lukepower Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Hi, Philipp Keller added some support for weather safety in Sequence, but he used a pretty new ASCOM interface: SafetyMonitor. It seems that there are no drivers around, so I coded a wrapper which is working at least with AAGWare CloudWatcher, Warning: It is a very simple piece of code, it might have some bugs in it, and thus I cannot give a warranty that it is safe to use. But at least in my observatory it's running. So, to install it you need: The file, "ASCOM.AAGWare.SafetyMonitor.dll", place it in a decent location (like "C:\Astronomy") Open a command prompt as Administrator (cmd.exe) and run: regasm ASCOM.AAGWare.SafetyMonitor.dll (regasm.exe should be part of the .NET framework) Afterwards one can choose it among the SafetyMonitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmalits Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hey Lukas, where can i find the file ASCOM.AAGWare.SafetyMonitor.dll ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi Gerald, oops, had to upload it somewhere: http://www.astro-dolomites.com/public/downloads/ASCOM.AAGWare.SafetyMonitor.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) I will test right now, Lukas. I requested Philipp a Weather module for Sequence and he uploaded a new Sequencer with this option. But my mistake was to told him AAGCloudwatcher was ASCOM ( it´s not, evidently..) I´m also using Cloudwatcher..so... :-) .. time to test¡.. Thanks, Lukas¡¡ Edited April 3, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Well.. Really now I can choose now the ASCOM driver but I receive this message: "Incompatible driver. Can not find the executable driver mscoree.dll"... Any help?.. Thanks¡ Edited April 3, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi Antonio, hrm, good question. I would guess that it needs the latest .NET Framework, as I compiled it against NET 4.0. Would at least make sense to me. And yes, I was also testing the new Sequence version and found that CloudWatcher wasn't able to provide the interface, so I quickly built one. I also forwarded the code to AAGWare, they told me they will work on it in a few weeks... Btw, I used it last night and it worked perfectly I would work on some sort of installer, but really... Hope it works without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Hi Lukas.. I´m updating all with Windows update..but i´m afraid I have NET 4.01 and not working yet. So... I will try again and if not... let´s wait to the excellent support of Antonio Peres (AAGWare).. I had the opportunity to meet him in an Astrophotographers Spain/Portugal ) meeting in Madrid ( year 2008) and had a nice conversation with him. Great person and an excellent engineer working for free in most cases. (PD: I updated NET again and don´t..definitively I have the same error. Using W7 Ultimate Thanks for these good news.¡ Antonio Edited April 3, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmalits Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi Guys, Thanks lukas, i will give it a try... Where ist this sequence-version, not in the beta-board, did philipp sent it directly to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) ALright Antonio, I re-checked with a second computer, it looks like what is needed to run it is: AAGWare CloudWatcher ASCOM 6.1 ASCOM 6.1 Developer tools This should do the trick, please give it a try. I wish I could easily make a installation package, but I don't have the appropriate software for that... Update: Tried to put together an easy installation here: http://www.astro-dolomites.com/public/downloads/setup.exe Right now it only registers the component, so probabily some files are still missing... Edited April 3, 2014 by lukepower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) You´re working great, Lukas. I installed your "setup" and Sequencer was capable of recognizing AAGCloudwatcher... (I use COM8 to connect my AAGCloudwatcher to PC) ..and into ASCOM diagnostics COM8 is recognized... When I click in the "connect" key of Sequencer to connect AAGCloudwatcher..it launchs the AAGCloudwatcher programm and open it... but not working properly. Not communication.. It´s a great step as now it recognize and open the programm...now I just can´t communicate via Sequencer with AAGCloudwatcher.. I used ASCOM diagnostics tools... BTW I used ASCOM 6.1 also.. Thanks Lukas ¡ . Edited April 4, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Antonio, Is Cloudwatcher working correctly if you start it alone and start reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Yes..it works perfectly at COM8 when I start it alone...and starts reading... Edited April 4, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hrm, could you make a screenshot? I have an idea what could be wrong. Is it showing a normal number of connected clients (like 2), or does the number changes very quickly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Antonio, alright, back on the PC (instead of the tablet) life is easier What I noticed when I ran it the first time was that CloudWatcher kept trying to connect, and the number of "Active users" was running high and low like a very fast counter. I then killed both CloudWatcher and Sequence and started from scratch, and it suddenly worked. Don't ask me why as I don't know ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 That`s exactly my case....but never works..even coming from scratch...Cloudwacther simply don´t communicate with Sequence and into Sequence screen... a new tab appears: "SafeMon: OK" but in grey..as not really active. Also, into the Sequence View log : " Could not find Safety Monitor ASCOM .AAGWare.SafetyMonitor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Hrm... Antonio, could I login on your computer via team viewer or similar? I want to find out why it's not working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Hi Antonio, could you try to download one of the VBScript examples from here and run it? http://www.aagware.eu/aag_cloudwatcherexamples.htm They are basically trying to run CloudWatcher as I do with my wrapper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) HiLukas.. I uninstall/reinstall AAGCloudwatcher and spoke with Jaime and I had a little step ahead: Now Sequence seems to see CLoudwatcher and recognize the original state of Cloudwatcher (Safe or Unsafe).. but nothing else... don´t "REFRESH" state if weather climate change. For example...if I change in the Cloudwatcher the limits for Infrared sensor (Clouds) and so, Cloudtawcher changes from Uncover to cloudy... the Box in Sequence don´t change at all. Maintain the original value of Cloudwatcher into the first connection. It seems there is only a firs read value at connection..but don´t change/refresh any change at Cloudwatcher ... BTW::: ¡¡¡ What version of Cloudwatcher do you use?. I use 7.20.00 and it works as described above. If I upgrade to 7.20.100 ...it didn´t work at all... My Cloudwatcher unit has wind measurement capabilites... I spoke again with Jaime... let´s see... Regards¡ Edited April 8, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I also use 7.20,and saw some delay between a change to unsafe and Sequence showing it. By the way, sequence is still not perfect in that regard, as it only reacts to unsafe weather during a sequence run. In the wait time before and afterward it stays there doing nothing, not good if rain comes in. I also sent Jaime the source code, so maybe he finds something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the explanation , Lukas. Good to know it only reacts when/during a Sequence run. I just tested it not running..so maybe I must check it again in a real Sequence session.. Maybe tonight ? ( if weather permits). Thanks ¡ Ciao Antonio Edited April 8, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Antonio, If it works, then the small button located on the bottom left of sequence window should actually change text (from"OK" to "unsafe"), so... I don't know, maybe Philipp sent me a newer version.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Hi Lukas, Finally it´s working .Some minutes ago I did a test and state changed from OK to UNSAFE when clouds cover the sky... Mount parked and rood closed Version of Cloudwatcher 7.20.100 not working to me,- I went back to an old version 7.20.00 and it did the miracle-..¡ So good¡¡, Thanks for your kind and patience..also to Phlipp by this great piece of software. Looking working all alone and in perfect synchronicity is a delicious.. .. Finally I could lauhch Sequence and go to bed ...with MLPT´s at both meridians..etc. A miracle of software and equipment¡- Graziie Lukas , Servus Philipp ¡¡¡ Edited April 8, 2014 by afesan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Great to hear! But mind that sequence is beta and it looks to me that weather safety is only checked during an automated sequence run (and not before or after....). Glad I could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si6pack Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hi Lukas, Could share your "sky temperature correction" settings in the cloudwatcher software with me - I am using the recommended ones from the online help, but somehow I am not satisfied with them... Thank you very much in advance, Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hi Christian, sure, but beware that I found out you have to tune it to your specific needs. I have to switch from "Summer" to "Winter" settings - the colder weather in winter would otherwise trick the software to think it's always sunny... K1: 33 ; K2: 0 ; K3: 41; K4: 100 ; K5: 105; K6: 10; K7: 0 Hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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