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Rinning two EAF's in two instances
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:58 pm
by Chris_h
I am running a dual setup, so I run 2 instances of SharpCap. In instance 1, I choose 'EAF focuser 1', and in instance 2, I choose 'EAF focuser 2'. However, I have noticed that whichever focuser I am using, also takes over in the 2nd instance. Is it a bug, or is it just not possible to use two EAF's at the same time at the moment?
Cheers!
- Chris
Re: Rinning two EAF's in two instances
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:31 pm
by admin
Hi Chris,
the EAF support in SharpCap is via the ZWO ASCOM driver - there are two copies of that installed as ZWO Focuser 1 and 2.
To make sure that they talk to different focusers, you have to use the 'Properties'/'Setup' button to configure each of the ASCOM drivers to talk to the right hardware.
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If you have two EAF devices plugged in then you will have two showing as EAF(ID0) and EAF(ID1) in the dropdown - choose the appropriate one for each ASCOM driver. I'm afraid I'm not sure quite what will happen if you then have only one plugged in at some later point - that might cause problems.
cheers,
Robin
Re: Rinning two EAF's in two instances
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 10:52 am
by Chris_h
Hmm...I am pretty sure I did just that... But it was late and the clouds were rolling in, so I might have messed it up somewhere. I will give it another go!
Cheers Robin!