Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?
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I hope it's clear that Adam said that "the tables have turned", not I!
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I greatly prefer servo motors over hot, inefficient steppers and also think that the choice of RS-232 is a sound one, for now and the foreseeable future... until either a modular interface or Ethernet port becomes available! As a microcontroller programmer myself, I believe that AP has made all of the right choices for all of the right decisions when it comes to premium mounts. As for people having perpetual problems with serial ports, I believe that about 98% of those problems can be traced back to junky serial-USB adapters, junky device drivers and people accidentally installing 32-bit device drivers on 64-bit operating systems. Christopher Erickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com -----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of chris1011@... Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:56 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port? The tables have turned? I don't get that. In what way have the tables turned? We make a precision mechanical product, driven by a dedicated servodrive. That servodrive can be updated rather easily compared to the mechanics. We do not intend to change the mechanics or the precision of the mount. Right now the mount is capable of tracking stars over the sky to sub-arc sec levels for quite some time without any need for guiding. Where exactly have we missed the boat? Rolando -----Original Message----- From: malanalan <malanalan@...> To: ap-gto <ap-gto@...> Sent: Fri, Oct 19, 2012 4:16 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port? --- In ap-gto@..., "Christopher Erickson" <christopher.k.erickson@...> wrote: it. Yup. 10Micron mounts use such Linux based control system. A big advantage of Linux over other RTOS's is a large developer community and a big knowledge base. I have a feeling that the tables have turned and A-P is playing a catch-up. -Adam ------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gtoYahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gtoYahoo! Groups Links ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2741 / Virus Database: 2614/5840 - Release Date: 10/18/12 |
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