RE: Telescope Control Project

[Chris Albertson <chrisalbertson90278@yahoo.com>]

Steve,

Would you happen to have a pointer where the "Mel Bartels
system" source code?  Where can I find it?  The system likely will not
be directly usable but may have parts we can use or at a minimum
ideas we can use

I do have some working code that might be useful.  If someone
asks I can explain how it works and provide a pointer to it.

One thing we all agreed to years ago and I hope we still can agree on
is that any code we write for TASS will be put under the GPL and
also just as importantly any tools (compilers and the like) we use
should be free as well.



--- Steve Chambers <smunch@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I don't know if this is of interest but I have a fair bit of
> experience with
> Mel Bartels system.  This is very flexible, offers pec and full
> pointing
> model corrections.  If does need a separate PC to run on but will
> take lx200
> style commands.  Best of all it is very well developed, supported and
> of
> course free!
> 
> Steve
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com
> [mailto:owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com]On
> > Behalf Of Tom Droege
> > Sent: 17 March 2002 13:18
> > To: tass@listserv.wwa.com
> > Subject: Telescope Control Project
> >
> >
> > I have told Rob that he can have ROB with I have a telescope
> control
> > program that will move it around and take an image.  This is not
> exactly
> > "arm twisting", it is more like the gentlemanly interaction that
> > goes on in
> > the WWF.
> >
> > If you have done work on telescope control, I hope you will make it
> > available to Rob, so that he can get something going.  Chris,
> Michael,
> > Mike, ...  please try to get together with Rob.  The hope is that
> > Rob will
> > use this opportunity to pull together the work in one good control
> > program.  But I realize that tass is a group of individuals and a
> group
> > control program may not be possible.  At the least there will
> > probably be a
> > Windows and a Linux control program.  I would hope that the central
> > functions would be common so that we all make the same errors.  ;^)
> >
> > Tom Droege
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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