[g__day (Matthew)]

Folk,

I am trying to get Software Bisque to help with an issue in the Sky 6 Professional Edition and I wanted to know if the same issue persists in the Sky X - which might help me get it resolved if it does!

Basically I connect my Vixen Atlux to the Sky6 under ASCOM - so I have to select Telescope API (to subsequently choose MaxPoint as a Hub, then MaxPoint which selects Vixen SkySensor2000-PC).

The alternate is to simply let The Sky monopolise the mount (not putting a hub in the driver chain) by selection Vixen SkySensor2000-PC rather than Telescope API.

When one chooses Telescope API (the ASCOM selector) about 90% of the capability is switched off in the Sky6, specifically under Telescope Options. When you use Telescope API your options are:

1. focus control and
2. abort slew.

When you select Vixen SkySensor2000-PC directly Telescope Options allow much greater functionality, specifically:

1. Initialise (including high accuracy pointing toggle, time, date, lat, long)
2. Focus Control
3. Reticle
4. Park
5. Set Park Position
6. Find Home
7. Align Home
8. Set Tracking Rates
9. Terminal
10. Star Search
11. Abort Slew
12. Alignment Mode and
13. Park Positions 1, 2 and 3.

A screen capture of this is attached!

So if you have The Sky X and an ASCOM driver for your scope, and if the Sky X has Telescope Options (like those described above), could you see if these options are curtailed when you use Telescope API versus a specific driver to connect to your telescope. I'd love it if the Bisque Boys would expand Telescope API so it reveal the same functionality as a directly connected driver does!

Many thanks,

Matthew

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PS - All this came about by me trying to have the PC's time sent to the Telescope's hand controller to over write its time, without me having to key it in.