Larry: First, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Having said that, the ASCOM driver has a few features that I don't think Maxim does, but I don't think any of ...
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larryl
lmleitch02
Mar 30, 2013 2:20 pm
Thanks Bret. Maxim has no trouble binning the Lodestar. ;-) I agree wholeheartedly about "If it ain't broke..." Larry...
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Kevin
astrovienna
Apr 7, 2013 4:55 am
Hi Bret, 13034 ran fine once I reinstalled it. However, the production version (13082) is drawing a malware warning (win32:Evo-gen) in Avast. I'm sure that's...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
Apr 7, 2013 5:13 am
Thanks for the update, and I'm glad you have it working. As far as I know, the AV warning is a false positive, but it is probably good to know that it ...
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mounioloux
Apr 26, 2013 6:09 pm
Hi group, I am pretty excited about this too! Regards, Stephen...
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bretm151
Apr 26, 2013 7:01 pm
It isn't quite ready yet, but I thought you might enjoy seeing a PHD graph. I have uploaded one into the bretm folder as phd-sxao1.png It is guiding about...
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Stephen Mounioloux
mounioloux
Apr 26, 2013 7:36 pm
Hi Bret, That looks really promising! Can you already tell me if the SX AO through PHD will lift the limitation of using an SX guider? I haven't really looked...
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Dave Goodyear
wolfman_4_ever
Apr 26, 2013 7:42 pm
An SX AO does not have to use a lodestar.. where did you hear that from? (or did you test it?) Finding a faster and more sensitive camera ? Do you have one...
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Stephen Mounioloux
mounioloux
Apr 26, 2013 7:50 pm
Hi Dave, No i have yet to test it, the rest of the equipment is not ready. But It's what Terry told me, he was talking about maxim dl. Is there a software that...
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Dave Goodyear
wolfman_4_ever
Apr 26, 2013 8:19 pm
I always bin 2 with the lodestar and AO. I guess u could get a h694 for guiding but that would be a waste. The new sbig guider, i believe is not as sensitive....
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Stephen Mounioloux
mounioloux
Apr 26, 2013 8:58 pm
Thanks Dave, It's pretty much where I was heading at regarding binning. Have you effectively found cases where you would find stars in 2x2 where you couldn't...
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bretm151
Apr 28, 2013 6:37 am
... Assuming you can physically mount it and get it to focus, you should be able to use any camera that PHD supports. ... I certainly haven't done any...
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Stephen Mounioloux
mounioloux
Apr 28, 2013 6:46 am
Hi Bret, I appreciate the feedback, thanks! Regards, Stephen ________________________________ From: bretm151 <bretm@...> To:...
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mounioloux
Apr 28, 2013 9:51 pm
Hi Bret, Are all corrections made by Phd when using an AO are being made by the AO? Or are some of them (bigger ones I suppose) still being handled by the...
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bretm151
Apr 28, 2013 9:53 pm
... The AO is used whenever possible. When it gets to about 80% of its travel, I "bump" the mount to move the AO closer to center. So if your mount is well...
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bretm151
May 3, 2013 2:19 am
Greetings: Craig Stark will announce it in the stark-lab group at some point, but if you would like to be the first on your block to download it, you can find...
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plancuck66
May 14, 2013 6:45 pm
Hi there Just my first post here. I have just recently moved from a trusty SXV-M25C towards SXVR-M26C. I like the new chip which has less noise and off course...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
May 14, 2013 11:37 pm
Pawel: This is the first I've heard of anyone installing and not seeing it in the chooser. Might want to go to control panel and uninstall the sxASCOM driver...
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Pawel T. Lancucki
plancuck66
May 16, 2013 9:01 am
Hi Bret Tried un-installing the driver from Control Panel and re-installing it again. I still do not see it in the chooser (when I pick Maxim -> CCD setup ->...
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bretm151
May 16, 2013 2:21 pm
It is interesting that profile explorer can see it. The install may be correct and somehow Maxim is missing it. Can you try this on a different imaging program...
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Pawel T. Lancucki
plancuck66
May 17, 2013 8:22 am
It is interesting that profile explorer can see it. The install may be correct and somehow Maxim is missing it. Can you try this on a different imaging program...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
May 17, 2013 12:22 pm
Pawel: The entries essentially start empty and get filled in with default values when you first connect, so that isn't surprising. Bret...
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jose.mtanous
May 17, 2013 4:21 pm
Hi there, I a SX18 mono that works perfectly with MaximDL using the native drivers. I am moving to sequence generator pro, so I've downloaded the sxASCOM...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
May 17, 2013 4:38 pm
On the camera properties page, there is an "enable debug logging" box. Please check that box, and then try to connect to the camera, and send me the resulting...
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jose.mtanous
May 17, 2013 5:21 pm
OK, I'll do that. Do you want me to run into the condition that make the camera fail? I can control the temperature etc, but the problem is when downloading...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
May 17, 2013 5:27 pm
Yes, please make it fail....
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jose.mtanous
May 17, 2013 9:13 pm
Hi Bret, The log can be found here: http://mtanous.mine.nu/images/ASCOM.SXCamera.1544.587960.txt This is what I did: -- Enable log -- Connect camera -- Cool it...
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jose.mtanous
May 19, 2013 4:52 pm
Bret, Yesterday I ran more test. I took a couple of 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 frames without any issue. When I tried to take @ 1x1 the first image downloaded fine but the...
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Bret McKee
bretm151
May 19, 2013 11:32 pm
Jose: This looks like an issue we ran into before. If remember correctly it ended up being a firmware issue. I'll send an email. Bret...
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jose.mtanous
May 20, 2013 2:20 pm
Hi Bret, Finger crossed that this is a firmware issue and that Terry has a new firmware for the H18. Cheers, Jose...
