http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/ ASCOM Initiative Discussion List Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:08:22 GMT Bob Denny http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19158 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19158 It never ceases to amaze me how much bandwidth us software types devote to balky hardware. We're the court of last resort :-)))) -- Bob Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:05:50 GMT Bob Denny http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19157 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19157 Actually I have just built a 5.0b ASCOM Platform which omits the Rotator Installer. I did that in order to minimize the footprint of changes. It installs on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:03:53 GMT Bob Denny http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19156 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19156 ... In addition to asking for volunteer help from people who have no insight into the innards of that scope, it would possibly be useful to ask the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:53 GMT magnum79707 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19155 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19155 Does anyone know if there is an ASCOM driver available yet, for the StarMaster Dob Telescopes? The GOTO and track system is called "Sky Tracker", and the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:17 GMT Chris http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19154 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19154 From what they say the Celestron driver is the one to use. Set the COM port and the tracking mode. The driver is designed to sort out what Celestron protocol Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:19:03 GMT claude.vanhemmens http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19153 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19153 Is a Ascom driver exist for the Sky-Watcher Multifonction (also known as Orion TeleTrak) In the documentation, they explain: "The TeleTrack AZ-G can be Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:45 GMT Laurie http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19152 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19152 Thanks, Thats clear now Laurie Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:33:35 GMT Tim Long http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19151 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19151 We agreed to maintain compatibility with .NET 2.0 so that we retain the ability to work on Windows 2000. For Windows 2000, users should have the latest Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:31 GMT Tim Long http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19150 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19150 That's what MaxPoint does (a shim that does pointing correction). Regards, --Tim Long -----Original Message----- From: ASCOM-Talk@yahoogroups.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:35:30 GMT Laurie http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19149 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19149 Peter, I see that the recommendation on the Ascom site is actually 3.5 SP1 for XP, in fact it says 'must' This differs from what you recommended, i.e. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:39:59 GMT jamc2004 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19148 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19148 I sent the USB2 Aircable back for a replacement with the newer USB3 version. Just for laughs I plugged in an old Airnet USB bluetooth and set it up in Windows Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:59 GMT Chris Rowland http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19147 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19147 Would it also be worth considering support for refraction as well? I've wondered about a shim that provided pointing model correction but that's probably going Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:15 GMT peschman2001 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19146 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19146 Bob, I appreciate your thoughts on this, however, I was not expecting changes to POTH to fix broken drivers, I was thinking about applications that either fail Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:29:05 GMT Peter Simpson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19145 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19145 Hi Laurie, ... a user of my driver with the problem on one of his machines, I haven't sent him the fix. I assume you'd rather keep it under control? Thanks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:10:44 GMT Laurie http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19144 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-Talk/message/19144 Peter, What's the process for getting this change out into the wild. I have a user of my driver with the problem on one of his machines, I haven't sent him