Hello, I´ve installed CdC V 3 Beta 0.1.0 on a second PC. With this installation I have no clock and location icons in the left bar. any idea? merci Dieter...
Hi, I have installed the latest build image (2006/05/15 - 21:47:23), on two Pentium-2 Win-ME systems - a 266Mhz 256MB laptop and a 450Mhz 512 MB desktop, and...
Perhaps this has been discussed before, but I could not find it. I have spent some time tuning CDC to my preference, but now I am moving to a new laptop. Is...
I think 3.0 uses a .ini file, 2.76 uses the registry. You should be able to dump part of your registry and re-import it. What version do you use? Sander...
what can I do, if error 500 occurs if I try to update comets data?
Thomas
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Hi all, I still get the message "Satellite file error" when I try to see the chart with satellite passes. I cannot solve this problem, please can you help me? ...
Hi, This message indicate that the file cat\satellites\output.txt is not found. This is the computation result from Quicksat. Even Iridflar give the flare...
Thanks Patrick, I will try and tell you the results. Aldo ... From: Patrick Chevalley To: skychart-discussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:16...
Hi, With the last Quicksat version, now everything works fine, thanks. ... ? Error: stack overflow Error Code 2000 PC = 160F: 0870; SS = 702D, FP = 2E2C, SP =...
Hello all, I currently use a LX90 controlled through "Cartes du Ciel" via the Meade plugin. Now I have one question : the PARK command, either operated from...
Michel, Custom park positions are feature only supported in the LX200 GPS scopes. The LX90 or any Autostar 1st generation scopes currently have no custom park...
Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. The workaround which you suggest is what I allready apply. It is, indeed, effective. But as a lazy astronomer, I allways want...
Here are a couple of VB scripts that might help. First, to set the park position: SetPark.vbs ... dim s set s = CreateObject("Scopesim.Telescope") s.Connected...
Thanks very much Chris, I tried the scripts but - sorry - doesnot work. I get an error message (translated from french) "line 2 : an active X component can't...
... Did you get this using the scripts exactly as shown? I've just checked and it works fine with the scope simulator. Its also OK with the Celestron driver...
Thanks Chris and thanks Sander because - GOSH ! - ASCOM platform was installed on my OTHER PC ! Well, I installed it on this PC and then : 1 - Tried the...
I've checked the sources: LXP doesn't support SetPark or Park so it isn't a surprise that it doesn't work. I should have suggested using the CanSetPark and...
Thanks very much Chris, I'm going to search further on. The important thing is that I had absolutely no idea about how to write a vbs script. Your examples ...
Does anyone know if Skycharts ability to calibrate where the scope is located with a two star alignment foer encoders will ever be able to do so with a 1 star...
In terms of the geometry involved, it's a fundamental fact that it takes two reference points to orient a sphere. I'm not familiar with Advanced Astro Master,...
John, What you say is true in most cases, however, the Advanced Astro Master (and NGC-MAX, etc) all have a special setting for Perfectly Aligned German...
I have a Magellan 1 which I'd like to use with CDC. I was wondering if anyone has done so before? Apart from setting the baud rate etc, is there anything I...
Hi: Is there an ASCOM driver for these? If not, you're probably out of luck. Off the top of my head, the only program I know of that supports these DSCs is ...
Here is the info on the Meade plugin for SkyChart from the downloads page. Meade Plugin v1.51g 0.4 Mb Oct 23 2004 Plugin for Meade telescopes. Can be used...
... Wow, thanks for that valuable info. I'll download it now and when I've managed to attach the encoders I'll let you know how I get on. May not be for...
Hi John and Peter , Thanks for the input . I have a permanent setup with my scope mounted on a 12" sonotube topped with a steel plate 1\2" thick . It's very...
Ah, that makes sense. Several mounts/DSCs have that ability- for an accurately polar aligned equatorial mount, the pole can be assumed as the first reference ...
Is there an easy way to share eyepiece and CCD definitions, observatory locations, etc? Like in some .TXT or .INI file? I'm getting ready to set up several...