Alnitak Flip-Flat

[admin]

Hi Loius,

that's cool - thanks for sharing Does everything now work pretty much as you would hope using the flip flat and the sequencer?

cheers,

Robin

[sonata31]

Hello
It works, it's not ideal, but it should allow a certain automatism
The constraint is to first connect Altinak with the Windows application, then launch the sequence
Louis

[sonata31]

Hello
Optec confirms to me that the ASCOM driver exists, so you should be able to access it
Louis

[sonata31]

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[admin]

Hi,

Ah, it's a cover calibrator driver. SharpCap doesn't support those yet, but I should be able to add support in the future. Right now I have a busy month coming up with an Astro show to attend and a talk to give, but after that I will have a look at adding support.

cheers,

Robin

[sonata31]

Hello
Great and thank you for your patience
Louis

[admin]

Hi,

just to give an update - I have borrowed a motorized flat panel from my friends at Altair Astro and have made some good progress on implementing the code required in SharpCap to control the panel and use it automatically in certain actions (create flat, etc). This should all work for any motorized panel with an ASCOM driver, so should be fine for the Altinak Flip-Flat.

I'm not including these changes in released versions of SharpCap at the moment as I don't want to run the risk of breaking things in the run up to the eclipse - I hope to have the changes ready to be released in maybe 2 weeks time.

thanks,

Robin

[admin]

Hi,

please see this post - viewtopic.php?p=42055#p42055

The latest update to SharpCap includes support for ASCOM cover/calibrator devicwes.

thanks,

Robin