Finally the weather cleared and warmed up. I had been fiddling with my off-axis guider(OAG) set-up during the daytime and I made one revision which I really like. Originally I was using a 1mm diameter wire as a spacer between the OAG and my filter slider. This wire seemed too flimsy and it was not big enough to cater for using a 3mm plastic shim. There was just barely enough threads left on the M42F to M48M zero clearance adapter to thread onto the filter slider. I had ordered Baader…
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Using ASCOM with LabVIEW
I was asked if I could offer some help with programming LabVIEW to control a telescope mount using ASCOM. I decided to create a sample vi that explains the basics. The example is written in LabVIEW 2019. If you don’t have LabVIEW installed on your computer, the sample will be completely useless to you. Peter ASCOM Interface Fundamentals Opps! I forgot to include a Close Reference block where I disconnect the scope