2022-11-17, 07:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 2022-11-17, 07:46 PM by theskyhound.)
Looking at the list of commands here: https://observatory.smu.ca/bgo-useme/bgo-commands
It appears to me that the only way to target a specific RA/Dec would be to use the #addobject command first, giving it a name that you would reference later for the tile position. Is there another way to do it? If not, do you have permission to use this feature, and are these new objects added to a database shared by everyone, or just your own user-related database?
Here is the bigger question: given that I already wrote very similar code to do the calculations for ACP Expert, which also uses calculated constraints, and that the format of the commands is so simple, it would be very easy to create output directly for use with this control system. My guess is that they are using ACP Expert behind the scenes, and have created a very simple text-based interface to it. I suppose it is possuble that this is also a feature of ACP Expert that I am unfamiliar with? Or perhaps this control system is something they cooked up entirely themselves?
Here's the point: if this control system exists in the same form elsewhere, and its not just this one telescope, then I should add support for it directly from SkyTools. Any info about that?
It appears to me that the only way to target a specific RA/Dec would be to use the #addobject command first, giving it a name that you would reference later for the tile position. Is there another way to do it? If not, do you have permission to use this feature, and are these new objects added to a database shared by everyone, or just your own user-related database?
Here is the bigger question: given that I already wrote very similar code to do the calculations for ACP Expert, which also uses calculated constraints, and that the format of the commands is so simple, it would be very easy to create output directly for use with this control system. My guess is that they are using ACP Expert behind the scenes, and have created a very simple text-based interface to it. I suppose it is possuble that this is also a feature of ACP Expert that I am unfamiliar with? Or perhaps this control system is something they cooked up entirely themselves?
Here's the point: if this control system exists in the same form elsewhere, and its not just this one telescope, then I should add support for it directly from SkyTools. Any info about that?
Clear skies,
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound