Hi all, Just to break the relative silence here: Martin and I are currently preparing an update to wxAstroCapture with some new features & improvements. We...
Hello Carsten and Martin, ... This is very good news. Are you planning on supporting any other cameras in the new version ? I have a QHY 6 which has the...
... Hello Clive! Well... there will be an improved USB interface with Artemis/Atik, but unfortunately we have not succeeded in getting the Atik 16IC to work on...
... Hi Michele, Well then I have some good news, it is going to be included. There will be an additional LX200 protocol "dialect" called "LX200 style Qx end"...
Hello Carsten, ... Pity about the QHY series of cameras as they are taking off nicely now. I look forward to the new version of wxAstroCapture and being able...
Hi Clive, I took a look at the QHY cam. It uses a Cypress FX2 USB2 chip which requires a firmware file to be loaded (8051 uC is in there) which controls the ...
Hello, I want to ask, if there is a way, to make wxAstroCapture using the Ascom Interface to control a CAM? Or alternatively controlling the CAM directly. ...
... Hello Matthias, A simple and (maybe too) brutal answer is that wxAstroCapture is a portable capture program for Windows and Linux and ASCOM is based on ...
... Apparently there is an initiative under way to bring ASCOM to Linux. See: <http://forums.dc3.com/showthread.php?t=2729> I have no further details on this. ...
... Hi Carsten and Ken, thanks for your answer. The problem is, the installed OS on the machine is Windows, not Linux atm. Is there a way, to control the CAM...
... Hi Matthias, What is "the CAM"? If you mention which camera and model you are talking about, we might be able to answer more precisely. As mentioned...
Hello Ken, ... We shall see if it happens, I am not convinced (I used to listen to the discussions in the ASCOM group some time ago). The technology ASCOM is ...
If a new version is coming soon and as it's now summer time, it would be nice if the time option in the capture file name was in UT and not clock time. James...
... I meant the Celestron Mount CAM: http://www.cg-5.de/assets/images/autogen/a_DSCN1429.jpg Sorry if it was a bit unclear. The Camera Model is a (modded)...
I just heard about his program and that it would cure my problem with my ToUcam 740 and 840. I down loaded the program and started it> It ran my video camera...
Hello cjacobson, First off, welcome to the group. In Vista you have to put all the drivers and program files into one directory on your harddrive from you...
... Many thanks for the assistance Clive, that is most welcome. Neither Martin nor I have access to Vista, so we depend on such tips for that OS. But we have...
Hello Carsten, ... <snip> ... I can confirm it does play nicely once the drivers are installed. I must also confess I do not like Vista so formatted the drive...
... Hehe, Hasta La Vista :-) My old XP desktop needs to be replaced soon, so I think the new one will most likely be running Kubuntu 9.04. -- Carsten A....
- Clive and Carsten : thanks for the prompt reply: I need to understand this. I am into my 3rd week of thrashing about with Vista and my Toucam: I want to...
... Hi again, Not quite. What you need to do is 1. Install the driver as per the instructions provided by Clive. I guess it is important to follow the...
Hi, ... camera have wxAstroCapture recognize the camera? Thanks Cjacobson-- In ... Carsten has the idea. Just copy the files from the CD to a directory. ...
can anyone advise am using wx with a secondhand atik2c, but am unable to focus when looking at lappy screen, as the imagine just feezes, i have to open and...
Hi, no one here having an Idea? The CAM-Mount (maybe you know it under the name Nexstar GT or Celestron Advanced Mount GoTo) can be controlled via Ascom...
I've asked this before... :O) I would like to guide on an planet that I am also capturing, with a single webcam, Perhaps using a centre of gravity function (as...
Hi there, I would like to know if there is any chance that a Meade Lpi or other V4L (a usb video grabber for instance), may work with wxAstroCapture. Thanks in...
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