[APBeta] Current ASCOM Support?

[Bob]

Jared,

I tested b76 with POTH and I can now initialize POTH first from AP then add
the others in. I keep ASCOM up to date so it should be achievable. Follow
Paul's path to setup POTH and it should work. Also remember that POTH also
has to be setup with the correct telescope mount. In the Telescope Edit
window besides that POTH is selected I have only the mimic window checked.
The other logging features seem to cause Exceptions on my machine. One more
thing the "Slew to Object" (AP) never becomes active on my setup. I have to
go through the "Telescope" menu and select "Go To" to slew the scope.

Bob

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[mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Jared Wellman
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:15 PM
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
Subject: Re: [APBeta] Current ASCOM Support?


I have POTH running and connected to the sim. I then opened up AP and
attempted to connect via ASCOM. I have also attempted without using POTH and
only using ASCOM and haven't had any luck :-(
 
I had MaxIm connected to POTH before connecting AP so it looks like POTH is
working correctly. Also from what I have read you no longer need to run POTH
since ASCOM now supports multiple connections. Still AP and ASCOM don't seem
to be working on my end even without POTH. 

Maybe I've missed something?  The ASCOM setup in AP looks pretty simple. I
guess it just needs to know to use the ASCOM driver and ASCOM does the rest
from there. 

Thanks again!
Jared

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On Mar 20, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Bob <bobrose at comcast.net> wrote:



I have not tested POTH with AP in the last few releases but in the past AP
had some trouble with initializing POTH. I found if I use another program
like CdC to initially connect via POTH then AP could join in. This seemed to
work well and allowed both to communicate the scope.  After changing AP to
ASCOM power cycle AP. The setup for the scope is after POTH is started. Look
under the Setup button. 

Bob

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[mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Jared
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 3:37 PM
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
Subject: [APBeta] Current ASCOM Support?


Hey all, 
I've been changing up my configuration lately and I'm trying to get POTH hub
working with AstroPlanner.  I'm doing this because I have some issues with
my BlueStar connector when using AstroPlanner and I'm trying to see if
connecting to ASCOM rather than directly to the BlueStar would help to
alleviate some of the problems (I also realize that this will likely create
some fun new problems too!)

Anyways I know there were initially some ASCOM issues with AP and I was
trying to figure out if ASCOM is currently working and my setup is just bad
or what the deal is.  Right now I have The scope simulator running and I'm
attempting to connect to it through the POTH but I keep getting a "No
response from telescope..." error.  There doesn't seem to be a lot of
configuration under the "edit" option for the ASCOM driver in AP.  I'm
guessing when I click the connect button that I should see the ASCOM
telescope box pop up and I can select whatever I want it to connect to...is
this normally the case?  

Running on Win 7 64bit with the latest ASCOM platform. Just grabbed AP
2.0b76.

Also is there any place to search this list?

Thanks!
Jared


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