AP ASCOM driver runtime error
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Donghun
Hi, I started getting this error and when the error happens, the mount is disconnected from my PC. If I unplug and plug the USB again, I can reconnect to the mount from the PC. Here is the capture of the error message. AP ascom error (Donghun) | AstroBin
Can someone especially Ray have any idea why this is happening? Thank you. Donghun
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Ray Gralak \(Groups\) <groups2@...>
Well, the driver is written in VB6, not C++, and the error says it is a C++ run-time error, so it must be something the driver is calling. The error doesn’t give many clues so I’m not sure what to advise. Maybe if you posted a log file?
-Ray Gralak Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 10:03 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] AP ASCOM driver runtime error
Hi,
I started getting this error and when the error happens, the mount is disconnected from my PC.
If I unplug and plug the USB again, I can reconnect to the mount from the PC.
Here is the capture of the error message.
AP ascom error (Donghun) | AstroBin
Can someone especially Ray have any idea why this is happening?
Thank you. Donghun
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Donghun
Hi Ray,
Where can I find the log? Thank you. Donghun
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Ray Gralak \(Groups\) <groups2@...>
There is a AP Log Zipper utility that is installed with the driver (it's mentioned in the help file).
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Also, which operating system, control box, and mount you are using? -Ray Gralak Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
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Donghun
Ray,
I will post the log files when I get home. I use Windows 7 and Mach1GTO. I'm not sure about the control box. Do you mean the chip revision? Thank you. Donghun
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Donghun
Hi Ray,
Here is the log archive. I'm seeing these warnings in the log. 000043 2014-06-05 23:43:54.189: Telescope: Warning : Retransmits: 1 000044 2014-06-05 23:43:54.211: Driver: Info : CommandString TX=':GZ#' 000045 2014-06-05 23:43:54.222: Telescope: Warning : Retransmits: 2 Does it mean I have a bad cable somewhere?
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Ray Gralak \(Groups\) <groups2@...>
Retransmits indicate a hardware (serial port) problem. If you are using a USB/serial converter and the USB cable came loose the port might have disappeared. Sounds like the low-level USB/serial driver, if you are using one, could have caused the issue.
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-Ray Gralak Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
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Donghun
Hi Ray,
I've been using this USB/serial driver without a problem about two years. Is it more likely USB/serial cable problem or the serial cable itself? Thank you very much. Donghun
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Ray Gralak \(Groups\) <groups2@...>
Could be the cable or the actual device. Just because a device has been working for two years doesn't guarantee it will continue to work correctly forever. Most devices seem to have a one-year warranty so you can probably figure that a certain percentage of devices will start to fail after that.
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-Ray Gralak Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
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Steve Reilly
Considering these things aren’t that expensive and it’s needed to image I would think it wise to have a spare cable and convertor just in case. It’s the weakest link in most cases.
-Steve
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...]
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 5:15 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Re: AP ASCOM driver runtime error
Could be the cable or the actual device. Just because
a device has been working for two years doesn't guarantee it will continue to
work correctly forever. Most devices seem to have a one-year warranty so you
can probably figure that a certain percentage of devices will start to fail
after that.
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Donghun
Thank you guys.
I will get a new USB/Serial cable first. The trouble is that this doesn't happen all the time but only happens once in a while so it is difficult to find out what the faulty part is. Donghun
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Could be a dirty/oxidized/damaged connector.
Christopher
Erickson
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 11:00 AM To: ap-gto@... Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Re: AP ASCOM driver runtime error I've been using this USB/serial driver without a problem about two
years.
Is it more likely
USB/serial cable problem or the serial cable itself?
Thank you very
much.
Donghun
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