[APBeta] APv2b61 telescope control, etc

[Bruce Pipes]

Oh, I forgot one thing I checked out. I opened Equinox 6 and did a  
slew using caps lock-control-click on a star in EQ6. AP slewed fine.

Bruce
On Oct 10, 2009, at 11:03 PM, Bruce Pipes wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I took APv2b61 out to the observatory tonight and gave it a workout.  
> It performed really well, with only one bug found (not important for  
> me, but might be for others). Here is the story:
>
> 1. Checked v1 to v2 conversion and it worked fine.
>
> 2. Checked DSS download and it worked fine.
>
> 3. Connected to my Meade LX200ACF via a Keyspan serial to USB  
> adapter and it worked fine.
>
> 4. Did a High Precision slew and it worked fine. The High Precision  
> control palette slew arrows are arranged correctly.
>
> 5. Opened the Telescope Control Palette and it opened fine.
>
> 6. Used Telescope Control Palette to move scope and it worked fine.
>
> 7. Used Telescope Control Palette to focus scope and it worked fine.
>
> 8. !!!Clicked on Slew to Home on Telescope Control Palette and AP  
> froze. In fact the computer was totally frozen; I could not move to  
> another application. No amount of clicking did anything. A debugging  
> window appeared and it had the message "APSemaphore from  
> TelescopeMount timed out" in it. I was able to Force Quit AP and get  
> control of my computer back. This bug is not critical for me because  
> I do not normally do a remote shutdown of the scope, but there are  
> those who do. I have filed a bug report on this.
>
> Overall, I am pretty happy with this version. I does what I use AP  
> to do.
>
> Thanks for your hard work the past couple of days.
>
> Bruce Pipes
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