QHY MiniCam 8 Filter Wheel is NOT in Camera Controls!

[Craigar]

It's in "Scope Controls" I discovered stumbling around (in the dark), sure would have been nice if the help file had correct information about this - I wasted most of the night trying to get the filter controls to appear where the help file said it was. I thought something must be wrong with the drivers, because it was my first attempt at using this rig. Please update help file (SC 4.01pro) for other newbies.

thanks
Craig

[admin]

Hi,

yes, you are right - that control is no longer in the Camera Controls... I think it was once and then I moved it to the 'Scope Controls' section to be consistent with all the other ASCOM filter wheels and never spotted the documentation will need changing. I will make that change the next time I update the documentation.

cheers,

Robin

[Craigar]

Thanks Robin,

maybe consider renaming "Scope Controls" to "Scope/ Filter Wheel Controls" cause by default it's (logically -conveniently) closed/non-expanded.. or maybe have it dynamically change from "Scope Controls" to "Scope/ Filter Wheel Controls" when a filter wheel is detected

.. or at least have this dialogue box become expanded the first time it detects a wheel.

clear skies!
Craig

[admin]

Hi Craig,

if I was naming it now, it would probably be 'Hardware Controls', but given that I named it a long time ago, I have to balance any benefit from the name change against the number of people who are used to 'Scope Controls' and would be confused by a name change... I'm not at all sure where that balance would turn out right now I'm afraid.

cheers,

Robin

[Craigar]

Yes, the seasoned user base poses a problem.. how bout "'Scope/Hardware Controls" plenty of room - if it had that title I would have looked pretty quickly. or "'Scope & Hardware Controls"

Thanks
Craig