Hi, I'm looking at developing a computerised focuser based in the StepperBee stepper motor controller starter pack ...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 20, 2013 10:47 am
There's a lot of information on developing drivers that's included with the developer download of the platform. There are templates for VB and C# that provide...
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mik.schuster
May 20, 2013 5:01 pm
Just a note of thanks, I completed my implementation, the ASCOM focuser API and the FLI ASCOM Focuser driver so far work well and have been easy to use. A am...
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richard accomando
shyloh89
May 20, 2013 5:42 pm
I have installed Pempro along with .Net 3.5 and ASCOM 6.0. Pempro doesn't respond well so I checked to be sure ASCOM 6 was installed. And it was. But when I...
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Rick Burke
astromanrick
May 20, 2013 6:06 pm
Richard, If your PC is running Windows 7, or probably Windows 8) then you already have .NET 3.5 SP1 installed, but you must turn it on via Programs and ...
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steve.loveridge
May 20, 2013 9:03 pm
Robin has kindly offered to help me by producing a dome driver for my Pulsar dome, and he's done a brilliant job, but we're both pretty well stumped by this. ...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 20, 2013 9:35 pm
Several things to try: Try to log all the communication that you can - the serial commands from EQMOD to the mount motors, the traffic between POTH and EQMOD,...
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Timothy P. Long
t_p_long
May 21, 2013 2:42 am
Adding to Chris' rock solid suggestions, this is such a crazy sounding problem that I'm tempted to offer some fairly far out suggestions. My gut reaction is...
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Timothy P. Long
t_p_long
May 21, 2013 3:11 am
Mike, don't forget to validate your driver using Conform.exe. The ClickOnce install may well trip you up as soon as you try to install on a different computer....
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mik.schuster
May 21, 2013 4:58 am
Tim, thanks it's not a driver, just a client app. ClickOnce does have limits, but maybe its OK for a simple client .exe. I do need to double check on another...
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steve.loveridge
May 21, 2013 6:52 am
Thanks for your reply Chris. I didn't mention that the problem doesn't happen when using a dome or a scope simulator - so having slept on it, I guess that...
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steve.loveridge
May 21, 2013 6:55 am
Hi Tim Thanks for your help with this. I'm to get my hands on a different laptop and try a fresh install of ascom, Eqmod, poth and pipe. I'm away from home...
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robin_m101
May 21, 2013 11:12 am
Thank you all for the replies.You have confirmed my thoughts that there is no way that the dome driver should be interacting with eqmod. I'm going to do a...
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Timothy P. Long
t_p_long
May 21, 2013 2:14 pm
Oh, in that case I apologise for getting the wrong end of the stick, sometimes I read posts in a bit of a hurry and don't have time to read all the back story....
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Greg Marshall
phototwist
May 21, 2013 4:46 pm
I have a driver for a focus controller that is working well for me, but does not seem to install correctly for a customer in Sweden. The installation seems...
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Rick Burke
astromanrick
May 21, 2013 4:54 pm
Greg, I believe that the foreign language exception messages are coming from Windows, based on the Culture that is selected by the user. I can see from the...
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Greg Marshall
phototwist
May 21, 2013 6:26 pm
Rick, Thanks. I tried setting the region to Sweden on my computer and got the same error. However, just changing the decimal place marker from period to...
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Jared Wellman
rockjockjared
May 21, 2013 6:33 pm
Many locales store doubles with a comma as the seperator. For instance 1,23 rather than 1.23. The string to double conversion doesn't like this as it's not...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 21, 2013 6:47 pm
It needs the profile write and read to use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, this will force the strings to use a full stop throughout. I'll send you some updated...
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Antoine PAVLIN
antoine.pavlin
May 21, 2013 8:50 pm
Hello group, I hope someone can give me a pointer: I have a VB.Net application that uses ASCOM for focuser control and ASCOM utilities. I moved from VS2010 to...
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Derek
skymanderek
May 23, 2013 7:08 am
Hello, Having recently updated my observatory computer with Win7 I thought I would set it up with Ascom. I am running LX200GPS 4.2g, SXVF-H9c camera, Astroart...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 23, 2013 7:18 am
I can't give a definite answer because I don't have a PC that is running both VS2012 and ASCOM but I think the problem is to do with the difference between 32...
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vesku55v
May 23, 2013 9:34 am
Hi I don´t know if this is right forum for this problem but any way.. I have Celestron CPC 1100 edgeHd scope and I´m using TheSkyX pro, MaximDL and Focusmax...
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Chris
scope_sapiens
May 23, 2013 9:51 am
I think you will need to ask the Maxim and TSX people about the detail of what their applications do but here are some comments and speculation. I think I've...
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Vesa Kousa
vesku55v
May 23, 2013 10:39 am
Hi I´m using THX vers. 10.2.o build 6949. I have asked no answers yet. I think that when THX started to develop this new x2 interface there are more problems...
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kolakarlsson
May 23, 2013 6:53 pm
As of TheSkyX 10.2.0 build 6949 (windows) the ACL driver in ASCOM appears to be working (so far) when the "ASCOM Mount" driver is used. I have a second...
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steve.loveridge
May 23, 2013 8:31 pm
Hi all An update on my efforts to diagnose the problem: There is no traffic to the mount showing in Pipe while it's wandering. The RA and DEC in POTH and Pipe...
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Antoine PAVLIN
antoine.pavlin
May 23, 2013 9:11 pm
Thank you Chris for the tip. I just fired VS2012 choosing "x86" instead of "Any CPU" and the application started. I assueme I'll have to compile it in "x86"...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 23, 2013 9:19 pm
There's no problem with developing ASCOM applications or drivers using Any CPU if you are using VS2010. And no problem running applications or drivers as 64...
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Antoine PAVLIN
antoine.pavlin
May 23, 2013 9:44 pm
Thank you Chris. I will look into more in details and eventually let the group know should I find what's going on. Doing further testing I'm in a quite insane...
