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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

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

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

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

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