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Old 03-05-2010, 08:16 PM
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Reticle v2

Al,
Ok a quick trial with PHD.
I can scale the reticle window to sit nicely on the "frame' of the PHD screen - so registration seems OK.
The off-setting of the double cross wire is ideal.... BUT....
The original (unmoving) cross wire, for me needs to be either a different colour and dimable ( ??) separately... or just a single cross wire as per the V1.
I think I could easy get mixed up between them in the heat of the moment.

What do you think??
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Old 03-05-2010, 08:36 PM
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Thanks for your work Al,
I will have a play with this next time I'm out
Cheers,

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Old 03-05-2010, 08:48 PM
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Ohhhh
Another request
Is it possible for the position of the reticle to be saved so that the next time it's opened the reticle comes up in the previous position.
( I could always use a Postit note to keep track of the off-set!!)
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Old 03-05-2010, 10:07 PM
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BTW the X coordinate is +ve to the right as usual but for some reason Windows has the positive Y coordinate down.
IIRC Windoze has always considered 0,0 to be at the top left.

It doesn't make any sense to coordinate geometers, but probably does to lazy programmers.
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Old 04-05-2010, 06:07 AM
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Those requests are certainly possible, Ken, except for dimming the central reticle alone. The transparency is for the whole window.

I would probably have to make a different reticle altogether, however, if you don't need two reticles maybe it would be better to be able to shift the original reticle off centre rather than have another one?

Off to work now...

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Old 04-05-2010, 08:03 AM
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One moveable double cross wire would work for me!!
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Old 04-05-2010, 07:54 PM
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Talking Next version!...

Here ya go, Ken. v2.1.

This is the simple version... a single movable (and rotatable) reticle. I've also added the window size, so you can stretch it to exactly the image size of your camera to help with registration with the PHD image.

I haven't added the reticle position save and remember at this point. That's a little messier to do, so I won't attempt that till I have more time.

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Old 04-05-2010, 08:11 PM
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Just a small user feedback post. Your program made my (rarely done) drift align last night just that much easier. Mucho appreciate your efforts.

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Old 05-05-2010, 12:09 AM
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V2.1

Al,
Looks good on the sceen....
I'll try and do a "real" PHD/ spectroscope alignment as soon as the weather allows.
Many thanks!
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Old 05-05-2010, 06:06 AM
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Just a small user feedback post. Your program made my (rarely done) drift align last night just that much easier. Mucho appreciate your efforts.

Cheers
Thanks Mike!

Its a pleasure.

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Old 29-06-2010, 08:44 PM
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Als Reticle v2.2

OK guys here's another update.

Same as v2.1 except that I've added the ability to rotate the reticle in finer increments (0.1°) if you want to.

That stumped me with v2.1 but I've worked it out at last...

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Old 30-06-2010, 05:42 PM
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Al,
Many thanks for the upgrade!
Certainly a very usefull program.
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Old 24-10-2010, 08:08 PM
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Thumbs up Al's Reticule V3 - now spectroscope friendly!

It was rainy day here today, but that's OK... there's now a new version of Al's Reticule (V3) which is now spectroscope friendly and has new improved spelling!

This a complete re-write.

The reticule is no longer an embedded GIF file, the program constructs it now.

The top 2 numeric up down controls are for the width and height of the imaging frame (F). This is used to draw some little alignment corners the right size to aid aligning the reticule up on the capture frame. These alignment corners are now independent of the window size. Remember, if you are capturing a 1280x960 camera at 50%, the frame size will be 640x480.

The next 2 numeric up down controls are for the X and Y Offset (O) from centre of the frame.

The 3rd pair of numeric up down controls are for the Slit(S) dimensions, or slit width and height.

Then the reticule rotation (R) controls, Luminance (L) control and finally the centre circle radius (r) if you want a circle.

Notice I've corrected my spelling mistake as well ;o)... Apparently its spelled "reticule"...

I've added a picture of the Al's Reticule V3 on my desktop so you can get a bit of idea what it look like.

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Old 24-10-2010, 08:49 PM
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Al....you're great!!!
I'll download and try it out ASAP.
Your ongoing assistance to the spectroscope community is appreciated!

Ok just installed and run...excellent!! Does what it says on the box..
Look forward to some clear skies.....
(BTW you need to unzip all the files to a folder and then run setup.exe..the program name for use is -"AlsreticuleV3.application" - If you try to run from the zip file and then try from a folder you may get the error message saying it can't be run from xxxxx - you need to uninstall via the windows/ control panel/ add or remove programs and re-install from the unzip folder)

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Old 25-10-2010, 06:10 AM
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Your ongoing assistance to the spectroscope community is appreciated!
I'd do it anyway, Ken, but I do have a vested interest.

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G'day Al,

Just got the v3 and it doesn't seem to "stay on top". If I click on another window that was underneath "Al's Reticle" window, it covers it and AR is in the background. Anyone else finding this? I thought it was supposed to stay on top?
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Old 17-02-2011, 03:47 PM
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G'Day Troy,

You are quite correct. Sorry about that. I've obviously missed that when V3 was completely rewritten.

I've just upgraded my PC so it might take a little while to get my act together to fix it, but I will!

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G'day Al,

Just got the v3 and it doesn't seem to "stay on top". If I click on another window that was underneath "Al's Reticle" window, it covers it and AR is in the background. Anyone else finding this? I thought it was supposed to stay on top?
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Old 17-02-2011, 04:23 PM
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Jeez, and all the money we paid for the app!

No worries. To be honest, I wasn't sure if it was a problem at my end because I'm actually using it in a VMWare virtual machine on my MacBook.
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Old 17-02-2011, 04:57 PM
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Jeez, and all the money we paid for the app!

No worries. To be honest, I wasn't sure if it was a problem at my end because I'm actually using it in a VMWare virtual machine on my MacBook.
Yeah, its hard to get good help these days...

I just installed it on my new machine to check and it doesn't stay on top in W7 either, so I think there's a checkbox I missed...

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Old 18-02-2011, 05:28 PM
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Al's Reticule V3.1 - Stays on Top Again (bug fix)

Here's version 3.1.

Bug fixed... it now stays on top again.

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