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Originally Posted by mldee
I suspect that for most people it would be three things:
1 - Remote focusing, especially multiple scopes
2 - Dew elimination and all the factors controlling it
3 - Observatory 12V power status
There are a bunch of others as well, but since these are basically the most important to a pleasant nights photography, and easy to address, I propose we initially put our efforts into a solution for them, then we move onto the more diverse and perhaps more difficult functions.
If people wish to contribute their views and suggestions on functions they feel are either important or desirable, please post your ideas here.
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It's going to be different for each person.
Here's a wish list for me as an example:
Turn on/off Dome red lights (output)
(So I can visually check a webcam/CCTV image of the dome.
Cables not fouling etc)
Turn on/off Dome interior white lights (output) (reason as above)
Focus Camera (output)
Focus position feedback (input)
Rotate dome CW/ Anti CW (output)
Position feedback for Dome (input)
Rain detector (input)
CCD temperature (input)
Dome ambient temp (input)
Turn on Dome wideview CCTV camera or webcam (output)
My GUI would need to only address my list.
Someone else would want a different list. Or a bigger list etc.
If someone designed a GUI front end that had everything functional
then maybe just a script file (a la Mel B's Scope) could be used to
toggle on or off only the functions you wanted visible and activated.
Steve