RE: Telescope Control Project

["Steve Chambers" <smunch@clara.co.uk>]

Hi Rob,

No you didn't miss any thing; I misinterpreted what type of telescope
control you needed.  Sounds like you need the Astronomers control panel
software
http:\\acp.dc3.com/ but I guess it more complicated than that :-)

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com [mailto:owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert Creager
> Sent: 18 March 2002 05:25
> To: tass@listserv.wwa.com
> Subject: RE: Telescope Control Project
>
>
>
> Hey Steve,
>
> I just took a quick look at Mel's stuff, and it appears that
> 'telescope control' is being
> interpreted
> two different ways.  Tom is looking for a scripted/interactive
> means of sending
> commands (goto
> this ra/dec, take a picture, etc...) to the stamp board which
> controls the telescope.
> Mel's stuff
> would be in the place of the stamp board, controlling the motors
> themselves.
>
> I didn't get a chance to poke around on Mel's site, as my
> internet connection is
> currently very
> intermittent.  Did I miss something else?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>


------- End of forwarded message -------Later,
Rob