Support for non-ASCOM filter wheel?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:27 am
Hi Robin,
First of all, many thanks for the lightning-speed correction of the "offline focuser crash" in the previous SharpCap version!
Now for the specific issue, for which I may be alone in this forum...
I still use a very old version of a FLI filter wheel (discontinued; CFW-1-8; serial port version, now needing a rs232 interface to be used) that works perfectly and contains my 8 planetary imaging filters.
It is operated by old (non ascom) specific FLI software (flifilter), and also natively recognized by MaxIm (in the past used with my SBIG and FLI cameras) and also by Lucam Recorder (which still pilots my Lumeneras).
Currently my planetary imaging, with the telescope that has the FLI filter-wheel, is controlled by SharpCap and uses ASI cameras.
I control my mount (Meade) and focuser (FLI) through SharpCap using ASCOM drivers. What's missing is the filter wheel...
So, if you ever receive another request to implement non-ASCOM filter wheels in SharpCap, you know it is not the only one around...
Thanks!
António
p.s. a recent Jupiter session with the "possible" seeing conditions for the apparition...
First of all, many thanks for the lightning-speed correction of the "offline focuser crash" in the previous SharpCap version!
Now for the specific issue, for which I may be alone in this forum...
I still use a very old version of a FLI filter wheel (discontinued; CFW-1-8; serial port version, now needing a rs232 interface to be used) that works perfectly and contains my 8 planetary imaging filters.
It is operated by old (non ascom) specific FLI software (flifilter), and also natively recognized by MaxIm (in the past used with my SBIG and FLI cameras) and also by Lucam Recorder (which still pilots my Lumeneras).
Currently my planetary imaging, with the telescope that has the FLI filter-wheel, is controlled by SharpCap and uses ASI cameras.
I control my mount (Meade) and focuser (FLI) through SharpCap using ASCOM drivers. What's missing is the filter wheel...
So, if you ever receive another request to implement non-ASCOM filter wheels in SharpCap, you know it is not the only one around...
Thanks!
António
p.s. a recent Jupiter session with the "possible" seeing conditions for the apparition...