SG Pro with SONY A7S
Indeed a standard ASCOM for DSLR'S ... You use the USB/Serial connection to trigger shutter, and you use the PTP (picture transfer protocol) that most camera's support to retrieve the image, settings...
View ArticleStrange Image Download Failure Behavior
@Andy THANK YOU SO MUCH! You have restored my ability to sleep! I'll be downloading this app and implementing it tonight. I'll still have to work the camera download failure issue, but this will, at...
View ArticleNewbie: Gemini 2 and SGP
Hey Ed, I just shut down my first observatory and I'm setting up my second as we speak. I run a Gemini-2 powered Mi-250 (similar to a Titan) so I think I can speak your lingo. First off, lets assume...
View ArticlePickering's Triangle HOO with RGB stars
Nice job Kinch. I need to spend some more time on this target. It's beautiful!
View ArticleSGP and SkyX not communicating well
I have been using SGP, PHD2 and SkyX to control Paramount MyT for about a year and everything worked well until I decided to set up a NUC (windows 10) on top of the telescope to control everything...
View ArticleSG Pro with SONY A7S
25 years ago sure, but since I left school I did not write a single line of code anymore. So yeah I have the 10 000 feet overview but actually implementing it ... not for me anymore ... frustrating as...
View ArticleNewbie: Gemini 2 and SGP
Many thanks, Chris, this is exactly the kind of information I need. BTW: I have had success in setting the scope to the home position, which for me is OTA horizontal and pointing S on the East side to...
View ArticleMeridian flip Failure..Help!
Hi Jared, did you get a chance to look at the log file yet?Best!
View ArticleJOLO Focuser problem
Thanks for replay.Sorry about the old version of SGP, now I am updated to newest version, but problem is still here.I am not a professional code writer, but maybe I found some leads. I installed...
View ArticleSGP and SkyX not communicating well
Meridian flip attempt starts at 12:18. I noticed that there is an error message at 12:24 failing to convert J2000 to JNOW. Could that be the problem?...
View ArticleSGP and SkyX not communicating well
Here is another log in which Auto Center failed prior to meridian flip. Starts around 9:57. https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdqeesf68kjfygm/sg_logfile_20160818215722.txt?dl=0
View ArticleCelestron Nightscape 8300
So AstroJeff, did you get it to work with SGP? I got it to work with Maxim DL, but SGP says its missing a .dll file of the camera...
View ArticleMeridian flip Failure..Help!
You are not able to flip because you asked the mount to flip a full 10 minutes prior to the meridian. The mount decided it was mechanically unable to reach this position from the opposite pier side so...
View ArticleMeridian flip Failure..Help!
Thank you, I obviously gave you the last log of when I tried 10 degrees before because when I tried right at the meridian and then plus or minus 1,2,3,4,5 etc... It still wouldn't work...any other...
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Meridian flip Failure..Help!
pablotwa: It still wouldn't work...any other thoughts? Not off the top of my head. I would need to see a log where it failed with those parameters set because the error would be different.
View ArticleMeridian flip Failure..Help!
Ken I will post them here when I get home on Monday , I'm beginning to suspect the Celestron ASCOM driver....will check on Monday and report back. Thank you for your time and help.
View ArticleConfused Why Sequence Halted Without Attempting Recovery
Greetings! Here is the log of my sequence from last night. I was surprised to find this morning that no images were taken from my second target, however I did have recovery mode set. I see that the...
View ArticleNewbie: Gemini 2 and SGP
Yup. It basically saves the last position of the scope and will start it back up from that location.
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