Hi all

Some Comments:

Bob Denny wrote:
>
> Blair --
>
> > To remedy this I have been writing my own scope
> > control package...
>
> Have you looked at using ACP and Maxim together? You could reduce your
> efforts to a tiny fraction of what you're doing... get way more
> functionality in much less time. Both can be driven from Excel macros,
> VB programs, VBS and Java scripts, Perl, etc. If you add PinPoint into
> the mix, you can get really accurate pointing without flexmapping...
> perfect for portable scopes.
>
> http://acp.dc3.com/
> http://pinpoint.dc3.com/
>
> Already, there are several 100% hands-off high-volume automated
> astrometry programs running ACP/MaxIM/PinPoint. This is a first for
> amateurs. No other osetup can do it fully automatically.

Not True... The Software Bisque package has been doing this for quite a
while:
The SKY/Tpoint/CCDSOFT/Orchastrate, can do 100% automated scripting,
telescope control, and Telescope Pointing analysis.. I have been using
those program very succesfully

Greetings

Bjorn
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