I am still working on recovery from a 60 GB laptop hard disk crash. I nstalled the new drive, OS an all the programs I need. I have, however, a serious problem...
Hi Bob and Doug, The Meridian dome is working SORTA we got the dome to home by using a larger magnet for the reed switch and will replace the switch and magnet...
That is a very good question - the specification does not mention the units. I would say that where there is ambiguity, it is normal to assume metric units...
Hello, Can someone tell me if the ASCOM focuser standard specified to return the temperature in F or C? I couldn't seem to tell from the spec. Thanks,...
Hi Bob, We have the dome finding home now and working better. However when we connect in any program we have a initial shutter error. If we force the dome...
I am Ladislav Nemec of Big Bear, California, MPC G77. I have C-11 OTA attached now to Losmandy G-11 mount with Gemini. Before the crash of my 'observatory'...
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Wow, I have already learned a lot from this group, and in just a few short hours. Here is another question I have. It states in the ASCOM General Requirements...
To begin with, let me say that I am totally new to this group. I am aware of the purpose of ASCOM, but totally ignorant of the process you use to create your...
... Glad to be of service ;-) However, everything I post here is my personal opinion and I'm not always representative of the majority :-o ... I think we can...
I may have misunderstood the question - but I think you'll find that the Telescope.PulseGuide method provides auto guiding support. Did you need something...
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... Yes, I did find a solution to this problem, but it is not very straightforward. It is called .NET Remoting, which allows you to call a remote object as if...
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Hello, i have some problems connecting my relay box. If i do connect the relay box via LX200 with Astro-Snap, or Maxim DL or K3CCD everything works fine. But...
If you go to http://syd.tigranetworks.co.uk and download my Digital DomeWorks driver, the source code is included. (Source is C# and requires visual studio...
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Thanks Could you give me any hints, or better still, links to example codes which point out the pitfalls (pratfalls) and best practice. What I had in mind was...
There's no easy answer to that and both techniques have their time and place, but here's my personal opinion. I am a firm advocate of event-driven software but...
Am I right, as an Ascom coding newbie, there seems to me to be two ways of writing observing code: First would be to set off an action, such as a slew, and...
Hi, I am writing a little utility program that runs with Maxim and FocusMax. I want it to connect to Maxim and FocusMax, do some readings, then disconnect from...
Hello all, I'm new to this group, and I'm hoping someone can help me with the problem I'm having connecting my intelliscope to Deepsky Astronomy software. What...
I am not sure how to connect to the telescope via maxim and ascom. I am running VB. I connect throough ascom to the CCD of choice. I then initiate Maxim to...
