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AP900GTO Guider Question
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Gedas
Sorry for the rookie question. I have an AP900GTO that is just now starting to be used. A CCD guider I am thinking about purchasing talks about mounts adhering to either the ASCOM or LX-200 platforms. Can someone tell me which platform this mount adheres to?
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Roy Uyematsu <roystarman@...>
The 900 is ASCOM supported. The original AP command set was based on the
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LX-200 platform but has evolved significantly beyond that and is much more capable. Using ASCOM can be interesting if you are not familiar with the concept. -----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of Gedas Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:32 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] AP900GTO Guider Question Sorry for the rookie question. I have an AP900GTO that is just now starting to be used. A CCD guider I am thinking about purchasing talks about mounts adhering to either the ASCOM or LX-200 platforms. Can someone tell me which platform this mount adheres to? Thanks, Gedas e-mail w8bya@... To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Gedas
Thanks Roy. The reason I asked was because Orion has a new fairly inexpensive cooled imager that comes with MaximDSLR and can be used for autoguiding but it requires a mount with RS-232 interface and be ASCOM compliant. Since the 900 appears to be ASCOM it looks like I need to do is come up with a 232 interface cable between the PC and mount and I might be on my way :')
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Gedas e-mail w8bya@... ----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Uyematsu" <roystarman@...> To: <ap-gto@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:08 PM Subject: RE: [ap-gto] AP900GTO Guider Question The 900 is ASCOM supported. The original AP command set was based on the LX-200 platform but has evolved significantly beyond that and is much more capable. Using ASCOM can be interesting if you are not familiar with the concept. -----Original Message----- From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of Gedas Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:32 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] AP900GTO Guider Question Sorry for the rookie question. I have an AP900GTO that is just now starting to be used. A CCD guider I am thinking about purchasing talks about mounts adhering to either the ASCOM or LX-200 platforms. Can someone tell me which platform this mount adheres to? Thanks, Gedas e-mail w8bya@... To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto Yahoo! Groups Links To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Roy Uyematsu:
much more capable. Using ASCOM can be interesting if you are not familiar with theJust to clarify: "ASCOM" is not a control protocol so comparing it to "LX-200" is comparing apples to oranges. And you don't "use" ASCOM. Think of it this way: ASCOM drivers are to telescopes as printer drivers are to printers. Imagine a world where all programs that print had to contain code for all of the protocols of all of the printers. Impossible. Instead, programs that print use drivers to handle the differences between printers. The AP mounts have their own driver and any program (30+ at last count, and growing fast) that uses ASCOM drivers can use the AP mounts. -- Bob |
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