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Date: 02 Dec 2006 14:08:11
From: N. Foldager
Subject: Dome control hardware?
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Hi,
What dome control hardware should I aim at to be sure that I later can
apply current dome control software? Any good links where I can see
possible solutions?
Best regards,
Niels Foldager
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 14:52:39
From: William R. Mattil
Subject: Re: Dome control hardware?
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N. Foldager wrote:
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> Hi,
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> What dome control hardware should I aim at to be sure that I later can
> apply current dome control software? Any good links where I can see
> possible solutions?
>
Niels,
The might be others but off the top of my head and not in any particular
order.
1) Maxdome - Diffraction Limited (ie: MaximDL people)
2) Meridian Controls - Tom Melshimers (sp) product.
3) Digital Dome Works - From Jerry at Pro/Home Dome
Coincident with these Bisque offers Automadome Which I know for certain
works with Meridian Controls Product and may work with others. It
handles the inevitable "offset" issues from the scope(s) to the actual
slit location.
There is also another entry called Domeworks IIRC that Pro/Home Dome
offers that's I/R based and probably not a good solution if imaging is
planned.
A lot of ObservaDome customers opt for the Meridian product and I've
seen it in operation and it works well with AutomaDome and TPoint and
most robotic capable mounts. I have also seen Digital Dome Works in
operation as well. It probably wouldn't be a big deal to roll your own
either if you can deal with the electronics and firmware. Particularly
based around a Rabbit Microprocessor.
Regards
Bill
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 14:13:40
From: Michael McCulloch
Subject: Re: Dome control hardware?
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:08:11 +0100, N. Foldager
<nfoldager-takethisaway@yahoo.com > wrote:
>What dome control hardware should I aim at to be sure that I later can
>apply current dome control software? Any good links where I can see
>possible solutions?
Try this one:
http://www.mikefleenor.com/observatory/automation/automation.htm
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Michael McCulloch
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 12:30:11
From: Jack
Subject: Re: Dome control hardware?
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I suggest taking a look at this one:
http://www.dppobservatory.net/Dome%20automation/Dome%20Driver.htm
"N. Foldager" <nfoldager-takethisaway@yahoo.com > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> What dome control hardware should I aim at to be sure that I later can
> apply current dome control software? Any good links where I can see
> possible solutions?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Niels Foldager
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