Don't believe I had ASCOM of _any_ kind on this new Vista machine...and yet, with 5, Sky Commander shows up in the chooser. Go figure. :-)
Peace, Rod Mollise Rod's new book: _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ Available Now! <http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Mahony Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Re: Sky Commander No it's not. If you still have an older ASCOM installation file for v3 (I think v4 also has the drivers), you can test this by saving your v3 or 4 install file somewhere safe, and then uninstalling ASCOM v5 (use windows add/remove programs). Then delete the ASCOM folder (normally in C:\program files\common files). Then reinstall ASCOM v5. You'll still see SC listed in the scope chooser because it's still listed in the registry, but it's not really there. Try this is CdC and when you click "properties" in the scope chooser window (after selecting SC as the scope), you'll get an error: "the specified module could not be found". I found this out when installing a new computer at the local observatory last year. V5 had no SC driver and there was none for the SC on the ASCOM scope driver download page, but I still had a v3 install file on the old computer, so I uninstalled v5 on the new machine, installed v3, and then re-installed v5 on top of that. Note ASCOM's home page warns not to uninstall v4 before installing v5. You'll loose drivers. Please see the ASCOM read me file, where it's stated multiple times that drivers are no longer included. For example, in the "What's New" section: "Starting with the ASCOM Platform 2008, drivers are no longer included in the Platform. There are just too many drivers out there, and they are revised too often, to keep re-releasing the Platform for every driver change." -John ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rod Mollise <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:09:01 PM > Subject: RE: [skychart-discussion] Re: Sky Commander > > Sky Commander is still right here in ASCOM 5.0. Nothing separate, no need to > load anything else. > > > Peace, > Rod Mollise > Rod's new book: > _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ > Available Now! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Mahony > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Re: Sky Commander > > > If you had an earlier version of ASCOM, you still have the SC driver. > > This was a clear change in ASCOM. Old versions included several of the more > commonly used drivers. Now they're completely separate. > > -John > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Rod Mollise > > > > Don't think so, Beaudreaux. If so, how come my copy of ASCOM 5 has Sky > > Commander as a selection when I have most assuredly not loaded a driver > for > > 'em...hmmm...? LOL > > > > > > Peace, > > Rod Mollise > > Rod's new book: > > _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ > > Available Now! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Mahony > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:10 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [skychart-discussion] Re: Sky Commander > > > > I'm afraid it's the other way around. Older versions of ASCOM had several > > drivers, including SC, included automatically. This changed with ASCOM > v5. > > From the second paragraph of the ASCOM readme file: > > > > "How to Get Drivers > > > > The ASCOM Platform does not include the drivers themselves..." > > > > -John > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rod Mollise" > > wrote: > > > > > > Negative. You don't have to install a separate SC driver anymore...it's > > > included with the v5 package. Just "configure," and choose Sky Commander > > > from the pull-down. > > > > > > > > > Peace, > > > Rod Mollise > > > Rod's new book: > > > _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ > > > Available Now! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Mahony > > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 7:23 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Sky Commander > > > > > > > > > You'll need the ASCOM "platform" at > > > > > > and you'll also need the ASCOM driver for the SkyCommander from the same > > > site. > > > > > > Well rats, I just remembered they don't have an SC driver listed there > > > anymore. They did with previous versions of ASCOM. I don't see it on > > SC's > > > webpage either. This sounds like a question for the SkyCommander yahoo > > > group... > > > > > > If you manage to solve that problem, then for CdC v2.7x you'll also need > > > CdC's ASCOM plug-in from CdC's download page (for v2.7) at > > > > > > I'm not sure how that's handled for CdC v3. > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: ndrewa222us > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 5:09:17 PM > > > > Subject: [skychart-discussion] Sky Commander > > > > > > > > Hello Group, does anyone know what I would need to have the Sky > > Commander > > > > > > > interface with SkyChart. I have the DSC and SkyChart and I can make my > > own > > > > > > > cable. I just need to know how to get them all to work together. I > have > > > both > > > > versions of SkyChart. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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