afaik ASTAP (and other solvers) do not have a direct mount interface. you have to use an intermediary piece of software (typically the imaging/control program like maxim, SGP, etc.) to do that. And

Does anyone know what format ASTAP uses to signify the RA/Dec position of your solved image? Can it send the RA/Dec to the mount via ASCOM format if it is queried by the mount? Rolando

ASCOM is an independent group. We don't have control of what they put up on their web site. :-) That said, there is nothing new in 6.5 that is needed for proper operation, so there is no rush (i.e.,

Last week I ran a medium modeling using SGP/ASTAP without any problem, everything worked perfectly (ASCOM 6.4). Edit: Make sure that in APPM > Plate Solving Settings > SGP Pro Plate Solve Settings >

If ASCOM 6.5 has a problem why is it still on the website. Why not remove it until it is fixed?

Hi Mike, APPM does not (yet) directly support ASTAP, but APPM should be able to use any plate solver that SGPro uses. That said, APPM just uses the generic SGPro plate solver interface. If ASTAP is

Finally got a long string of clear skies. ASCOM 6.4 solved the issue with the errors in APMM. Thanks. Now I'm having issues with ASTAP - had to revert back to PlateSolve2. After a few successful

Hi Steve, > But now I can't clear the +2 setting! Just to be clear, the driver does not accept a "+" before a number. The background of the control will turn blue to indicate wrong input,

Thank you all for the ideas. It sounds like I'll be sticking with two separate computers and will figure out a robust way to pass SkyAlert information from one computer to the other so both imaging

Hi All, Using a 1200 with CP3, V2 chip, ASCOM V2 driver 5.30.10 with multiple apps running (SharpCap does the initialization, PHD2, Cartes du Ciel, Stellarium). A couple nights ago I set a +2

Interesting... vmWare really does seem to have the best USB support, and it really does work, but, there can be considerable speed degradation in the guest's usb performance, regardless of the host's

Are you using a pointing model? Can you post a screenshot of your meridian limits tab? -Ray Gralak Author of PEMPro Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

Assuming you plan on using both for imaging, you may or may not be able to do that, as some virtual machines do not support USB devices, like cameras, very well. VMWare Workstation seems to have the

Could run a VM for the second instance.

I have two piers in the observatory with a Mach1GTO and AP 1100GTO mounts. Currently, the two mounts and respective imaging equipment are connected to two separate computers. One of these computers

Thanks! Bryan

Probably. MaximDL does this also and I have been fooled by it more than once. Realistically, a centering move command should never be done via new coordinates. It prevents doing a proper sync or recal

Thanks for the info. I had concluded myself that this might be the case. I believe SGP sends new coordinates.

There is an interaction between safe zone and slewing within the counterweight up position for centering. It depends how the centering command is done. It can be done two ways, either with a timed

I've been having a strange problem when using the meridian limits and trying to plate solve on an object. I am using SGP, Stellarium and Stellarium Scope to pick and goto objects. I have horizon