may have to do some work, but in most cases it won't be a big deal. Doug ... Doug George ...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Sep 5, 2005 5:32 pm
This issue is not getting better performance out of 64bit drivers, the issue is getting a platform with the same bitness from top to bottom so drivers can load...
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Don Lewis
bubba_0n_wye...
Sep 5, 2005 5:38 pm
Yesterday I tested the latest Gemini driver using Poth as the Hub to Cartes Du Ciel and it worked well under MS XP64. I could not get the DDW driver to open...
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Angel
masutokw
Sep 9, 2005 1:00 am
Hello I have written a Dome driver in Delphi for my dome controller... I couldn´t not find information for this task ,only delphi focuser template .But it was...
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j9murphy
Sep 11, 2005 2:51 pm
...understanding all the parts. (Which apparently I don't yet:)... Could someone out there who has perhaps the same setup i have listed below contact me for...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Sep 11, 2005 4:23 pm
Hi -- ... I think your question is on-topic and fine to discuss here :-) But before we go any further, what do you mean "play nice together"? What do you want ...
