Re: Waiting for a good Control Program

["Robert Creager" <Robert@CarolineCreager.com>]

I'm working on it.  Really!  I've decided to implement the serial control piece in Perl 
(using Michael's TAIT as my guide), 'cause I just don't like the way I have to parse 
through a log file to get results from TAIT.  I also have intentions to re-implement 
downfits into the perl module, for a 'all-in-one' control solution.

I've finished an initial pass of an Observation module (in Perl, of course), which 
eventually will be able to handle scheduling (through a different module using 
Genetic Algorithms, which I have not started yet), but currently just handles a user 
supplied list of simple observation requests.

Time frame: probably end of summer for all of the above...  Although once I have 
bits and pieces of useful code working, I'll let folks know.

I guess this is my status report for the last month or so also.

Cheers,
Rob

Date sent:      	Sun, 05 May 2002 12:01:04 -0500
To:             	tass@listserv.wwa.com
From:           	Tom Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net>
Subject:        	Waiting for a good Control Program

> I think my QBasic camera control program is getting tired.  Last night
> it suddenly started writing the wrong declination value in the files. 
> I cannot find now where I write the value I think I should be writing.
>  Sigh!
> 
> This begs for a good control program.  I guess I will have to just
> keep building systems and sending them out until someone gets around
> to doing this.  Sigh!
> 
> One really needs to have a telescope and to try to run it in order to
> do this.  Sigh!  Some telescopes are out there.  Possibly some will
> try to run them.  Sigh!
> 
> Tom Droege
> 
> 
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