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- Added extra logging for CommandBlind, CommandBool, and CommandString.
- Implemented SideOfPier and DestinationSideOfPier (created by https://bitbucket.org/sebastian-godelet/)
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- Made sure that CommandString, CommandBool and CommandBlind work as expected, complete with Raw and non raw support. (Implementation is the same as one of the LX200 drivers.)
- Reinstated the Real Alt Az methods for the LX200GPS. Changes how the parked behaviour is implemented, so that it doesn’t need to make as many calls.
- Fixed the defect when one instance of the driver gets parked, the info is shared to the other instances.
- Made sure that the telescope doesn’t think it’s parked for the first Telescope to connect.
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- Full control over the serial port settings. (Allows people with other scopes to adjust settings as needed, default still works for most people)
- Bypass the inital Autostar dialogs for LX200GPS and set the date and time.
- Bypass the initial Autostar dialogs for Autostar 497 and AudioStar And set the date and time. (will still need to align as normal)
- Code checked to abort commands that should not happen when the scope is parked.
- Parked behaviour
- No Coordinates: will raise an exception when the scope is parked.
- Last Good Position: will return the scopes last known RA and Dec
- Report coordinates as: will return the Alt Az as set by you in the settings. Note: This is converted to RA and Dec internally in the driver.
- Fixed issue with the date format of the command used to set the date and time of the scope on inital connection for the LX-200GPS (and when unparking the scope as well) The date format was 12 hours, when it should have been 24 hour.
- The unpark command now reports True for LX200-GPS, but false for Autostar based scopes.
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- Changed Major version number to 1, as I now consider this driver to be fully working.
- Implemented the SlewSettleTime property.
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- Fixed bug in LX-200 Classic IsSlewing detection (bug introduced in 0.7.13)
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- Modified the pulse guiding command to better detect if the telescope is slewing
- Added support for telescope hitting the mount (for older telescopes only)
- Added post connect test to check that the serial port is operating correctly.
- Added backlash compensation to the focuser
- Added reverse direction support for the focuser
- Added ability to unpark telescope (LX200-GPS only)
- Refactored the backlash compensation so that less move commands are issued.
- Adding support for enabling the Rts and Dtr signals on the serial port, this allows the driver to connect to Meade LS 8 telescopes. (Don’t turn it on for others as it’s the #505 cable does not use those connections)
- Added support for setting the site elevation, it’s saved to the profile rather than the scope.
- Low precision enhancements that will benefit LX200 Classic owners
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- Adding new setting to allow people to override the driver and decide on the guiding technique themselves.
- Added and error message to the trace log when the com port is failing and looping back data
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- Driver now throws an exception if a PulseGuide is initiated whilst the telescope is slewing or already moving in the same axis.
- Driver now returns false to Telescope.Slewing when a pulse guiding action is taking place.
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- Added unit test for getting site count
- Set global com visible to false and only exposed the classes that need to be.
- Added try catch to the default constructor to show the details of an error if something goes wrong.
- Fixed double.parse error caused by cultureInfo.
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- Added extra # in front of every command as recommended by Meade.
- Code inspections
- Duplicate reconcile
- Code upgraded to use .net 4.5
- Added log message for when a pulse guide move is completed that will show the difference.
- .net 4.5 is not being recognised as installed, so trying a different variable.
- Modified how the old guiding method is implmented – it’s now much simplified and uses the same move axis commands as normal slewing, which is what it does under the hood anyway.
- Modified how the RA detection is done, and changed the message logs
- RA position report on connect to trigger for ALL connects.
- Modified the LX200 Classic connections, so that if a :GVP is returned when :GVP# is sent, it assumes an error. A timeout will be assumed to be an LX200 Classic.
- Started working on unit testing for the sharedresources class.
- Changed the code to detect any exception when trying to run a :GVP after the initial connect.
- Upgraded the Profile code to be contained inside a wrapper and started adding unit tests to cover.
