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Old 09-02-2012, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by allan gould View Post
The one at the ascom site supplied by SB is crippled and won't load
Software Bisque does not supply or maintain the drivers and plug-ins at the ascom-standards website. Those are written and supported by Evan Warkentine and Bob Denny. This is made very clear in the associated readme files.

Evan Warkentine regularly updates his plug-ins and uploads them to his files area on the Software Bisque website. Currently the download links associated with Even's plug-ins on the ascom-standards website may not be quite as up-to-date. That may change, particularly if the way the ascom-standards website links to the downloads themselves is ever changed. Evan currently places his updates on the Software Bisque website only because he can't as conveniently cause the ascom-standards website to be updated. That may also change.

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Originally Posted by allan gould View Post
while that on SB is a beta version that also doesn't work.
The plug-ins on the Software Bisque website are written and supported by Evan Warkentine, not by Software Bisque. This is made very clear in the associated readme files.

UPDATE: Note that Evan has made an update today to fix a problem related to Starshoot autoguider ASCOM driver behavior.

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Originally Posted by allan gould View Post
Theo and I went down this path a while ago and both reached the conclusion that SB sux.
ASCOM support within TheSkyX and CCDsoft is written by and supported by users just like yourself (Evan and Bob). I don't think they deserve to be told they "sux." Software Bisque not only provide Evan and Bob with support so that they can create and maintain these plug-ins for you, they also produce excellent software themselves and provide excellent support for that software. I don't think they deserve to be told they "sux" either.

The ASCOM support available from within TheSkyX and CCDsoft is extensive and well user tested. Like everthing ASCOM related, it is extremely easy to install and use. In my option, Evan, Bob, and everyone else involved who made it possible deserve a hearty round of applause!

The ASCOM driver for the Starshoot autoguider may have a few quirks that have made it difficult to deal with (you can talk to Orion about that), but with some additional effort Evan has gotten it to work. YMMV but other users are now successfully using the Starshoot autoguider with TheSkyX and CCDsoft. Note that CCDsoft can display color imagery, but TheSkyX cannnot yet do so.

Anyone interested in getting the Starshoot autoguider to work with TheSkyX and/or CCDsoft should see Evan Warkentine's files area on the Software Bisque website for the most up-to-date plug-ins:

https://www.bisque.com/sc/members/evwark/default.aspx
https://www.bisque.com/sc/members/ev...s/default.aspx
https://www.bisque.com/sc/members/ev...omCam.zip.aspx

You'll also need the ASCOM 6 platform and the ASCOM driver from Orion. Be sure to read all the associated readme files.

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